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By Beacon Journal staff report
POSTED: 10:50 p.m. EST, Nov 20, 2009
The outdoor temperatures in Daytona Beach, Fla., were hot Friday afternoon.
The North Carolina State men's basketball team seemed to be just as hot shooting the ball inside the Ocean Center and easily defeated the University of Akron 66-45 in a Glenn Wilkes Classic game.
N.C. State (2-0) started the game on a 17-4 run and held that lead with 13:46 remaining in the first half. UA (0-2) never caught up.
''Basically we are having a hard time shooting the ball and we are having a hard time defending the ball,'' UA coach Keith Dambrot said by telephone. ''We had defensive issues in the first half and we cleaned ourselves up in the second half. We are just not playing very well. We are going through some growing pains.''
Wolfpack junior Tracy Smith, a 6-foot-8 and 247-pound forward, had his second double-double in as many games, with game-highs of 16 points and 11 rebounds. N.C. State senior Dennis Horner, a 6-foot-9 and 226-pound forward, also scored 16 points, and 6-foot and 175-pound junior guard Javier Gonzalez finished with 11 points.
Zips sophomore guard Anthony ''Humpty'' Hitchens scored 10 points. UA sophomore forward Nikola Cvetinovic and senior guard Darryl Roberts each added eight points.
''We shot 30.9 percent (17-of-55) from the field, 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from behind the 3-point line and 38.9 percent (7-of-18) from the free-throw line,'' Dambrot said. ''You're not going to win many games with those percentages.''
The Wolfpack's lead was as high as 24 points with 4:12 remaining in the first half. N.C. State led 43-21 at halftime after making 68.0 percent (17-of-25) of its first-half shots from the field.
''That was a really good half for us,'' N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe said in a statement. ''We were really good on defense. We got after them, and that set the tone. We applied pressure on the ball with our guards, and our bigs were communicating down low. We got stops, and that enabled us to get out and run.''
N.C. State, which never trailed, made nine of its first 12 shots of the game, and 12 of their first 17 field goals were assisted.
The Zips never sustained a rally in the second half.
N.C. State converted 64.7 percent (22-of-34) of its shots from the field and held a 39-26 advantage in rebounds.
The Wolfpack improved to 15-2 in November over the last four seasons under Lowe.
UA forced 25 turnovers, 18 of which came in the second half. The Zips made 14 turnovers.
Zips senior forward Chris McKnight, junior guard Brett McKnight and freshman center Zeke Marshall struggled and combined to shoot 4-for-21 from the field.
''I thought we had open looks, we just didn't make them,'' Dambrot said. ''Offensively, we are disjointed and we cannot make a shot.''
The outdoor temperatures in Daytona Beach, Fla., were hot Friday afternoon.
The North Carolina State men's basketball team seemed to be just as hot shooting the ball inside the Ocean Center and easily defeated the University of Akron 66-45 in a Glenn Wilkes Classic game.
N.C. State (2-0) started the game on a 17-4 run and held that lead with 13:46 remaining in the first half. UA (0-2) never caught up.
''Basically we are having a hard time shooting the ball and we are having a hard time defending the ball,'' UA coach Keith Dambrot said by telephone. ''We had defensive issues in the first half and we cleaned ourselves up in the second half. We are just not playing very well. We are going through some growing pains.''
Wolfpack junior Tracy Smith, a 6-foot-8 and 247-pound forward, had his second double-double in as many games, with game-highs of 16 points and 11 rebounds. N.C. State senior Dennis Horner, a 6-foot-9 and 226-pound forward, also scored 16 points, and 6-foot and 175-pound junior guard Javier Gonzalez finished with 11 points.
Zips sophomore guard Anthony ''Humpty'' Hitchens scored 10 points. UA sophomore forward Nikola Cvetinovic and senior guard Darryl Roberts each added eight points.
''We shot 30.9 percent (17-of-55) from the field, 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from behind the 3-point line and 38.9 percent (7-of-18) from the free-throw line,'' Dambrot said. ''You're not going to win many games with those percentages.''
The Wolfpack's lead was as high as 24 points with 4:12 remaining in the first half. N.C. State led 43-21 at halftime after making 68.0 percent (17-of-25) of its first-half shots from the field.
''That was a really good half for us,'' N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe said in a statement. ''We were really good on defense. We got after them, and that set the tone. We applied pressure on the ball with our guards, and our bigs were communicating down low. We got stops, and that enabled us to get out and run.''
N.C. State, which never trailed, made nine of its first 12 shots of the game, and 12 of their first 17 field goals were assisted.
The Zips never sustained a rally in the second half.
N.C. State converted 64.7 percent (22-of-34) of its shots from the field and held a 39-26 advantage in rebounds.
The Wolfpack improved to 15-2 in November over the last four seasons under Lowe.
UA forced 25 turnovers, 18 of which came in the second half. The Zips made 14 turnovers.
Zips senior forward Chris McKnight, junior guard Brett McKnight and freshman center Zeke Marshall struggled and combined to shoot 4-for-21 from the field.
''I thought we had open looks, we just didn't make them,'' Dambrot said. ''Offensively, we are disjointed and we cannot make a shot.''
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Canton, OH
Posted 11:12 PM, 11/20/2009
. . . OUCH. . .
Akron, OH
Posted 11:14 PM, 11/20/2009
OK Zips, you force 25 turnovers and manage only 45 points???? Sounds like more than an off night. Sounds like you guys should be in Division 2!
Highland Square, OH
Posted 11:16 PM, 11/20/2009
Go zips soccer!
_________, OH
Posted 11:31 PM, 11/20/2009
TomDaSpeechFixr..... could you muster a little respect????... These kids are MAC Champs. Give them time, they'll find their grove. No one thought they'd be sitting on top last season and look how far they got. And no it wasn't luck. It was teamwork and honed skill. You almost sound like a KSU whiner....hmmm?.
