French, BCU visit NC State

Bethune-Cookman (1-7) vs. North Carolina State (6-2)

PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina; Thursday, 6:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Two guards will be on display as Joe French and Bethune-Cookman will battle Dereon Seabron and North Carolina State. The sophomore French has scored 27 percent of the team's points this season and is averaging 18.6 over his last five games. Seabron, a junior, is averaging 20 points over the last five games.

TEAM LEADERS: North Carolina State's Seabron has averaged 20.4 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.4 steals while Jericole Hellems has put up 15.3 points and 4.3 rebounds. For the Wildcats, French has averaged 15.9 points while Dylan Robertson has put up 8.6 points and five rebounds.

FUELING THE OFFENSE: Seabron has had his hand in 41 percent of all North Carolina State field goals over the last five games. The junior guard has 34 field goals and 18 assists in those games.

COLD SPELL: Bethune-Cookman has lost its last five road games, scoring 55 points, while allowing 79.4 per game.

ASSIST DISTRIBUTION: The Pack have recently gotten buckets via assists more often than the Wildcats. North Carolina State has an assist on 37 of 89 field goals (41.6 percent) across its previous three matchups while Bethune-Cookman has assists on 27 of 67 field goals (40.3 percent) during its past three games.

DID YOU KNOW: North Carolina State has attempted the third-most free throws in all of Division I. The Wolfpack have averaged 26 free throws per game and 28.8 per game over their last five games.

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