Saturday, February 20
Winston-Salem, NC
2 PM
NC State
10-9,6-8ACC
80
at
62
Wake Forest
6-11,3-11ACC
1
2
F
NC State
51
29
80
Wake Forest
35
27
62
Pack Completes Season Sweep of Wake Forest with 80-62 Win
2/20/2021 5:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Five NC State players scored in double figures in dominating win
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C- The NC State men's basketball team rode a balanced attack to an 80-62 defeat of Wake Forest inside of Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Saturday afternoon.
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With the win, NC State improves to 10-9, 6-8 in the ACC, while Wake Forest falls to 6-11, 3-11 in the ACC.
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The win marked the third consecutive ACC road win for NC State. It's the first time since the last two road games of the 2002-03 season and first road game of 2003-04 season that NC State has won three straight ACC road games. The last time, NC State had won three straight ACC road games in the same season was the 2001-02 season.
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The Pack forced Wake Forest into 19 turnovers and ended the game with a 28-5 in points off turnovers.
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Dereon Seabron had a career-day as the redshirt freshman posted career-highs in points (14), rebounds (9) and steals (4) while also tying his career-high in assists with three.
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He was one of five Pack players to make it into double figures in scoring. Jericole Hellems had 14 points, D.J. Funderburk had 11 points, Cam Hayes recorded 11 points, and a game-high five assists and Braxton Beverly added 10 points.
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Both teams got off to a hot-start offensively and the Demon Deacons took their largest lead of the game at 13-10 on two Ismael Massoud free throws with 13:27 to play in the first half.
NC State would take over from there though as the Pack went on a 23-5 run to take a 33-18 lead on back-to-back Funderburk dunks.
Wake Forest would go on a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to eight at 35-27, but the Pack would let the Demon Deacons get no closer pushing the lead out to 17 before heading to the locker room with a 51-35 advantage.
The 51 points were the most in the first half for NC State this season as the Pack shot 51.5 percent from the field, including 6-of-10 from three-point range and also knocked down 11-of-12 free throw attempts.
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In the second half, the Demon Deacons scored six of the first eight points to cut their deficit to 12, but a 7-0 Pack run gave NC State a 60-41 lead with 15:43 to go and effectively slammed the door on any hopes of a Wake Forest comeback.
The Demon Deacons wouldn't get closer than 16 points the rest of the game.
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Ian Dubose led Wake Forest with 14 points while Daivien Williamson and Isaiah Mucius each finished with 11 points.
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NC State will travel to Charlottesville, Virginia to take on UVA on Wednesday at John Paul Jones Arena. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on the ACC Network.
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With the win, NC State improves to 10-9, 6-8 in the ACC, while Wake Forest falls to 6-11, 3-11 in the ACC.
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The win marked the third consecutive ACC road win for NC State. It's the first time since the last two road games of the 2002-03 season and first road game of 2003-04 season that NC State has won three straight ACC road games. The last time, NC State had won three straight ACC road games in the same season was the 2001-02 season.
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The Pack forced Wake Forest into 19 turnovers and ended the game with a 28-5 in points off turnovers.
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Dereon Seabron had a career-day as the redshirt freshman posted career-highs in points (14), rebounds (9) and steals (4) while also tying his career-high in assists with three.
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He was one of five Pack players to make it into double figures in scoring. Jericole Hellems had 14 points, D.J. Funderburk had 11 points, Cam Hayes recorded 11 points, and a game-high five assists and Braxton Beverly added 10 points.
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Both teams got off to a hot-start offensively and the Demon Deacons took their largest lead of the game at 13-10 on two Ismael Massoud free throws with 13:27 to play in the first half.
NC State would take over from there though as the Pack went on a 23-5 run to take a 33-18 lead on back-to-back Funderburk dunks.
Wake Forest would go on a 9-2 run to cut the deficit to eight at 35-27, but the Pack would let the Demon Deacons get no closer pushing the lead out to 17 before heading to the locker room with a 51-35 advantage.
The 51 points were the most in the first half for NC State this season as the Pack shot 51.5 percent from the field, including 6-of-10 from three-point range and also knocked down 11-of-12 free throw attempts.
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In the second half, the Demon Deacons scored six of the first eight points to cut their deficit to 12, but a 7-0 Pack run gave NC State a 60-41 lead with 15:43 to go and effectively slammed the door on any hopes of a Wake Forest comeback.
The Demon Deacons wouldn't get closer than 16 points the rest of the game.
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Ian Dubose led Wake Forest with 14 points while Daivien Williamson and Isaiah Mucius each finished with 11 points.
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NC State will travel to Charlottesville, Virginia to take on UVA on Wednesday at John Paul Jones Arena. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on the ACC Network.
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Team Stats
NCSU
Wake
FG%
.500
.407
3FG%
.421
.280
FT%
.737
.846
RB
33
32
TO
11
19
STL
11
7
Game Leaders
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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