The Cardinals made the Wolfpack look like the Seminoles
Game Summary:
The Saturday / Monday schedule showed in the first half. NC State looked slow and were already down 10 at the first official timeout. The Wolfpack was 2-8 and Louisville was 6-7. By the second timeout (11:55), the Wolfpack had cut the lead to 7 but Louisville was dominating rebounds 10-4 and neither Williams nor McNeil had scored. Louisville pushed the lead to 15 with 5 minutes left and Coach Wade called a timeout to stop the run. It didn’t help; halftime score 36-56. The Pack was out rebounded 24-11, the Cardinals shot 73% (8-11) from 3PT.
The second half didn’t improve at all. NC State scored a little more, 41 points in the second, but Louisville scored 62.
| Teams | eFG% | TO% | OR% | FTR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfpack | 44.1% | 12.6% | 15.0% | 27.9% |
| Louisville | 73.8% | 12.9% | 26.7% | 41.5% |
Overall Takeaways:
- Second most points ever scored against NC State
- 18 3PT – most ever made 3PT shots against NC State
- NC State played terrible transition defense, Louisville seldom had to run their offense at all
- The Wolfpack shot 18% (4-22) from 3PT. The lowest percentage and fewest made all season.
Coach Wade Post Game Comments
Individual Highlights
- Ven Lubin led scoring with 20
- Matt Able led rebounding with 7
- Quadir Copeland led assists with 3
- Darrion Williams unable to crack the 10 point ceiling for the second game
- Tre Holloman with his third consecutive 30 game.
Player Stats and Box Score
| Player | PTS | REB | ASST | TO | BLK | STL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ven-Allen Lubin | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Tre Holloman | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Quadir Copeland | 10 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Darrion Williams | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| Matthew Able | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| Musa Sagnia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Alyn Breed | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Terrance Arceneaux | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Scottie Ebube | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul McNeil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
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