RALEIGH — For the first 10 minutes, UNCG coach Wes Miller was watching a replay of the Spartans’ last practice.
N.C. State’s shots were falling, UNCG couldn’t solve the Wolfpack’s full court press and the Spartans could do no right defensively.
“Let’s just say they didn’t handle pressure well yesterday,” Miller said. “I wasn’t happy at all; I challenged them in lots of ways we probably can’t talk about here…”
For the next 30 minutes, though, the Spartans responded exactly how they did in that Friday afternoon practice, rebounding from an early deficit and taking a double-digit lead before holding on for an 81-76 victory over N.