Wednesday, February 20
Raleigh, NC
7 pm
NC State
vs
Boston College
Pack Hosts Boston College Wednesday
2/19/2019 11:58:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NC State has won seven consecutive games against Eagles inside PNC Arena
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RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's basketball team (18-8, 6-7 ACC) hosts Boston College (13-11, 4-8 ACC) Wednesday evening inside PNC Arena.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 pm on Regional Sports Networks with Wes Durham and Dan Bonner on the call. The game will be shown in North Carolina on Fox Sports South. Other RSN 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 had its two-win game streak snapped with a 94-78 loss to second-ranked Duke on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Torin Dorn led the Pack with 17. Markell Johnson added 16 points and 10 assists for his first double-double of the season.
- Over the last four games, Braxton Beverly is shooting 53.8% (14-of-26) from three-point range. The Hazard, Ky., native is averaging 15.8 points and has committed just one turnover in 134 minutes of action in the last four outings. Beverly ranks third in the ACC in conference-only games with 36 three-pointers.
- CJ Bryce leads the Pack in scoring in ACC play at 13.0 points per game. He ranks 22nd 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 than Bryce. The Pack relies on a balanced scoring attack as five different players have led the team in scoring in conference play and only once (Markell Johnson vs. Clemson and Virginia) in conference play has the Pack had the same leading scorer in consecutive games.
- The Pack's bench is averaging 30.5 points per game and has outscored the opponent's bench by 367 points this season. NC State's bench has had 33 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 17-3 when its bench scores over 20 points.
NC State – Boston College Series
- The all-time series between the programs is tied at 10. NC State has won the last seven meetings against Boston College that have been played at PNC Arena. The last time Boston College won at PNC Arena was Jan. 6, 2007 when the Eagles won 74-58 over the Pack.
- Last season in the meeting at PNC Arena, NC State missed its first eight shots of the game, but then hit 17 of its next 19 attempts on its way to an 82-66 win over Boston College. The Eagles won the meeting in the ACC Tournament, defeating the Pack 91-87.
Wednesday Storylines
- Closing strong: Since becoming a head coach at UNCW in the 2014-15 season, Kevin Keatts teams have a record of 25-13 (.658) in regular season games in the months of February and March. His first team at NC State last season won five of its last six regular season games on its way to an 11-7 conference record. This year's NC State team enters Wednesday's game having won two of its last three games.
- Junior guard Markell Johnson has 23 assists (7.7 per game average) in the last three games for the Pack. He had a season-best 10 assists in the game at Duke on Saturday. It was his ninth career double-digit assist game. NC State has had two of its three-best shooting performances in ACC play in the last three game stretch. Johnson is averaging 4.3 assists per game this season, down from last season's average of 7.3 because the coaching staff has asked him to focus more on scoring. The Cleveland native is averaging a career-best 11.0 points per game this season.
- Senior guard Torin Dorn has stepped up his play in the last three games. The Charlotte native is averaging 15.3 points on 54.1% shooting and 8.0 rebounds per game in the Pack's last three outings.
- When the Pack shoots 35% or better from three-point range this season it is 15-4.
- Keeping the Eagles off the glass: Last year, Boston College grabbed 20 offensive rebounds (the most by an opponent in the Kevin Keatts era at NC State) and won the rebounding battle by six over the Pack in NC State's win at PNC Arena. The Eagles had 13 offensive rebounds and outrebounded NC State by eight in BC's 91-87 win over the Pack in last season's ACC Tournament. This season, the Pack ranks fifth in the ACC in rebounding margin (+4.7), but has given up double-digit offensive rebounds to its opponents in seven straight games, including an average of 13 offensive rebounds for its opponents in the last four games.
- Heading into Wednesday, the Pack's opponents have made more free throws than NC State has attempted in seven of the last 10 games. NC State has only attempted more free throws than its opponent three times in ACC play. Through 13 conference games, NC State's opponents have attempted 117 more free throws (328-to-211) than the Pack and is outscoring NC State by 94 points at the free throw line.
