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As NC State, Syracuse Are Matching Up For First Time During 2023-2024 Regular Season Tonight In Syracuse New York NC State, Syracuse Are Looking To Rebound From Losses To Virginia, Florida State

As NC State, Syracuse are matching up for first time during 2023-2024 regular season tonight in Syracuse New York NC State, Syracuse are looking to rebound from losses to Virginia, Florida State.

NC State comes into the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season with record of 13-6 overall while they’re 5-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference because on Wednesday though NC State came back to tie NC State, Virginia game at 47 forced overtime in Charlottesville NC State lost to Virginia in overtime 59-53. As NC State lost in overtime to Virginia Wednesday in Charlottesville following tying game at 47 to force overtime where DJ Burns Jr. was 5-12 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 assists , 2 blocks, 11 points. Jayden Taylor was 2-6 on field goals 0-1 on , 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds , 1 assists, 4 points. DJ Horne was 3-12 on field goals, 3-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 1 steal, 1 block, points. Casey Morsell current NC State former Virginia guard was 5-14 on field goals, 1-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 3 steals , 1 block, 13 points. Mohamed Diarra was 2-4 on field goals to go along 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 4 points. Ben Middlebrooks was 1-4 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 2 points. Michael O’Connell was 4-6 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 10 points.

According to espnapp

Following NC State coming back to tie the game at 47 to force overtime Wednesday at Virginia NC State lost in overtime at Virginia 59-53 where they were out rebounded by Virginia 54-32 NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say about his team toughness in 1st half about how how his team rebounded!

I didn’t think we brought enough toughness in the first half,

We had our chances but it’s going to be hard to win games if we don’t rebound better,”

“The result of that is 54-to-32 rebounding. I thought they really did beat us to 50/50 balls.”

What a helluva game,

“If you didn’t see the first half you’d be like, ‘Man that was a great game the entire time.’ “But this team has a lot of fight, a lot of grit. It was a good ACC road fight and this team will build from it.”

According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article284550125.html

Syracuse comes into the game with record of 13-6 overall while they’re 4-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because like NC State Syracuse lost their previous game though unlike NC State Syracuse lost to Florida State 85-69 Tuesday in Syracuse New York as Maliq Brown was 4-5 on field goals to go along with 12 rebounds , 1 steal, 1 block, , 8 points. Chris Bell was 2-9 on field goals, 1-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 1 steal, 5 points. Justin Taylor was 0-1 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 2 steals , 2 points. Judah Mintz was 9-14 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 28 points. JJ Starling was 4-14 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 10 points. Benny Williams was 2-6 on field goals to go along with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 points. Kyle Cuffer Jr. was 2-2 on field goals to go along with 1 rebound , 1 assists, 7 points. Quadir Copeland was 0-1 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 5 points.

According to espn app

Following Syracuse 85-69 loss to Florida State on Tuesday January 23, 2024 Syracuse Head Coach Adrian Autry had this to say!

“I thought they wore us down,”“Once the game got a little bit ahead I thought we kind of just ran out of gas and stopped guarding and defending.”

Following Syracuse 85-69 loss to Florida State on Tuesday January 23, 2024 Syracuse guard Judah Mintz who was 9-14 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 3 assists, 28 points had this to say about Jamir Watkins who was 8-15 on field goals, 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 28 points. They just bullied us in the paint.he bullied us. ... Letting a dude get downhill for an entire game. I don’t know any guard, I can’t really remember that’s scoredoff getting downhill all game.”

According to James Szuba article https://www.nunesmagician.com/2024/1/24/24048783/syracuse-mens-basketball-stalls-down-the-stretch-in-home-loss-to-florida-state-they-wore-us-down

Tip off is set for 7:00pm from JMA Wireless Dome!

The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Wes Durham, Dan Bonner commentating!