NC State Hosts Florida State Wednesday Night

NC State (10-6, 0-3) vs. Florida State (10-5, 0-3)
Date	Wednesday, Jan. 13
Time	9 p.m. ET
Location	PNC Arena – Raleigh, N.C.
Tickets	GoPack.com
Television	ACC Network Stations (WRAL-TV) (Mike Gleason, Mike Gminski)
Radio	Wolfpack Sports Network (Gary Hahn, Tony Haynes)
Game Notes	NC State \| Florida State
Season Statistics	NC State \| Florida State
Live Stats	GoPack.com
Social Media	@PackMensBball \| Facebook

THE STARTING 5 - The Top 5 Storylines For This Game

1. EVERY GAME GOING DOWN TO THE WIRE
The Wolfpack's 0-3 ACC record could be drastically different with just a few bounces of the ball. The Pack has lost its three conference games by a combined total of 13 points, with one setback coming in overtime. NC State led by 14 in the second half before falling in OT at Virginia Tech in the league opener, then had the ball trailing 75-72 against Louisville before an officials' reversal of a call gave the ball to Louisville. This past Sunday at Wake Forest, the Wolfpack owned a second-half lead before being edged 77-74. NC State has been within one score of winning or tying the game in the final minute of each of its ACC games. Furthermore, NC State has no bad losses, with five of the team's six setbacks coming against the top 65 of the ESPN.com Daily RPI. NC State's doesn't have a lost outside of the RPI's top 125.

2. CAT IN A LEAGUE ALL BY HIMSELF
Cat Barber has posted mind-boggling statistics all season long. Currently, he's the only player in the country to average 21.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game. In fact, if he managed those numbers for the entire season, he'd be the first player since the 2012-13 season to average those marks (Nate Wolters, South Dakota State). Barber is currently the ACC's leading scorer (22.9 ppg) and ranks fourth in assists per game (5.00) while playing an ACC-high 38.94 minutes per contest. Barber, who scored 37 points vs. Winthrop in November and 33 at Missouri in December, has only sat for 1:49 of total game time over the last eight games.

3. THREE TRAVEL PARTNERS IN A ROW
Wednesday's game vs. Florida State is the middle game of three straight contests against travel partners. Under the ACC's current basketball scheduling structure, NC State is paired with Wake Forest and UNC Chapel Hill as permanent home-and-home partners. The Wolfpack played at Wake Forest on Sunday and will go to Chapel Hill this coming Saturday. NC State, who will also play Duke twice this season, will play at Florida State Wednesday, Feb. 3. NC State is the ACC's only team scheduled to play both UNC Chapel Hill and Duke twice this season.

4. THIS TIME, WE HAVE CAT
In last season's 72-63 win at Florida State, the Wolfpack captured the win without the services of Cat Barber. The Pack's star point guard missed the game after receiving word earlier that morning that one of his closest friends from his hometown of Newport News, Va., passed away the night before. Without Barber, State jumped out to a huge lead early and led 42-30 at halftime before holding on for the win.

5. TWINS STUFF THE STAT SHEET
Sophomore twins Caleb and Cody Martin each had notable performances in Sunday's game at Wake Forest. Caleb, a starter on the wing, grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds to go with his seven points, three assists and two steals. Cody, who is one minute older than Caleb and comes off the bench, scored eight points with eight rebounds and a career-high seven assists.

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