North Carolina State University Athletics
Pack Hosts Miami Wednesday at PNC Arena
1/14/2020 11:47:00 AM | Men's Basketball
NC State defeated the Hurricanes in their only meeting last season
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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's basketball team (11-5, 2-3 ACC) returns to PNC Arena to host Miami (10-5, 2-3 ACC) on Wednesday night.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Fox Sports South in North Carolina with Bob Rathbun and Mike Gminski on the call. NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.
Pack PNC Challenge
Wednesday night's game against Miami is the second game in the 'Pack PNC Challenge'
The Challenge, which will run the rest of the 2020 ACC season, is aimed to give fans the opportunity to win prizes for attending the final nine home men's basketball games.
Fans can accumulate a maximum of 75 points. Fans that accumulate 70 or more points will be entered for a chance to win half-off the cost of their season tickets (max of four) for the 2020-21 season.
Over 20 additional prizes will also be awarded.
More information can be found here.
Pack Tracks
- NC State dropped a road contest to Virginia Tech, 72-58, on Saturday afternoon. The Pack was led by D.J. Funderburk who scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Pat Andree was the only other NC State player to reach double figures with 11 points. NC State shot a season-low 31.9% from the field. It was only the second time in 16 games this season, the Pack shot under 40% from the field.
- D.J. Funderburk is averaging 17.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game over his last four outings while shooting 63.4% from the field. The Cleveland, Ohio native has shot over 50 percent in 12 of the 14 games he's played in this season. He is shooting 64.7% from the field on the season and would lead the ACC in field goal percentage, but just misses out on qualifying to be ranked. (Funderburk averages 4.71 field goals per game and to be ranked a player needs to average 5.0 field goals per game).
- Freshman Manny Bates broke the NC State single-season blocks record for a freshman in the win last week over Notre Dame, surpassing J.J. Hickson (47) and BeeJay Anya (46). At his current pace of 3.13 blocks per game, Bates would finish the regular season with 97 blocks which would break the program's single-season record of 95, which was done by Thurl Bailey during the 1982-83 National Championship season.
Wednesday Storylines
- With C.J. Bryce missing the last four games, NC State has only had three guards dressed out to play. The lack of depth has caused NC State to hold back on the typical full court pressure the Pack has used under Kevin Keatts. Over the last four games, NC State has only forced opponents into 41 turnovers. The 41 forced turnovers are the fewest over a four-game stretch in the Kevin Keatts era at NC State.
- Through The Citadel game on Dec. 22, NC State was forcing its opponents into an average of 16 turnovers per game which ranked in the top-50 in the NCAA. Four games later, NC State is now averaging to force opponents into 14.63 turnovers per game which ranks 128th in the NCAA.
- In the first 82 games Kevin Keatts coached at NC State, only once did NC State play fewer than eight players in a game (7 against UNCG on 12/16/17). With the short bench the last two weeks, NC State has played just seven players in two of the last three games. Only two times this season (Memphis and The Citadel) has NC State played more than eight scholarship players in a game.
- Miami is third in the ACC and 16th in the NCAA in fewest turnovers per game at 11.1. Last season, Miami had just seven turnovers in the Pack's win. The seven turnovers tied for the fewest forced in the Kevin Keatts era. This marks the third consecutive game NC State has played a team ranked in the top-20 in the NCAA in fewest turnovers. Notre Dame and Virginia Tech were both ranked 1st in the NCAA in fewest turnovers per game when the Pack faced them last week. NC State forced Notre Dame into 14 turnovers in a 73-68 win, but Virginia Tech had just eight turnovers (season-low for an NC State opponent) in a 72-58 loss for the Pack.
- Junior forward D.J. Funderburk has been hitting the offensive glass in the last four games. The Cleveland, Ohio native had 20 offensive rebounds in the first 10 games of the season, but has 16 in the last four games. He ranks 10th in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game at 2.57 per game. Miami enters Wednesday's contest last in the ACC in rebounding margin at -6.1 per game.
- Get Devon Daniels Going: In 11 wins this season, Devon Daniels is averaging 12.4 points on 52.9% shooting and 5.1 rebounds per game. In the five losses, Daniels is averaging 7.6 points on 35.9% shooting and 4.0 rebounds per game. Over the last three games, Daniels is averaging 6.7 points and shooting 33.3% from the field.
- Manny Bates has had multiple blocked shots in every game this season, but Saturday was the first time this season he didn't lead NC State in blocks in a game. Devon Daniels led the Pack with three blocked shots. Bates' 50 blocked shots on the year tie for the sixth-most in the NCAA.
NC State - Miami Series
- NC State leads the all-time series with Miami, 12-11. The two teams have an even 11-11 record since the Hurricanes joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
- NC State has a 5-4 record against Miami at PNC Arena, but the Hurricanes have won two straight in Raleigh. The Pack's last win at home against Miami was 86-59 on Jan. 30, 2016.
