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.

In case you missed it, NC State unveiled two new banners in the rafters of the Lenovo Center last night at the Wolfpack’s 2024-25 season opener against USC Upstate. It’s a beautiful thing to see the banners representing last years ACC Championship and Final Four hanging ever so gloriously in the home of the Wolfpack.

In case you missed this historic moment pic.twitter.com/k77lZmjfwn

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NC State’s Men’s Basketball team is heading into its 8th season with Kevin Keatts at the helm. It’s kind of hard to believe, but Keatts’ has had a different leading scorer each season, and is guaranteed to have a new leading scorer this season as well.

Eight seasons…Eight different leading scorers.

That’s pretty wild.

(Side Note: The last time NC State has had the same leading scorer in back-to-back seasons was when CJ Leslie led the Wolfpack in scoring in 2011-12 and 2012-13.)

If you look at Keatts’ previous leading scorers, and the balanced make-up of the current squad, I personally don’t envision anyone on this team averaging 15+ points per game at seasons end.

Last night, Senior Guards Breon Pass and Marcus Hill tied for the team lead with 14 points.

Senior Guard Jayden Taylor is the leading returning scorer from last years squad. Last season, Taylor averaged 11.2 points per game.

Here’s a look at what players averaged last season in college basketball:

Marcus Hill – 20.5 (Bowling Green)
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield – 12.9 (Louisville)
Dontrez Styles – 12.8 (Georgetown)
Mike James – 12.6 (Louisville)
Ismael Diouf – 10.1 (Laval/Canada)
Ben Middlebrooks – 5.7
Michael O’Connell – 5.7
Dennis Parker Jr. 4.7
Breon Pass – 1.3

Who do you think will lead NC State in scoring this season?