Pack Returns Home to Host Clemson

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RALEIGH, NC – The 21^st-ranked NC State men's basketball team (15-4, 3-3 ACC) plays its first home game in two weeks as it welcomes Clemson (11-7, 1-4 ACC) to PNC Arena for a 2 p.m. tipoff.

The game will be televised in the Raleigh area on WRAL (NBC). Other stations in North Carolina carrying the game include WBTV (CBS) in Charlotte, WFYV (CBS) in Greensboro- Winston-Salem – High Point, WITN-D2 (This TV) in Greenville – New Bern – Washington and WSFC (FOX) in Wilmington. Complete list of affiliates showing the game can be found here.

NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.

Pack Tracks
- The Pack dropped an 84-77 road decision to #23 Louisville on Thursday night. The Pack connected on a season-best 12 three-pointers in the game, but a season-worst 23 turnovers cost NC State. Sophomore guard Braxton Beverly led the Pack with 19 points in the game, connecting on 5-of-8 three-pointers. Senior guard Torin Dorn added 18 points, while CJ Bryce (15) and Devon Daniels (10) also finished in double figures.
- The Pack has six players averaging in double figures in ACC play, led by junior guard CJ Bryce at 14.5 points per game.
- Six different players have led NC State in scoring this season. Braxton Beverly (3x), CJ Bryce (1x) Devon Daniels (3x), Torin Dorn (7x), Markell Johnson (4x) and Eric Lockett (1x) have led the Pack in scoring. NC State relies on a balanced scoring attack. All 10 players on the roster have scored in double figures in at least one game this season and five of the players are shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
- The Pack's bench is averaging 34.1 points per game and has outscored the opponents bench by 311 points this season. NC State's bench has had 27 individual double-digit scoring performances. The Pack has scored 40+ points off the bench in eight games this season, including a school-record 62-point performance in the win over USC Upstate on Dec. 22. NC State scored just 11 bench points in the loss to Louisville on Thursday night. It marked the second-lowest bench output of the season. NC State is 0-3 when the bench scores 20 or less points, 15-1 when it scores over 20 points.

NC State - Clemson Series
- NC State leads the all-time series, 101-53. The Pack has an 8-5 advantage over the Tigers in games played at PNC Arena
- Last season, the programs split two meetings. Clemson won 78-62 at home in both teams ACC opener, while the Pack won 78-77 inside PNC Arena 13 days later.

Saturday Storylines
- Saturday marks the first home game for the Pack in two weeks. NC State opened ACC play by playing four of its first six conference games on the road. The Pack has an 8-3 home record in ACC action under head coach Kevin Keatts.
- The Pack is shooting 73.6% from the free throw line in ACC play (4th in the conference), but is averaging just 15.2 free throw attempts per game in conference play. That average ranks as the third-lowest in the ACC. Clemson is one of the two teams in ACC play that averages less free throw attempts per game than the Pack (14.8 per game). NC State's opponents have hit 127 free throws in six games against the Pack. NC State's opponents have hit 36 more free throws than the Pack has even attempted (91).
- In the last five games, NC State's opponents are 111-for-135 (82.2%) from the free throw line. The Pack has been outscored by 58 points at the foul line during that stretch. In the Pack's eight-point loss to UNC-Chapel Hill on 1/8, NC State was outscored by 10 points at the foul line. In the four-point loss to Wake Forest on 1/15, the Pack was outscored by 16 points at the foul line. In Thursday's seven-point loss to Louisville, NC State was outscored by 19 points at the foul line.
- The Pack ranks second in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game (13.79) and offensive rebounding percentage (38.1%), but Clemson enters the game Saturday as the best defensive rebounding team in the ACC, averaging to grab a defensive rebound an ACC-best 77.1% of the time. NC State has had double-digit offensive rebounds in eight consecutive games, while Clemson has only allowed its opponent double-digit offensive rebounds in two games in ACC play.
- NC State hit a season-high 12 three-pointers on Thursday night at Louisville and enters Saturday's game third in the ACC in three-point field goal percentage (38.5%) and fourth in three-pointers made per game (8.63). The Tigers enter Saturday's game last in the ACC in opponent's three-point field goal percentage, allowing opponents to shoot 37.4% from long range and have given up the fourth-most three-point field goals per game (8.05). NC State is 14-2 this season when it shoots 30% or better from three-point range.

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Players Mentioned

Braxton Beverly

Devon Daniels

Torin Dorn

Markell Johnson

Eric Lockett