NC State Is Hosting Bucknell For Their Season Opener Tonight In Raleigh
NC State is hosting Bucknell for their season opener tonight North Carolina’s state capital!
NC State, Bucknell previously matched up on December 5, 2015 in North Carolina’s state capital!
Then Kevin Keatts who is now the Head Coach of NC State wasn’t the Head Coach then!
Why?
Because he was then the Head Coach Of UNC Wilmington while Mark Gottfried was the Head Coach of NC State!
In that match up on December 5, 2015 NC State won by a score of 99-86!
Maverick Rowan led the team in scoring with 27 points. Rowan shot 9-for-14 from the floor while making four of his seven 3-pointers and 5-for-6 at the free throw line. Anthony 'Cat' Barber added 24 points, while Caleb Martin scored 21. NC State, which entered Saturday's game making 5.3 shots per game from 3-point range, buried a season-high 9-for-17 from beyond the arc. The Pack also convered a season-best 80 percent (28-for-35) at the foul line. Lennard Freeman recorded his fourth double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds, while Abdul-Malik Abu was a rebound shy from the mark with 11 points and nine rebounds.
“according to an article on gopack.com”
In that match up on December 5, 2015 Bucknell lost to NC State by a score of 86-99!
Chris Hass hit a career-high seven 3-pointers and scored a game-high 29 points, Zach Thomas tallied a career-high 25 points, and Nana Foulland added 18 for the Bison. Bucknell (3-5) shot 51.6 percent from the field and went 13-for-27 from 3-point range, but N.C. State (5-3) also shot very well.After trailing by as many as 15, Bucknell rallied to take a 73-72 lead on a Kimbal Mackenzie pull-up in the lane with 8:25 to play. After Martin answered with a late-shot-clock 3-pointer, Thomas made a layup to tie the game at 75-all.At the other end, an N.C. State pass pinballed around in the lane and ended up in the hands of Cody Martin under the basket for a layup, and that would give the Wolfpack the lead for good with 7:24 to go.A couple of traveling calls and a pair of missed threes helped lead to a 10-0 N.C. State run that pushed the lead back to 10 at 85-75 with 4:19 to go. The Wolfpack went 8-for-8 at the foul line in the final 1:01 to ice the game.
“according to an article on bucknellbison.com”
Tip off is set for 8:00pm from PNC Arena!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network Extra!