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With NBA scouts watching, Dennis Smith Jr. needs to find consistency

Thirty-six NBA scouts attended N.C. State’s 85-60 loss at Louisville on Sunday.

They were there for Wolfpack freshman guard Dennis Smith Jr. They got a show from Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell instead.

Smith had his lowest-scoring output of the season (eight points) while Mitchell poured in 28.

Dennis Smith Jr. shot chart vs. Louisville, in YP form pic.twitter.com/4MLxGGIiX6

— Joe Giglio (@jwgiglio) January 31, 2017

Smith said he didn’t play with enough energy. He never could quite get into the flow of the game. He didn’t take a shot in the first 4 minutes of the game and didn’t score his first basket until the 11:37 mark.