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NC State Is Hosting Coastal Carolina Wednesday Night In Raleigh

NC State is hosting Coastal Carolina Wednesday night in Raleigh.

Where?

On the hardwood!

NC State is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!

Coastal Carolina is a member of the Sun Belt Conference!

NC State comes into the game with Coastal Carolina with record of 2-0 because they’ve won every game they’ve played so far including an 81-72 win over Presbyterian in North Carolina’s state capital on Friday November 8, 2024 in North Carolina’s state capital where four players scored in double figures. Brandon Huntley Hatchfield was 5-6 on field goals to go along with 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 11 points. Michael O’Connell was 4-7 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 11 points. Jayden Taylor was 7-14 on field goals, 2-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 assists, 19 points. Ben Middlebrooks was 6-7 on field goals 1-1 on 3 pointers to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists, 16 points.

As a team NC State shot 50% on field goals shot 33.3% from 3 point range!

“When he doesn’t play with energy, I think he’s just OK sometimes, but when he plays with energy, he’s really good. … I love what he did for us in the second half.”

Following NC State’s 81-72 win over Presbyterian NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say Presbyterian about NC State forward Ben Middlebrooks about “He’s an energy guy,”“When he doesn’t play with energy, I think he’s just OK sometimes, but when he plays with energy, he’s really good. … I love what he did for us in the second half.”

Give Presbyterian a lot of credit, man, they were really scrappy,”We knew that coming in. (Quinton Ferrell’s) done a really good job with his team. Been there six years. I even went back last year and watched them go to Vanderbilt and win. They’ve done a good job.”

Following NC State’s 81-72 win over Presbyterian NC State forward Jayden Taylor had this to say!

Being a returner from the Final Four team, I knew I was gonna have to step up, be a leader, just trying to impact winning as many ways as possible,”

Be aggressive, play my game and just let things come to me and it’ll get going.’ Today, it went well.”

According to Jadyn Watson -Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article294969779.html

Unlike NC State,

Coastal Carolina comes into the game with record of 1-1 because lost to East Carolina 63-59 on Saturday November 9, 2024 where three players scored in double figures. Denzel Hines was 3-9 on field goals 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 10 points. Rasheed Jones was 6-10 on 4-6 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 20 points.

According to espn app

Tip off is set for 7:00pm on ACC Network Extra!