NC State (4-2) will play their first ACC game of the 2023-24 season tomorrow on the road against Boston College (5-2), and they enter the game as slight underdogs. The Wolfpack are 1.5-point underdogs, and the Total is 150.5.
- NC State is 0-2 Straight Up as underdogs
- BC is 4-1 Straight Up as favorites.
- NC State is 2-4 Against the Spread.
- BC is 4-3 Against the Spread
- The Total has gone Under in 2 games for NC State, Over in 3 and Pushed in 1.
- The Total has gone Under in 3 games for Boston College and Over in 4.
- NC State is 6-4 in their last 10 games against BC Straight Up.
- NC State is 4–6 Against the Spread in their last 10 games against BC.
- The Total has gone Under in 5 games, and Under in the other 5.
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The 5th ranked NC State Women’s Basketball team improved to 8-0 tonight, defeating Vanderbilt 70-62 in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge.
Notes
- Saniya Rivers scored 20+ points for the 2nd time this season, scoring 22 points on 8 of 14 shooting. She also chipped in 8 rebounds and 2 steals.
- River Baldwin posted her first double-double of the season. She scored 12 points and grabbed 10 boards.
- Aziaha James has now scored in double figures in 7 of 8 games, scoring 14 points tonight, shooting 6 of 10 from the field and 2 of 3 from beyond the arc.
- Freshman Zoe Brooks led the Pack in steals (4) and assists (4).
- NC State didn’t shoot well, making only 39% of their shots. Fortunately, they held Vandy to 34.3% shooting.
The Wolfpack will host Illinois State on Sunday at 2pm.
NC State’s Men’s Basketball team lost it’s second straight game tonight, losing 52-72 on the road at Ole Miss in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge. Below is the Box Score with some notes below.
Notes
- Ben Middlebrooks posted a double-double, with 13 points and 12 boards. To be honest, Middlebrooks was the only bright spot in this game.
- Casey Morsell was the only other player to score in double figures (12 points), but it wasn’t pretty, shooting 5 of 14 from the field.
- One of the poorest statistical shooting performance I can remember.
- NC State shot 31.8% from the field and 12% from three (3-25).
- The Wolfpack’s DNA on defense is turning over their opponent, and they were unable to do so tonight, turning over the Rebels only 7 times.
- For comparison, the Wolfpack turned it over 13 times, giving them a Turnover Margin tonight of -6.
- Heading into tonight, they averaged a Turnover Margin of +7.8.
- Ole Miss scored 13 points off of turnovers, compared to NC State’s 4.
- This is the first time this season that NC State failed to force their opponent to commit at least 10 turovers.
- NC State was -25 when D.J. Burns was on the court, which was the worst on the team.
- NC State was +3 when L.J. Thomas was on the court, and +2 when Ben Middlebrooks were on the court. They were the only two players in the positive.
- Thomas and Middlebrooks should have earned themselves some more playing time going forward.
- Ole Miss’ length was problematic for the Wolfpack, blocking 9 of their shots.
There will be more analysis on this game coming tomorrow.
Georgia Southern’s coach threw everything in the book at the Wolfpack. Dude 3/4 court pressed/trapped pretty much the entire game, switched up defenses, and attacked. Our boys seemed to struggle against that zone D. Jacked up a lot of bad jumpers. Should have been busting that zone with dribble penetration the entire game.
Dennis struggled out there against the press and zone. He will learn.
Mav needs to work on his perimeter defense. Guy has concrete in his shoes. He’s so good on offense but a major defensive liability.
Wow! Not the start I had envisioned. Good wake up call for this team to come out focused and stay focused for 40 minutes. The FT shooting was atrocious until the end of the game. Luckily we hit the FTs when we absolutely had to. Anya is a waste. Abu played soft most of game. Dennis took a lot of bad shots. Torin is the man and Terry played well for most of game. This is not HS Dennis.
Lou, you should always have a poll on pregame articles. Who scores the most? The list should include: Dennis, Torin, Terry, Mav
I expect to see some turnovers and sloppy play to start. Then the kids get into a flow and start a run. We win by 35.
As Lou mentioned, we likely play small ball considering the competition is also pretty small. I expect to see a lot of fast breaks and rim rocking dunks. I would be surprised if we don’t go to the line at least 20 times.
Big question for me is how does this team rebound?
#3 – this
I was telling a Wolfpack buddy of mine the other day that Dennis looked like he was going maybe 80% in the 2 exhibition games. I really feel like he’s got at least another gear he hasn’t shown yet.
If the competition isn’t up to his level, he will not go 100%.