North Carolina set the tone on Tuesday night with a 12-0 run to put NC State in some bad shape right out of the gate, and the Wolfpack had to play catch-up all night. The Pack made its runs, but the Tar Heels had a response every time, and closed it out with the 90-82 win.
Not surprisingly, UNC’s rebounding advantage was again part of the story of another NC State loss in this series. The Tar Heels rebounded about 38% of their own misses while holding State to an offensive rebounding percentage south of 22.0.
Couple that with a UNC shooting advantage across the board, and not even a +10 turnover margin was enough to rescue the Pack tonight.