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Pack Travels to 22nd-Ranked Wisconsin for First Road Test of the Season
11/26/2018 1:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NC State is off to a 6-0 start for the first time since the 2014-15 season
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RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's basketball team hits the road for the first time this season when it travels to Madison, Wis., to take on the 22nd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers.
The game is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and Robbie Hummel on the call. NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.
Pack Tracks
- NC State improved to 6-0 with a 78-74 win over Mercer on Saturday. The Pack faced its biggest deficit of the season - 7 points - early in the first half on Saturday, before going on an extended 42-14 run that went for over 20 minutes of game time. Trailing by 21 with 13 minutes to go, the Bears were able to close within two points with seven seconds remaining before Eric Lockett sealed the win with two free throws.
- Torin Dorn led the Pack with 19 points, nine rebounds and three steals. In six games this season, the Charlotte native has led NC State in scoring five times, in rebounding three times an in steals three times. Through games of Nov. 25, Dorn is the only player in the ACC to rank in the top-10 in the conference in scoring, rebounding and steals. He also ranks fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage.
- At 6-0, NC State is off to its best start since the 2014-15 team started 6-0. It's only the second time in the last 10 seasons, the Pack has gotten off to a 6-0 start.
- NC State is averaging 35.5 points per game from its bench this season. It has outscored the opponent's bench by 135 points (213-66) this season.
- Through games of Nov. 25, NC State ranks 11th out of 351 NCAA Division l teams in scoring offense (90.8) and 15th in scoring defense (57.8). They are the only team in the country to rank in the top 15 of both categories. NC State's scoring margin of 33.0 points per game ranks second in the NCAA.
NC State - Wisconsin Series
- Tuesday marks the third all-time meeting between the two programs.
- Wisconsin won the two previous meetings. The Badgers defeated the Pack, 65-56, in the Sweet 16 of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. In the only meeting between the programs in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Wisconsin defeated NC State, 87-48, inside the Kohl Center on Dec. 1, 2010.
- The Pack has an all-time record of 7-11 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Tuesday Storylines
- A win on Tuesday would give NC State a 7-0 record and be the best start for the Pack since the 2004-05 team started 8-0. A win would also be the 100th of head coach Kevin Keatts collegiate coaching career.
- Defense: The Pack and Badgers have both given up exactly 347 points through six games this season. The 57.8 points per game given up to opponents ties the teams for 15th in the nation.
- Three-Point Shooting: Wisconsin is shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range this season to rank second in the Big Ten in three-point percentage. NC State has not allowed an opponent to shoot over 30% from three-point range and ranks ninth in the country in opponent three-point field goal percentage. NC State opponents are 25-107 (.234) from three-point range this season.
- Turnovers: Through six games, the most turnovers Wisconsin has committed in a single game is 13. Through six games, the fewest turnovers NC State has forced an opponent to commit in a single game is 15. The Pack ranks eighth in the country in turnover margin and 16th in the country in turnovers forced.
- Balanced scoring attack for the Pack: Torin Dorn is the only Pack player to score in double figures in all six games this season. In NC State's six games there have been 24 double-digit performances by nine different players. Only Blake Harris (scored 8 points against Mount St. Mary's and UNC Asheville) has not reached double figures yet for the Pack.
Johnson a Threat from Three-Point Range
- Junior guard Markell Johnson is currently leading the ACC in three-point field goal percentage at 56.5% (13-of-23).
- The reigning ACC assist champion (7.3 assists per game last season) is averaging to hit 2.2 three-pointers per game this season and has hit three or more three-pointers in three games this season.
- The Cleveland, Ohio native has worked on his shot and has developed into a player defenses have to respect from long range. In 30 games as a freshman, he shot 25% (12-of-48) from three-point range. Last season in 26 games, he hit 27 three-pointers, shooting 40.9% from three-point range.
Pack Leading the ACC in Rebounding Margin
- With the departure of Abdul-Malik Abu, Lennard Freeman and Omer Yurtseven, the Pack only returned 31.5 percent of its rebounding total from last season. Despite the loss of players that combined to average over 15 rebounds per game, NC State had its three best rebounding performances of the Kevin Keatts era to open the season.
- NC State has outrebounded three of its six opponents by more than 20 to open the season. The Pack was +22 against Mount St. Mary's, +23 against Maryland Eastern Shore and + 27 against UNC Asheville.
- The Pack leads the ACC and is sixth out of all 351 NCAA Division l teams with a +14.3 rebounding margin.
- NC State has a 41.8 percent offensive rebounding percentage meaning when the Pack has missed a shot this season (its hitting 51.3% of its field goal attempts this season which ties for the lead in the ACC), 41.8% of the time NC State has come down with the rebound.
- Seven of the 10 players on NC State's team have had at least one game with five or more rebounds.
RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's basketball team hits the road for the first time this season when it travels to Madison, Wis., to take on the 22nd-ranked Wisconsin Badgers.
The game is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. ET and will be televised on ESPN2 with Dave Pasch and Robbie Hummel on the call. NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.
Pack Tracks
- NC State improved to 6-0 with a 78-74 win over Mercer on Saturday. The Pack faced its biggest deficit of the season - 7 points - early in the first half on Saturday, before going on an extended 42-14 run that went for over 20 minutes of game time. Trailing by 21 with 13 minutes to go, the Bears were able to close within two points with seven seconds remaining before Eric Lockett sealed the win with two free throws.
- Torin Dorn led the Pack with 19 points, nine rebounds and three steals. In six games this season, the Charlotte native has led NC State in scoring five times, in rebounding three times an in steals three times. Through games of Nov. 25, Dorn is the only player in the ACC to rank in the top-10 in the conference in scoring, rebounding and steals. He also ranks fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage.
- At 6-0, NC State is off to its best start since the 2014-15 team started 6-0. It's only the second time in the last 10 seasons, the Pack has gotten off to a 6-0 start.
- NC State is averaging 35.5 points per game from its bench this season. It has outscored the opponent's bench by 135 points (213-66) this season.
- Through games of Nov. 25, NC State ranks 11th out of 351 NCAA Division l teams in scoring offense (90.8) and 15th in scoring defense (57.8). They are the only team in the country to rank in the top 15 of both categories. NC State's scoring margin of 33.0 points per game ranks second in the NCAA.
NC State - Wisconsin Series
- Tuesday marks the third all-time meeting between the two programs.
- Wisconsin won the two previous meetings. The Badgers defeated the Pack, 65-56, in the Sweet 16 of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. In the only meeting between the programs in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, Wisconsin defeated NC State, 87-48, inside the Kohl Center on Dec. 1, 2010.
- The Pack has an all-time record of 7-11 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.
Tuesday Storylines
- A win on Tuesday would give NC State a 7-0 record and be the best start for the Pack since the 2004-05 team started 8-0. A win would also be the 100th of head coach Kevin Keatts collegiate coaching career.
- Defense: The Pack and Badgers have both given up exactly 347 points through six games this season. The 57.8 points per game given up to opponents ties the teams for 15th in the nation.
- Three-Point Shooting: Wisconsin is shooting 42.1 percent from three-point range this season to rank second in the Big Ten in three-point percentage. NC State has not allowed an opponent to shoot over 30% from three-point range and ranks ninth in the country in opponent three-point field goal percentage. NC State opponents are 25-107 (.234) from three-point range this season.
- Turnovers: Through six games, the most turnovers Wisconsin has committed in a single game is 13. Through six games, the fewest turnovers NC State has forced an opponent to commit in a single game is 15. The Pack ranks eighth in the country in turnover margin and 16th in the country in turnovers forced.
- Balanced scoring attack for the Pack: Torin Dorn is the only Pack player to score in double figures in all six games this season. In NC State's six games there have been 24 double-digit performances by nine different players. Only Blake Harris (scored 8 points against Mount St. Mary's and UNC Asheville) has not reached double figures yet for the Pack.
Johnson a Threat from Three-Point Range
- Junior guard Markell Johnson is currently leading the ACC in three-point field goal percentage at 56.5% (13-of-23).
- The reigning ACC assist champion (7.3 assists per game last season) is averaging to hit 2.2 three-pointers per game this season and has hit three or more three-pointers in three games this season.
- The Cleveland, Ohio native has worked on his shot and has developed into a player defenses have to respect from long range. In 30 games as a freshman, he shot 25% (12-of-48) from three-point range. Last season in 26 games, he hit 27 three-pointers, shooting 40.9% from three-point range.
Pack Leading the ACC in Rebounding Margin
- With the departure of Abdul-Malik Abu, Lennard Freeman and Omer Yurtseven, the Pack only returned 31.5 percent of its rebounding total from last season. Despite the loss of players that combined to average over 15 rebounds per game, NC State had its three best rebounding performances of the Kevin Keatts era to open the season.
- NC State has outrebounded three of its six opponents by more than 20 to open the season. The Pack was +22 against Mount St. Mary's, +23 against Maryland Eastern Shore and + 27 against UNC Asheville.
- The Pack leads the ACC and is sixth out of all 351 NCAA Division l teams with a +14.3 rebounding margin.
- NC State has a 41.8 percent offensive rebounding percentage meaning when the Pack has missed a shot this season (its hitting 51.3% of its field goal attempts this season which ties for the lead in the ACC), 41.8% of the time NC State has come down with the rebound.
- Seven of the 10 players on NC State's team have had at least one game with five or more rebounds.
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