Duke 15-2, 3-1 will travel to Raleigh on Wednesday night to take on the pesky 12-6, 1-3 N.C. State Wolfpack who is coming off a tough 73-70 loss at home to Clemson on Saturday. The Wolfpack rallied from a 20 point second half deficit to nearly pull off the win. The Wolfpack won at Florida State 88-81 earlier in the week.
Sidney Lowe who is in his 4th year as the head coach at N.C. State has the Wolfpack competitive in every game will start 2 juniors,one senior, a sophomore and a freshman. Here is the starting lineup and key reserves.
6-8 Jr. Tracy Smith 16.9 points, 8.8 rebounds
6-9 Sr. Dennis Horner 12.5 points, 7.8 rebounds
6-0 Jr. Javier Gonzalez 9.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists
6-7 Fr. Scott Wood 9.1 points, 3.3 rebounds
6-6 Soph. C.j. Williams 4.7 points
6-4 Sr. Farnold Degand 6.1 points
6-3 Soph. Julius Mays 6.9 points
6-8 Fr. Richard Howell 4.5 points, 4.4 rebounds
6-7 Fr. Josh Davis 2.7 points
The Wolfpack average 70.7 points per game and give up 64.2. They shoot 45.7 % from the field and hold their opponents to 41.0%. They shoot 35.6% from three on 6.3 made and give up 30.7% on 4.9 made per game. They are out rebounding their opponents by 1.0 per game and they commit 13.3 turnovers and force 12.9.
Notes: The game is scheduled for 9pm on Wednesday and will be televised on Raycom. The Wolfpack in addition to beating Fla. State they also have a road win at Marquette 77-73 and two very tough losses to Florida and Arizona.
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