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NC State Topped At Boston College To Finish Three Game Road Trip

To begin the road trip the team located in North Carolina’s state capital picked up two wins.

The wins included an 83-72 win in Coral Gables Florida over Miami and a 79-74 win at Syracuse.

To finish their road trip though NC State was on the other end of the spectrum in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts against Boston College.

The NC State men's basketball team battled back from a 12-point deficit, but could not complete the comeback as it fell to Boston College, 71-68, Sunday night at the Conte Forum.


Bryce, Hellems and Devon Daniels all led the Pack with 15 points. Daniels added a game-high 10 rebounds. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/2/16/mens-basketball-pack-falls-short-at-bc.aspx

NC State finished the game just 2-of-19 from three-point and turned the ball over 16 times. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/2/16/mens-basketball-pack-falls-short-at-bc.aspx

While NC State lost Boston College was on the other end of the spectrum as they knocked off NC State in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts.

- Derryck Thornton led all scorers with 22 points - making 11-of-11 from the foul line - as Boston College earned a 71-68 win over N.C. State at home on Saturday. “according to
https://bceagles.com/news/2020/2/16/mbb_ncst_recap_021620.aspx

NC State will now turn their attention to tobacco road as they will host Duke on Wednesday night in North Carolina’s state capital for the first matchup of the season. In this game the two players who lead the Atlantic Coast Conference in assists will matchup as Duke’s point guard Tre Jones who leads the Atlantic Coast Conference in assists with 6.6 will face Markell Johnson who is second in the league with 6.5 assists per game. “according to http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/conferences/statistics/_/id/2/acc-conference