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BASKETBALL

NC State Is Hosting Syracuse For The Rematch Tonight In Raleigh

On Sunday January 31, 2021 NC State was topped by Syracuse by a score 76-73 in their first match up of the regular season!

Where?

Syracuse New York!

Why?

Syracuse opened the second half by cutting into NC State’s lead and the game settled into a close affair for the remainder of the game. A jumper from Syracuse freshman guard Kadary Richmond put Syracuse up 67-65 at the 5:02 mark Syracuse would never trail again. “according to an article on gopack.com”

Tonight NC State is hosting Syracuse for the rematch in North Carolina’s state capital where NC State going to be looking to avenge that loss up in Syracuse New York and split the regular season match ups while Syracuse is going to be looking to sweep NC State in the regular season!

NC State comes into the rematch with a record of 8-7 while they’re 4-6 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and eleventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. “according to theacc.com/ standings

Why?

Because they defeated Boston College their last time out on the hardwood!

Where?

Chestnut Hill Massachusetts where they not defeated Boston College but swept the regular meetings!

When?

Saturday!

Why?

After spotting Boston College the first five points of the game, the Pack responded with a 37-3 run over 13 minutes and never looked back in dispatching the undermanned Eagles.

NC State's largest lead in the opening half was 29 points, but an 11-2 run from Boston College cut the Pack's lead to 20, 44-24, at the break.

In the second half, NC State scored the first seven points of the half and was never threatened as the lead ballooned to as many as 32 point in the final half. “according to an article on gopack.com”

Meanwhile,

Syracuse comes into the rematch with a record of 10-6 while they’re 4-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and tenth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. “according to the acc.com/ standings

Why?

Because unlike NC State Syracuse lost their previous game where they lost to Clemson by a score of 61-78

When?

Saturday!

Where?

Clemson South Carolina!

Why?

After Syracuse scored the game's opening points, Clemson outscored Syracuse 39-16 over the remainder of the half to lead by 20 at the break, 39-19. The Clemson lead did not fall below 17 points during the remainder of the contest. “according to an article on cuse.com”

Tip off is set for 6:30pm from PNC Arena!

The game is going to be televised on the ACC Network!