Pack Drops Road Contest at Wake Forest

Saturday, February 11

Winston-Salem, NC

12:00 p.m.

NC State

14-12, 3-10

Wake Forest

15-10, 6-7

NC State

Wake Forest

2/11/2017 2:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Sophomore guard Torin Dorn registers double-double off-the-bench

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The NC State men's basketball team lost to Wake Forest, 88-58, Saturday afternoon inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The loss dropped NC State's record to 14-12, 3-10 ACC, while Wake Forest improved to 15-10, 6-7 ACC.

Wake Forest's lead was four points, 14-10, with 11:23 to go in the first half, before the Demon Deacons went on an 11-2 run over the next four minutes to take a 25-12 lead with 6:47 to go until halftime. Wake and the Pack played even over the next four-plus minutes as NC State trailed 36-24 with 2:20 remaining, but Wake Forest scored the final eight points of the first half to go into the break with a 44-24 halftime lead. NC State would not get closer than 18 points the rest of the way.

Torin Dorn came off-the-bench to finish with 14 points and a game-high 11 rebounds. It is the third double-double of the season for Dorn and his first in ACC play.

Dennis Smith, Jr., led the Pack in scoring for the 13^th time this season, finishing with 17 points on 7-of-13 shooting.

NC State entered Saturday's contest having made at least five three-pointers in every ACC game this year, but was just 2-of-15 from long distance against the Demon Deacons. Senior guard Terry Henderson, who had connected on 16-of-29 (55.2%) three-pointers in the Pack's last four games, was 0-of-5 Saturday at Wake Forest.

NC State returns to action Wednesday evening when it hosts UNC-Chapel Hill at PNC Arena. The game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. ET and will be televised on the ACC Network.