Pack Closes Regular Season by Hosting Stanford

The NC State males’s basketball crew (19-11, 10-7 ACC) will play its ultimate common season residence recreation on Saturday when it hosts Stanford (19-11, 8-9 ACC) on the Lenovo Center.

Tipoff is scheduled for two:15 and the sport will likely be televised on The CW. NC State followers also can hearken to Matt Chazanow and Chucky Brown name the motion on the Wolfpack Sports Network.

 

NC State will honor its 11 seniors in a pregame ceremony. The senior day celebration will begin at 1:45 p.m.

 

Pack Notes

– NC State fell to top-ranked Duke, 93-64, on Monday evening. The Pack’s deficit was simply 5, 29-24, with a little bit over 5 minutes left within the first half, however the Blue Devils closed the ultimate 5 minutes of the primary half on an 18-6 run after which outscored NC State 15-5 within the first 5 minutes of the second half to interrupt open the sport.

– Quadir Copeland is saving his finest for final as he’s averaging profession finest in factors (13.6), assists (6.8), steals (1.8), area objective proportion (49.8%), three-point proportion (41.1%) and assist-turnover ratio (2.60). He leads the ACC in assists,  ranks fourth in assist-turnover ratio and sixth in steals. In ACC-only video games, Copeland leads the league in assists (7.5 per recreation) and steals (2.2). His 128 assists in league play are 26 greater than the following closest participant. He has 203 assists on the season that are the Tenth-most in a single season in program historical past.

– Copeland is simply the third ACC participant in final 30 seasons to have 200+ assists & 400+ factors in a single common season, becoming a member of Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant (2014-15) and Maryland’s Greivis Vasquez (2007-08)

– NC State has made double-digit three-pointers in 13 of 30 video games this season. The Pack has had two video games with 19 made three-pointers, a recreation with 17 made threes and three video games with 16. The 1986-87 season was when the three-point line was launched to school basketball. From the 1986-87 season via the 2024-25 season, NC State made 16 or extra three-pointers in a recreation six instances in 39 seasons. The present NC State crew has made 16 or extra three-pointers in six of 30 video games this season. – The Pack at present ranks second within the ACC and twenty sixth within the NCAA with a mean of 10.5 three-pointers made per recreation. NC State leads the ACC and ranks nineteenth within the NCAA in three level proportion, making 38.1 % of its makes an attempt from lengthy vary this season. NC State has now made 311 three-pointers this season which is probably the most in a single season in program historical past.

– Foul hassle restricted Ven-Allen Lubin to only 12 minutes of motion towards duke, however he nonetheless shot 3-of-4 from the sector within the recreation. He has shot over 50 % in each recreation besides for 2 this season and leads the ACC and ranks third within the NCAA together with his 68.2 taking pictures proportion. In his fourth season of school basketball, Lubin is averaging a career-best 13.6 factors per recreation and his rebounding common of seven.0 per recreation can also be the most effective of his profession.

– NC State leads the ACC and ranks fifteenth within the NCAA with a 1.73 assist-to-turnover ratio. The 1.73 assist-to-turnover ratio is on tempo to set the one season college document which is at present 1.61 set by the 1987-88 crew.

 

Monday storylines

– NC State will maintain honor 11 seniors (4 scholar managers and 7 scholar athletes) in a pregame ceremony. The seven gamers that may undergo senior day are Alyn Breed, Quadir Copeland, Scottie Ebube, Tre Holloman, Ven-Allen Lubin, Jordan Snell and Darrion Williams. Copeland, Holloman, Lubin, Snell and Williams will all graduate both in May of this summer time with their undergrad levels whereas breed and Ebube have their undergrad levels from different Universities and can end their post-baccalaureate research in May. The 4 senior managers being honored on Saturday are Chandler Eakes, Bryson Lowe, Bladen Simmons and Scott Stanley.

– Quadir Copeland enters Saturday’s recreation with 203 assists this season. With two extra assists, he would turn out to be the primary NC State participant to succeed in 205+ assists in common season play since Chris Corchiani (265) within the 1990-91 season.

