NC State Newsstand: Jack Clark leads Wolfpack past Puerto Rico
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NC State men’s basketball played the second game of its preseason trip to the Bahamas Tuesday afternoon, and one of the Wolfpack’s transfers stood out. Here’s more from The Wolfpacker’s story ‘Six triples from Jack Clark leads NC State past Puerto Rico.’
NC State men’s basketball might be on vacation, but the program was still prepared for a physical battle on the court Tuesday afternoon. After trailing by nine at half time to Puerto Rico’s national team, the Wolfpack stormed back to pull off a 81-69 win.
Jack Clark was the story of the game and maybe the entire preseason. The transfer wing registered his second-consecutive double-double, finishing the matchup with 24 points and 11 rebounds to pace the team in both areas.
During his first matchup in the Bahamas, Clark scored 12 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. He led the team in boards in both games. The wing showed a willingness and ability to rebound in the first outing and then took on a scoring role in the second showdown of the trip.
The transfer from La Salle recorded three double-doubles last year with his former team and has a career high of 13. His scoring burst Tuesday was the product of six three pointers— a good sign for the Wolfpack after he shot 30 percent from deep last year.
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After star sophomore guard Terquavion Smith left Tuesday’s game with a cramp according to a tweet from men’s basketball director of communications Craig Hammel, Clark stepped up as a scorer as well.
“Jack Clark at 6-8, 6-9 is kind of a three/four,” Keatts said in a press conference last week. He can really shoot the ball outside and do some stuff at that position.”
Tweets of the day
Here’s one highlight from Jack Clark’s outstanding performance yesterday.
Check out what Wolfpack quarterback Devin Leary said yesterday about managing expectations.
The ACC Network premiered its all-access show with the Wolfpack last night.
Quote of the day
This quote is from Wolfpack offensive tackle Anthony Belton, who could start at left tackle this season.
“I am not trying to be the next Ickey,” Belton said. “I am trying to be the best version of myself.”
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