Overview
- McNeil set the NC State single-game record with 11 made threes, finishing 12-for-18 from the field and 12-for-12 at the line after breaking the mark with 3:34 to play.
- His 11 triples tie the ACC single-game record, and his 47 points came with a career-best 10 rebounds for his first double-double.
- NC State went 17-of-40 from deep with 21 assists on 34 field goals to move to 8-4.
- Jerry Deng added 14 points for the Wolfpack, while Texas Southern fell to 1-8 behind Zaire Hayes’ 16 points.
- It was the program’s annual Heritage Game at Reynolds Coliseum, where NC State is 27-2 since 1999–2000, and pregame radio indicated Darrion Williams sat with a sore shoulder and is expected back Sunday in Greensboro against Mississippi.