North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Plays Host To Northeastern
12/22/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2011
NC State (7-4) vs Northeastern (3-6)
7 p.m.
RBC Center
ESPN 3
Walter Storholdt, Play-by-Play, Paul Biancardi, Color Analyst
NC STATE RADIO NETWORK
Gary Hahn, Play-by-Play, Tony Haynes, Color Analyst
Game Notes 
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RALEIGH, N.C. - NC State plays its third game in five days when it hosts Northeastern on Thursday at the RBC Center. The game is set for a 7 p.m., start. The game can be seen on ESPN3 with Walter Storholdt and Paul Biancardi calling the action. The NC State Radio Network is on the air at 6:30 p.m., with Gary Hahn providing the play-by-play description and Tony Haynes with color commentary.
Thursday game is the first time the two programs have met since their inaugural meeting during the 1983-84 season. The Pack won that contest, 77-74, at Reynolds Coliseum.
State enters the contest fresh off a 67-65 victory over St. Bonaventure on Tuesday at Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, N.Y.
SBU’s Eric Mosely tied the game at 65-65 with a pair of free throws with three seconds remaining on the clock. It was State’s ball on the Bonnies’ end line.
Senior C.J. Williams, a former high school quarterback, inbounded the ball the length of the court into Leslie’s hands in the left corner near the Pack’s basket. Leslie then spun and flipped the ball up and over a defender. The ball danced on the rim before falling through for the winning basket.
TRANSITION POINTS
• This is the first meeting between NC State and Northeastern since the 1983-84 season when the Pack posted a 77-74 victory at Reynolds Coliseum.
• This is the first time the two teams have met at the RBC Center.
• Thursday’s game is the Pack’s third contest in five days.
• This is Wolfpack mentor Mark Gottfried’s first time coaching against Northeastern.
• Sophomore C.J. Leslie’s buzzer beating layup gave the Wolfpack a 67-65 victory over St. Bonaventure on Tuesday in Rochester, N.Y.
• It was NC State’s first win in the series versus the Bonnies. SBU won the intial meeting with NCSU, 80-68, in the first round of the 1970 NCAA Tournament.
• Tuesday’s game versus St. Bonaventure was the first time that the Wolfpack didn’t have at least three players score in doublefigures.
• Junior Richard Howell is two points shy of 500 career points.
• Junior Scott Wood is 25-of-25 from the line this year.
• This is only time this season the Pack will have played a road game (SBU, Dec. 20) with a day’s rest before playing a home game (Northeastern, Dec.22).
• NC State owns a 43-6 mark against current Colonial Athletic Association foes.
• The Wolfpack closes out the 2011 portion of its schedule with three home games starting with the Northeastern game followed by tilts with Campbell (Dec. 29) and Western Carolina (Dec. 31).
• Next Thursday’s Campbell contest is the final game of a three-game set slated for Reynolds Colisuem this year.
• NC State’s three games in Reynolds are a program high since the Pack moved to the RBC Center full-time beginning with the 1999-2000 season.
• The Pack’s strength of schedule is 21st according to Collegerpi.com (as of 12/21/11).
• The ACC has the second-best league RPI according to Collegerpi.com (as of 12/21/11).
