NC State Basketball
NC State is a 5th seed in ACC Tourney. Who do they play and when?
Last night’s win over Louisville, coupled with Miami’s win, Clemson’s loss and UNC’s loss, leaves NC State technically tied for 3rd in the conference with that group.
According to ACC rules, those teams get seeded-out by group record. Based on winning percentages of those records, Miami gets the 3rd seed, Clemson gets the 4th seed, NC State gets the 5th and UNC falls to 6th.
Here is how the bracket looks.
NC State will play the winner of #12 Boston College vs. #13 Georgia Tech at 2pm on Wednesday.
NC State (1-0) will host Presbyterian (1-1) tonight at 7pm. The Wolfpack is favored by 21.5-points and the Total is sitting at 152.5. The moneyline for NC State is -20000, and Presbyterian is sitting at +3000.
- NC State is 1-0 Against the Spread.
- Presbyterian is 1-0 Against the Spread.
- The Total went Over in NC State’s season opener.
- The Total went Over in Presbyterian’s season opener.
- NC State is 8-2 Against the Spread in their last 10 games.
- Duke is 9-1-2 Against the Spread in their last 12 games.
- The Total has gone Under in 4 of NC State’s last 5 games.
- The Total has gone Under in 3 of Presbyterian’s last 5 games.
NC State
Presbyterian
The 9th ranked NC State Women’s Basketball team kicked off their 2024-25 season with a 80-55 win over ETSU last night.
As a team, the Wolfpack shot the ball better, (47.7%/34.4%), outrebounded ETSU (49-30), got to the charity stripe more (15 FTs/2 FTs), and turned the ball over less (14/17).
NC State scored more points off of turnovers (15/13) and had more second chance points (23/12).
The Wolfpack ran out a starting lineup of 4 Guards and 1 Center.
Sophomore Guard Zoe Brooks
Senior Guard Saniya Rivers
Senior Guard Aziaha James
Senior Guard Madison Hayes
Senior Center Lizzy Williamson
Despite starting 4 Guards, NC State scored over half of their points in the paint (42 out of 80).
Zoe Brooks led the Pack in scoring and assists, with 21 points ( 8-14 FG) and 4 assists. Aziaha James, who led NC State in scoring last season, looked like she was back to 100% after dealing with an injury in the preseason, scoring 17 points (7-14 FG), and grabbed a team-high 9 rebounds.
Madison Hayes and Saniya Rivers both chipped in 11 points apiece. Hayes was 5 of 7 from the field, and had 2 steals. Rivers was 4 of 12 from the field, but did hit 2 of her 5 three-point attempts. She also had 7 rebounds and a team-high 3 steals.
The 9th ranked Wolfpack has a massive challenge in Game 2 this Sunday, playing #1 South Carolina in Charlotte.
