NC State Basketball
Another double-double for Jack Clark as NC State rolls past PR 81-69
NC State moves to 2-0 in the Bahamas after using a strong 4th quarter to come back and beat Puerto Rico 81-69.
If you haven’t been following, NC State is in the Bahamas for their summer exhibition trip. They won their first game against Bahama Select 92-81, using big games from Terquavion Smith (26 pts) and a double-double from LaSalle transfer Jack Clark (who had a 12 and 13 double-double).
This was a close one, with NC State losing after 3 quarters, 55-52. However, Clark went off for 8 points and 3 rebounds in the 4th, leading the Pack to the 12-point victory.
This was Clark’s second double-double in two games for NC State as he finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
Without any media coverage, other than what the team is providing, we can’t see exactly how Clark is scoring, but from what we can piece together, he’s doing it in a variety of ways. For instance, in this game he knocked down SIX 3s.
It’s got to be a fluke if a guy show shot below 30% from long range last season is suddenly hitting his 3s, right? Well, not necessarily. Clark has great form and a smooth release. He was actually projected to be a very good shooter coming out of high school. During his freshman season he shot 41% from 3 (for context, Scott Wood shot 41% for his career at NC State). Clark then kind of lost his touch during the next two seasons, shooting 28% and 29% respectively. So we were waiting and watching to see which Jack Clark showed up for Kevin Keatts. At this point, it looks like he’s found his form and is back to being a quality shooter.
According to GoPack.com, Ole Miss transfer, Jarkell Joiner, also had his second good game in a row. After notching 14 points and 3 assist in game one, the grad senior followed it up 16 points and 5 assists in this one.
Terquavion Smith added 9 points and 4 steals (while missing a significant chunk of the game with a leg cramp), while Casey Morsell finished with 11 and DJ Burns dropped 12 (8 in the 4th quarter).
NC State shot 56.3 percent in the second half, and 64.2 percent from three-point range.
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Clark’s rebounding and scoring are really needed. We don’t really have another player like him, he may see a lot of minutes.
Nice move by Burns in that video clip. That’s what he’s here for, plus rebounding.
But, its just an exhibition game.
Good start from the guards and Clark. Disappointed that we heard nothing about Ross or Ebe.
Clark is a great surprise
Was thinking the same thing about Ross. I heard he’s just getting back to full speed. So maybe they’re limiting his minutes?
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