NC State vs. Robert Morris: Preview & Notes

Pack Tracks

• NC State dropped an 81-76 decision to UNCG on Saturday. The loss snapped the Pack’s 20 game non-conference home win streak. Allerik Freeman led NC State with 17 points, while Lennard Freeman (16 points on 6-of-6 shooting) and Braxton Beverly (16 points) also reached double figures.
• Beverly leads the ACC with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.25. He ranks 11th in NCAA Dl and has the best assist-to-turnover ratio of any freshman in the country. Through the first five games, Beverly had just seven assists against four turnovers, but as he has gotten more comfortable directing the NC State offense his assists have risen. Beverly has 27 assists and just four turnovers in the last four games for the Pack. For the season, he is averaging 1 turnover for every 31.6 minutes played.
• Omer Yurtseven is shooting 83.3 percent (25-of-30) from the field over the last five games. For the season, he is shooting 64.6 percent from the field. He would rank second in the ACC in field goal percentage, but falls just short of the minimum number of field goal makes to qualify.
• Allerik Freeman scored his 1,000th career point in Saturday’s game against UNCG. He joins Ab-dul-Malik Abu and Sam Hunt to score 1,000 points in their career.
• In 11 games, the Pack has forced 188 turnovers. The 17.1 turnovers forced per game ranks tied for 35th in NCAA DI and are the second most forced turnovers by a team from the ACC.
• NC State has 94 steals in 11 games this season, a mark that ranks third in the ACC and 31st overall in NCAA DI.
• +50 turnover margin is tied for the 24th-best TO margin in NCAA Dl this season and is the best in the ACC. Virginia at +44 turnover margin is the second-best in the ACC.

NC State-Robert Morris Series

• Tuesday’s meeting marks the 2nd meeting all-time between the two programs.
• The Pack defeated Robert Morris, 90-88, on Feb. 13, 1991 in the only previous meeting between the programs.
• NC State has an all-time record of 10-1 against teams from the Northeast Conference, including a 95-72 win over NEC member Bryant on Nov. 14 this season.