The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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20 ■ THE WOLFPACKER TRACKING THE PACK 1 The first NCAA Tournament win in NC State women's volleyball history came when the Wolfpack topped Oregon State 3-2 Dec. 1. 2 Colleges that reached the NCAA postseason in men's cross country, women's cross country, men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball, plus reached a bowl game in football — NC State and Stanford. Those are the only six fall sports NCSU offers. 12 Times a Pack running back has rushed for 1,000 yards in a season, a club junior Nyheim Hines joined after his memorable 196-yard, two-score performance in the 33-21 win over North Carolina Nov. 25. He enters the bowl with 1,040 rushing yards. 16 Wins by NC State men's basketball in the annual Heritage Game at Reynolds Coliseum. The Wolfpack is 16-1 in the annual contest. 23 Is the national team ranking for NC State football's 2018 recruiting class by Rivals. com as of Dec. 14. The Wolfpack ranked fifth in the ACC, and also was sixth in the league in stars per prospect (3.14 on a 5.0 scale). 114 Days before the NCAA granted NC State freshman point guard Braxton Beverly a waiver to play this season for the Wolfpack. He originally signed with NCSU July 24 and was cleared Nov. 14, the day of the team's third regular-season contest. 56,850 Average attendance for NC State's six home football games at Carter-Finley Sta- dium. ■ By The Numbers 40 Consecutive games with a catch by NC State senior H-back JAYLEN SAMUELS, which is a school record. Heading into NC State's appear- ance in the Hyundai Sun Bowl versus Arizona State Dec. 29, Samuels had 195 career recep- tions — just five shy of Jerricho Cotchery's school record of 200. PHOTO BY KEN MARTIN