Highly regarded freshman C.J. Leslie lived up to his hype, at least for one game. The small forward scored 21 points off the bench in his debut at the RBC Center, leading the Pack (1-0) over Tennessee Tech 82-69.
Though he wasn't perfect from the floor like J.J. Hickson was in his first start at NC State back in 2007 (12-12 on field goals for 31 points), he excited an unusually quiet crowd of over 15,000 with two alley-oop slams and his six blocks.
The other two freshman, guards Lorenzo Brown and Ryan Harrow scored 14 and 16 points respectively. However, there was a scary moment tonight for the Pack in the second half. With around six minutes left in the game, Harrow had to be helped off the floor and was taken to the locker room. The initial thought seemed to be that he was suffering from dehydration. Luckily Harrow did return to the court a couple minutes later.
Pre-season Wooden award nominee Tracy Smith started off slowly, but lead the Pack with eight rebounds as he scored a tough ten points in 28 minutes of play for the Wolfpack.
The Packed looked a step slow to rebounds and loose balls- much like they did in their exhibition win over Pfeiffer. Those hustle-points kept the Golden Eagles in the game, and should be a point of emphasis in practice this week as the Pack prepares for the Charleston Classic this coming weekend. State will open the classic with a game aginst East Carolina on Friday (6pm).
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