NC State 58 Tennessee 67: Box Score

Here is the box score from NC State’s 58-67 loss to Tennessee today, with a few thoughts underneath.

I’m a stat junky, and am a huge fan of Dean Oliver’s Four Factors of Basketball Success. I’ll briefly look at how these four factors played out in NC State’s loss today.

Effective Field Goal Percentage 

NC State – 40.9%
Tennessee – 45.3%

Turnover Percentage 

NC State – 24.5%
Tennessee – 19.7%

Offensive Rebounding Percentage 

NC State – 44.7%
Tennessee – 36.6%

Free Throw Rate

NC State – 23.6
Tennessee – 35.8

In a nutshell, Tennessee shot better, took better care of the ball, and got to the free throw line more, and made more when they did. The one area that NC State has the edge was in offensive rebounds.