A great shooting performance wasn’t enough to get NC State to the finish line on Wednesday night, although it was close. The Pack rallied from a big second-half deficit, shot the ball well, but offered nothing defensively, and ended up dropping an 89-82 decision. Stop me if you’ve heard any of this before.
State does not defend, and the degree of difficulty continues to increase as injuries weed through its power forwards. It’s a tough ask to win a conference basketball game when 80% of your available post players are out. Jaylon Gibson was State’s only interior player available tonight.