Tuesday, February 5
Chapel Hill, NC
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North Carolina
Pack Travels to Chapel Hill to Take on Eighth-Ranked Tar Heels Tuesday
2/4/2019 3:03:00 PM | Men's Basketball
NC State defeated the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill last season in an overtime thriller
WRAZ in Raleigh | TV Affiliates | Free Stream
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's basketball team (16-6, 4-5 ACC) opens a two-game road swing with a trip to eighth-ranked UNC-Chapel Hill (17-4, 7-1 ACC) on Thursday night.
Tipoff at the Dean E. Smith Center is scheduled for 8 p.m.
The game will be televised in Raleigh on WRAZ (Fox 50). Fox will not cut away from the game to show The State of the Union Address.
Other affiliates in North Carolina showing the game are WMYT (My Network TV) in Charlotte, WMYV (MyTV) in Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point, WITN-D2 (This TV) in Greenville – New Bern – Washington and WILM (IND) in Wilmington. A complete list of affiliates showing the game can be found here.
A free stream of the game can be found here.
Pack Tracks
- Graduate forward Wyatt Walker has grabbed 12 offensive rebounds in the last two games and has 19 rebounds total. The Jacksonville, Fla., native is averaging 7 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game over the Pack's last two outings. Walker is averaging 3.44 offensive rebounds per game in ACC play (31 in nine games) to rank in a tie for third-most in the conference.
- The Pack has five players averaging in double figures in ACC play with CJ Bryce leading the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game. NC State has had five different players lead the team in scoring in ACC play. The Pack relies on a balanced scoring attack. All 10 players on the roster have scored in double figures in at least one game this season.
- The Pack's bench is averaging 31.5 points per game and has outscored the opponent's bench by 324 points this season. NC State's bench has had 29 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's bench scored a season-low seven points vs. Virginia Tech on Saturday. It marked just the fifth time this season NC State's bench was held under 20 points. The Pack is 0-5 when its bench scores less than 20 points and 16-1 when its bench scores over 20 points.
NC State - UNC-Chapel Hill Series
- The Tar Heels lead the all-time series 157-78 and have a 25-7 advantage in games played at the Smith Center.
- UNC won the earlier meeting this season between the two programs at PNC Arena, 90-82.
- NC State won last season at Chapel Hill, defeating the Tar Heels 95-91 in overtime.
Tuesday Storylines
- With 16 wins through January, this year's NC State team ties with four previous Pack squads (2012-13, 2005-06, 2001-02 and 1954-55) for the most wins before February in the program's history since the ACC was formed in 1954.
- Tuesday will be the 15th time in the 56 games Kevin Keatts has been head coach that the Pack will face a team ranked in the top-25. The Pack is 6-8 against ranked opponents with Keatts as head coach, including a 4-2 record against teams ranked in the top-10.
- Heading into Tuesday night, the Pack's opponents have made more free throws than NC State has attempted in five of the last six games. NC State has only attempted more free throws than its opponent one time in ACC play. Through nine conference games, NC State's opponents have attempted 91 more free throws than the Pack and is outscoring the Pack by 69 points at the free throw line.
- NC State is averaging eight more three-point attempts a game than its opponents in conference play. The Pack is averaging 25.7 three-point attempts per game in its nine ACC games, the fourth-highest average in the conference. In the Pack's five ACC losses, the team is a combined 35-of-138 (25.4%) from three-point range. In the four ACC wins, the Pack is shooting 36.5% from three-point range (34-of-93). NC State has shot 24 or less three-pointers in three of the four ACC wins, while it has shot at least 26 three-pointers in all five losses. NC State is 15-2 this season when it shoots 30% or better from three-point range and 1-4 when it shoots under 30% from long range.
- The fathers of NC State guards Torin Dorn and Blake Harris both played college football for North Carolina. Dorn's father, Torin, played at UNC from 1986-89 and Blake's father, Bernardo, from 1990-93.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's basketball team (16-6, 4-5 ACC) opens a two-game road swing with a trip to eighth-ranked UNC-Chapel Hill (17-4, 7-1 ACC) on Thursday night.
Tipoff at the Dean E. Smith Center is scheduled for 8 p.m.
The game will be televised in Raleigh on WRAZ (Fox 50). Fox will not cut away from the game to show The State of the Union Address.
Other affiliates in North Carolina showing the game are WMYT (My Network TV) in Charlotte, WMYV (MyTV) in Greensboro – Winston-Salem – High Point, WITN-D2 (This TV) in Greenville – New Bern – Washington and WILM (IND) in Wilmington. A complete list of affiliates showing the game can be found here.
A free stream of the game can be found here.
Pack Tracks
- Graduate forward Wyatt Walker has grabbed 12 offensive rebounds in the last two games and has 19 rebounds total. The Jacksonville, Fla., native is averaging 7 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 1.5 steals per game over the Pack's last two outings. Walker is averaging 3.44 offensive rebounds per game in ACC play (31 in nine games) to rank in a tie for third-most in the conference.
- The Pack has five players averaging in double figures in ACC play with CJ Bryce leading the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game. NC State has had five different players lead the team in scoring in ACC play. The Pack relies on a balanced scoring attack. All 10 players on the roster have scored in double figures in at least one game this season.
- The Pack's bench is averaging 31.5 points per game and has outscored the opponent's bench by 324 points this season. NC State's bench has had 29 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's bench scored a season-low seven points vs. Virginia Tech on Saturday. It marked just the fifth time this season NC State's bench was held under 20 points. The Pack is 0-5 when its bench scores less than 20 points and 16-1 when its bench scores over 20 points.
NC State - UNC-Chapel Hill Series
- The Tar Heels lead the all-time series 157-78 and have a 25-7 advantage in games played at the Smith Center.
- UNC won the earlier meeting this season between the two programs at PNC Arena, 90-82.
- NC State won last season at Chapel Hill, defeating the Tar Heels 95-91 in overtime.
Tuesday Storylines
- With 16 wins through January, this year's NC State team ties with four previous Pack squads (2012-13, 2005-06, 2001-02 and 1954-55) for the most wins before February in the program's history since the ACC was formed in 1954.
- Tuesday will be the 15th time in the 56 games Kevin Keatts has been head coach that the Pack will face a team ranked in the top-25. The Pack is 6-8 against ranked opponents with Keatts as head coach, including a 4-2 record against teams ranked in the top-10.
- Heading into Tuesday night, the Pack's opponents have made more free throws than NC State has attempted in five of the last six games. NC State has only attempted more free throws than its opponent one time in ACC play. Through nine conference games, NC State's opponents have attempted 91 more free throws than the Pack and is outscoring the Pack by 69 points at the free throw line.
- NC State is averaging eight more three-point attempts a game than its opponents in conference play. The Pack is averaging 25.7 three-point attempts per game in its nine ACC games, the fourth-highest average in the conference. In the Pack's five ACC losses, the team is a combined 35-of-138 (25.4%) from three-point range. In the four ACC wins, the Pack is shooting 36.5% from three-point range (34-of-93). NC State has shot 24 or less three-pointers in three of the four ACC wins, while it has shot at least 26 three-pointers in all five losses. NC State is 15-2 this season when it shoots 30% or better from three-point range and 1-4 when it shoots under 30% from long range.
- The fathers of NC State guards Torin Dorn and Blake Harris both played college football for North Carolina. Dorn's father, Torin, played at UNC from 1986-89 and Blake's father, Bernardo, from 1990-93.
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