Game Summary:
The Saturday / Monday schedule showed in the first half. NC State looked slow and were already down 10 at the first official timeout. The Wolfpack was 2-8 and Louisville was 6-7. By the second
timeout (11:55), the Wolfpack had cut the lead to 7 but Louisville was dominating rebounds 10-4 and neither Williams nor McNeil had scored. Louisville pushed the lead to 15 with 5 minutes left and Coach Wade called a timeout to stop the run. It didn’t help; halftime score 36-56. The Pack was out rebounded 24-11, the Cardinals shot 73% (8-11) from 3PT.
The second half didn’t improve at all. NC State scored a little more, 41 points in the second, but Louisville scored 62.
Overall Takeaways:
- Second most points ever scored against NC State
- 18 3PT – most ever made 3PT shots against NC State
- NC State played terrible transition defense, Louisville seldom had to run their offense at all
- The Wolfpack shot 18% (4-22) from 3PT. The lowest percentage and fewest made all season.
Coach Wade Post Game Comments
Individual Highlights
- Ven Lubin led scoring with 20
- Matt Able led rebounding with 7
- Quadir Copeland led assists with 3
- Darrion Williams unable to crack the 10 point ceiling for the second game
- Tre Holloman with his third consecutive 30 game.
Player Stats and Box Score
