

Wake Forest visits No. 9 NC State following Brooks' 33-point outing
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (9-18, 2-14 ACC) at NC State Wolfpack (22-5, 14-2 ACC)
Raleigh, North Carolina; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 9 NC State hosts Wake Forest after Zoe Brooks scored 33 points in NC State's 104-95 win against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The Wolfpack are 15-0 in home games. NC State is ninth in the ACC with 10.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Tilda Trygger averaging 2.0.
The Demon Deacons have gone 2-14 against ACC opponents. Wake Forest gives up 65.0 points to opponents while being outscored by 3.3 points per game.
NC State makes 45.5% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.6 percentage points higher than Wake Forest has allowed to its opponents (41.9%). Wake Forest has shot at a 43.3% rate from the field this season, 4.3 percentage points greater than the 39.0% shooting opponents of NC State have averaged.
The Wolfpack and Demon Deacons square off Thursday for the first time in ACC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Aziaha James is scoring 17.8 points per game and averaging 4.9 rebounds for the Wolfpack. Madison Hayes is averaging 1.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
Rylie Theuerkauf is averaging 11.9 points for the Demon Deacons. DeMeara Hinds is averaging 10.7 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Wolfpack: 9-1, averaging 83.6 points, 36.5 rebounds, 14.2 assists, 6.1 steals and 4.5 blocks per game while shooting 47.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.4 points per game.
Demon Deacons: 2-8, averaging 61.2 points, 25.2 rebounds, 13.9 assists, 7.9 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 44.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.2 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Game Information
2024-25 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
Team | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Notre Dame | 15-1 | - | 24-3 |
NC State | 14-2 | 1 | 22-5 |
North Carolina | 13-3 | 2 | 25-4 |
Florida State | 12-4 | 3 | 22-6 |
Duke | 12-4 | 3 | 21-7 |
Louisville | 12-4 | 3 | 19-8 |
California | 10-6 | 5 | 22-7 |
Georgia Tech | 9-7 | 6 | 21-7 |
Virginia Tech | 8-8 | 7 | 17-10 |
Stanford | 6-10 | 9 | 14-13 |
Virginia | 6-10 | 9 | 14-14 |
Clemson | 6-10 | 9 | 13-14 |
Boston College | 5-11 | 10 | 14-15 |
Miami | 4-12 | 11 | 14-13 |
Pittsburgh | 4-12 | 11 | 12-17 |
Syracuse | 4-12 | 11 | 10-17 |
SMU | 2-14 | 13 | 10-18 |
Wake Forest | 2-14 | 13 | 9-18 |