ACC Hoops: Stanford Slips By Wolfpack,74-73 

Stanford, California- Maxime Raynaud had 25 points and 12 rebounds for his school-record 20th double-double of the season and Ryan Agarwal had the go-ahead basket as Stanford rallied for a 74-73 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday night at the Maples Pavilion handing the Wolfpack their eighth straight loss. Stanford has now won their 6th game at Maples Pavilion in 7 ACC contests.  

Raynaud made two foul shots to give Stanford a 65-59 lead with five minutes left. Dontrez Styles hit a 3-pointer and Ismael Diouf followed with a layup to pull NC State even at 71 with 50 seconds remaining. Aidan Cammann made the first of two foul shots for the Cardinal (16-8, 8-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), but Trey Parker answered with a second-chance layup to give the Wolfpack (9-14, 2-10) a one-point lead with 17 seconds left. Ryan Agarwal would then score the winning basket for the Cardinal with 8 seconds left. 

Raynaud scored 21 in the second half to help the Cardinal rally from a 33-29 halftime deficit. He made 9 of 16 shots and all seven of his free throws. Oziyah Sellers had 12 points and reserves Chisom Okpara and Evan Stinson both scored 10 for Stanford. Agarwal pitched in with nine points, eight assists and seven rebounds. 

Trey Parker came off the bench to hit five 3-pointers and score 19 to lead the Wolfpack (9-14 2-10). He added five assists. Styles contributed 18 points and seven rebounds. Marcus Hill scored 14 for NC State. 

Parker scored 12 on 4-for-4 shooting from beyond the arc, helping NC State take a four-point lead into halftime. Sellers had 10 points at the break for Stanford. 

Styles was 11-of-14 from the foul line in the game. The 14 free throw attempts are the most for an NC State player since Dereon Seabron had 20 in the Pack’s four overtime win over Nebraska on Dec. 1, 2021. 

NC State took a 33-29 lead into the halftime break. The game was tied at 11 nine minutes in when the Pack went on a 6-0 run to take the lead and never trailed again in the opening 20 minutes.

The Pack’s bench outscored the starters in the first half by a score of 19-to-14. 

The bench finished with 30 points in the game, the third best output for the Pack’s bench this season and the most bench points for NC State in an ACC game. 

NC State Coach Kevin Keatts postgame comments: 

“Obviously, we lost the game, but I thought it was the best game that we played in a while where I thought I felt like everyone played together. We shared the basketball with [13] assists. We made the right play, and I didn’t think we had a lot of guys forcing shots when they made them. When [Stanford’s] lead grew to five or six, we didn’t panic. Normally, we panic, and obviously the score gets away from us. I thought Trey Parker was really good for us. I thought Dontrez Styles was very good for us, and Ish Diouf did some really good things. It’s unfortunate that we didn’t get a chance to get out. I thought Trey got fouled on the last call. As a matter of fact, if you look at it, it looked like the referee raised his hand to call a foul and then he decided not to.” 

Stanford travels east to play at Georgia Tech on Wednesday. NC State will host Louisville on Wednesday.