Another shocking upset shook up the top-25. The number 22nd ranked NC State Wolfpack fell to the mighty New Orleans Privateers. Yes, the Privateers. Great nickname even better finish. Although the nickname of the Privateers is very hard to top. New Orleans as a team shot a miserable 2-16 from behind the three-point line with 8.3 seconds left. The Privateers trailed 63-62 when junior forward TJ Worley chucked up a 25 foot shot that banked in off the glass with 1.7 seconds remaining in the game to put the Privateers up 65-63.
New Orleans was able to hold on and win the game by shooting 3-17 (.176) from beyond the three point arc. The Privateers biggest lead was 4, 24-20 with 3:08 remaining in the first half. NC State responded to that by putting together a small 6-0 run to help jump back into the lead and hold on the a 30-28 lead at half time.
Each team entered the game 1-0, and only a handful of people could have thought that the NC State Wolfpack would be the team leaving the building with a record of 1-1. Three lead changes in the final 15 seconds of the game help build to the wild finish of a bank shot off the glass to win the game for what now seems to be an in-state rivalry.
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