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Can NC State once again defy the odds?
In one month’s time, local teams will be hitting the hardwood as the college basketball season gets underway, and it’s a safe bet that a lot of NC State fans will be happy to leave […]
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Red letter day: NCSU makes Final 4
There was Spud Webb, and Staats Battle and Cat Barber and Scooter Sherrill. Welcome back. And Rodney Purvis and Chris Washburn and Dennis Smith. It’s been awhile. NC State has played 1,231 basketball games over […]
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NC State stays hot in NCAAs
PITTSBURGH (AP) — North Carolina State is getting a little tired of being asked if it’s tired. The way the Wolfpack are playing, it’s hard to blame them. Ben Middlebrooks scored a career-high 21 points […]
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N.C. State wins ACC opener
WASHINGTON— Casey Morsell scored 25 points, Jayden Taylor had 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals and No. 10 seed North Carolina State beat No. 15 seed Louisville 94-85 on Tuesday night in the first […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Ryan’s 18 help snap No. 10 UNC’s drought at Virginia
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With its two star players doing little in a challenging first half, No. 10 UNC needed someone to emerge as an alternative against Virginia. Enter Cormac Ryan. He scored 18 points — […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Hot-shooting Wake Forest routs Pitt
WINSTON-SALEM — Kevin Miller scored 18 points, Hunter Sallis added 17 and Wake Forest routed Pittsburgh 91-58 on Tuesday night, snapping the Panther’s five-game winning streak. Wake Forest (17-9, 9-6 ACC), which ended a two-game […]
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Sloppy NC State flounders at home against Virginia Tech
RALEIGH — NC State had an uncharacteristically bad defensive game, including allowing 51 second half points, in an 84-78 loss to Virginia Tech on Saturday afternoon at PNC Arena. It was a bad loss for […]
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Scrappy NC State grabs last-minute win over Wake Forest
RALEIGH — The Wolfpack proved they were fighters Tuesday, holding on long enough to pull ahead of visiting Wake Forest right at the end of an 83-76 victory at PNC Arena. It was a wild […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Horne’s 26 helps NC State keep Detroit Mercy winless
RALEIGH — DJ Horne made six 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 26 points, and NC State beat winless Detroit Mercy 83-66 on Saturday. Horne was 9 of 15 from the floor and grabbed six […]
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College Basketball Roundup: Horne, Burns carry NC State past UT Martin
RALEIGH — DJ Horne scored 22 points making six 3-pointers and DJ Burns Jr. and Dennis Parker Jr. each recorded double-doubles and NC State beat UT Martin 81-67 in the first-ever meeting between the two […]