NC State 76, Boston College 62
by Akula Wolf on Jan 19, 2012 11:30 PM EST
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Print| Four Factors | NCSU | BC |
| eFG% | 55.5 | 47.6 |
| Turnover Rate | 22.1 |
23.4 |
| Off Reb Rate | 41.2 | 21.1 |
| FT Rate | 15.6 | 11.3 |
| Pts | Poss | OFF_EFF | DEF_EFF | |
| BC |
62 | 72.5 | 85.5 | 104.8 |
| NCSU | 76 | 72.5 | 104.8 | 85.5 |
I would have liked to see State close out the Eagles with a little more purpose--Boston College should not have been allowed to get inside 20 points, much less outscore the Wolfpack in the second half--but the killer instinct thing is still a work in progress. That's okay. I felt like our turnover rate was a function of carelessness moreso than anything else, but what are you gonna do. Shrug. Might as well get some good shruggin' on in there. It was a game we had to have and it was never in doubt after the post-21-21 tie run in the first half.
Scott Wood led the Pack with 16 points and Calvin added 14 despite once again having to leave in the second half because of cramps. Richard Howell grabbed 16 boards, while Lorenzo Brown handed out 11 assists. C.J. Williams was solid and efficient as we've come to expect him to be, but he had to leave in the second half with what appeared to be a shoulder injury. Always gotta be something around here.
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So having two shockingly easy wins in a row is something new around here
I don’t care how bad Wake & BC are… in the past, we don’t lay two consecutive ass-whippings. In retrospect, I feel more and more as if the Maryland game was just an #ncstateshit kind of night… it’s unfortunate, but this team really does appear to be one of the best 5 in the league. For now, I’ll take that & run…
you mean the
GATech game, right?
by Undertoe on Jan 20, 2012 7:47 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I agree
that the TO rate seemed more to carelessness after getting the big lead. Didn’t Brown start out the game 4-5? He ended up 4-11.
I loved the aggressiveness on offense and defense that State showed in the first half. My only complaint would be that when the initial push didn’t produce a shot, State put up too many quick 3 pointers from guys not named Scott Wood. I think the team has started to buy into the defensive intensity that the coaching staff has been talking about recently. It is really weird to have consecutive whippings of ACC opponents. Maybe killing teams is our new thing now. That would be awesome!
I am really hoping it is nothing serious with CJ. I heard on the radio this morning that he will have an MRI today. The season will take a drastic turn if any of the starting 5 have to miss multiple games.
He's just fine according to Bellydancn_Diva.
by non_sequitur on Jan 20, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
God bless da twitterz
I had my fingers crossed on CJ, we really don’t have the backcourt depth to take too many hits
by ginger avenger on Jan 20, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
its been a while since both the men's and women's team have
been playing well (the women beat Clemson to even their conference record). both are in the running for an NCAA bid.
despite the men losing their intensity after building a big lead, i feel that this team can compete with any other team in the league on a given night. as for the women, i cannot see them being able to beat Maryland, Duke, Miami or maybe GaTech unless playing a perfect game. the State women are beating the bottom feeders in the conference and this Sunday one will see if they can beat teams in the same category as UNC, UVA and FSU.
Got nervous when they tied it in the first half
Then I decided to get up and make dinner, when I came back we were up 18 and never again felt close. Played pretty well, and it helped that BC didn’t look like they knew what they were doing. That team is extremely young, but to look that slow made me feel good about my basketball play.
Big game against Miami this weekend… and Steven, Archer had a good season premiere last night, did you see it?
We're about to find out what this team is really made of
@MIam
@UNC
Virginia
If we can go 2-1 on this stretch of games, then this team will make it in the NCAA tourny. I’m calling it now. I think this is the make or break part of the season, we can realistically go 0-3 and basically lose hope of making the tourney this year without some great run in the ACC tourny that gets us to the championship game.
1-2 we’ll still be in the middle somewhere and unsure about where we stand. I"m hoping for a 2-1 stretch here.
I love the Steelers.
Agreed - have to go 2-1 in the next 8 days
I said before Maryland that anything less than an 8-2 start was nothing to get excited about, and that looks even more true now. Losing to GT blew the margin of error – we either have to win both toss-ups, or pull the big upset.
(On the other hand, the last six does not look quite as tough as it did a month ago – assuming a healthy rotation, every game in there looks more winnable now, even the ones that we’re still likely to lose. This year’s ACC grading scale ranges from “Shouldn’t suck, but kinda does sometimes” to “Mega Suck-zilla”)
CJW doubtful for Miami
per the Gottfather. Long term prognosis is good.
It’s cool, I’m sure Alex Johnson and Jaquawn Raymond will be just as successful in guarding Malcolm Grant and Durand Scott as CJW would have been.
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