NC State’s Balanced Offensive Attack Secures a 91-82 Wolfpack Victory at Wake Forest

Six NC State (7-2) players were in double-figures today in Winston-Salem, which led to a 91-82 Wolfpack victory over Wake Forest (5-5) on the road, which is never a given.

The monkey almost crawled back on the back of NC State in the final minutes, but the Wolfpack’s large lead was able to withstand sloppy play as the game wrapped up. With 4:08 left in the game, NC State was up by 17 points, but they allowed the Deacs to make it a 5 point game with 28 seconds to go.

Redshirt Senior Guard C.J. Bryce led the Wolfpack in scoring and rebounding, with 18 points and 8 rebounds off the bench, along with 4 assists.

Senior Point Guard Markell Johnson had 14 points (4-7 FG/2-3 3PT) and a team high 7 assists.

Sophomore Jericole Hellems’ hot hand didn’t cool off, scoring 13 points (5-9 FG/3-4 3PT), sinking 3 more three-pointers. Sadly, he took a nasty spill in the final seconds, and was taken off the court on a stretcher with what looked to be a head injury.

Redshirt Junior D.J. Funderburk scored 11 and Redshirt Junior Devon Daniels scored 12. Daniels also splashed the stat sheet with 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.

Wake Forest’s Senior Guard Brandon Childress did everything he could to keep the Deacs in the game, scoring 30 points, sinking 5 three-pointers.

The difference in the game was NC State’s 2nd chance points and points off turnovers. The Wolfpack scored 21 points off of 12 offensive rebounds, and scored 27 points off of 19 turnovers.

This is the type of game NC State has lost over and over again in the past, losing 6 of their last 7 games in Winston-Salem. The Wolfpack are now 1-1 in ACC play.

The Wolfpack will have a week off before they play at UNCG next Sunday.