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Mountaineers come up short at NC State despite strong defensive effort

Junior guard Justin Forrest finished with a game-high 25 points in App State's 72-60 loss at NC State on Dec. 29.

Although App State fell to NC State 72-60 on Sunday, the Mountaineers trailed by two with just under 10 minutes left in the second half.

“Basketball is a game of runs,” junior guard and leading scorer Justin Forrest said. “They went on more runs than we did, and it came down to a couple winning plays that we didn’t get.”

Head coach Dustin Kerns also talked about those winning plays.

“Give credit to NC State, they made the winning plays when they needed to make them,” Kerns said.