Saturday marked Kevin Keatts’ first ACC game as N.C. State’s head coach.
The outcome, though, left Keatts reminding his most experienced league players that they need to do more in their final go-around as college basketball players.
Clemson looked every bit the more superior team, shaking off a slow start to beat the Wolfpack 78-62 at Littlejohn Coliseum.
In the locker room after the game, Keatts bluntly told senior forwards Lennard Freeman and Abdul-Malik Abu they are among the most important players on the team. Their combined 11 points and seven rebounds against Clemson simply will never be enough production for N.