Pack Hosts Syracuse Wednesday Evening

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RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's basketball team (17-7, 5-6 ACC) returns to PNC Arena Wednesday evening when it hosts Syracuse (17-7, 8-3 ACC) at 8 pm.

The game will be televised in the Raleigh area on WRAL (NBC). Other stations in North Carolina carrying the game include WMYT (My Network TV) in Charlotte, WFYV (My TV) in Greensboro- Winston-Salem – High Point, WITN-D2 (This TV) in Greenville – New Bern – Washington and WILM (IND) 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
- NC State defeated Pitt, 79-76, on Saturday afternoon. The Pack hit a season-best 14 three-pointers in the win while shooting a season-best 51.9% from three-point range. CJ Bryce led five NC State players in double figures with 21 points on 5-of-6 shooting from long range.
- NC State ranks second in the ACC and 10th in the NCAA in offensive rebounding, averaging 13.88 per game. In ACC play, the Pack is averaging 15.09 offensive rebounds per game. NC State does not have a player rank in the top-10 in ACC in offensive rebounding as the Pack has six different players averaging over 1 offensive rebound per game. Wyatt Walker (50), DJ Funderburk (49) and Torin Dorn (47) lead the Pack in offensive rebounding.
- CJ Bryce leads the Pack in scoring in ACC play at 13.8 points per game. He ranks 19th in the ACC in scoring in conference games. Georgia Tech is the only ACC team that has its leading scorer in conference play average less points per game than Bryce. The Pack ranks fourth in the ACC in conference games at scoring at 73.5 points per game. The Pack relies on a balanced scoring attack as five different players have led the team in scoring in conference play. All 10 players on the roster have scored in double figures in at least one game this season.
- The Pack's bench is averaging 31.3 points per game and has outscored the opponent's bench by 354 points this season. NC State's bench has had 32 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. The Pack is 1-5 when its bench scores less than 20 points and 16-2 when its bench scores over 20 points.

NC State - Syracuse Series
- Syracuse leads the all-time series between the two programs, 7-4. The Pack is 3-3 against the Orange since Syracuse joined the ACC.
- NC State defeated Syracuse, 74-70, last season in the Carrier Dome. The Pack led by eight points with under three minutes remaining, but Syracuse scored eight unanswered points to tie the game at 70 with 1:02 to go. Markell Johnson hit the go-ahead three-pointer on NC State's next possession and the Pack recorded two defensive stops to seal the win.
- The last time the two programs met in PNC Arena, Syracuse overcame a 16-point second half deficit to defeat the Pack in overtime, 100-93, on Feb. 1, 2017. Syracuse's John Gillon set three PNC Arena records in the win for Syracuse: Points (43), Three-Point Field Goals (9) and Free Throw Percentage (100% on 14-14 FT shooting). NC State's Maverick Rowan hit eight three-pointers in the game which is tied for second-most in PNC Arena history. The two teams combined to hit 29 three-pointers in the game which was also a PNC Arena record.

Wednesday Storylines
- Over the last two games, Braxton Beverly is shooting 64.3% (9-of-14) from three-point range. The Hazard, Ky., native is averaging 17 points and has committed zero turnovers in 60 minutes of action in the last two outings.
- NC State shot 55.1 percent in the win over Syracuse last season, the second-highest field goal percentage against an ACC opponent under Kevin Keatts, but the Pack also committed 19 turnovers against the Orange last season which are the second-most turnovers NC State has committed against an ACC opponent under Keatts.
- NC State is forcing opponents into 16.96 turnovers per game, which leads the ACC and ranks 16th in the NCAA. The Pack also leads the ACC in turnover margin at +3.75 and ranks 17th in the NCAA. Syracuse ranks second in the ACC in turnover margin at +3.46. Last season, NC State forced Syracuse into 17 turnovers, but committed 19 turnovers of its own.
- The Pack is averaging 25 three-point attempts per game in its 11 ACC games, the fifth-highest average in the conference. In the Pack's six ACC losses, the team is a combined 42-of-155 (27.1%) from three-point range. In the five ACC wins, the Pack is shooting 40% from three-point range (48-of-120). NC State is 16-3 this season when it shoots 30% or better from three-point range and 1-4 when it shoots under 30% from long range.
- Heading into Wednesday, the Pack's opponents have made more free throws than NC State has attempted in six of the last eight games. NC State has only attempted more free throws than its opponent two times in ACC play. Through 11 conference games, NC State's opponents have attempted 102 more free throws than the Pack and is outscoring the Pack by 88 points at the free throw line.

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Players Mentioned

Braxton Beverly

Torin Dorn

D.J. Funderburk

Markell Johnson

Maverick Rowan

Wyatt Walker