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NC State Basketball

Terquavion Smith: "Our Confidence is High"

January 17, 2023
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NC State guard Terquavion Smith met with the media following the Wolfpack’s 78-66 road win over Georgia Tech Tuesday evening.

Smith led the way with 25 points on 9-for-17 shooting, 4-for-11 from three, against the Yellow Jackets. The Greenville, N.C. native also tallied five assists, three rebounds, and two blocks on the night.

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“Coach [Kevin Keatts] always preaches that away games are golden in conference. We want to go hard every road trip we get. We don’t take the time for granted. They always preach to us that it’s a good opportunity every game we get, so we just leave it all out there.”

“We knew we just had to play defense. We know we can score with anybody. Coach always preaches that it’s more about stops, so we just tried to get as many stops as we can. We were kind of relaxed on defense. Coach told us to pressure up and to disrupt their offense with no easy catches. At the beginning of the game, we gave them everything. They were running their offense.”

“That’s what I do. I have great confidence. I missed three in a row, and I was kind of in my head, but I knew I’d get the next opportunity, so I was going to make the best of it.”

“It makes me happy. I like to see my guys compete and do what they’re supposed to do. It just makes me happy to see my guys contribute the way they do and everybody coming together as a family.”

“We’ve got good spirits. We’re going to keep good spirits. We’re going to keep working hard. Our confidence is high. We’ve got a lot of guys who bring energy off the bench. L.J. [Thomas] brings a lot of energy off the bench. It’s stuff like that, the little things.”

“Like I said before, I just take that more personally since I’m from North Carolina. They never reached out to me. I was overlooked by everybody in the state. I just take those personally. As a team, I feel like we’re ready to play hard and give them everything we’ve got.”

“I feel like [the fans] feel good about the team. They want to see us win and play hard. They want to see us play for the front of the jersey and rep NC State in a positive way. As long as we keep doing that, they’ll keep coming to games, keep supporting us, and all that good stuff.”

“We definitely wanted to be where we are now. The four-game win streak is good for us. We’ve got a lot of momentum. We’ve won big games before this one coming up. It’s good for us, getting momentum going into it."

 
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