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NC State 85 Notre Dame 82: BOX SCORE
NC State improved to 16-5 tonight, defeating Notre Dame 85-82. The Wolfpack are now 6-4 in ACC play. The Box Score is below.
Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James (6’5″/200) is a priority for NC State, according to a source.
News broke about James entering the Transfer Portal back on March 25th, and NC State was quick to reach out. Kevin Keatts and his staff recruited the former 4-star prospect out of high school heavily, but he ultimately chose the Cardinals.
After redshirting his first year in Louisville due to torn achilles, James has been a starter for the Cardinals the past two years.
This past year, James averaged 12.6 points per game (3rd on the team) and 5 rebounds. He’s extremely physical and aggressive, taking 47% of his field goal attempts at the rim (making 46%). As a result, he draws a lot of fouls, ranking 10th in the ACC in Fouls Drawn, and 4th in Free Throw Rate. James made opponents pay this year when they put him on the line, making 81.8% from the charity stripe, which ranked 15th in the ACC.
James shot the ball better as a Redshirt Freshman, than he did this past season. His Effective Field Goal Percentage in 2022-23 was 55.8%, which ranked 19th in the ACC, and his True Shooting Percentage of 59.6% ranked 14th.
He does have the ability to knock down a three, making 34.8% for his career.
NC State already hosted Indiana State Transfer Guard Ryan Conwell last week, and while the Wolfpack coaches like both players, from what I’m hearing, James would be their preference.
NC State hasn’t had James in for a visit, but that could happen soon.
James has 2 years of eligibility remaining.
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Joiner again is perfect from free throw line. Burns was his dependable self but could not keep up with their bigs outside. However, our defense generated the stops, steals and turnovers to overcome a great shooting night by ND. I want to send a special shout out to Ebe (and Ross). Together they had 13 points, 4 rbds, and 4 blocked shots. Proud of all the guys and very thankful we won.
Rough game, thanks heavens we squeezed by them. Would have been a really bad loss.
How did we even win this game? Notre Dame’s shooting percentage was kind of bonkers. 58% in the first half, 51% in all, while we shot pretty poorly. Anyway, same sentiments Papajohn, rough game. After muscling through that, I felt like we lost but most certainly glad we won. It does sound like Notre Dame (despite their record) has had a lot of close games. They are not a team I want to meet up with in the ACC Tournament. Honestly, they seem like a team that could be clicking by then. On a separate note, great to see Smith… Read more »
Wow! I looked some more at the stats. Steals and turnovers. We had 2 turnovers and they had 15. They had 1 steal and we had a healthy 9. Our defense at this point really seems to be coming alive. If we can get our offense clicking… I say, watch out!
Teams with good shooters and nothing to lose are dangerous. They had nothing to lose and could heave up a 3 with a clear mind. ND is a good team with excellent ball movement, just can’t put it all together and not enough key stops on defense.
We are often making big plays and stops when needed. Only 2 turnovers! That’s elite guard play and really good ball control by everyone. Smith racking up some assists again.
Breon was showing some speed out there!
Our rebounding wasn’t elite though.