NC State Basketball
Video: UVA Trumps Pack 73-53
NC State was knotted up with UVA at half, but that was quickly erased by multiple second half runs by the Cavaliers. Malcolm Brogdon scored 22 points but his main impact was on the defensive end as he held Cat Barber to just 14 points on the night. UVA was the better team period. There is a reason why they are now 33-1 in home ACC games in the last four years, Tony Bennett has his team ready each time out. NC State had a great first half, but couldn’t get any stops as UVA shot 53% from the field and 55% from three. The Pack also could not sustain their offensive success in the second half as their field goal percentage dropped to 29.1%, compared to 52.1% in the first half. Tony Bennett made his adjustments at half and the Cavilers answered the bell out scoring the Pack 42-22 in the second half.
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NC State will take on Clemson this Saturday at 3PM at the PNC Arena. The Tigers will face BC tonight before playing the Pack. As of right now the Tigers are 15-10 overall with an 8-5 ACC record.
What other two guys are you wanting? Kirk and Henderson, or Lacey and Washington?
The fact that we have been able to play even the best teams in the ACC to tight for a single half before completely falling apart in the 2nd makes me think we are really on the knife’s edge… just on the losing side of it. Consider if NC State is able to go into UVa’s arena with 7 guys and tie them at the half what they could do if we had 9 guys. In my opinion, the season would be very different.