NC State, Boston College Are Looking To Rebound From Losses To Syracuse, Florida State As They're Opposing Each Other For Second Time During 2023-2024 Regular Season Today In Raleigh
On Tuesday February 20, 2024 in North Carolina’s state capital NC State lost to Syracuse 87-83.
As NC State lost to Syracuse 87-83 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 Mohamed Diarra was 3-6 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assists, 7 points. DJ Burns Jr. was 4-8 on field goals to go along 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 12 points. DJ Horne was 11-20 on field goals, 6-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 1 steal, 32 points. Casey Morsell was 1-5 on field goals to go along 4 rebounds, 1 block, 4 points. Ben Middlebrooks was 2-5 on field goals to go along 10 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 steal, 12 points. Breon Pass was 2-4 on field goals to go along with 1 rebound, 6 points. Jayden Taylor was 3-7 on field goals, 1-4 on 3 pointers 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 steals, 10 points.
Following NC State’s second loss of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse following their 87-83 loss Tuesday in North Carolina’s state capital DJ Horne who was 11-20 on field goals, 6-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound, 1 steal, 32 points had this to say!
We’ve still got a lot of good games left on our schedule,”
“We definitely don’t want to put ourselves out of it now. But we know that margin of error is smaller now and we have to lock in for these games that are left.” Smaller margin? Yes, much smaller.
“Desperation time,”
Following NC State’s second loss of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse following their 87-83 loss Tuesday in North Carolina’s state capital NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!
“They’re must-wins, they’re close games and they’re (one) possession games,”
We re-set after every game,”“We talk about the positives and negatives and how do we move on. “We’re still fighting. I don’t think anybody is going to hang their heads.”
According to Chip Alexander News Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article285662432.htm
On Tuesday February 20, 2024 Boston College lost to Florida State 84-76 in Tallahassee Florida!
As Boston College lost to Florida State. Devin McGlockton was 5-5 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 13 points. Quinten Post was 4-8 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks, 15 points. Claudell Harris Jr. was 3-10 on field goals, 1-5 on 3 pointers 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 7 points. Jaeden Zackery was 7-10 on field goals, 3-3 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 19 points. Mason Madsen was 5-10 on field goals, 4-8 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 14 points. Donald Hand Jr. was 3-6 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 6 points. Prince Aligbe was 1-2 on field goals to go along 1 rebound, 1 assists, 2 points.
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Following Boston College’s 84-76 loss to Florida Boston College Head Coach Earl Grant had this to say!
They had long arms, they were deflecting stuff at the rim, and so I think that was the difference of the game,”Their defense bothered us at certain times to put us in situations where we couldn’t make the right decisions,”We went down 10, so I was searching,” he said. “We weren’t getting stops and we were turning the ball over.” They went to the free throw line 29 times,” “The only thing you can do is move your feet and get in front of the ball, keep your nose on the ball. We didn’t do that.” We knew we needed to defend to win this game, and we didn’t defend at the level we needed to defend,”I think overall we needed to defend and rebound tougher,”“We scored a lot of points. We had plenty of points to win the game.”
According to Maria Stefanoudakis article https://www.bcheights.com/2024/02/20/bc-falls-to-florida-state-84-76/
Tip off is set for 2:00pm 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 ACC Network with Wes Durham, Josh Pastner commentating!
Josh Pastner is a former Head Coach in the Atlantic Coast Conference as he was Head Coach of Georgia Tech. Josh Pastner was fired following coaching 7 seasons on March 10, 2023.
As Head Coach of Georgia Tech Josh Pastner made just one NCAA tournament appearance in seven seasons at Georgia Tech, finishing with a record of 109-114. He went 51-78 in the ACC, with Tech's lone NCAA appearance in his time there coming after winning the conference tournament in 2021.
Following Josh Pastner being fired as Georgia Tech Head Coach Director Of Athletics J Batt had this to say!
We have high expectations at Georgia Tech for all of our sports programs, and it is imperative that our storied men's basketball program achieves a greater level of success,"
Our men's basketball program is important to our department and to our institution. We will not shy away from expecting to consistently compete for ACC championships, NCAA tournament appearances and sustained success."
According to Pete Thamel, Jeff Borzello article https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/35829579/sources-georgia-tech-fire-basketball-coach-josh-pastner