FSU 78, NC State 65

Box Score

NC State

Four Factors
eFG%	47.2
Turnover Rate	23.6
Off Reb Rate	31.4
FTA/FGA	41.5

FSU

Four Factors
eFG%	54.5
Turnover Rate	17.7
Off Reb Rate	39.3
FTA/FGA	41.8

          Pts   Poss    Off_Eff   Def_Eff
FSU       78    67.7     115.2      96.0
NCSU      65    67.7      96.0     115.2

Sidney Lowe:

"Tracy and Dennis had played a lot of minutes. You're looking for your veteran guys to come back in and finish the game. As most teams do, bring your guys back in to finish the ball game. That's what we were looking for. It didn't happen."

That's neither reasonable nor fair under the circumstances, but I guess Sid was just continuing the point he'd been making to Costner and McCauley as they sat on the bench in the second half.

We lost the game, but let's talk about the real tragedy here: over the course of the ESPNU telecast, I was compelled to buy a ShamWow, a Save-A-Blade, the Big City Slider, binoculars, and a laptop stand. Damn you, Billy Mays!