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Published Jan 25, 2018

THI Basketball Central: N.C. State

John Gwaltney • TarHeelIllustrated

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GAME DAY INFORMATION

Date: Saturday, January 27, 2018

Location: Dean E. Smith Center (21,750); Chapel Hill, N.C.

Time/TV: Noon/CBS (Spero Dedes, Clark Kellogg & Allie LaForce)

Live Audio: GoHeelsTV (FREE); TuneIn Channel (FREE); Sirus (81), XM (81), SiriusXM Online (81)

Yahoo! Game Page: N.C. State vs. North Carolina

N.C. STATE WOLFPACK

Series vs. UNC: Carolina leads the all-time series with N.C. State, 155-77, including wins in the last four meetings.

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Enrollment: 34,009

Colors: Red & White

Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference

Arena: PNC Arena (19,700)

2016-2017 Record: 15-17 overall, 4-14 ACC

Head Coach: Kevin Keats (14-7 at NCSU; 86-35 Overall)

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

N.C. STATE PROBABLE STARTERS

Based on starters against Pittsburgh

	CLASS	POSITION	HEIGHT	WEIGHT

#10 Braxton Beverly (9.8 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 4.2 APG)	FR	Guard	6-0	180 lbs
#11 Markell Johnson (7.5 PPG, 2.7 RPG, 7.2 APG)	SO	Guard	6-1	165 lbs
#2 Torin Dorn (13.1 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 1.6 APG)	JR	Guard	6-5	210 lbs
#14 Omer Yurtseven (13.7 PPG, 6.6 RPG, 0.4 APG)	SO	Center	7-0	245 lbs
#0 Abdul-Malik Abu (6.1 PPG, 3.9 RPG, 0.4 APG)	SR	Forward	6-8	240 lbs

N.C. STATE - NORTH CAROLINA TEAM STATISTICS

As of January 25, 2018

	N.C. STATE	NORTH CAROLINA

RECORD	14-7 (4-4 ACC)	16-5 (5-3 ACC)
RANKINGS	AP Poll: NR Coaches Poll: NR BPI: #65 KenPom: #73	AP Poll: #10 Coaches Poll: #10 BPI: #10 KenPom: #8
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE	#56	#1
SCORING PER GAME	80.4	82.0
SCORING DEFENSE PER GAME	72.5	71.7
SCORING MARGIN	+7.9	+10.4
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE	45.8%	45.8%
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE	45.0%	41.6%
3-PT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE	32.4%	37.4%
3-PT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE	33.6%	37.2%
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE	70.9%	73.7%
REBOUNDS PER GAME	37.4	43.1
REBOUNDING MARGIN	+2.8	+11.6
ASSISTS PER GAME	15.8	17.6
TURNOVERS PER GAME	12.2	12.9
TURNOVER MARGIN	+3.3	-0.6
ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO	1.3	1.4
STEALS PER GAME	8.0	5.1
BLOCKS PER GAME	3.8	4.3