NC State Hosts the Liberty Flames

When: Wednesday December 10 – 7:00 PM

Where: Lenovo Center

TV: ACCN

Opponent: Liberty Flames (Conference USA)

Prediction – KenPom (KP) / Bart Torvik (BT): NC State 84-74 / NC State 83-74

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Wolfpack Snapshot:

NET Ranking: NET 42, 8th in ACC Conf NET rankings

NET performance: Q1 (1-2), Q2 (1-1), Q3 (1-0), Q4 (3-0)

Wolfpack Season So Far:

Coach Wade in the Asheville post-game interview:

“We’re giving bench guys opportunities as we pare down this thing and figure out who our best groupings are.

We haven’t hit our stride. We just haven’t found the right combinations yet.

We’ve got good players. We’ve got good pieces. It’s on us to fit everything together and have everything play a lot tighter and better than we have.

Our defense is somewhat improved, but that’s not a high bar to clear. But when we play our defensive lineup our offense is a little clangy. We’ve got to find a balance.”

Wolfpack Player Notes:

Darrion Williams was reported as having a sore shoulder in the Asheville game

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Opponent Overview:

Liberty is projected to finish 1st in Conference USA.

The Flames finished the 2024-25 season at 28-7 and 13-5 in Conference USA. Liberty swept both the regular season and conference tournament title in the program’s second year in Conference USA. They got blasted by Oregon 81-52 in the first round of the NCAAT.

For many teams, last year’s results don’t matter, but the Flames return three starters (Cleveland, Metheny, and Porter), all of whom finished last season on the all-conference team and are on the ’25-’26 preseason all-conference team.

Team

PPG

PPG-OPP

FG%

3PT%

3PT-M

Reb

Ast

TO

ST

BL

NC State

93.6

76.6

51.7%

42.20%

11.3

37.1

16.7

10.4

7.9

3

Liberty

84.8

64.4

54.7%

43.10%

13

32

18.8

8.5

6.8

3.6

Opponent Snapshot:

Liberty is leading Conference USA in FG%, 3PT%, Assists, and Assist/Turnover ratio

Their Season So Far:

Kentucky Christian (D2) 98-57 – Blowout

Charleston (KP #184) 90-75 – Liberty up 5 at the half, scored 51 in the second including 10 3PT shots.

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