Here are the post-game remarks from NC State head coach Mark Gottfried after the Wolfpack’s 81-66 victory at home against Wake Forest.<\/p>\n
On the start of the game<\/strong> On the rebounding numbers<\/strong> On C.J. Leslie\u2019s performance<\/strong> On the team\u2019s 11 ACC wins this season<\/strong> Here are the post-game remarks from NC State head coach Mark Gottfried after the Wolfpack’s 81-66 victory at home against Wake Forest. On the start…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-n-c-state-wolfpack","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-81-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5180,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions\/5180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cWe had a slow start and they had a quick start offensively, but once we got our feet and hands moving, we picked up our defensive pressure a little more. For the last 16 minutes of the first half, we really defended well. It\u2019s a good win for us and something we can build on, but we just need to keep improving on some things, whether it\u2019s our defensive pressure, our rebounding or our offense. We just have to keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe rebounded pretty well and Richard Howell only had five [rebounds], which is unusual, but a lot of different guys did a pretty good job. Our perimeter defense and our ball pressure helped us keep the ball out of the post. They couldn\u2019t get the ball inside. Defensively, I think it was a good thing for our team.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cHe used his quickness four or five times to get to the rim. When he has some space, he\u2019s a hard guy to contain one on one. I thought he had a matchup we could take advantage of.\u201d
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\nOn the senior ceremonies for Scott Wood and Richard Howell<\/strong>
\n\u201cOne of the joys of coaching is to watch guys improve and watch them grow up. Even though I joined those guys when they were midway through their college careers, I think both of those guys have taken big steps in the last two years. When you\u2019re coaching, we all love to win and that\u2019s what you\u2019re hired to do, but that relationship you build with your guys and watching them develop \u2013 it\u2019s great to watch them have phenomenal senior years.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWe\u2019re taking some steps in the right direction. We have big goals. I came to this program with dreams of one day winning a national championship, and you\u2019ve got to make progress toward that, and we\u2019ve been able to do some of that. Hopefully this year we can continue to win and put ourselves in position to get into the NCAA tournament. It\u2019s the greatest show on earth and once you\u2019re in that tournament, anything can happen. Everything that has happened along the way is good, but I know what our goal is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"