North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Hosts Miami On Senior Night
2/28/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 28, 2012
NC STATE (18-11, 7-7 ACC) vs. MIAMI (17-10, 8-6 ACC)
9 PM
RBC CENTER
RALEIGH, N.C.
TELEVISION: RSN
Tom Werme, Play-by-Play, Dan Bonner, Color Analyst
RADIO: NC STATE RADIO NETWORK
Gary Hahn, Play-by-Play, Tony Haynes, Color Analyst
TRANSITION POINTS
• Seniors Kendall Smith and C.J. Williams and graduate student Alex Johnson will be honored before Wednesday's game.
• NC State is 8-4 all-time in the series with Miami.
• The Wolfpack posted a 78-73 victory on Jan. 22, at BankUnited Center.
• NC State is a perfect 5-0 all time at home against Miami, including 4-0 at the RBC Center.
• A win would be NC State's fourth consecutive triumph in the series.
• Mark Gottfried 1-0 versus Miami after the win earlier this season.
• The Pack is seeking its third series sweep of the season. It has already won series with Boston College and Wake Forest.
• If the Pack were to win its last two ACC games, it would give coach Mark Gottfried the second best ACC mark by State coach in his first year, trailing only Press Maravich's 10-4 mark in 1964-65.
• NC State and Miami rank third (73.7 ppg) and fourth (71.5 ppg), respectively, in the the ACC in scoring offense.
• The Pack and Hurricanes also rank fifth (+5.0) and sixth (+4.8), respectively, in scoring margin.
• Wednesday's game also is a matchup of two of the conference's top three-point threats, State's Scott Wood and Miami's Malcolm Grant. Wood is shooting .410 percent (73-of-178) from behind the arc, while Grant is connecting on .308 of his shots from three-point range.
• Wood and Grant also rank second and third, respectively, on the ACC's career three-pointers made list.
• C.J. Leslie is averaging 17.0 points over the Pack's last eight games, including a career high 24 points against North Carolina (2/21/12).
• Leslie is shooting .498 from field which is the fourth best percentage in the ACC.
• Lorenzo Brown is now eighth on State's single-season assist list with 185.
• Richard Howell is the ACC's fourth leading rebounder with an average of 9.2 per game.
• The Pack's strength of schedule is 31st according to Collegerpi.com (as of 2/28/12) and its NCAA RPI is 72nd.
