If NC State can bottle up the first half and replicate it, this team will be good. Nice to see a hint of the potential, even without the preseason ACC POY contributing to the score.
The first half was the first time we’d seen both the NC State offense and defense playing at a high level. The Wolfpack shot 53% / 48% and held Ole Miss to 35% / 21%. Paul McNeil stayed hot from the last game and hit 4-8 from 3PT to lead the team with 12 points. 45-26 at the half.
As you might expect, NC State could not sustain the intensity in the second half and by the under 8:00 timeout, Ole Miss had cut the lead from as much as 28 early in the game to 16. After a scorching first half shooting, the Pack shot 48 % / 27% in the second. But the halftime lead was more than enough. Final score, 76-62.
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