RALEIGH, NC – The NC State men's basketball team (18-8, 6-7 ACC) hosts Boston College (13-11, 4-8 ACC) Wednesday evening inside PNC Arena.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 pm on Regional Sports Networks with Wes Durham and Dan Bonner on the call. The game will be shown in North Carolina on Fox Sports South. Other RSN 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 had its two-win game streak snapped with a 94-78 loss to second-ranked Duke on Saturday at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Torin Dorn led the Pack with 17. Markell Johnson added 16 points and 10 assists for his first double-double of the season.
- Over the last four games, Braxton Beverly is shooting 53.8% (14-of-26) from three-point range. The Hazard, Ky., native is averaging 15.8 points and has committed just one turnover in 134 minutes of action in the last four outings. Beverly ranks third in the ACC in conference-only games with 36 three-pointers.
- CJ Bryce leads the Pack in scoring in ACC play at 13.0 points per game. He ranks 22nd 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 than Bryce. The Pack relies on a balanced scoring attack as five different players have led the team in scoring in conference play and only once (Markell Johnson vs. Clemson and Virginia) in conference play has the Pack had the same leading scorer in consecutive games.
- The Pack's bench is averaging 30.5 points per game and has outscored the opponent's bench by 367 points this season. NC State's bench has had 33 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 17-3 when its bench scores over 20 points.
NC State – Boston College Series
- The all-time series between the programs is tied at 10. NC State has won the last seven meetings against Boston College that have been played at PNC Arena. The last time Boston College won at PNC Arena was Jan. 6, 2007 when the Eagles won 74-58 over the Pack.
- Last season in the meeting at PNC Arena, NC State missed its first eight shots of the game, but then hit 17 of its next 19 attempts on its way to an 82-66 win over Boston College. The Eagles won the meeting in the ACC Tournament, defeating the Pack 91-87.
Wednesday Storylines
- Closing strong: Since becoming a head coach at UNCW in the 2014-15 season, Kevin Keatts teams have a record of 25-13 (.658) in regular season games in the months of February and March. His first team at NC State last season won five of its last six regular season games on its way to an 11-7 conference record. This year's NC State team enters Wednesday's game having won two of its last three games.
- Junior guard Markell Johnson has 23 assists (7.7 per game average) in the last three games for the Pack. He had a season-best 10 assists in the game at Duke on Saturday. It was his ninth career double-digit assist game. NC State has had two of its three-best shooting performances in ACC play in the last three game stretch. Johnson is averaging 4.3 assists per game this season, down from last season's average of 7.3 because the coaching staff has asked him to focus more on scoring. The Cleveland native is averaging a career-best 11.0 points per game this season.
- Senior guard Torin Dorn has stepped up his play in the last three games. The Charlotte native is averaging 15.3 points on 54.1% shooting and 8.0 rebounds per game in the Pack's last three outings.
- When the Pack shoots 35% or better from three-point range this season it is 15-4.
- Keeping the Eagles off the glass: Last year, Boston College grabbed 20 offensive rebounds (the most by an opponent in the Kevin Keatts era at NC State) and won the rebounding battle by six over the Pack in NC State's win at PNC Arena. The Eagles had 13 offensive rebounds and outrebounded NC State by eight in BC's 91-87 win over the Pack in last season's ACC Tournament. This season, the Pack ranks fifth in the ACC in rebounding margin (+4.7), but has given up double-digit offensive rebounds to its opponents in seven straight games, including an average of 13 offensive rebounds for its opponents in the last four games.
- Heading into Wednesday, the Pack's opponents have made more free throws than NC State has attempted in seven of the last 10 games. NC State has only attempted more free throws than its opponent three times in ACC play. Through 13 conference games, NC State's opponents have attempted 117 more free throws (328-to-211) than the Pack and is outscoring NC State by 94 points at the free throw line.
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