Well tonight shouldn’t even be on the schedule, but that’s another story. The Pack will lace ‘em up tonight against the North Carolina Central Eagles. The Eagles, 2-22 on the year, rank last in Pomeroy’s rankings of all Division 1 basketball members. The RBC might get 4,000 in there tonight. Crowd control!
NCCU SR G Bryan Ayala
Let’s face it, the Pack should roll tonight. They’re ticked off and hungry coming off an emotional loss to rival unc-ch last Saturday. I feel this year’s team is better than last year’s, and the Pack rolled to a 54-29 victory last season over NCCU. NC State’s guards will have to look out for SR G Brayan Ayala and FR G Jamar Briscoe. Ayala leads the team in scoring and assists, and Briscoe leads all Eagle bench scorers. He even dropped in a freshman school record 34 points at Duquesne earlier in the season. Opposing fans even gave Briscoe a standing ovation for his efforts in the loss.
Ben McCauley and Brandon Costner should control the paint against this team. We should see solid production out of Tracy Smith also. NCCU has no one that can control the paint, and while their guards are decent, they certainly aren’t ACC quality (our ours?). This is the worst team the Pack has or will face all season. It’s only won two games; at home against Texas Pan-American (77-71) and Central State (74-68). It’s lost games to Florida Gulf Coast, Chowan, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Savannah State. We should win by confortable 25-35 points. It’s really all about effort in this game. If that’s there, the Eagles won’t last until halftime.
Check back in tomorrow for an Observation entry about tonight’s game. GO PACK!
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