NC State Rebounds In Big Way With Rout Of Miami In Raleigh
NC State didn’t just rebound from their loss to Virginia Tech in their return to North Carolina’s state capital. They rebounded in a big way against Miami on Wednesday night.
The NC State men's basketball team had four players score in double figures as the Pack ran away from Miami in the second half to win, 80-63.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
NC State had its best shooting half of the season in the second half, shooting 64.3 percent from the field to pull away for the win. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
The Pack's lead was eight at the break and Miami hung around for the first five minutes of the half, cutting NC State's lead to five, 43-38, on three DJ Vasilijevic free throws with 15:00 to go in the game.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
NC State responded with a 9-2 run over the next three minutes to take firm control of the game.”according to
The Hurricanes would never get within single digits again as the Pack's lead ballooned to as high as 20 points https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspxs in the final minutes.
D.J. Funderburk led the Pack with 19 points and eight rebounds. It's the fourth time in the last five games Funderburk has led the team in scoring.
Devon Daniels added 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting while Jericole Hellems finished 11 points.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
Markell Johnson had 10 points and tied his career-high with four steals. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
In his first action since December 22 against The Citadel, C.J. Bryce came off-the-bench to score six points and pass out a team-high five assists in 21 minutes of action.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
The Pack tied its season-best with seven blocked shots and added nine steals as it forced Miami into a 36.4 percent shooting performance. The Hurricanes finished with just three assists in the game against 15 turnover. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-balanced-effort-leads-pack-to-win-over-miami.aspx
While NC State rebounded from their latest setback Miami meanwhile had a setback after their previous game which was a win over Pittsburgh.
The University of Miami men's basketball team fell, 80-63, Wednesday night at NC State. “according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
Junior guard Chris Lykes paced Miami (10-6, 2-4 ACC) with a game-high 20 points in the setback at PNC Arena.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
"When our two big guys get in foul trouble and without Keith Stone or Deng Gak, we just don't have any depth to be able to match up with bigs. And they just dominated . . . inside scoring," Miami head coach Jim Larrañaga said. "They had 16 interior first-half points in the paint, but we also fouled them a half a dozen times that led to free throws. So, we've got to figure out how to keep Rodney [Miller, Jr.] and Sam [Waardenburg] in the game at the same time, so that we can play three guards and rotate the guards."“according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
The Hurricanes held NC State (12-5, 3-3 ACC) to 4-of-18 shooting through the opening 10:23 and never trailed in the first 16:27. However, the Wolfpack held Miami scoreless for the final 3:51 of the frame, went on a 10-0 run to close the half and took a 33-25 edge into the locker room.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
Miami scored the first four points of the second half to quickly pull back within four, but never got any closer, as the Wolfpack shot 64.3 percent (18-of-28) in the second stanza and the Hurricanes continued to battle foul trouble.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
Lykes' 20 points came on a 6-of-14 clip from the floor and a perfect 7-of-7 tally from the stripe. Senior guard Dejan Vasiljevic totaled 16 points in 39 minutes and went 6-of-7 at the line, missing his first free throw of the season.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
Redshirt junior center Rodney Miller, Jr., set career highs in points (16), made field gohttps://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspxals (six) and made free throws (four), finishing 6-of-8 from the field and 4-of-5 at the line.”according to
Redshirt sophomore forward DJ Funderburk led NC State with 19 points and went 8-of-11 on free throws. Redshirt junior guard Devon Daniels scored 15 points on 7-of-11 shooting, sophomore forward Jerricole Hellems added 11 and senior guard Markell Johnson notched 10.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
NC State went 9-of-20 (45.0 percent) on 3-point attempts, the third-best mark Miami has allowed this year, and held the Hurricanes to just 3-of-16 shooting (18.8 percent) for their second-lowest clip of the season.”according to https://hurricanesports.com/news/2020/1/15/mens-basketball-mbb-drops-road-decision-at-nc-state.aspx
NC State will now prepare for the rematch with Clemson in Raleigh on Saturday afternoon. Earlier this season they went down to South Carolina and lost the inaugural meeting of the season. This time they will be looking for a different result when Clemson visits North Carolina’s state capital.