NC State Wolfpack vs UNC-Greensboro Spartans

Joe Giglio (N&O)
Back to work, back on the road for NC State

N.C. State scheduled Monday’s game at UNC-Greensboro to give its players a chance to play in the Greensboro Coliseum before the ACC tournament.

After Saturday’s 68-64 home loss to No. 25 Missouri, the Wolfpack needs the game just to get the bitter taste out of its mouth.

N.C. State led Missouri for the first 36 minutes of Saturday’s game and by as many as 10 points in the second half. The Wolfpack (9-3) looked like it was on its way to an eighth straight win headed to Greensboro to face Wes Miller’s Spartans (7-7), who knocked off Virginia Tech earlier on Saturday.

But it was Missouri, not N.C. State, which kept its composure and made the clutch plays down the stretch in a lively PNC Arena on Saturday night.

“We really didn’t fall apart,” senior center Jordan Vandenberg said. “They just started hitting big shots.”

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The coach pointed to the Pack’s problems at the free-throw line, also a problem in the team’s loss to N.C. Central in November.

The Pack went 8-for-14 from the line, which is both a poor percentage (57.1) and not enough attempts. Freshman point guard Cat Barber was an uncharacteristic 2-for-6 from the line (he entered the game shooting 71.1 percent for the season), including a key miss of a front end of a one-and-one with 26.8 seconds left and State down one point.

“We didn’t make foul shots,” Gottfried said. “We missed some key ones.”

GoPack.com
Wolfpack Closes Successful 2013 Year At UNCG

UNCG (7-7) enters Monday night’s contest after claiming its biggest win of the year, a 55-52 win at Virginia Tech on Saturday. The Spartans also did it without their No. 2 scorer, Tevon Saddler. Saddler sat out the game with a foot injury and his status for Monday is unknown. Kyle Cain, a 6-7 junior who transferred from Arizona State, is UNCG’s leading scorer (16.1) and rebounder (8.6).

1. WRAPPING UP 2013
A victory in Greensboro Monday night would give NC State a 23-12 record for the 2013 calendar year. That would set the Wolfpack with a 47-23 mark during the combined 2012 and 2013 calendar years. Additionally, this is the second year in a row NC State has closed its calendar year against UNCG. Last year, the Wolfpack defeated the Spartans 89-68 at PNC Arena on New Year’s Eve.

UNCGSpartans.com
Game Notes

Spartans Versus The ACC . . .
UNCG will be playing its fourth team from the Atlantic Coast Conference this season and it third straight … The Spartans already played at North Carolina Dec. 7 (L, 81-50) and at Wake Forest (L, 59-51) prior to Saturday’s 55-52 victory at Virginia Tech .. The win over the Hokies was just the second all-time against an ACC program in UNCG men’s basketball history, improving the Spartans to 2-50 alltime in such games … The victory over Virginia Tech snapped a 23-game losing streak for the Spartans against the ACC dating back to their first ever win Nov. 9, 2007 at Georgia Tech.

Looking Back At Virginia Tech . . .
The Spartans picked up their second win over the Atlantic Coast Conference in program history Saturday with a 55-52 win over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg … UNCG rallied from an 11-point second half deficit as it out-scored the Hokies 23-9 over the final 10:06 of the game … The Spartans secured the victory by shooting 87.5 percent (14-of-16) from the free throw line while the Hokies only hit 56.5 percent (13-of-23) from the charity stripe … UNCG also committed just 13 turnovers in the victory and held its own against one of the top rebounding teams in the ACC as the rebounding battle was tied at 34-34.

Junior forward Kyle Cain and sophomore forward Kayel Locke combined for 33 points, including 23 in the second half, to lead the Spartans to the victory … Cain notched his fifth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds as he was 8-of-14 from the field … Locke added 15 points, including 13 in the second half, as he was 4-of-9 from the field and 7-of-8 from the free throw line. Junior Nicholas Paulos added six points and did a strong job on the defensive end, limiting Virginia Tech top-scorer Jarell Eddie to just four points on 1-of-12 shooting … Freshman Tyrone Outlaw made his third start of the season and scored six points … Outlaw got the start after freshman Tevon Saddler was unable to go due to an injury.

Scouting The Spartans . . .
The Spartans enter Monday’s game with a 7-7 overall record and are coming off a 55-52 victory at Virginia Tech … Monday’s game is the final non-conference game of the year, giving the Spartans a chance at a winning record in nonconference play … The last time UNCG posted a winning non-conference record was in the 2007-08 season when it finished 7-4 out of conference play.

UNCG is averaging 72.1 points per game while allowing 73.7 points per game against … The Spartans have turned up their defensive play over the past three games, holding opponents to a 58.7 points per game while posting a 2-1
record against James Madison, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech.

