Sunday, October 18, 2026 Exhibition
NC State 77, Mississippi State 73 (exhibition)
NC State vs. Mississippi State · First Horizon Coliseum, Greensboro, NC. Official box score on gopack.com ↗
Baseline game: this is the first game in the data, so there's no What Changed chart. Comparisons start with the next game.
Top notes
- Projection paceMcNeil is averaging 16.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 14.9 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceLubin is averaging 13.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 12.4 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceEdmead is averaging 16.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 11.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceAdams is averaging 14.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 9.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceHammond is averaging 4.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 8.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
7 more
- Projection paceYalaho is averaging 8.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 6.3 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceEvans is averaging 0.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 4.8 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceJurkovic is averaging 2.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 3.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceZ. Wilkins is averaging 2.0 PPG in exhibitions, exactly at his 2.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceKeene is averaging 1.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 1.5 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Leading scorerPaul McNeil Jr. led NC State with 16 points on 3-of-11 shooting.
- LineupStarting five: McNeil, Edmead, Adams, Lubin, Evans.
Generated from the official box score.
Flags
No flags this game.
NC State player lines
| Player | GS | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McNeil Jr. | ● | 34 | 16 | 3-11 | 1-7 | 9-9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Edmead | ● | 24 | 16 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Darius Adams | ● | 32 | 14 | 4-12 | 1-3 | 5-7 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Ven-Allen Lubin | ● | 26 | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 9-12 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Evans | ● | 11 | 0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eemeli Yalaho | 22 | 8 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Christian Hammond | 25 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Robert Jurkovic | 11 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zymicah Wilkins | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| R.J. Keene II | 5 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Shah Hall | 5 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Players | 200 | 77 | 20-48 | 7-21 | 30-38 | 25 | 10 | 5 |
Player rebounds and turnovers exclude team totals. Recorded by hand from the official box score on Oct 29, 2026.
What fans are saying on X
Mixedpositive55%mixed9%negative36%
Themes
- Adams.Mentioned in 25 of 47 posts, mostly positive. Box score: 14 pts (4-12 FG, 1-3 3PT), 6 reb, 5 ast in 32 min.
- Edmead.Mentioned in 13 of 47 posts, mixed. Box score: 16 pts (5-6 FG, 3-4 3PT), 1 reb, 0 ast in 24 min.
- McNeil.Mentioned in 9 of 47 posts, mixed. Box score: 16 pts (3-11 FG, 1-7 3PT), 5 reb, 0 ast in 34 min.
- Three-point shooting.Came up in 9 posts, mixed. Box score: NC State 7-21 from three.
- Rebounding.Came up in 8 posts, mostly critical. Box score: NC State 25 rebounds (player totals).
Representative posts
- @fleischman_noah · 15.5k followers: Says the win wasn't pretty, but NC State had enough left to close it out.
- @PackPride · 82.7k followers: Leads with the coach calling the rebounding "not good enough" after Mississippi State's 18 offensive rebounds, despite the comeback.
- @RCorySmith · 19.2k followers: Credits Adams and Edmead for the offense and McNeil and Lubin for closing, while flagging a frustrating day for the bigs.
- @fleischman_noah · 15.5k followers: Shares the coach describing Adams as a versatile, do-everything piece after his 14 points, six rebounds and five assists.
- @MJB_18990 · 1.7k followers: A fan reacting to Adams' first half: really impressive.
Automated summary of 47 public posts sampled from X between Oct 18, 2:00 PM and Oct 19, 4:00 PM ET (2 searches); the mood split counts the 22 that expressed a view. Spam, bots, betting accounts, abusive posts and posts aimed at players personally were filtered out. Posts are linked and paraphrased (paraphrases checked by hand), not reproduced, and don't reflect the views of this site. Generated Oct 29, 4:40 PM ET.