Locker Room Report: Wolfpack Players
NC State's Allerik Freeman, Lavar Batts Jr., and Sam Hunt met with the media after the 116-64 win over Jacksonville.
Guard Allerik Freeman
On an impressive individual performance after a tough game against Robert Morris...
“That’s just the game of basketball. It happens. I was watching the Knicks game, and (Kristaps) Porzingis went 0-11. He’s one of the top bigs in the league. If you look at tonight, I had seven threes. The other game, I was 1-15, 1-20, something like that. That’s just the way it goes. You’ve just got to stay confident and just keep playing. I will tell anybody else that who has a struggling night. You’ve got the ability. You’ve got the capability. The next night, you have the chance to play like this.”
On the opportunity to show how good he is from behind the arc...
“That (three-point shooting) is a big part of my game. In order to do that, like I keep harping on, (we have to) secure the defensive rebound. That’s been one of our struggles early this season.”
Guard Lavar Batts, Jr.
On the team’s status headed into ACC play...
“We've just got to keep working, keep staying in the gym. Our chemistry has got to get better. I feel like with the coaches that we have, the players that we have, and the way we work and how hard we work, we're going to be fine. We're going to be fine. I believe we're going to shake a lot of people in the ACC this year.”
Guard Sam Hunt
On the offensive game plan...
“We just have to be consistent game in and game out. Everybody’s going to have their games. Somebody’s going to have a high game. Somebody’s going to have a low game. If we stay consistent, do what we do, we’ll be fine in ACC play.”
On the team’s preparedness for ACC play...
“I feel like the whole season we’ve been preparing well in practice. Several games we’ve come up short, but as long as we stay the course and the process, learn from each mistake and each loss, we’ll be fine going on. We tipped it off to UNCG. That was a great learning point for us. Of course we wanted to win, but I think it kind of helped rev us up for ACC play.”
On his shots going in...
“We have confidence in each other and finding the guys when we’re open. I can’t remember the exact amount of assists we had, but we pitched it ahead, found an open guy. When you’ve got easy shots, it’s easy for the ball to go in.”