WATCH: Bryce Heard Speaks with the Media After NC State’s Exhibition Win

Freshman Guard Bryce Heard met with the media after NC State’s 79-75 win over Lees-McRae in their Exhibition Game on Wednesday night. Heard had 7 points and 3 rebounds in 12 minutes of play, shooting a perfect 3 of 3 from the field, and 1-1 from three. You can watch the video ABOVE, and read the transcript BELOW.

Bryce, first of all for you, your first real action tonight. Well, I guess, not real, real action, but your first chance to step out there on PNC and actually get some time, what was it like for you, man?

It was good, seeing all the fans, seeing a couple of my family members in the crowd, it was good seeing that. It was good to get back to playing real basketball, it was fun.

How much family did you have in town?

My dad was there.

As far as your offseason’s been concerned, for your growth and things along those lines, I think a lot of people kind of expected, ‘hey, coming in, maybe you’d have some time to learn,’ but what have you seen from yourself as far as growth is concerned in this system?

Just how fast I can learn, hopping in here real quickly.

Some of the guys are ahead of me because they were here for the summer session, so you’ve just got to believe in yourself and grow as fast as I can.

And as far as the team is concerned, obviously for you guys, a lot to still work on after this game, but what did you take away from tonight?

That we’ve just got to bounce back. Every game isn’t going to be perfect, so we’ve just got to keep believing in ourselves, and this wasn’t a real game, so I’m not too worried about this.

You know, we’ll bounce back Monday.

You guys get a chance to raise two banners on Monday night. You weren’t a part of that team last year, but how much did that kind of make you interested in this program last year too?

Yeah, for sure.

That run was crazy to see. I don’t think these guys really understand how big an impact it was. They were going crazy in Chicago.

It’s definitely cool to be a part of this, getting to see it in person, the banners, so it’s good to be a part of it.

And as far as your game, what types of things are you still trying to work on as you head into the season to keep improving?

Yeah, man, just keep getting better every day, keep listening, keep working on my ball handling, shooting, just keep working on stuff like that, just keep listening, so that’s the biggest thing I take away.

How did things work well for you guys in the first half when y’all jumped them out of there?

We were moving the ball a lot. We were just getting out in transition a little bit more than we did in the second half, so I think we just keep going off of that, and we’ll build on that for sure.

In the converse of the second half, they closed the game. Are those the things you didn’t do?

Yeah, I think we just didn’t pressure as much as we should have, so I just think we’ll just pick it up from that and listen to what the coach has to say about that.