Junior forward Kyle Cain leads the Spartans and ranks seventh in the Southern Conference in scoring at 16.1 points per game … Cain also leads the team and ranks second on the glass grabbing 8.6 rebounds per game … He is shooting 52.8 percent (94-of-178) from the field and 76.1 percent (35-of-46) from the free throw line… Freshman guard Tevon Saddler is second on the team in scoring at 11.8 points per game and leads the team with 45 assists.

Sophomore forward Kayel Locke is third on the team in scoring at 11.6 points per game and second on the glass, grabbing 4.8 rebounds per game … Locke is shooting 72.1 percent (44-of-61) from the free throw line … Junior Nicholas Paulos rounds out the Spartans averaging double figures at 10.2 points per game while grabbing 3.4 rebounds per game … Paulos has hit a team-high 37 three-pointers and is shooting 36.3 percent from long range.

1.21 Analysis

The Spartans aren’t good at much, in fact they are pretty bad, which is why they have a #299 rating from KenPom. They are good at defensive rebounding (surprising considering their lack of size) and not getting their shots blocked. They are above average at shooting the 3 and defending it. Plus they are an uptempo team with 70 possessions per game.

Probable Starters
#1 Drew Parker (6-1, 178, SR) Guard: ORating= 88.7, 5.7% shots, eFG= 33.3%, AstRate= 20.6, TORate= 34.1

#13 Kayle Locke (6-5, 240, SO) Forward : ORating = 102.4, 23.2% shots, eFG= 47.2%, OReb= 10.5%

#14 Kyle Cain (6-7, 210, JR) Forward : ORating= 110.3, 29.8% shots, eFG= 53.7%, OReb= 10.1%, DReb= 21.9%

#31 Nicholas Paulos (6-7, 185, JR) Forward : ORating= 111.6, 20.7% shots, eFG= 55.9%, 3Pt= 37-102 (.363)

#44 Tyrone Outlaw (6-6, 205, FR) G/F: ORating= 112.6, 21.3% shots, eFG= 46.0%, steal= 2.7%

Paulos will only shoot the 3, there’s no need to focus on him otherwise but please guard him beyond the line, he’s their only consistent 3pt shooter and he’s not easy to lose sight of since he’s 6-7. Parker isn’t a scorer, he’s going to pass but he’s also going to turn it over. Focus on Cain, along with Paulus and Saddler, and you’ll shut them down. Saddler is normally in the starting lineup but due to a foot injury he had to sit out of the VT game, whether we see him or not who knows.

Bench
#0 Kevin Saddler (6-4, 207, FR) Guard : ORating= 83.6, 22.7% shots, eFG= 40.4%, AstRate= 24.4%, FTRate= 80%
#34 RJ White (6-8, 280, FR) Forward
#20 Jordan Potts (5-11, 170, SO) Guard
#3 Diante Baldwin (6-0, 189, FR) Guard
#32 Jordy Kuiper (6-9, 238, FR) Forward

The Pack shouldn’t have a problem with the Spartans but they also can’t take them lightly because they can rise up and beat them if the Pack expects to roll the ball out and win. This needs to be a tune up game for the Pack before heading into conference play against Pitt. The Pack needs to get the last kinks out and start getting into a flow again on offense.

NOTE:
– Kyle Cain started 40 games at ASU while playing for the Fighten Sendeks.
– UNCG is coached by UNC alum Wes Miller.
– UNCG all time record vs the ACC is now 2-50 after upsetting VT the other night. The other win was against GT in 2007/08.

KenPom likes the Pack by 11, I think it’ll be 20.

About 1.21 Jigawatts

Class of '98, Mechanical Engineer, State fan since arriving on campus and it's been a painful ride ever since. I live by the Law of NC State Fandom, "For every Elation there is an equal and opposite Frustration."

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  • #33094
    1.21 Jigawatts
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    Joe Giglio (N&O) Back to work, back on the road for NC State N.C. State scheduled Monday’s game at UNC-Greensboro to give its players a chance to
    [See the full post at: NC State Wolfpack vs UNC-Greensboro Spartans]

    #33095
    Pack92
    Participant

    I’ll be there! Family will be in Sec 124, Row QQ in the first 5 seats. Since I just graduated from UNCG I’ll be using the student ID for the game and don’t really know where I’ll be! I’m pretty sure I’ll be in Sec 124 and I’ll hang with the family as much as possible. Hope to see some of you guys there.

    #33096
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Ok, back to business – and I think it’s a good thing that it’s happening so soon after that occurrence on Sat. night.

    I hope I’m wrong, but I expect this game to be close for at least thirty minutes and then we’ll see what happens down the stretch. Foul trouble and free throw shooting – those look like keys for us all season … I’m anxious to see the response tonight.

