Road Trip: NC State Visits Boston College

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When: Tuesday – January 6 – 9:00 PM

Where: Conte Forum – Chestnut Hill MA

TV: ACC Network

Opponent: Boston College Eagles

Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 75-65 / NC State 73-63

Team

PPG

PPG-OPP

FG%

3PT%

3PT-M

Reb

Ast

TO

ST

BL

NC State

85.3

71.4

48.0%

37.9%

10.4

36.7

16.6

10.5

8.3

2.9

Boston College

69.4

66.6

39.4%

27.9%

8

39.6

11.1

10.2

4.8

3.9

Wolfpack Snapshot:

  • NET Ranking: NET 37, 8th in ACC Conf NET rankings

  • NET performance: Q1 (1-4), Q2 (3-1), Q3 (2-0), Q4 (4-0)

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Wolfpack Season So Far:

“”We’ve got better players than how we’re playing. That’s on me as a coach.” Coach Wade

What’s On the Line?

  • This is a Q3 game. BC is the lowest ranked ACC team in the NET.

Wolfpack Player Notes:

  • Tre Holloman – sprained ankle

  • Jerry Deng – groin pull

Opponent Overview:

“This is our breakout year—I’ll say it right here,” [Donald] Hand said. “We’ll be top five in the ACC. I’ll say it confidently.” 

The ACC preseason media voters were not listening; they predicted that BC would finish last in the league.

This is coach Earl Grant’s fifth season at Chestnut Hill, and unless he recovers well from a slow start, possibly his last. He has had one winning season (23-’24 – NIT 2nd round) but has not yet had a winning ACC record.

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Things could be more subdued than usual at Conte, the students don’t resume classes until January 12th.

“[Donald] Hand is certainly a handful and draws a ton of fouls. He does a really good job driving the ball. He hadn’t shot it as well from three this year, but he also hadn’t seen our defense yet this year.” Will Wade

Opponent Snapshot:

  • Rankings: KP #155, BT #182

  • NET Ranking: NET 187, 18th in ACC Conf NET rankings

  • NET performance: Q1 (0-0), Q2 (0-2), Q3 (1-3), Q4 (6-2)

Wins

Losses

ACC – Wins

ACC – Losses

Citadel – NET 358

FAU – NET 104

Georgia Tech – NET 148

Temple – NET 148

Central Conn – NET 271

Hampton – NET 248

Tulane – NET 190

Harvard – NET 182

Davidson – NET 132

New Haven – NET 349

LSU – NET 37

Fairleigh Dickinson – NET 357

Umass – NET 177

Le Moyne – NET 301

Player Notes

  • Aidan Shaw is 6th in the ACC in blocked shots

  • Jayden Hastings is 8th in the ACC in blocked shots

Player

Class

Pos

Height

Weight

PPG

3PT%

3PTApg

REB

ASST

STL

BLK

Donald Hand Jr

RS JR

G

6’5″

210

15.6

19.1%

6.4

5.6

1.1

0.5

0.2

Fred Payne

RS SO

G

6’1″

185

12.4

31.9%

6.5

3.7

2.6

0.9

0.3

Jayden Hastings

RS SO

F

6’9″

240

6.5

0.0%

0.1

5.3

2.3

0.7

1.4

Luka Toews

SO

G

6.1″

190

6

41.9%

2.6

1.3

1.8

0.5

0.3

Aidan Shaw

SR

G/F

6’9″

210

4.4

11.1%

0.6

7.4

0.9

0.4

1.5

What to watch for:

  • BC strength – Shot Blocking – 3rd in the ACC in blocks

  • BC weakness – Offense – Last in the ACC in scoring.

  • BC strength – Defense – 5th in scoring defense.

  • BC weakness – Shooting – Last in the ACC in FG% and 3PT%

  • BC strength – 3PT – 1st in the ACC in limiting 3PT shots, holding opponents to an average of 27.6%

  • BC weakness – Assists – Last in the ACC in assists per game

  • BC breakout 3PT shooter – Leading scorer Donald Hand is shooting 19.1% on the season. This could be his big day.

Prediction:

This one should look like the NC State / UVA game, but with the Wolfpack administering the beatdown. The Pack has a comfortable lead through the second half until the Eagles make a late game run against Colt Langdon, Jordan Snell, Scottie Ebube, Terrance Arceneaux and Matt Able. Final score, 80-69 Wolfpack.

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