NC State Suffers Their Second Straight Loss As They Lose To Virginia Tech

After losing to Virginia earlier in the week NC State suffered yet another loss to a Virginia team.

This time to the team located in Blacksburg Virginia.

The NC State men's basketball team shot 16.7 percent in falling to 12th-ranked Virginia Tech, 47-24, on Saturday afternoon inside PNC Arena. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/2/mens-basketball-pack-falls-to-12th-ranked-virginia-tech.aspx

Despite a poor shooting first half, the Pack only trailed by six points at halftime, 20-14. NC State hit its first two field goals of the second half to cut the Hokies advantage to 22-19 with 18:35 to play, but the Pack only managed one more made field goal for the rest of the game. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/2/mens-basketball-pack-falls-to-12th-ranked-virginia-tech.aspx

NC State shot just 13 percent in the second half and finished the game 9-of-54 shooting. No Pack player reached double figures as CJ Bryce led the team with seven points. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/2/mens-basketball-pack-falls-to-12th-ranked-virginia-tech.aspx

Wyatt Walker grabbed seven offensive rebounds and finished with a season-best 12. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/2/mens-basketball-pack-falls-to-12th-ranked-virginia-tech.aspx

Virginia Tech shot 35.6 percent from the field, its second-lowest shooting percentage of the season. Kenny Blackshear led the Hokies with a double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2019/2/2/mens-basketball-pack-falls-to-12th-ranked-virginia-tech.aspx

NC State will return to the court when they visit tobacco road rival North Carolina on Tuesday night.