NC State To Host Mount Olive For Exhibition In Raleigh
Last season NC State finished the season with a record of 24-12 and lost to Lipscomb in the NIT quarterfinals.
On Sunday NC State who is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference will play their only exhibition game when they host Mount Olive before opening up the regular season with an Atlantic Coast Conference game against Georgia Tech on November 5th in North Carolina’s state capital.
As for how NC State finished last season, as stated above they lost to Lipscomb in the NIT Quarterfinals. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/3/27/mens-basketball-nc-state-falls-short-to-lipscomb-94-93.aspx?path=mbball
Torin Dorn ended his Wolfpack career with a career-best 34 points and grabbed nine rebounds. His scoring performance is the best in program history in the NIT. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/3/27/mens-basketball-nc-state-falls-short-to-lipscomb-94-93.aspx?path=mbball
The Charlotte native finished the game 15-of-22 from the field and 4-of-5 from the foul line in scoring 34 points. He had four of his nine rebounds on the offensive glass.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/3/27/mens-basketball-nc-state-falls-short-to-lipscomb-94-93.aspx?path=mbball
Dorn concludes his career 33rd on the NC State all-time scoring list with 1,267 points. His 214 career offensive rebounds rank as the 13th-most in program history.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/3/27/mens-basketball-nc-state-falls-short-to-lipscomb-94-93.aspx?path=mbball
NC State led 48-39 at the half, but Lipscomb scored on its first five possessions of the second half and eventually took a 57-56 lead ona jumper with 13:47 to play. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/3/27/mens-basketball-nc-state-falls-short-to-lipscomb-94-93.aspx?path=mbball
Lipscomb stretched the lead to 65-60 with 11:55 to play, but the Pack went on a 5-0 burst to tie the game at 65 with 10:54 to go. From that point forward, the biggest lead for either team was four points. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/3/27/mens-basketball-nc-state-falls-short-to-lipscomb-94-93.aspx?path=mbball
Tip-off is set for 2:00pm from PNC Arena. The game will be televised on ACC Network Extra.