Rhode Island Rams (5-1) at NC State Lady Wolfpack (3-2)
Raleigh, North Carolina; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Zoe Brooks and No. 16 NC State host Palmire Mbu and Rhode Island in non-conference play.
The Lady Wolfpack are 2-1 on their home court. NC State is second in the ACC in rebounding with 44.8 rebounds. Khamil Pierre leads the Lady Wolfpack with 11.4 boards.
The Rams have gone 1-1 away from home. Rhode Island ranks fourth in the A-10 with 12.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Albina Syla averaging 3.0.
NC State’s average of 5.6 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.4 more made shots on average than the 5.2 per game Rhode Island gives up. Rhode Island has shot at a 44.7% clip from the field this season, 8.4 percentage points higher than the 36.3% shooting opponents of NC State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tilda Trygger is shooting 42.9% from beyond the arc with 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Lady Wolfpack, while averaging 12 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. Brooks is shooting 37.3% and averaging 14.0 points.
Mbu is scoring 14.7 points per game and averaging 8.0 rebounds for the Rams. Vanessa Harris is averaging 12.0 points and 2.3 rebounds.
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