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.
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.
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.
The Pack forced Wake Forest into 19 turnovers and ended the game with a 28-5 in points off turnovers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ian Dubose led Wake Forest with 14 points while Daivien Williamson and Isaiah Mucius each finished with 11 points.
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.
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.
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.
The Pack forced Wake Forest into 19 turnovers and ended the game with a 28-5 in points off turnovers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ian Dubose led Wake Forest with 14 points while Daivien Williamson and Isaiah Mucius each finished with 11 points.
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.
Team Stats
NCSU
Wake
FG%
.500
.407
3FG%
.421
.280
FT%
.737
.846
RB
33
32
TO
11
19
STL
11
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
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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