– NC State has spent the vast majority of the season ranked first within the ACC and ranked within the top-20 nationally in three-point proportion, however within the final three video games the Pack is simply 26-for-96 (27.1%) from three-point vary. The Pack nonetheless leads the ACC in three-point proportion on the season (38.1%) and ranks nineteenth within the NCAA. NC State is 14-3 this season if it shoots higher than 35 % from three-point vary, however simply 5-8 when it shoots underneath 35 % from lengthy vary.

– NC State’s opponent on Saturday, Stanford, has given up the fewest three-pointers and three-point makes an attempt within the ACC this season. Stanford’s opponents are averaging simply over six made threes per recreation and simply 18 three-point makes an attempt a recreation.

– Pick Your Poison: The Pack’s scoring steadiness has been on full show this season, with the crew’s high 4 scorers separated by simply 12 factors via 29 video games. Darrion Williams leads NC State with 417 complete factors, adopted intently by Ven-Allen Lubin and Quadir Copeland who each have 409 factors. Paul McNeil, Jr. (405) is 4 factors again of Copeland and Lubin . In 17 ACC video games, the Pack’s high 4 scorers are separated by 21 factors. Williams leads NC State in scoring in ACC video games with 240 complete factors whereas Lubin has 238, Copeland has 226 and McNeil has 219.

– Those 4 gamers are all averaging at the very least 13.0 factors per recreation this season, tied for probably the most by any DI crew. If they end the season with all averaging over 13 factors per recreation it will be the primary time NC State has 4 such gamers in a single season since 1990-91 (Rodney Monroe, Chris Corchiani, Tom Gugliotta and Bryant Feggins).

– NC State has scored 100 or extra factors in 4 video games this season. It’s probably the most 100 level video games in a single season for NC State because the 1995-96 crew had 4. For the season, NC State averages 83.5 factors per recreation which is third within the ACC and thirty second within the NCAA. The Pack is at present on tempo to common its most factors since Fire & Ice (Chris Corchiani and Rodney Monroe) led the Pack to a mean of 89.3 factors per recreation within the 1990-91 season.

– NC State leads the ACC and ranks ninth within the NCAA in turnover margin at +3.9. The Pack additionally leads the league and ranks fifteenth within the NCAA, averaging simply 9.2 turnovers per recreation. NC State’s benefit within the turnover battle has led to the Pack having nice success in turning its opponents errors into factors. NC State has outscored its opponent in factors off turnovers in 14 of its 17 ACC video games this season. In 17 ACC video games this season, the Pack has outscored its opponents by 136 factors in factors off turnovers.  In 30 video games general this season,  NC State has outscored its opponents by 204 factors in factors off turnovers.

– Win the Boards, win the sport? The Pack is 12-0 when it outrebounds its opponent this season, however simply 7-11 when it’s outrebounded. NC State enters the sport towards Stanford having been outrebounded in eight consecutive video games and final gained the rebounding battle within the win over Wake Forest on Jan. 31.

 

NC State collection with Stanford

– Saturday would be the fourth all-time assembly between NC State and Stanford. The Cardinal lead the all-time collection 2-1.

– Saturday’s recreation will mark the primary time Stanford has performed at NC State since Dec. 18, 2012 when the Twenty fifth-ranked Pack beat Stanford, 88-79, in a non-conference matchup between the 2 applications.

– Last Meeting (February 8, 2025): The Pack fell late at Stanford, 74-73, within the final recreation between the 2 groups. Trey Parker rebounded a Dontrez Styles miss and laid it again in to offer the Pack a 73-72 lead with 18 seconds to play, however Stanford’s Ryan Agarwal took the inbounds cross and drove the size of the ground and made a troublesome runner with eight seconds left to offer Stanford the sting. Parker obtained a great take a look at a three-pointer proper earlier than the buzzer however his game-winning try rattled out. Parker led NC State with 19 factors.