North Carolina State University Athletics
NC State Faces Wake Forest on Saturday
2/3/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 3, 2012
NC STATE (16-7, 5-3 ACC) vs. WAKE FOREST (11-11, 2-6 ACC)
1 PM
RBC CENTER RALEIGH, N.C.
TELEVISION:ACCN TIm Brandt, 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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RALEIGH, N.C. - NC State will be playing for a sweep of the season series when it hosts Wake Forest at the RBC Center on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m. RBC Center doors will open 90 minutes prior to tip.
The Pack won the earlier meeting with the Demon Deacons, 76-40, in Winston-Salem last month. State has won the last three meetings with Wake Forest. All-time the Pack is 94-53 at home against the Demon Deacons and 8-4 at the RBC Center, including winning the last six straight on its home court.
In the Jan. 14 game, Lorenzo Brown led all scorers with 20 points, while C.J. Williams had 15, Scott Wood contributed 12 points as did Richard Howell, who also grabbed 12 boards for his sixth double-double of the year.
The Wolfpack defense held the scoring duo of Travis McKie (15.9 ppg) and C.J. Harris (17.4 ppg) in check as the tandem combined to score 12 points on the afternoon.
A Wolfpack Auction will be held in conjuntion with Saturday's game, giving State fans the opportunity to bid on 23 great NC State-related items with a portion of all proceeds benefitting NC State Athletics. The auction items will be located on the concourse by section 124.
TRANSITION POINTS
• This is the 235th meeting between NC State and Wake Forest.
• The Pack has won the last four versus the Demon Deacons, including a 76-40 decision in Winston-Salem on Jan. 14.
• NC State is 94-53 at home against Wake and 8-4 when facing the Deacs at the RBC Center. The Pack has won the last six games in the series at RBC Center.
• The Wolfpack is 7-3 in its last 10 games versus Wake Forest.
• NC State's average margin of victory over Wake Forest in the past three meetings is 27.3 points.
• Saturday's game is the only home contest for the Pack in its next three. The Pack doesn't return to the RBC Center until Feb. 18.
• NC State's 5-3 league mark is its best record at the midway point since 2005-06 campaign when it started.
• With five ACC wins, NC State has already equaled its league total for each of the last two seasons.
• With a league win against Wake, the Pack can pick up its sixth ACC victory the most since the 2008-09 season.
• The Wolfpack is averaging 76.7 points and 17.9 assists per contest at home this season.
• Scott Wood is 53-of-53 from the line this year and has hit a school record 63 straight dating back to last year. He is now tied with Butler's A.J. Graves for the fifth longest streak in NCAA Division I history. He is 22 from tying the NCAA mark.
• C.J. Williams is one of the ACC's most improved players. He has improved his scoring average from 4.7 last year to 11.8 this season for a net of +7.1.
• Richard Howell is the ACC's fourth leading rebounder with an average of 9.3 per game.
• NC State is the top assist team in conference play, averaging 15.4 assists per game. It (17.0) trails only UNC (18.1) for assists in all games.
• The Pack is only ACC program with five players listed among league's scoring leaders. Each player is averaging 11.6 points or better per game.
• The Pack's strength of schedule is 53rd according to Collegerpi. com (as of 2/3/12) and its NCAA RPI is 62nd.
• The ACC's RPI is sixth according to Collegerpi.com.