    Wes Miller is still very hate-able to me. I know that’s not nice, but whatevs …

    #33097
    wilmwolf80
    Participant

    There is no reason, other than official incompetence, that TJ should not be shooting an and-1 on 75% of the shots he makes. I would wager that there is not a player in the country that scores as much as he does, who get less of their points from the line. TJ is very good at finding open areas, and getting uncontested put backs, but he also draws lots of contact that goes without a whistle.

    Hopefully we are working non-stop in practice on our zone offense, because we won’t play many teams this year that don’t zone us. It’s an easy decision for the opposition, against man-to-man, I think our guys can hold their own against most any team in the country. Beating the zone seams so easy on paper, just get the ball to the high post, and break the zone down from there. In application, it seems as though our guys have a harder time with it. There is no reason we can’t run the UCLA offense against a zone, and our guys have to learn that. But they are young, and I’m sure they will keep getting better at it.

    Lastly, Gott needs to work on his skill at working the refs, if there is such a thing. We don’t even get the normal home team favorable calls that you would expect against the scrub competition. How much of that we can control, outside of our “tendencies”, I honestly don’t know. All I know is that the best coaches out there are good at working the refs, and that doesn’t mean just complaining when they make a bad call.

    #33098
    PoppaJohn
    Participant

    As to zone offense, getting the ball to Kyle at the post is a new wrinkle I hope we see a lot more of. He seemed very comfortable with the short jumper. He’s improved his defense. If he can look for the pass as well as that shot, he’ll be scary good. I think he’s going to be great.

    #33966
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    OK… after Saturday night’s disappointing loss….

    I’m looking at 6’5″, 6’7″ 6’7″ && 6’7 across the Spartans starting front line…

    and I “WONDERING” if we might see an ENTRY PASS off a SET PLAY
    TO ANYONE of our BIGS ( 7’1″, 6’9″, 6’9″ && 6’8″ ) DOWN ON THE BLOCKS tonight ???

    Or will Cuz have to be a ONE-MAN-SHOW for us to get the Win ???

    NO EXCUSES!

    One can hope.

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #33507
    StateFans
    Keymaster

    This is a test to see how the site and the forums are syncing

    #33541
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    OK … so I’m looking at Womens’ College’s starting front line (6’5″, 6″5″ && 6’7″ ) …

    and I am WONDERING IF TONIGHT we might see SOMEONE IN RED make an entry PASS to ONE OF OUR BIGS ( 7’1″, 6’9″, 6’9″ ) DOWN LOW on the blocks on a SET PLAY ???

    OR is CUZ going to be a ONE-MAN-SHOW ???

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #33542
    1.21 Jigawatts
    Keymaster

    anyone got a link to a free stream other than espn3?

    #33543
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    try this.. Jigs…

    firstrowus1.eu/watch/230094/2/watch-north-carolina-state-vs-unc-greensboro.htm

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #33544
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    … and for the hardcore Wolfpack trivia guys….

    Womens College is starting at forward tonight Avie Lester’s, ( I know ya’ll remember AVIE! ) cousin.

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #33546
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    If 31 is going to be allowed to hold Warren on every little movement then it’s going to be a long night.

    #33547
    FergusWolf
    Participant

    why are we just jacking up 3s? They are playing man, and we are bigger and more talented than they are?

    #33548
    Rick
    Keymaster

    I used to play against Avie. He was the most feared pickup player in the gym. He was a friggin beast.

    We should use our size against these guys

    #33549
    Rick
    Keymaster

    BTW Avie coached Purvis at Upper Room and is now coaching/teaching at Neuse Christian (at least he was lats year)

    #33550
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Looking at the crowd on TV…. I know we have more alums in the Triad than that !
    Where is everybody ??

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #33551
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    5-6 FT’s early … Barber 4-4

    #33552
    Rick
    Keymaster

    YOu know the goofy white guy can shoot. Got to guard him

    #33553
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Vandy shoved out of bounds no call but he has to know not to do that

    #33555
    Rick
    Keymaster

    Announcers are on my nerves already. THey are blowing UNCG.
    Then, Vandy “falls” out of bounds

    Barber “shoves” down the defender

    #33556
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    I is getting nervous.

    Ohai forums!!!!11111

    #33557
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Clear forearm to the back to shove Vandy … can’t see how it wasn’t called.

    Not much offensive flow again tonight.

    #33558
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    So far we are doing excellent job of play one or two on five on offense.

    And our success is duly reflected in the score.

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    #33559
    redcanine
    Participant

    Why can’t we get the ball to our 7 footer somewhere inside the 3 point arc? Is it because he’s just standing around watching?

    #33560
    BJD95
    Keymaster

    Sweet Jeebus. Now I is downright troubled.

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