NC State played what was probably their most impressive game offensively, but it wasn’t enough as Syracuse exposed the Wolfpack’s weakness on defense in their 100-93 OT win.
Dennis Smith logged his second career triple-double (13pts, 15 assists, and 10 rebounds), Mav Rowan scored a career-high 31 on 8 three pointers, Henderson added 16, Abu pitched in a very loud 19 and Yurtseven even dropped 10. So how in the world, with those stats did NC State lose this game.
Well, you guess it. Defense. John Gillon, who averages 9ppg, decided to drop 43 on NC State.