NC State Lost To Boston College In Raleigh On Wednesday 69-61 Because NC State Committed 18 Turnovers That Turned Into 21 Points, A 21-9 Advantage In Points Off Turnovers For Boston College

NC State lost to Boston College in Raleigh on Wednesday 69-61

NC State committed 18 turnovers, its second-most in a game this season, to fall to Boston College, 69-61 Wednesday night.

NC State’s 8 turnovers led to 21 Boston College points as the Eagles had a 21-9 advantage in points off turnovers. BC's 12 steals were the most for an NC State opponent this season.

Boston College jumped out to a 14-4 lead and still led 27-16 with 6:19 left in the first half when the Pack suddenly came alive, going on a 13-3 run to cut the deficit to 30-29 with 3:04 left in the half. Boston College took a 33-31 lead into the break.

NC State took the lead on a Casey Morsell three-pointer in the opening minute of the second half and led 39-37 with 14:51 to go after a Jericole Hellems three-pointer.

Boston College went on a 20-5 run though over the next eight minutes, taking a 57-44 lead with 6:49 to play.

NC State would cut the deficit to nine with 5:48 to play, but the Eagles went on mini 4-0 burst to push the advantage back into double digits and NC State would not get closer than seven the rest of the way.

Terquavion Smith led the Pack with 21 points in the loss. He hit four three-pointers on Wednesday and now has 83 on the season which is the most by an NC State freshman in program history.

Dereon Seabron added 20 points. He scored 17 of his 20 points in the first half.

“according to an article on gopack.com”

NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say about NC State’s turnovers in their 69-61 loss to Boston College!

It’s going to be hard to beat anybody when you turn the ball over 18 times,” Keatts said. “We gave up 21 points off turnovers and they had 12 fastbreak points. That’s 32 points we didn’t get to defend in an eight-point game. It’s hard to beat any team when you give up that many points for touchdowns.”

“according to an article on newsobserver.com by Jonas Pope IV”

NC State is now going to prepare for their rematch with tobacco road rival North Carolina on Saturday in North Carolina’s state capital.

In their first match up with North Carolina in Chapel Hill NC State lost 80-100 on January 29, 2022!

Why?

North Carolina hit 10 three-pointers in the opening half and NC State could never recover as North Carolinaknocked off the Pack, 100-80, Saturday afternoon inside the Dean E. Smith Center.

Tip off for Saturday’s rematch between NC State, North Carolina is set for 2:00pm from PNC Arena!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN!