NC State had plenty of fight but just could not make enough plays to pull off the win against top-ranked South Carolina on Tuesday night. The Gamecocks were able to withstand NC State’s runs and answer them, which is what really good teams do.
Four Factors
The Wolfpack’s offense got off to a slow start while trying to figure out how best to crack an enormous South Carolina team, and if not for a lot of first-half South Carolina turnovers, the halftime deficit may have been larger than six points.
State responded with its best quarter in the third, cutting USC’s lead to a single point on multiple occasions, but couldn’t get over the hump.