North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Travels to Boston College
1/31/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 31, 2012
NC STATE (15-7, 4-3 ACC) vs. BOSTON COLLEGE (7-14, 2-5 ACC)
8 PM
CONTE FORUM
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS.
TELEVISION:ACCN
Tom Werme, Play-by-Play, Dan Bonner, Color Analyst
RADIO: NC STATE RADIO NETWORK
Gary Hahn, Play-by-Play, Tony Haynes, Color Analyst
Game Notes 
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In the first meeting this season, Scott Wood led all scorers with 16 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including 4-of-7 from behind the arc. Richard Howell notched a double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds. C.J. Leslie and C.J. Williams had 14 and 10, respectively. Lorenzo Brownmissed a double-double by two, posting nine points, while dishing out 11 assists.
With a triumph, NC State can equal its ACC win total from a year ago and continue improve on its road record. The last time the Pack had three or more road wins was the 2005-06 season when it finished with 4-4 away from home.
TRANSITION POINTS
• This is the 13th meeting between NC State and Boston College.
• The Pack has won three of the last four versus the Eagles, including a 76-62 decision at the RBC Center on Jan. 19.
• NC State is 1-3 at Boston College's Conte Forum.
• The Wolfpack is seeking its third ACC road win of the season.
• Beginning with Wednesday's game, State will play three of its next four on the road.
• NC State is 2-2 on the road this season with two of those wins coming in league play.
• Last season, State was 1-3 after four road games including a 75-66 loss at Boston College a year ago.
• The Wolfpack is averaging 70.2 points on the road this year.
• With four ACC wins, NC State is one shy of equaling its league total for all of last season.
• Scott Wood is 48-of-48 from the line this year and has hit a school record 58 straight dating back to last year. He set the ACC all-time mark for consecutive free throws with a 7-for-7 day vs. Miami.
• Wood leads the ACC in 3-point field goal percentage (.433) and 3-pointers made (58, 2.8 per game). His streak of 19 consecutive games with a made three-pointer is the longest active in the conference.
• Lorenzo Brown's 6.7 assists per game average (2nd - ACC) is the highest for a Pack player since Chris Corchiani handed out 9.6 a game in 1991 to lead the nation. His average is also seventh nationally. Brown's 2.0 steals per game leads the conference.
• Richard Howell is the ACC's third leading rebounder with an average of 9.4 per game.
• NC State offense (75.2 points per game) trails only North Carolina (84.9 ppg) and Duke (80.3) in the ACC.
• The Pack is only ACC program with five players listed among league's scoring leaders. Each player is averaging 11 points or better per game.
• The Pack's strength of schedule is 32nd according to Collegerpi. com (as of 1/31/12) and its NCAA RPI is 62nd.
• The ACC RPI is sixth .
