What Could Have Been
Blowout of UAB has fans wondering what happened against Marist
Champion of the Loser's Bracket really doesn't have the same ring too it. After the NC State Wolfpack (3-1) took it to the UAB Blazers (1-2), that was the realization they were forced to confront. Not only will not advancing in the tournament hurt fan approval and morale for the Pack, the second round and finals of the tournament would have strengthened their tournament resumé, when the time comes. "Well, winning against Marist would have seen us facing some better competition, but I think we learned a lot about our team thanks to that game. Got to get some of the kinks out," explained Coach
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Regardless, the Wolfpack made mince meat of UAB Sunday, defeating them 82-66, with NC State having their reserves se extended minutes do to the severity of the blow out, which was once at 26 points. Four players reached double digits, with an 18 point, 8 rebound effort from Sam Norman, and 17 additional points courtesy of CW Laws. Laws was one of only 2 starters to see 20 minutes of action in the blowout, along with captain DC Mallory. "It was a great team effort, we really buried them early then put the nail in the coffin with a strong start to the second half. We definitely learned from this tournament," the lone starting senior CW told reporters.
Arkansas (5-0) who defeated Marist in the second round, upset #10 Texas (3-1) for the Championship game of the Deodorant Classic on Sunday in convincing fashion, winning 88-65. Their two big man starters combined for forty points, and point guard Landon Jennings added an 19 points.
NC State's next matchup will be at Purdue, where they will face off the undefeated Boilmakers (4-0). A week later they will travel to Tulsa (3-0), another road game against an undefeated (as of now) opponent. "Champions win on the road," DC Mallory commented.
| UAB Blazers at North Carolina State Wolfpack |
| Nov 7, 2011 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
| UAB (1-2) | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| North Carolina State (3-1) | 44 | 38 | 82 |
| UAB Blazers |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Dominic Slaughter (Jr.) | 24 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Charlton Brooks (Jr.) | 24 | 5-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Tron Mendoza (Sr.) | 23 | 7-12 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Madison Bell (Jr.) | 23 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Ugonna Silva (Jr.) | 22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Patrick Bridges (Sr.) | 6 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 29-64 | 3-12 | 5-12 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 66 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 29-64 | 3-12 | 5-12 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 66 |
| North Carolina State Wolfpack |
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| D.C. Mallory | 22 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Brahn Hamilton | 19 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| C.W. Laws | 21 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Jameel Lamkin | 19 | 4-7 | 909 | 909 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Sam Norman | 19 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Jacob Dearmon | 10 | 5-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Robby Pena | 11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevan Hendriks | 14 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Aly Hickman | 8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 38-64 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 28 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 82 |
Note: Sliders are being adjusted once again. Thank you for being patient with the stats, they will come around.