NC State put their foot on the throat of #21 Virginia Tech right out of the gate and didn’t take it off the entire game, on their way to a 104-78 thrashing. Here is our take on how it went down and what to take away from this huge win:
Dennis Smith Jr recorded NC State’s 2nd triple-double in school history
27 points, 11 boards, and 11 assists was the final line. That is amazing. What is even more amazing is that Smith did this in his first career ACC home game as a freshman. We’re trying to track down stats but we want to believe that this is the first time in the history of the NCAA that a freshman has opened home conference play with a triple-double.