Saturday, October 24, 2026 Exhibition
NC State 130, Lenoir-Rhyne 66 (exhibition)
NC State vs. Lenoir-Rhyne · Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC. Official box score on gopack.com ↗
What Changed · vs. previous game, Oct 18 vs. Mississippi State
Biggest minutes gainers and losers. Kingston Whitty went from not playing against Mississippi State to 15 against Lenoir-Rhyne, the biggest gain. Eemeli Yalaho had the biggest drop, -11 minutes.
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Top notes
- Minutes swingKingston Whitty played 15 minutes after not playing against Mississippi State.
- Minutes swingPaul McNeil Jr. played 23 minutes after 34 against Mississippi State.
- Minutes swingEemeli Yalaho played 11 minutes after 22 against Mississippi State.
- Minutes swingR.J. Keene II played 14 minutes after 5 against Mississippi State.
- Projection paceEdmead is averaging 9.0 PPG in exhibitions, below his 11.0 starter projection (moved below it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
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- Projection paceJurkovic is averaging 8.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 3.0 starter projection (moved above it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceZ. Wilkins is averaging 8.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 2.0 starter projection (moved above it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceKeene is averaging 4.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 1.5 starter projection (moved above it this game). Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceMcNeil is averaging 19.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 14.9 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceLubin is averaging 17.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 12.4 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceAdams is averaging 11.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 9.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceHammond is averaging 6.5 PPG in exhibitions, below his 8.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceYalaho is averaging 7.5 PPG in exhibitions, above his 6.3 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceEvans is averaging 4.5 PPG in exhibitions, below his 4.8 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Projection paceWhitty is averaging 14.0 PPG in exhibitions, above his 4.0 starter projection. Exhibitions are not graded.
- Leading scorerPaul McNeil Jr. led NC State with 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting.
- LineupSame starting five as against Mississippi State: McNeil, Lubin, Adams, Evans, Edmead.
Generated from the official box score.
Flags
-11 min Paul McNeil Jr.
+15 min Kingston Whitty
+9 min R.J. Keene II
-11 min Eemeli Yalaho
NC State player lines
| Player | GS | MIN | PTS | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McNeil Jr. | ● | 23 | 23 | 7-13 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Ven-Allen Lubin | ● | 23 | 22 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-13 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Darius Adams | ● | 25 | 9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Kyle Evans | ● | 18 | 9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Preston Edmead | ● | 21 | 2 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Kingston Whitty | 15 | 14 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Jurkovic | 12 | 14 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zymicah Wilkins | 12 | 14 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Christian Hammond | 19 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| R.J. Keene II | 14 | 7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Eemeli Yalaho | 11 | 7 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jacari Brim | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Comeh Emuobor | 3 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Players | 200 | 130 | 41-61 | 14-28 | 34-38 | 38 | 29 | 10 |
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
Mostly positivepositive72%mixed11%negative17%
Themes
- Lubin.Mentioned in 18 of 39 posts, mostly positive. Box score: 22 pts (5-5 FG, 0-0 3PT), 9 reb, 2 ast in 23 min.
- Adams.Mentioned in 17 of 39 posts, mostly positive. Box score: 9 pts (2-4 FG, 1-2 3PT), 4 reb, 9 ast in 25 min.
- McNeil.Mentioned in 16 of 39 posts, mostly positive. Box score: 23 pts (7-13 FG, 7-13 3PT), 6 reb, 3 ast in 23 min.
- Ball movement.Came up in 9 posts, mostly positive. Box score: NC State 29 assists, 10 turnovers.
- Three-point shooting.Came up in 5 posts, mostly positive. Box score: NC State 14-28 from three.
Representative posts
- @PackInsider · 20.7k followers: Wanted Adams as a playmaker and got nine assists with no turnovers; says McNeil feasted and Evans looked like himself.
- @noah_teague1 · 1.1k followers: Cautions against drawing conclusions from a big win over a Division II team, while noting Adams starting again and Lubin's free-throw shooting.
- @PackPride · 82.7k followers: Highlights NC State's efficient shooting and its defense on the Bears' three-point attempts, with McNeil and Lubin leading.
- @PackPower247 · 3.6k followers: Points to balanced scoring and better effort from the bigs as the takeaways.
- @PackMensBball · 121.2k followers: The team's own account posting the final stat lines, led by McNeil's 23 and Lubin's 22.
Automated summary of 39 public posts sampled from X between Oct 24, 10:00 AM and Oct 25, 12:00 PM ET (2 searches); the mood split counts the 18 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.