State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

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State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

N.C. State's Dennis Horner (31) takes a loose ball away from Georgia Tech's Maurice Miller (3) during a game January 17, 2009, at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. N.C. State won 76-71 in overtime. (Photo by Grant Halverson)

By N.C. State sports information

Nov 21, 2009

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N.C. State survived a late Austin Peay charge, as the Wolfpack improves to 3-0 on the young season with a 66-59 win Saturday night at the Glenn Wilkes Classic.

The Governor's cut a 16-point Wolfpack halftime lead down to just four points with 1:06 left, but the Pack's Tracy Smith converted a three-point play with 35 seconds left to cushion the Pack's lead.

"Sometimes with a young team you run into games like this," said N.C. State head coach Sidney Lowe. "I told the team its an art (to win a game), it doesn't just happen. We have to learn to play with the lead, and put teams away.

"We knew they would keep coming back, but down the stretch we got the baskets we needed to win."

The N.C. State offense did not get out to a strong start like yesterday, as the game was close until midway through the first half. With N.C. State leading 18-14, the Pack would go on a 10-1 run and increase a lead it would hold the rest of the game.

N.C. State would close the first half on a 19-7 run, limiting the Governor's to just three field goals over the final 11:50 of the half.

After committing 19 second half turnovers against Akron, N.C. State had just five turnovers in the first half against Austin Peay, and just 11 for the game.

Smith led the Pack for the third straight game with 16 points and seven rebounds. Dennis Horner scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half, and freshman Scott Wood hit a pair of three-pointers and finished with 10 points.

N.C. State, the only team with a perfect record at the Glenn Wilkes Classic, will face Auburn tomorrow night at 8:15 p.m.

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RE: State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

ill take a 6 point win over a loss anyway
- Posted by jarrettsnoth

I'm sure you would. Wins have been hard to come by for Sid's kids.

RE: State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

UNC fans should stfu, especially after what the Orange did to their "walk on water" team. God I get sick of seeing the same old haters in our threads. Find a hobby or something, losers.
- Posted by 78FJ40

Just think if state played the orange you would have lost by 50. You guys must not read the blogs where all the state fans come over and run their mouths. Your team is and always will be DFL.
- Posted by allaboutunc3

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts.... not the point. A fan of a team coming off a pretty ugly loss was talking down that we "only won by 7" - if you can't see the issue there, then I won't even bother educating you.

Nope, I choose to read and comment on NC State threads, so unless we happened to have played UNC or it is a story for both institutions, you won't catch me in there. The program that I care about is the one I choose to read and comment about. But since UNC folks don't even consider us worthy of being called a rival, wouldn't you think you wouldn't even be posting in these threads? You people continue to talk out of both sides of your mouth.

RE: State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

UNC fans should stfu, especially after what the Orange did to their "walk on water" team. God I get sick of seeing the same old haters in our threads. Find a hobby or something, losers.
- Posted by 78FJ40

Just think if state played the orange you would have lost by 50. You guys must not read the blogs where all the state fans come over and run their mouths. Your team is and always will be DFL.

RE: State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

Yeah i like the wins if we win tonight i will be happy the toughest game we probably have is Marquette

RE: State holds off Austin Peay, 66-59

WOW, only a 7 point win against AP. How about that might pack? It's going to be a another long year.
- Posted by allaboutunc3

As I heard a unc fan say almost two weeks ago, a win is a win. This after top 5 ranked unc slipped past national power FIU by 16.

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