Following a dominant weekend in Daytona in which it outscored its two opponents by a combined 83 points, No. 9 Maryland women’s basketball will travel to Raleigh for a matchup with No. 13 NC State as part of the annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge Thursday.
The Terps enter not having lost since Nov. 13, winning each of their last six games by an average margin of over 36 points. But the Wolfpack are the first ranked opponent Maryland has faced since its first loss of the season to South Carolina on Nov. 10.
Maryland and NC State have an extensive history against one another, as they were once rival powerhouse programs in the ACC until the former’s departure in 2014.