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Why NCSU’s win over Pitt left the Wolfpack searching for ice cream at midnight

Beating Pittsburgh in a tough road game Wednesday night left N.C. State facing an even harder task -- finding enough ice cream at midnight to feed the team.

While coaching at UNC Wilmington, Kevin Keatts started a tradition of celebrating road wins with ice cream.

But, after the Wolfpack beat Pitt 72-68 at Petersen Events Center in a game that ended around 11 p.m., finding the summertime treat in a snow-covered city proved to be difficult.

“We looked at a McDonald’s with soft serve ice cream and they were closed,” Keatts said Thursday. “We rolled by a Burger King, that was closed, and then we rolled up on the convenience store.