RALEIGH, N.C. — NC State never let Presbyterian get comfortable Tuesday night, building a 27-point halftime lead and cruising to a 94-60 victory in front of the home crowd at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh to improve to 3-0.
Ven-Allen Lubin led the Wolfpack with 21 points on 10-of-17 shooting and added 10 rebounds. Zymicah Wilkins and Christian Hammond each scored 13, Hammond hitting three of his five three-point tries, and Paul McNeil Jr. grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.
NC State led 46-19 at halftime, with Presbyterian managing only 19 in the opening 20 minutes. The Blue Hose scored 41 after the break, but the Wolfpack still outscored them 48-41 to cap the rout, and the lead peaked at 36 points.
The Wolfpack shot 36 of 73 from the field and 10 of 27 from three-point range, and they dominated inside, outscoring Presbyterian 50-30 in the paint and outrebounding the visitors 52-32. NC State also forced 13 turnovers, converting them into 22 points, while committing only nine of its own.
Triston Wilson scored 14 points to lead Presbyterian, which fell to 0-3, and Langston Hackworth added nine. Chidi Chiakwelu pulled down nine rebounds. The Blue Hose shot 21 of 56 and made 4 of 16 three-pointers. An announced crowd of 11,764 watched at the Lenovo Center.
The Wolfpack also won the ball-handling battle, dishing out 17 assists to the Blue Hose’s eight and collecting eight steals. Presbyterian shot 14 of 28 at the free-throw line, compared with 12 of 17 for NC State. Lubin and McNeil Jr. also combined for 22 of the team’s 52 rebounds, with McNeil making three of his 10 three-point attempts.
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