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NC State Lost The Inaugural Match Up Of 2023-2024 Regular Season To Syracuse 77-65 Saturday In Syracuse New York

NC State lost the inaugural match up of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse 77-65 Saturday in Syracuse New York.

Where?

On the hardwood!

As NC State lost the inaugural match up of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse 77-65 Saturday in Syracuse New York Ben Middlebrooks was 1-3 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 points. Mohamed Diarra was 1-4 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assists, 3 points. Jayden Taylor was 2-4 on field goals, 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 6 points. D.J. Horne was 5-14 on field goals, 3-10 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 15 points. Casey Morsell was 4-13 on field goals 0-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 7 points. Though, Michael O’Connell played he was 0-2 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 1 assists, though he scored 0 points.

According to espn app

Following NC State losing the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse 77-65 Saturday in Syracuse New York NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!

I thought this was our worst game we have played the entire year,We didn’t have pop, we didn’t have juice. I didn’t know what to explain it. Maybe it’s our travel. Maybe we were just flat a little bit. This is one of those games where coaches talk about burning the tape and not looking at it. Typically you would lose a game like this by 30. Because we do have some pride in our locker room we found a way to play a little better in the second half. But it was a game that I didn’t think anybody on our team had a good game.”

Following NC State losing the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse 77-65 Saturday in Syracuse New York NC State senior guard DJ Horne who was 5-14 on field goals, 3-10 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 15 points had this to say!

We’ve got to fix our mistakes, for sure, and just come together as a team, as one,

D.J. Horne said. “We’re still trying to figure out how to do that right now, and the sooner we can do that, I think the quicker we can get out of this slump, these slow starts, and get back into the win column.”

According to Luke Decock News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article284780386.html

NC State is going to get another crack at Syracuse when they host them for rematch on Tuesday February 20, 2024 in North Carolina’s state capital. For now though NC State is going to prepare to host Miami for their only match up of 2023-2024 regular season Tuesday in North Carolina’s state capital.

Tip off is set for 9:00pm from PNC Arena that isn’t only home to NC State Men’s Basketball though Carolina Hurricanes of NHL as well!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN2!

Though, who is commentating the game is to be determined!