NC State Looks To Rebound As They Host Detroit Mercy In Raleigh
The season didn’t start out as the team in North Carolina’s state capital wanted it to as NC State suffered a loss to Georgia Tech not only in their season opener but their Atlantic Coast Conference opener as well.
On Sunday in NC State who comes into the game with a record of 0-1 will look to rebound from their season opening loss when they host Detroit Mercy who has yet to play a game this season.
As for last season Detroit Mercy who is a member of the Horizon League finished with a record of 11-20 and lost to second ranked Northern Kentucky in the quarterfinals last season.
Senior Josh McFolley and freshman Antoine Davis each scored over 20 points, but a second-half run by the Norse was the game as the University of Detroit Mercy men's basketball team dropped a 99-88 contest at NKU in the quarterfinals of the Little Caesars Horizon League men's basketball championship on Wednesday at BB&T Arena. “according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Davis ended with a game-high 30 points and a game and career-high eight assists. He finished with 784 points on the year and 132, 3-pointers, both second in school history to Rashad Phillips' 785 and 136 in 2000-01. “according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Senior Josh McFolley posted 24 points hitting 8-of-13 from the field with four 3-pointers and three steals, ending his career 15th in school history with 1,450 career points and third with 233 triples and the all-time steals leader at 201.”according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Freshman Willy Isiani had 14 points and freshman Marquis Moore tallied 12 points and eight rebounds.”according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Detroit Mercy (11-20) - the number seven seed - came out strong and had a 28-16 lead in the first half and a 47-40 advantage at the break. NKU (24-8) - co-HL champions and the second seed - started the second half on a 12-2 run and built a double-digit lead late in the frame.”according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Junior Cole Long registered five points, tied for the team lead with a season-high eight rebounds and a career-best five blocks. “according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Detroit Mercy shot 46.2 percent in the game and was 14-of-35 from behind the arc and 14-of-17 at the free throw line. “according to https://detroittitans.com/news/2019/3/6/mens-basketball-titans-fall-in-horizon-league-championship-quarterfinals-at-nku.aspx
Tip-off is set for 4:00pm from PNC Arena. The game will be televised on the Regional Sports Network.