{"id":8022,"date":"2015-02-24T22:59:42","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T03:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=8022"},"modified":"2015-02-24T23:30:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T04:30:51","slug":"ncsu-holds-heels-to-fewest-points-ever-in-the-smith-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=8022","title":{"rendered":"NCSU holds Heels to fewest points ever in the Smith Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mark Gottfried.<\/figcaption><\/figure>After getting out to a 16-point lead, a deliberate North Carolina State withstood a 12-0 North Carolina run to win in Chapel Hill for the first time since 2003 by a 58-46 score.<\/p>\n

“They dominated from the get-go,” UNC coach Roy Williams said of the Wolfpack, who never trailed after falling behind 2-0. “Our crowd was fantastic and our team and our coach let ’em down.”<\/p>\n

The 46 points were the fewest the Tar Heels have ever scored at the Smith Center.<\/p>\n

State’s defense held Carolina to 34.5 percent from the floor as Beejay Anya blocked six Tar Heel shots.<\/p>\n

Offensively, the Wolfpack held the ball until late in the shot clock and, despite shooting just 35 percent, drained seven three-pointers. State hit four threes in the first half to take a 29-18 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

The Pack got the lead up to 16 following a three by Ralston Turner early in the second half. But then the Tar Heels seemed to wake up with a 12-0 run.<\/p>\n

Two buckets by UNC’s Justin Jackson cut the margin to 12. After a State timeout, a couple of nifty assists by Marcus Paige and Jackson cut the lead to eight and precipitated another State timeout.<\/p>\n

But the run continued for the Heels. After a Jackson steal, Paige dove and passed to Jackson for a fastbreak layup. Then Paige whipped a pass to Kennedy Meeks to cut the lead to four at 36-32 as State called its third timeout of the half.<\/p>\n

A Meeks follow shot cut the lead to 38-36 with 11:04 left in the game.<\/p>\n

But State’s Turner drilled a three and, following a Carolina turnover, he went in for a fastbreak layup as the Pack weathered the storm to lead 43-36.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels cut the margin to four twice, the last time after a Paige three made it 50-46 with 2:33 to go.<\/p>\n

But Carolina seemed to lose its poise with turnovers and bad shots while State was scoring the final eight points of the game to earn the 12-point victory.<\/p>\n

“They made a run – we knew it was coming,” Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said. “The rafters were shaking and our guys answered the run.” He said he was extremely proud of his team, particularly defensively.<\/p>\n

Coach Williams said while his players made a nice run, they had no poise late in the game. Lazy passes, bad shot selection and simply poor execution of plays doomed the Heels.<\/p>\n

“The last three or four minutes we looked like a team that’s never had a practice,” Williams said.<\/p>\n

Jackson led the Tar Heels with 16 points while Meeks had 12 points and 14 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Anthony Barber led NC State, now 17-11 and 8-7 in the league, with 15 points. Turner and Trevor Lacey added 14 each.<\/p>\n

The Tar Heels fall to 19-9 overall and 9-6 in the ACC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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