NC State vs. North Carolina: Full Game Preview

NC State

(19-7, 5-5 away)

North Carolina

(18-8, 13-2 home)

Venue: Dean E. Smith Center

4:00PM ET / 1:00PM PT, February 23, 2013

Team Leaders

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
NC State	C Leslie 15.4	R Howell 11.1	L Brown 7.0
North Carolina	J Michael McAdoo 14.7	J Michael McAdoo 8.3	M Paige 4.4

NC State visits Dean E. Smith Center on Saturday to take on North Carolina. It gets started at 4 p.m. EST and you can catch it on ESPN. The Wolfpack defeated the Tar Heels 91-83 on Jan. 26 and are 1-9 against them over the past four years.

This game will separate North Carolina and NC State, who currently share third place in the ACC.

In an 84-66 dismantling of Florida State on Feb. 19, T.J. Warren put up 31 points and 13 rebounds for the Wolfpack. He is putting up 12.1 points per game while also averaging 4 rebounds per game. For the Tar Heels, James Michael McAdoo finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds in the 70-58 win over Georgia Tech on Feb. 19. He contributes a team-leading 14.7 points per game, 8.3 rebounds per game, and 1.6 steals per game.

North Carolina StatSmack

The NC State rebounding leader (Richard Howell, 283 rebounds) has more rebounds than the North Carolina rebounding leader (James Michael McAdoo, 217 rebounds).
NC State has more wins against the RPI Top 50 than North Carolina this season (three vs. one).
NC State is bigger. The average weight of the top 8 players on NC State is 207 lbs compared to 201 lbs for North Carolina.
C.J. Leslie is ranked 5th in the ACC in points and 7th in the ACC in rebounds.
NC State has an average margin of victory of 9 over North Carolina in 19 wins since 1980.
You'll do better on next semester's exams, right? NC State currently has a higher Academic Progress Rate (974 to 963) than North Carolina, per the NCAA.
The NC State scoring leader (C.J. Leslie, 409 points) has more points than the North Carolina scoring leader (James Michael McAdoo, 382 points).
The NC State three-point leader (Scott Wood, 72 three-pointers) has more three-pointers than the North Carolina three-point leader (Reggie Bullock, 62 three-pointers).
The NC State assist leader (Lorenzo Brown, 164 assists) has more assists than the North Carolina assist leader (Marcus Paige, 107 assists).
NC State has a much lower out-of-state cost per year according to Kiplinger than North Carolina ($28,218 vs. $35,614).
NC State is a better three-point shooting team (40.6 percent vs. 36.6 percent) than North Carolina this season.

NCSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Richard Howell	32	13	11	2	1	1	2
A-	Lorenzo Brown	34	13	4	7	2	1	3
A-	C.J. Leslie	33	15	8	1	1	1	3
B	T.J. Warren	26	12	4	1	1	0	1
B	Scott Wood	33	12	3	1	0	1	1
B-	Rodney Purvis	28	9	2	2	1	0	1
C	Tyler Lewis	13	4	1	1	0	0	1
D+	Thomas de Thaey	9	5	2	0	0	0	0
D+	Staats Battle	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
D+	Jay Lewis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D+	Jevoni Robinson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
D+	J. Vandenberg	6	1	1	0	0	0	0
D	Chase Cannon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

UNC Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
B+	Reggie Bullock	30	14	6	3	1	0	1
B+	J. McAdoo	30	15	8	1	2	0	3
B	P.J. Hairston	21	13	4	2	1	0	1
B-	Marcus Paige	28	8	3	4	1	0	2
C+	D. Strickland	27	8	3	4	1	0	1
C	Brice Johnson	12	7	4	0	0	1	1
C	Leslie McDonald	18	8	2	2	1	0	1
C-	J.P. Tokoto	10	3	2	1	1	0	1
D+	Joel James	11	3	3	0	0	0	1
D+	Jackson Simmons	8	2	2	0	0	0	0
D+	Desmond Hubert	11	1	2	0	0	1	0
D	James Manor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Denzel Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Frank Tanner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Wade Moody	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
D	Luke Davis	5	1	0	2	0	0	0