NC State, Clemson Are Matching Up Today In Raleigh For Their Only Match Up Of The Regular Season
NC State, Clemson are matching up today in North Carolina’s state capital for their only match up of the regular season.
Where?
On the hardwood!
NC State comes into the game with a record of 8-7 while they’re 1-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and twelfth in the standings.
“according to the acc.com”
Why?
Because on Tuesday NC State snapped their five losing streak with a 68-63 win over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg in the teams first meeting of the regular season.NC State held Virginia Tech Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts gave the Hokies a 59-58 lead with 4:54 to play on a putback bucket. The Hokies would not make another field goal again until 34 seconds remained in the game.
On the next possession after the Hokies had taken the lead, NC State was relentless on the offensive glass, grabbing five offensive rebounds on the same possession before Ebenezer Dowuona scored his lone bucket of the game to put NC State back in front, 60-59.
NC State would never trail again.
After forcing back-to-back turnovers on Virginia Tech possessions, Dereon Seabron made two free throws with 2:17 to play to put NC State in front by two.
The Hokies missed a three-pointer on its next possession and Seabron drove to the basket to put the Pack up five, 64-59, with 1:29 left.
After another empty possession from Virginia Tech, Ernest Ross soared high and gathered an offensive rebound for the Pack and laid it back in to put NC State in front by seven with 40 seconds to go.
Seabron posted his ninth double-double of the season with 21 points and 10 rebounds. He finished the game 8-of-14 shooting and also had a team-high three assists.
Terquavion Smith added 17 points and seven rebounds.
Jericole Hellems finished with 15 points.
NC State had 11 of its 14 offensive rebounds in the second half and outrebounded the Hokies, 21-9, in the final 20 minutes. For the game, the Pack finished with a 36-26 rebounding advantage.
NC State led for over 16 minutes in the first half. The Pack jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game. Virginia Tech responded with an 8-0 run to take its first lead of the game, but NC State retook the lead on a Jericole Hellems jumper. With the Pack leading 14-13, Terquavion Smith scored NC State's next 11 points to help NC State take a 25-17 lead. Thomas Allen extended the lead to 10, 29-19, a few minutes later.
Thomas Allen's bucket was the last points of the half for NC State as Virginia Tech held NC State scoreless over the final 5:11 of the half and ended the half on a 14-0 run to take a 33-29 lead into the break.
“according to an article on gopack.com”
Clemson comes into the game with a record of 9-5 while they’re 1-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are tenth in the standings.
Why?
Because they lost to Virginia on Tuesday Hunter Tyson (Monroe, N.C./Piedmont) led Clemson University men’s basketball with 15 points and nine rebounds, but Clemson would fall to Virginia 75-65 on Tuesday night.
The Tigers (9-5, 1-2 ACC) led 37-36 after the opening stanza and would lead 57-56 with 8:08 remaining, but the Cavaliers (9-5, 3-1 ACC) would engineer an 11-2 run and eventually seal the 10-point victory.
David Collins (Youngstown, Ohio/First Love Christian Academy) and PJ Hall (Spartanburg, S.C./Dorman) each finished with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Nick Honor (Orlando, Fla./Lake Highland) totaled 11.
Clemson finished with 17 assists on 23 made baskets and limited themselves to just nine turnovers but were outscored in the paint 34-22 and in bench points 15-4.
“according to an article on clemsontigers.com”
Tip off is set for 12:00pm from PNC Arena!
The game is going to be televised on the Regional Sports Network!