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Earlier In The Regular Season North Carolina, NC State Matched Up In Chapel Hill! As They Play Their Rematch Today They Are Matching Up In Raleigh

Earlier in the regular season, North Carolina, NC State matched up in Chapel Hill!

As they play their rematch today, North Carolina, NC State are matching up in North Carolina’s state capital!

North Carolina comes into the rematch with a record of 20-8 while they are 12-5 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because North Carolina finished the game on a 6-0 run, holding Louisville scoreless for the final 2 minutes, 50 seconds. Louisville made just one of their final nine shots.

“according to an article by the Associated Press on goheels.com”

NC State comes into the rematch with a record of 11-17 4-13 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is last in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they to Boston College in Raleigh on Wednesday 69-61

NC State committed 18 turnovers, its second-most in a game this season, to fall to Boston College, 69-61 Wednesday night.

NC State’s 8 turnovers led to 21 Boston College points as the Eagles had a 21-9 advantage in points off turnovers. BC's 12 steals were the most for an NC State opponent this season.

Boston College jumped out to a 14-4 lead and still led 27-16 with 6:19 left in the first half when the Pack suddenly came alive, going on a 13-3 run to cut the deficit to 30-29 with 3:04 left in the half. Boston College took a 33-31 lead into the break.

NC State took the lead on a Casey Morsell three-pointer in the opening minute of the second half and led 39-37 with 14:51 to go after a Jericole Hellems three-pointer.

Boston College went on a 20-5 run though over the next eight minutes, taking a 57-44 lead with 6:49 to play.

NC State would cut the deficit to nine with 5:48 to play, but the Eagles went on mini 4-0 burst to push the advantage back into double digits and NC State would not get closer than seven the rest of the way.

Terquavion Smith led the Pack with 21 points in the loss. He hit four three-pointers on Wednesday and now has 83 on the season which is the most by an NC State freshman in program history.

Dereon Seabron added 20 points. He scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half.

“according to an article on gopack.com”

NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say about NC State’s turnovers in their 69-61 loss to Boston College!

It’s going to be hard to beat anybody when you turn the ball over 18 times,” Keatts said. “We gave up 21 points off turnovers and they had 12 fastbreak points. That’s 32 points we didn’t get to defend in an eight-point game. It’s hard to beat any team when you give up that many points for touchdowns.”

“according to an article on newsobserver.com by Jonas Pope IV”

Tip off is set for 2:00pm from PNC Arena!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN!