NC State Routes Wake Forest On Senior Night In Raleigh
It was all NC State on senior night in North Carolina’s state capital.
The NC State men's basketball had six players score in double figures in defeating Wake Forest, 84-64, Friday night at PNC Arena.
With the win, NC State ends the regular season with a 19-12, 10-10 ACC record.
The Pack trailed 13-10 early in the first half, but went on a 24-4 run to take a 34-17 lead with 7:31 remaining until halftime. Junior guard Braxton Beverly scored 16 of the Pack's 24 points during the run as the Hazard, Ky., native hit all six of his field goal attempts, including four three-pointers, during the streak. “according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
The Demon Deacons never got within single digits the rest of the game. “according to
Joining Beverly in double figures was junior D.J. Funderburk with a team-high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting, Markell Johnson with 13 points, C.J. Bryce with 11 and Devon Daniels and Danny Dixon each added 10.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
Johnson added 10 assists for his 11th career double-double and also had a career-high tying four steals.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
During the game, Johnson passed Lorenzo Brown (589) to move into third-place on NC State's single-season assist list and now has 596 for his career.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
Dixon went 5-for-6 from the field, making his first five field goal attempts as the graduate transfer finished with a season-best 10 points.”according to https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
NC State shot a season-best 56.7 percent from the field, including 67.6 percent (25-of-37) on two-point field goals. “according to
https://gopack.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-balanced-scoring-attack-sends-pack-to-senior-night-win-over-wake-forest.aspx
While NC State swept Wake Forest with a win on senior night. Wake Forest regular season meanwhile didn’t end the way they had hoped.
- Wake Forest concluded the regular season on Friday with a 84-64 loss at NC State at PNC Arena. “according to https://godeacs.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-deacs-fall-at-nc-state-in-regular-season-finale.aspx
Brandon Childress scored 19 points to lead the Demon Deacons while Olivier Sarr added 14 points. Jahcobi Neath scored 12 points for his fourth double-figure game (all in the last five games) to go with a team-high five assists. Chaundee Brown had 10 points and a team-high nine rebounds.”according to https://godeacs.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-deacs-fall-at-nc-state-in-regular-season-finale.aspx
HOW IT HAPPENED
Sarr got off to a quick start, scoring the Deacs' first six points and eight of their first 11 as Wake took an early 11-7 lead. A 10-0 run by State gave the Wolfpack a 20-13 lead with 12:45 to play in the half before a 12-0 run pushed the lead to 34-17 with 7:30 left in the half. The Pack led by as many as 18 before taking a 44-31 lead into the break. Childress (13 pts) and Sarr (10 pts) combined for 23 of the Deacs' 31 first-half points.”according to https://godeacs.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-deacs-fall-at-nc-state-in-regular-season-finale.aspx
In the second half, NC State extended the lead to 56-37 with 13:30 to go and held that 19-point advantage at the midway point of the half. Wake used a 9-0 run to close the margin to 62-52 with 7:30 to play. However, the Pack answered with a 7-0 lead to extend the lead back to 17 and eventually closed out the 84-64 victory.”according to https://godeacs.com/news/2020/3/6/mens-basketball-deacs-fall-at-nc-state-in-regular-season-finale.aspx
NC State and Wake Forest will both now prepare for the upcoming Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament that starts Tuesday in Greensboro. .