- Last season against Miami: NC State battled back to win at Miami, 87-82. The Pack trailed by 10 points with under 10 minutes to go, but went on a 13-0 run to take the lead and never trailed again. Markell Johnson scored 17 of his team-high 20 points in the second half. Devon Daniels added 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's basketball team (11-5, 2-3 ACC) returns to PNC Arena to host Miami (10-5, 2-3 ACC) on Wednesday night.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on Fox Sports South in North Carolina with Bob Rathbun and Mike Gminski on the call. NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.
Pack PNC Challenge
Wednesday night's game against Miami is the second game in the 'Pack PNC Challenge'
The Challenge, which will run the rest of the 2020 ACC season, is aimed to give fans the opportunity to win prizes for attending the final nine home men's basketball games.
Fans can accumulate a maximum of 75 points. Fans that accumulate 70 or more points will be entered for a chance to win half-off the cost of their season tickets (max of four) for the 2020-21 season.
Over 20 additional prizes will also be awarded.
More information can be found here.
Pack Tracks
- NC State dropped a road contest to Virginia Tech, 72-58, on Saturday afternoon. The Pack was led by D.J. Funderburk who scored 18 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Pat Andree was the only other NC State player to reach double figures with 11 points. NC State shot a season-low 31.9% from the field. It was only the second time in 16 games this season, the Pack shot under 40% from the field.
- D.J. Funderburk is averaging 17.5 points and 8.0 rebounds per game over his last four outings while shooting 63.4% from the field. The Cleveland, Ohio native has shot over 50 percent in 12 of the 14 games he's played in this season. He is shooting 64.7% from the field on the season and would lead the ACC in field goal percentage, but just misses out on qualifying to be ranked. (Funderburk averages 4.71 field goals per game and to be ranked a player needs to average 5.0 field goals per game).
- Freshman Manny Bates broke the NC State single-season blocks record for a freshman in the win last week over Notre Dame, surpassing J.J. Hickson (47) and BeeJay Anya (46). At his current pace of 3.13 blocks per game, Bates would finish the regular season with 97 blocks which would break the program's single-season record of 95, which was done by Thurl Bailey during the 1982-83 National Championship season.
Wednesday Storylines
- With C.J. Bryce missing the last four games, NC State has only had three guards dressed out to play. The lack of depth has caused NC State to hold back on the typical full court pressure the Pack has used under Kevin Keatts. Over the last four games, NC State has only forced opponents into 41 turnovers. The 41 forced turnovers are the fewest over a four-game stretch in the Kevin Keatts era at NC State.
- Through The Citadel game on Dec. 22, NC State was forcing its opponents into an average of 16 turnovers per game which ranked in the top-50 in the NCAA. Four games later, NC State is now averaging to force opponents into 14.63 turnovers per game which ranks 128th in the NCAA.
- In the first 82 games Kevin Keatts coached at NC State, only once did NC State play fewer than eight players in a game (7 against UNCG on 12/16/17). With the short bench the last two weeks, NC State has played just seven players in two of the last three games. Only two times this season (Memphis and The Citadel) has NC State played more than eight scholarship players in a game.
- Miami is third in the ACC and 16th in the NCAA in fewest turnovers per game at 11.1. Last season, Miami had just seven turnovers in the Pack's win. The seven turnovers tied for the fewest forced in the Kevin Keatts era. This marks the third consecutive game NC State has played a team ranked in the top-20 in the NCAA in fewest turnovers. Notre Dame and Virginia Tech were both ranked 1st in the NCAA in fewest turnovers per game when the Pack faced them last week. NC State forced Notre Dame into 14 turnovers in a 73-68 win, but Virginia Tech had just eight turnovers (season-low for an NC State opponent) in a 72-58 loss for the Pack.
- Junior forward D.J. Funderburk has been hitting the offensive glass in the last four games. The Cleveland, Ohio native had 20 offensive rebounds in the first 10 games of the season, but has 16 in the last four games. He ranks 10th in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game at 2.57 per game. Miami enters Wednesday's contest last in the ACC in rebounding margin at -6.1 per game.
- Get Devon Daniels Going: In 11 wins this season, Devon Daniels is averaging 12.4 points on 52.9% shooting and 5.1 rebounds per game. In the five losses, Daniels is averaging 7.6 points on 35.9% shooting and 4.0 rebounds per game. Over the last three games, Daniels is averaging 6.7 points and shooting 33.3% from the field.
- Manny Bates has had multiple blocked shots in every game this season, but Saturday was the first time this season he didn't lead NC State in blocks in a game. Devon Daniels led the Pack with three blocked shots. Bates' 50 blocked shots on the year tie for the sixth-most in the NCAA.
NC State - Miami Series
- NC State leads the all-time series with Miami, 12-11. The two teams have an even 11-11 record since the Hurricanes joined the ACC prior to the 2004-05 season.
- NC State has a 5-4 record against Miami at PNC Arena, but the Hurricanes have won two straight in Raleigh. The Pack's last win at home against Miami was 86-59 on Jan. 30, 2016.
- Last season against Miami: NC State battled back to win at Miami, 87-82. The Pack trailed by 10 points with under 10 minutes to go, but went on a 13-0 run to take the lead and never trailed again. Markell Johnson scored 17 of his team-high 20 points in the second half. Devon Daniels added 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting.
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