GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Wednesday, January 19 | 7:00 p.m. ET
PNC Arena (Raleigh, N.C.)
at NC State
Series: NC State leads 41-18
Game Notes: Virginia Tech | NC State
TV Broadcast
ACC Network
Play-by-Play: Jay Alter
Analyst: Malcolm Huckaby
Local Radio
Virginia Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Tim Bickford
Analyst: Mike Burnop
THE SERIES
- NC State snapped Tech's three-game win streak in the series with its 68-63 win in Blacksburg on Jan. 4.
- Tech won the last matchup in Raleigh, 47-24, on Feb. 2, 2019. In that game, the Hokies held NC State to 16.7 percent shooting - the lowest mark in ACC history. The 24 points scored by the Wolfpack were the fewest scored by a Division I team in the last 10 years.
- The Hokies will be looking for their first back-to-back wins in Raleigh since 2009- 11 seasons.
- Give the Hokies their first road win in league play this season. They totaled three ACC wins on the road in 2020-21.
- Level Coach Young's career record against the Wolfpack to 3-3.
- Keep NC State winless at home in league play (0-3 entering Wednesday's game).
- Improve Tech to 3-3 on the road this season.
- Tech shot a season-high 59.2 percent from the field (29-49) vs. Notre Dame. Beyond the arc, the Hokies shot 50 percent (10-20), which is the second-highest number of the year. Saturday's game marked the second time Virginia Tech shot 50 percent or higher in both categories (Cornell).
- Justyn Mutts and Nahiem Alleyne both scored season highs and accounted for 58.2 percent of Tech's scoring.
- Saturday was the second time two Hokies scored 20-plus points in the same game this season (Aluma and Mutts at Duke).
- Wednesday's game is the start of a three games in five days road swing for the Hokies. Tech also faces Boston College (Jan. 22) and UNC (Jan. 24) away from Cassell Coliseum.
- When asked what he thought about Nahiem Alleyne's 3-point attempt with 3:45 left vs. Notre Dame after he passed out of a double-team, Justyn Mutts assuredly said, "That's a bucket."
- Tech was clinging to a three-point advantage before Alleyne drilled his fourth 3-ball of the night. It was a welcomed sight to see for a guy who has struggled as of late.
- Alleyne finished with a season-high 22 points - his second 20-point outing of the season, but first double-digit effort since Dec. 8 vs. Cornell (13 points).
- Justyn Mutts is one of the most dynamic players on the Tech roster. That was on full display vs. the Irish where Mutts dialed up a season-high 24 points. It tied for the most points he's scored in a Tech uniform (3/11/21 vs. North Carolina).
- However, rewind to Wednesday when he finished the UVA game with two points on 1-2 shooting, that didn't sit well with Coach Young.
- The two met prior to Thursday's (1/13) practice where Young asked Mutts what he needed of his head coach and what he could do to get Mutts going. "He's a terrific passer and he becomes so set in that and making the right pass instead of [having the mindset of] lay your ears back and go play," Young offered.
- In other words, when Mutts is the aggressor and more assertive, good things happen like Saturday night.
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