NC State head coach Will Wade met with Wolfpack Sports Network to discuss the Wolfpack’s 113-69 win over Florida State.
Congratulations, you just set the all-time NC State record for margin for a league win on the road. 44-point win over Florida State. Off the jump, off the tap, you were up 9-0 in this ballgame.Were you more happy with offense, with defense to start the ballgame? It seemed like everything went right for you today. I think our defense got us started.
I thought we were very aggressive. We fouled a little bit, but we were aggressive to start the game. I was very pleased with that. Just our aggression there. I thought we did a nice job there. Stayed at 9-0 for a while, then it was within that 10-point margin that our offense really picked up.
We're moving the ball really well on offense. 20 assists, 38 made baskets, and 7 offensive rebounds in the first half. We had 5 of them in the first 10 minutes. We really punished their cross match on the switching. It was a pretty complete game for us today. I thought the beginning of the second half was rough, but we were able to get our footing.
Just a really good game. In the second game, we kind of run offense through Darrion and Q. Those guys had 11 of our 20 assists. I was pleased with that.
Overall, just a good win. It's kind of bad we got the off-week. We want to keep playing. We played pretty well at Boston College. We played very well today. We've got to keep the momentum going. Proud of our guys.
Of the many numbers that are very impressive today, the three-point makes actually ties the single game ACC record for a team in league play. B.C. had hit 19 threes in a game five years ago. That was the record to tie that today.
You only turned it over nine times against a Florida State team that was one of the national leaders in turnovers coming in. You said that stat in particular might highlight how this game will go today. I'd imagine single-digit turnovers against them makes you really pleased.
It was tremendous. That's the number one tell-tale sign. Everybody gets caught in their three-point shooting. The threes are some luck involved. They missed some corner ones. It could have been a little closer if they had made a few. The games where they really run out and win are where they win the turnover margin and the points off turnovers.
Our game goal was to win the points off turnovers by five-plus. We won it 23-7.We won it by 16. That was huge coming in. That was all we were focused on. Some of the threes, like I said, there's some variance in that based on other factors. That's the one thing that was consistent with our preparation.
That was the one thing that was consistent with what they do.When they win that turnover margin and they're able to really outscore you on points off turnovers, that's when they add up a big number. That's when they make things really difficult for you. There's seven and two at home. Their only two home losses were to Duke and Georgia. This game is kind of like the Georgia game. Georgia came in here and did something similar. I'm proud of our guys. The points off turnover was definitely a big, big, big help for us.
Darrion, 20 points, 10 boards, 5 assists, ran the point. He was as good as he could be today. How happy were you also with Terrance? Because Arceneaux has now put back-to-back games together where he's played really well.
I was really happy with Terrance. I was really happy with Matt. We had a short bench. We had eight guys. Scottie was out. He should be back. I think if we don't have any setbacks, Tre will be back next Saturday. You've got small margins when you've got eight guys and you've got to have everybody play really well.
I thought Terrance has just been tremendous. I thought just his deflections and activity defensively. I think Matt has been really good back-to-back games. I'm just really, really pleased with those guys. We need the contributions from everybody.
