National Basketball Association
N.C. State 80, Wake Forest 55
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, February 13, 2011
Where: Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Officials:
# Bryan Kersey, # Les Jones, # Tim Nestor
Attendance:
12576
By SportsDirect Inc.
C.J. Leslie returned from a one-game suspension with an inspired performance, leading North Carolina State past host Wake Forest 80-55 Sunday in a battle of the bottom two teams in the ACC.
Leslie, a freshman forward who was benched last week against Duke for breaking an undisclosed rule, had 19 points, including a handful of dunks, to go along with eight rebounds.
The win snaps a five-game losing streak for the Wolfpack (13-11, 3-7
ACC) and completes a season sweep of the Demon Deacons (8-17, 1-9 ACC),
who have dropped four straight since posting their only conference win
on Jan. 29.
Tracy Smith added 20 points and eight boards for the Wolfpack, who led by eight at half, extended the lead to 18 with 10 minutes to play and cruised to an easy victory.
Travis McKie led Wake Forest with 15 points.
Top Game Performances
| N.C. State |
|
Wake Forest |
|
Tracy Smith 20 |
Scoring |
Travis McKie 15 |
|
Lorenzo Brown 7 |
Assists |
C.J. Harris 6 |
|
C.J. Leslie 8 |
Rebounds |
Travis McKie 7 |
|
C.J. Leslie 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Carson Desrosiers 2 |
|
Ryan Harrow 2 |
Steals |
Tony Chennault 1 |
|
Richard Howell 2 |
Blocks |
Carson Desrosiers 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| N.C. State
|
80 |
55.9 |
4-10 |
10-14 |
22 |
32 |
4 |
7 |
|
| Wake Forest
|
55 |
38.9 |
3-11 |
10-12 |
9 |
24 |
2 |
4 |
|