NC State Basketball continues its season-opening six-game homestand on Wednesday night by welcoming Coastal Carolina to the Lenovo Center.
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Teams: NC State (2-0) and Coastal Carolina (1-1)
Tip time: 7 p.m. EST
Watch: ACC Network Extra
Listen: The Varsity Network app
What to know about Coastal Carolina
The Chanticleers are coming off a close 63-59 defeat to East Carolina on Saturday. Rasheed Jones, a transfer from Western Carolina, led Coastal with 20 points. Denzel Hines, who transferred from High Point, dominated the glass on the defensive end by recording 11 rebounds.
There’s 3:11 left in the first half with ECU leading, 18-14. #ChantsUp I #EDGE pic.twitter.com/kS6TbG3ox0
— Coastal Men’s Basketball (@CoastalMBB) November 9, 2024
Coastal is led by first-year head coach Justin Gray, making this the first time since 2007 that the Chanticleers opened the season with a new top dog on the bench. Gray was hired away from Western Carolina after three seasons and a 2023 College Basketball Invitational berth.
The Chants are looking for their fourth start to a season with a winning record after three games in the last five seasons. It is their first time playing an ACC member since falling to Wake Forest in 2017. The last time an ACC team fell to Coastal, it was in-state rival Clemson back in 2012.
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The Wolfpack improved to 2-0 after defeating Presbyterian 81-72. NC State basketball had to withstand a second-half rally from the Blue Hose, with Kory Mincy recording 15 points to try and upset the 2024 ACC Tournament Champions.
Ben Middlebrooks, a senior forward out of Ft. Lauderdale, F.L., had 16 second-half points to keep the Wolfpack in the lead for the rest of the game. Middlebrooks, along with senior guard Jayden Taylor, each are averaging 13 PPG. In fact, six players are averaging in double-digit points through two games.
Several players that NC State picked up from the transfer portal have made an immediate impact. Leading the pack is Brandon Huntley-Hatfield, the senior transfer from Louisville, with 12 PPG and 5.5 RPG.
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— NC State Men’s Basketball (@PackMensBball) November 9, 2024
Coach Keatts is looking to keep his team focused on the present, and not reliving last year’s miracle run to the Final Four. This six-game stretch of games will hopefully prepare them for a much-improved December portion of their schedule.