North Carolina State scoring leader Devon Daniels is out for the season due to a serious knee injury.
The school announced Thursday that the 6-foot-5 senior had torn his left anterior cruciate ligament during the second half Wednesday night in a victory over Wake Forest.
Daniels was averaging 16.5 points and 5.1 rebounds, while his 48% shooting ranked ninth in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Daniels was also averaging 3.1 assists and 1.7 steals while making 19 3-pointers, all team highs, in his third season of action with the Wolfpack after transferring from Utah.
"I'm gutted and heartbroken for Devon," Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts said in a statement that praised Daniels' "tenacity and relentlessness.