23rd Ranked NC State Was Knocked -Off By Texas In Southwest Maui Invitational 5th Place Game 102-97 Wednesday Night In Maui Hawaii
23rd NC State was knocked -off by Texas in Southwest Maui Invitational 5th place game 102-97 Wednesday night in Maui Hawaii.
Where?
On the hardwood!
In 23rd ranked NC State’s 102-97 loss to Texas in Maui Invitational as a team NC State shot 34-64 for 53 % on field goals 9-19 on 3 pointers., 20-28 on free throws for 71 % Four starters scored in double figures Darrion Williams who is a forward a senior was 3-10 on field goals , 2-5 on 3 pointers , 2-4 on free throws to go along with 4 rebounds 3 assists, . Ven - Allen Lubin who is a forward a senior a transfer from NC State’s tobacco road rival North Carolina was 10-14 on field goals , 3-4 on free throws to go along with 9 rebounds , 3 assists, 23 points . Paul McNeil Jr. who is a guard a sophomore was 6-11 on field goals , 3-6 on 3 pointers , 5-6 on free throws to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 steals. Quadir Copeland who is a guard a senior was 10-14 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 6 assists , 28 points.
According to espn app
Following NC State’s 102 -97 loss to Texas in Southwest Maui Invitational NC State senior guard Quadir Copeland who was 10-14 on field goals , 2-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds , 6 assists , 28 points shared his thoughts by saying This is a disappointing feeling. We let a lot of people down,”We had so many fans here. Apologize to the guys that came here and supported us. We had so many people here. We let them down. We let ourselves down. We let the staff down. We’re going to be better from this.”
Following NC State’s 102 -97 loss to Texas in Southwest Maui Invitational NC State Head Coach Will Wade shared his thoughts by saying Just not good enough on any facet. I didn’t have us prepared like we needed to, and just very disappointing game today and, quite frankly, just an incredibly disappointing week for us,” head coach Will Wade said. “This is not our standard. This is not what we strive to be. This was [an] extremely, extremely disappointing week.
I apologize to our fans. We had the most fans here,”“People sacrificed. People paid hard-earned money to watch us play, and they should be pissed. That’s why we’ve got passionate fans. That’s why we’ve got great fans. They’re upset, and they should be. This isn’t how we should be playing. This isn’t the standard which we play at.”
According to Jadyn Watson Fisher News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article313012473.html
NC State is now going to prepare to play Auburn on the road in ACC/ SEC Challenge on Wednesday!
Unlike NC State,
Auburn who is currently ranked 21st in this AP Top 25 Poll won their previous 85-74 though they were trailing St. Johns 39-30 at halftime.
As 21st ranked Auburn came from behind to beat St. John’s 85-74. As team Auburn shot 29-53 on field goals for 55% , 6-14 on 3 pointers 21-25 on free throws for 84% . Three players, starters scored in double figures. Keyshawn Hall who is a forward a senior was 5-11 on field goals , 1-3 on 3 pointers , 9-12 on free throws to go along 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 20 points. Kevin Overton who is a guard a junior was 3-7 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers , 5-5 on free throws to go along 3 rebounds, 5 assists , 2 steals 12 points. Tahaad Pettiford who is a sophomore a guard was 10-19 on field goals , 3-8 on 3 pointers to go along 4 rebounds, 2 assists , 27 points.
According to ESPN App
Following 21st ranked Auburn coming from behind to beat St. Johns Steven Pearl who is Head Coach of Auburn who is the son of retired Auburn Head Coach Bruce Pearl shared his thoughts on his teams come from behind win by saying Proud of our guys. Obviously, yesterday, you know, it was not easy to lose the way we lost. It was a little deflating. Obviously we wanted to step up. We came here to win three games. To lose that game the way we did was not -- it was not how we play. They played really well. They had a lot to do with it. But still at the end of the day you never want to be in that position. First thing we said in the locker room was how are we going to respond, how are we going to bounce back from that. Lesser teams, you kind of see it across the country in these tournaments, when they lose by a wide margin like that, there's another let-down the next day.And I give our guys a lot of credit for not letting that happen. We go into halftime down nine. We played good basketball I thought for the first probably 10 minutes. We had a six- or seven-point lead. They obviously cut back into it. And some things were said at halftime that needed to be addressed. The two guys that are up here with me handled it like men. And that then obviously gave our team the courage and confidence to go out in the second half and outscore that team by 20 points. To scored 55 points and hold them to 35, they shot 34 percent in the second half, 38 percent from the game.
"Our defense really stepped up and carried us. Really proud of the effort, proud of the execution. To be in another difficult spot and to be able to fight and get a win against a ranked opponent, against a hall of fame coach, against a really good team, proud of our guys, proud of their step-up and proud of their bounce-back."
According to Nathan King 247Sports Article
Tip off is set for 9:15pm Eastern Time 8:15pm Central Time from Neville Arena!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN!
Though,
Who is commentating the game is to be determined!