7:05 pm
March 28

NCAAW Tournament Bridgeport Region: #2 Connecticut v. #1 North Carolina State

Who will WIN this matchup?

#2 Connecticut Huskies (28-5)

#1 North Carolina State Wolfpack (32-3)

 

Current odds:

Connecticut Huskies: (-175)

North Carolina State Wolfpack: (+155)

 

• The line for this game is UConn by 4 points.

• NC State defeated Notre Dame 66-63 on Saturday in the team’s last outing, with Elissa Cunane leading the effort by scoring 16 points in the win.

• UConn took down Indiana 75-58 on Saturday in the team’s most recent game, led by Christyn Williams’ 15-point scoring effort in the win.

• NC State has tallied 77 points per game this season while UConn gives up 53.6 per contest. The Wolfpack are 31-3 when they put up more than 54 points.

• The Wolfpack hit 75.1 percent of their free throws as a team, the third-best mark in the ACC. Cunane makes 3.3 free throws per game to lead NC State while connecting on 83 percent of her attempts at the line.

• UConn heads into the meeting averaging 74.3 points per game, 16.8 more than the 57.5 NC State allows per contest. The Huskies are 27-3 in games where they put up more than 58 points.

• The Huskies are outshooting their opponents from the field this season, averaging 48.2 percent from the field per game against their opponents’ average of 35.2 percent. When UConn outshoots its season average, the Huskies are 14-0 this year.

• Cunane is the leader for NC State in both scoring and rebounding with 13.6 points and 7.5 boards per game. Diamond Johnson tacks on 10.9 points for the Wolfpack, and Jakia Brown-Turner averages 9.5 points per game.

• Johnson is the top shooter for NC State from downtown. She leads the team in made threes per game, drilling 1.6 treys per contest (making 35 percent of her attempts).

• Olivia Nelson-Ododa leads UConn in both rebounds and assists, grabbing 7.6 boards and dishing out 3.6 assists per game in addition to scoring 9.5. Williams leads the Huskies in scoring and averages 14.5 points and 1.6 steals per game.

• Azzi Fudd is a player to watch on the perimeter for UConn. She leads the Huskies shooting attack, making 44 percent of her shots from beyond the arc while averaging 2.5 makes per game.

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#2 Connecticut Huskies
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