NC State, Miami Are Facing, Opposing Each Other Once During 2023-2024 Regular Season As They're Facing, Opposing Each Other Tonight In Raleigh
NC State, Miami are facing, opposing each other once during 2023-2024 regular season as they’re facing, opposing each other tonight in North Carolina’s state capital.
Where?
On the hardwood!
NC State comes into the only match up with Miami with record 13-7 overall 5-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference is eighth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they’ve lost three straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including Saturday’s game at Syracuse 77-65 where Ben Middlebrooks was 1-3 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 points. Mohamed Diarra was 1-4 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assists, 3 points. Jayden Taylor was 2-4 on field goals, 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds, 2 assists , 6 points. D.J. Horne was 5-14 on field goals, 3-10 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 15 points. Casey Morsell was 4-13 on field goals 0-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 7 points. Though, Michael O’Connell played he was 0-2 on field goals to go along 2 rebounds, 1 assists, though he scored 0 points.
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Following NC State losing the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse 77-65 Saturday in Syracuse New York NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!
I thought this was our worst game we have played the entire year,We didn’t have pop, we didn’t have juice. I didn’t know what to explain it. Maybe it’s our travel. Maybe we were just flat a little bit. This is one of those games where coaches talk about burning the tape and not looking at it. Typically you would lose a game like this by 30. Because we do have some pride in our locker room we found a way to play a little better in the second half. But it was a game that I didn’t think anybody on our team had a good game.”
Following NC State losing the first match up of 2023-2024 regular season to Syracuse 77-65 Saturday in Syracuse New York NC State senior guard DJ Horne who was 5-14 on field goals, 3-10 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 15 points had this to say!
We’ve got to fix our mistakes, for sure, and just come together as a team, as one,
D.J. Horne said. “We’re still trying to figure out how to do that right now, and the sooner we can do that, I think the quicker we can get out of this slump, these slow starts, and get back into the win column.”
According to Luke Decock News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article284780386.html
Miami comes into the game with record of 14-6 overall 5-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference because they’ve won two straight Atlantic Coast Conference games including their game Saturday in Coral Gables Florida knocking off Pittsburgh 72-68. As Miami knocked Pittsburgh 72-68 Norchad Omier was 8-13 on field goals 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 10 rebounds, 3 blocks, 18 points. Kyshawn George was 3-7 on field goals, 3 -7 on 3 pointers to go along with 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 11 points. Wooga Poplar was 7-13 on field goals, 3-6 on 3 pointers to go along 6 rebounds, 2 assists , 17 points. Bensley Joseph was 1-6 on field goals, 0-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 4 points. Nijel Pack was 7-19 on field goals, 2-9 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 17 points. Michael Nwoko was 1-1 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds , 3 points. Paul DJobet was 1-4 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 assists , 2 points.
Following Miami knocking off Pittsburgh 72-68 Miami Head Coach Jim Larranaga had this to say for his opening statement about the conclusion of the game about Kyshawn George future on his defense on how his team played!
"I thought that was a very exciting basketball game. The last three times we played them it's come down to the last shot and we're fortunate we've won two out of those three. I thought. our lineup today was a little bit different. We did not have Matt Cleveland, who's obviously a key contributor for us. Hopefully we'll have him back soon. But the starters did a great job and then Michael Nwoko came in off the bench, did a terrific job in his minutes and then one of the key performance was Paul Djobet. You've never seen him play because he's not even been in the games, but he's been practicing all season long. He's got a great attitude, a great work ethic. As coaches, you kind of look for guys who can bring energy and the season is very long and we tried Paul and he did a great job. If you look at statistics, he was a plus-13 while he was out there, that was the highest on our team. I'm sure his teammates are very happy for him. The coaches are very happy for him and he's probably a very happy camper tonight. So terrific college basketball game."He's gotten a lot of attention from the NBA almost since the start of the season because we've had so many NBA scouts come to practices. And the NBA is often times about the eye test. He passes the eye test. He's 6-8, can shoot the 3, can handle the ball, he's getting better defensively and he's becoming a better rebounder. There's a good buzz about him, but he's a young man that's going to have opportunities. Whether it's this year or next year or after he graduates, just like a lot of other guys that we've had, the Lonnie Walker's, the Bruce Brown's, Isaiah Wong who stayed all four years and was ACC Player of the Year. I'll be talking to Kyshawn's mom and dad and to Kyshawn after the season, but right now he's focused on enjoying the University of Miami because he loves it here. He's getting a good education and enjoying his teammates. He's a young man that if he does turn pro, he's going to be hanging out with guys who are 30 years old with children. If I were him, I'd kind of hang in college for a couple more years.
He was not a good defensive player in September when we went to Europe and played in August, I thought, 'woo, you guys got a lot of work to do.' But since we turned the corner and came into 2024 since January he's been terrific. We've had him guard point guards. We've had him guard bigger guys. He really is a smart basketball player. His help defense is excellent. I'm really proud of it. But once you get to know him as a person you understand he's very even keeled, that steady Eddie. He's not emotional. way up, way down, or anything like that. He just studies the game and tries to get better and he knew defense and rebounding were going to be a big part of his development and he's only scratching the surface. Because once he gets a little stronger and a little faster, which will come with his physical maturity, he's going to be terrific." I'm very, very happy with the performance. We only had eight turnovers, that's really a key for us. We defended well. They shot 37 percent overall. and 30 percent from 3. And we out rebounded them 41-37, those numbers indicate winning. When you defend, when you rebound, when you don't turn the ball over you're going to have a good chance for success."
According to Christopher Stock article https://247sports.com/college/miami/longformarticle/everything-miami-hurricanes-basketball-jim-larranaga-said-after-win-over-pittsburgh-226254498/#2354808on 247sports.com
Tip off is set for 9:00pm from PNC Arena that isn’t only home to NC State Men’s Basketball though Carolina Hurricanes of NHL as well!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN2 with Kevin Brown, former NC State Women’s Basketball player Debbie Antonelli commentating! As a player for NC Women’s Basketball Debbie Antonelli played for former NC State Women’s Basketball Head Coach Kay Yow who died from breast cancer in 2009. As a player for Kay Yow Debbie Antonelli was a three-year starter for the ACC champion Wolfpack women’s basketball team under legendary coach Kay Yow. NC State participated in the NCAA Tournament each of Antonelli’s four years, making two Sweet 16 appearances, and she was part of the historic 1984-85 team which swept the ACC regular season and ACC Tournament titles.
According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/debbie-antonelli/