Sweet Sixteen Rematch Set For Thursday Night as No. 6 Indiana Faces No. 2 NC State
12/1/2021 11:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Another Top 10 matchup is on tap for the No. 6/6 Indiana Hoosiers as it faces No. 2/3 NC State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Thursday night. Tip inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
#6/6 INDIANA (5-1) vs. #2/3 NC STATE (6-1)
Thursday, December 1, 2021 • 7 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind.
Broadcast: ESPN2 (Debbie Antonelli, Angel Gray)
Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Austin Render)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Promotion: Postgame autographs with selected players (south lobby)
ABOUT THE COACHES
ABOUT THE WOLFPACK
NC State went 2-0 in the Pink Flamingo Challenge with double-digit wins over Maryland and Washington State. They are led by senior center and preseason ACC Player of the Year Elisa Cunane (14.4 ppg., 7.4 rgp.) and transfer guard Diamond Johnson (13.3 ppg., 3.1 apg.). The Wolfpack are averaging 80.3 points per game and shooting 48.6 percent from the floor.
SERIES HISTORY
NC State leads 4-1
LAST MEETING
3/27/21 – W, 73-70 (San Antonio)
NOTES
UP NEXT
Indiana begins its conference slate on Monday, Dec. 6 when it hosts Penn State. Tipoff on Big Ten Network is set for 6 p.m. ET.
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#6/6 INDIANA (5-1) vs. #2/3 NC STATE (6-1)
Thursday, December 1, 2021 • 7 p.m. ET
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind.
Broadcast: ESPN2 (Debbie Antonelli, Angel Gray)
Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Austin Render)
Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Promotion: Postgame autographs with selected players (south lobby)
ABOUT THE COACHES
Indiana | NC State |
Teri Moren | Wes Moore |
Career Record: 352-211 (19th Season) | Career Record: 754-235 (33rd Season) |
Indiana Record: 153-81 (8th Season) | NC State Record: 196-66 (9th Season) |
ABOUT THE WOLFPACK
NC State went 2-0 in the Pink Flamingo Challenge with double-digit wins over Maryland and Washington State. They are led by senior center and preseason ACC Player of the Year Elisa Cunane (14.4 ppg., 7.4 rgp.) and transfer guard Diamond Johnson (13.3 ppg., 3.1 apg.). The Wolfpack are averaging 80.3 points per game and shooting 48.6 percent from the floor.
SERIES HISTORY
NC State leads 4-1
LAST MEETING
3/27/21 – W, 73-70 (San Antonio)
NOTES
- Indiana enters the Big Ten/ACC Challenge with an all-time record of 8-5 and 3-3 in games played at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The Hoosiers and Wolfpack have met once before in the series, an 84-70 loss in Raleigh in 2017.
- Thursday's matchup will be a rematch of the 2021 NCAA Sweet Sixteen meeting between the two programs where the No. 4 Hoosiers upset the No. 1 seeded Wolfpack 73-70, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Then senior guard Ali Patberg led in the win with 17 points.
- The Hoosiers are coming off a trip to the Bahamas where it split games with then No. 7/5 Stanford and Miami (FL) at the Pink Flamingo Championship in Nassau. Patberg paced the Hoosiers, averaging 16.0 points and went 47.8 percent from the field and 80 percent at the line in the event.
- Junior forward Mackenzie Holmes leads the way for IU through six games, averaging a team-high 15.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game. All five starters are also averaging double figures including 13.8 points per game each from Patberg and senior guard Grace Berger.
UP NEXT
Indiana begins its conference slate on Monday, Dec. 6 when it hosts Penn State. Tipoff on Big Ten Network is set for 6 p.m. ET.
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