Pack Hits Road to Play at Virginia Tech on Tuesday

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RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men's basketball team returns to action Tuesday evening when it takes on Virginia Tech in Cassell Coliseum.

Tipoff in Blacksburg, Va., is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be televised on the ACC Network. NC State fans can also listen to Gary Hahn and Tony Haynes call the action on the Wolfpack Sports Network.

Pack Tracks
- NC State dropped its fifth straight game with an 83-81 loss to Florida State on Saturday. The game featured 14 lead changes and five ties. The Pack led 75-74 with 1:51 to play, but the Seminoles rattled off the next five points and NC State was never able to get even again.
- Redshirt sophomore guard Dereon Seabron scored 32 points - his best against an ACC opponent - on 12-of-14 shooting to lead NC State. Seabron added seven rebounds and a career-high seven assists against the Seminoles.
- Seabron is the first NC State player over the last 25 seasons to finish a conference game with 30+ points on 85% shooting. The only other Wolfpack player to shoot better than 80% in a 30-point conference game over that span was TJ Warren in 2013 when he played Florida State.
- Freshman guard Terquavion Smith added 23 points in the loss to Florida State. The Greenville, N.C. native made seven three-pointers, which are the most in a game by an ACC player this season. Smith's seven three-pointers tie for the second-most by a freshman in NC State history.
- Smith has now scored in double figures in seven consecutive games. In the last five games, he's averaging 20.3 points per game and has hit 17 three-pointers in that span. With 36 three-pointers this season, Smith has the second-most made three-pointers by an ACC player.

Tuesday Storylines
- For the second consecutive game, NC State will play a team coming off of a COVID-layoff. On Saturday, Florida State was playing its first game since Dec. 15. On Tuesday, NC State will face a Virginia Tech that hasn't played since Dec. 22.
- Virginia Tech is one of just two ACC teams that the Pack has not beaten since Kevin Keatts became head coach of the program for the 2017-18 season (Georgia Tech is the other). Keatts' teams are 0-3 against Virginia Tech since he became head coach of NC State. The two programs did not play each other last season.
- Trending up: Terquavion Smith since moving into the starting lineup. Smith made his first start of the season in the Pack's game against Louisville on Dec. 4 and has stayed in the lineup since. In seven games starting, Smith is averaging 19.1 points per game and has hit 23 three-pointers (3.3 per game). Smith was named ACC Freshman of the Week in back-to-back weeks in December and has scored at least 20 points in three of seven games, including 23 in Saturday's game against Florida State. The only freshman in the ACC to average more points per game than Smith (14.4) is Duke's Paolo Banchero (17.1). Smith and Banchero both lead all freshman with four 20-point plus performances. Smith leads all freshmen in the ACC and ranks second in the ACC with 36 three-pointers made.
- Thomas Allen Stepping up: Senior guard Thomas Allen missed the final eight games of last season because of an ankle injury and his senior season got off to a slow start as well. Through the first 10 games he played in this season, Allen had made only six field goals and scored 18 points total. On Wednesday at Miami, Allen was 6-of-10 shooting and scored 13 points off the bench for NC State. On Saturday, Allen got his first start of the season and hit three three-pointers in the first half on his way to nine points for the game.
- NC State shot a season-best 51.9 percent on Saturday against Florida State and hit a season-high 12 three-pointers against the Seminoles. Virginia Tech ranks fourth in the ACC in opponent field goal percentage, holding its opposition to just 40.7 percent shooting and leads the conference in three-point field goal percentage defense, holding opponents to just 25.9 percent shooting.

NC State - Virginia Tech Series
- Tuesday is the 59th meeting between the two programs. NC State leads the all-time series, 40-18, but the Hokies have won the last three meetings and four of the last five.
- Virginia Tech won the last meeting between the programs, 72-58, on January 11, 2020. The Pack jumped out to a 10-0 start, but Virginia Tech responded with 13 consecutive points to take the lead. NC State trailed 55-52 with 7:41 to play, but the Hokies used an 11-0 run to gain separation and win going away. D.J. Funderburk led the Pack with 18 points and nine rebounds. NC State shot a season-low 31.9 percent in the loss to the Hokies.

Pack Hits Road to Play at Virginia Tech on Tuesday

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Terquavion Smith