NC State Sport Notes | Texas Southern Sport Notes
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State males’s basketball crew hosts Texas Southern Wednesday night time inside Reynolds Coliseum in this system’s annual Heritage Sport performed at its former residence area.
Tipoff in opposition to the Tigers is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the sport will probably be proven on ACC Community Additional. NC State followers may hearken to Matt Chazanow and Chucky Brown name the motion on the Wolfpack Sports activities Community.
Pack Notes
– NC State fell to Nineteenth-ranked Kansas, 77-76, in additional time on Saturday night time in entrance of a offered out crowd within the Lenovo Heart.
– Regardless of capturing season-lows in subject purpose share (37.8%) and three-point share (26.5%), the Pack had the ultimate shot of regulation and in addition had two alternatives within the last 16 seconds of additional time to take the lead.
– Darrion Williams (17 factors/10 rebounds) and Ven-Allen Lubin (16 factors/11 rebounds) each posted double-doubles for the Pack vs. the Jayhawks.
– After scoring in double figures simply as soon as within the Pack’s first three video games this season, Ven-Allen Lubin has now scored in double figures in eight consecutive video games. He has shot over 50 % from the sector in each sport this season and leads the ACC and ranks tenth within the NCAA in subject purpose share at 67.0 %.
– Within the final 5 video games, Lubin is averaging 17.4 factors per sport and is capturing 70.6 % (36-of-51) from the sector whereas additionally averaging 8.0 rebounds per sport.
Quadir Copeland led NC State with 19 factors and in addition grabbed eight rebounds and handed out six assists. Over his final 5 video games, Copeland is averaging 18.6 factors, 6.0 assists, and a couple of.0 steals per sport whereas capturing 58.2 % (32-of-55) from the sector. The Philadelphia, Pa., has led the Pack in scoring in three of the final 5 video games, in assists in 4 of the final 5 video games and in steals in three of the final 5 video games.
– NC State ranks close to the highest within the ACC in scoring (third – 87.6 ppg), subject purpose share (4th – 48.8%), 3-point share (third – 38.5%) and free throw share (4th – 76.1%).
– Choose Your Poison: NC State has had 5 completely different gamers rating 20-plus factors in a sport this season, tied with Pitt for essentially the most within the ACC. 4 Wolfpack gamers (Quadir Copeland, Ven-Allen Lubin, Paul McNeil, Jr., and Darrion Williams) have reached the 20-point mark in a number of video games—greater than some other crew within the convention.
– NC State had simply seven turnovers in opposition to Kansas and has now had single digit turnovers in 4 of its final 5 video games. The Pack ranks thirtieth within the NCAA with a median of 9.9 turnovers per sport.
Wednesday storylines
– Wednesday is the Pack’s annual Heritage Sport the place it returns to Reynolds Coliseum, its residence from 1949-1999. The Pack is 26-2 for the reason that 1999-2000 season when enjoying at Reynolds Coliseum.
– NC State assistant coach Brandon Chambers has coached at Texas Southern for 3 complete seasons in two completely different stints. He was an assistant coach for 2 seasons at TSU from 2019-21 earlier than becoming a member of Will Wade‘s workers at LSU within the 2021-22 season as Particular Assistant to the Head Coach. He returned to Texas Southern the next season as an assistant coach. In three years with Texas Southern, Chambers helped the Tigers to 2 SWAC Match titles and helped information TSU to its second NCAA Match win (First 4) in program historical past.
– Relationship again to the 2016-17 season, NC State has a 72-4 (.947) file in opposition to non-conference opponents in common season residence video games.
– NC State ranks thirty sixth in the latest NET rankings launched on Monday, Dec. 15 NC State’s common opponent NET rank although 11 video games is 126. The Pack’s opponent NET rank ranks because the hardest of any ACC crew. Six of the Pack’s first 11 video games this season are at the moment Q1 or Q2 video games. That is essentially the most Q1/Q2 video games of any ACC crew and the Pack’s 4 Q1 video games at the moment tie with Duke for essentially the most of any ACC crew. NC State nonetheless has two non-conference video games remaining and as of the present NET rankings will play another Q2 sport (impartial web site sport vs. Ole Miss on Dec. 21).
– Ven has been unstoppable in second half of video games this season: A missed shot halfway by way of the second half in opposition to Liberty final Wednesday snapped a streak of 24 consecutive made second half subject targets for Ven-Allen Lubin. His streak began with two makes in opposition to Boise State within the second half on Nov. 25, the subsequent day he was 6-6 in opposition to Texas within the second half, he then went 3-3 at Auburn, 9-9 in opposition to UNC Asheville and made his first 4 second half subject purpose makes an attempt in opposition to Liberty earlier than lastly lacking a second half shot. In 11 video games this season, Lubin is capturing 78.3 % (36-of-46) from the sector within the second half. He is additionally made 14-of-his-15 free throw makes an attempt within the last 20 minutes of video games this season which implies his second half capturing splits are 82.1/50/93.3.
– Second Half Pack: NC State is averaging 47.6 factors and capturing 53.6 % from the sector within the second half of its 11 video games this season. Along with Lubin’s second half efforts talked about above, Quadir Copeland has additionally been implausible within the second half as he is shot 63.6 % (28-of-44) within the second half of video games this season. Total the Pack’s prime 5 scorers within the second half (Quadir Copeland, Darrion Williams, Ven-Allen Lubin, Paul McNeil, Jr., and Tre Holloman) mix to shoot 58.9 % from the sector within the second half, together with 50 % (47-of-94) from three-point vary.
– Pack’s beginning unit is giving NC State a deadly offensive punch by way of the primary 10 video games. NC State’s regular beginning lineup (Quadir Copeland, Tre Holloman, Ven-Allen Lubin, Paul McNeil, Jr., and Darrion Williams) are combining to common 66.2 factors per sport and capturing an environment friendly 51.9 % (251-of-484) from the sector, together with 42.3 % (83-of-196) from three-point vary.
– The season is simply a 3rd of the best way by way of, however with a present 1.70 assist-to-turnover ratio, the Pack is on tempo to put up the most effective single-season mark in program historical past. NC State has had extra turnovers than assists simply as soon as this season (VCU) and has recorded an assist-to-turnover ratio of two.0 or higher in 5 video games.
– Win the Boards, win the sport? Kansas outrebounded NC State by two final weekend and the Pack is now 1-4 when it’s outrebounded this season. The Pack is 6-0 when it outrebounds its opponent.
– NC State outscored Kansas, 38-32, within the paint and has now scored 40 or extra paint factors in half of its video games this season. For the season, NC State is averaging 35.8 paint factors per sport and solely as soon as this season (vs. Seton Corridor) has the Pack been outscored within the paint. Total by way of 11 video games, the Pack is +118 over its opponents in paint factors.
NC State collection with Texas Southern
– Wednesday would be the second all-time assembly between NC State and Texas Southern.
– Final Assembly (November 21, 2021): NC State defeated Texas Southern, 65-57, within the first-ever assembly between the 2 packages. Texas Southern led 31-28 on the break, and nonetheless had a 41-37 lead six minutes into the second half, when NC State went on a 10-0 run to take the lead. TSU acquired again inside two, 49-47, however a mini 6-0 run put the sport out of attain because the Tigers by no means acquired inside 5 the remainder of the best way. Dereon Seabron led the Pack with 21 factors and 11 rebounds.
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