NC State Tops North Carolina In Their First Meeting Of The Season In Raleigh
Twenty eight miles is what separates the campuses of NC State University and the University Of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill!
On Tuesday night the NC State Men’s Basketball team and the North Carolina Men’s Basketball met on the hardwood for the first time this season!
Where?
Raleigh North Carolina!
In their first match up of the season between the two tobacco road rivals NC State topped North Carolina who is ranked seventeen in this AP Top 25 poll by a score of 79-76!
Why?
Senior guard Devon Daniels led the Pack with 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting and added five rebounds while Manny Bates added 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds while also blocking five shots.
Freshman Shakeel Moore had the finest performance of his young career as the Greensboro native came off-the-bench and scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting. It was Moore's first career double-figure scoring game.
NC State defense stiffened for the final 2:45 as Carolina would not hit a field goal the rest of the game.”according to an article on gopack.com
While North Carolina lost the first match up of the season between the two in state rivals!
Why?
North Carolina continues to put themselves They fell behind by 16 in losses to No. 4 Iowa and No. 10 Texas, and rallied from double-digit deficits in wins against UNLV, North Carolina Central and Kentucky. This time, they fell behind 46-29 with 3:56 left before halftime, then spent the rest of the night fighting uphill. The Tar Heels also finished with 18 turnovers, leading to 19 points for NC State! “according to an article by Aaron Beard Of The Associated Press!
NC State is going to return to action on Wednesday December 30,2020!
Where?
Raleigh North Carolina where they’re going to host Boston College while on the same night North Carolina is going to be playing an opponent on the road!
Where?
In Atlanta Georgia where they’re going to playing Georgia Tech!
NC State and North Carolina will however meet again on the hardwood on January 23, 2021!
Where?
Chapel Hill North Carolina where NC State is going to look to sweep North Carolina in the regular season while North Carolina is going to look to avenge that loss to NC State earlier in the season!