NC State coach Kevin Keatts after loss to SMU: ‘I just wish we were shooting it better as a group’

NC State coach Kevin Keatts walked into the postgame press conference after his team’s 63-57 loss to SMU, dressed in a suit for the first time this season inside the Lenovo Center, and rattled off what the Wolfpack did well. Most turnovers forced (15) against ACC competition. Check. Most steals (9) in league play. Check. More shot attempts than SMU (65 to 53). Check. 16 fast-break points. Check. But what was missing? NC State’s ability to hit shots. That’s what it distilled down to in the Wolfpack’s fourth straight loss on Saturday afternoon, and Keatts was blunt about it. “We’re not shooting …

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