Sunday’s trip to Walsh Gymnasium is the first real road test for this version of the Wolfpack, and it comes with an extra layer. Seton Hall is in New Jersey, which makes it a homecoming game for Zoe Brooks in her senior season. Moore scheduled it that way for her. Whether she is able to play is still the open question. After the Liberty game, Moore said the X-ray was clean but the MRI was still needed, and hamstrings are hard to predict. For now, the Pack is preparing for both possibilities.

Seton Hall is 2-1 after beating Mercyhurst and Indiana State before dropping a close one to Fairfield on Thursday. Anthony Bozzella’s group has already shown it can score in bunches at home. For NC State, this is the first chance to see how the group responds on the road after the second-half turnaround against Liberty, and the first chance to see who has earned more minutes if Brooks is limited or unavailable again.

The series history favors the Pack. NC State has won all four previous meetings. Moore already noted after the Liberty game that this one figures to be tougher than the eight-point home win from last season. Seton Hall plays in the same conference as UConn, so this is not a mid-major that will simply let the Pack play its style. The Pirates can swing the ball and get downhill, which is exactly the kind of test the Wolfpack has been talking about needing.

What will be worth watching early is how the offense functions if Brooks is still out. Desiree Wooten already played all 40 minutes against Liberty running the point, and the freshmen (Kamora Pruitt and Annsley Trivette) showed they can provide scoring and energy when the half-court game stalls. This will also be the first public look at whether the free-throw issues and the slow starts are cleaned up before the Pack faces a team that just nearly erased a double-digit deficit at home. Seton Hall is a solid Big East opponent in its own building. The Pack gets a chance to show whether the second-half response against Liberty was a one-game fix or the start of something more consistent, and Brooks gets a chance to play in front of people who have watched her since high school if the hamstring allows it.

Tip is Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN+.