{"id":114908,"date":"2026-01-12T11:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/114908\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:57:18","slug":"nc-state-hands-the-noles-an-embarrassing-home-loss-in-acc-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/114908\/","title":{"rendered":"NC State hands the Noles an embarrassing home loss in ACC play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">Florida State\u2019s home-court advantage wasn\u2019t even close to enough, as <a href=\"https:\/\/chopchat.com\/nc-state-embarrasing-fsu-basketball-on-its-home-court-with-another-half-left-to-play\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NC State dominated<\/a> in a 113 \u201369 blowout over the Noles. This loss set multiple records, all for the wrong reasons, including the most points the Seminoles have ever allowed in Tallahassee. Not to beat a man while he\u2019s down, but the 44-point margin also marked NC State\u2019s largest ACC road win in program history and tied its own program\u2019s single-game record with 19 three-pointers. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">FSU Buried Early by Offensive Breakdowns <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5p\">I would like to say that FSU started strong and simply just fell off, but that would be a lie. The Noles were buried almost immediately, falling behind 11 \u20130 and trailing 56 \u201331 at half while shooting just 34.6 percent in the opening 20 minutes. Much of the struggle came from stagnant ball movement and poor spacing, as Florida State finished with only seven assists on 22 made baskets. NC State forced the Noles into contested jumpers and rushed possessions, and FSU didn\u2019t find any real success in the paint until late in the first half. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">Defensive Collapse and Lack of Response <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Honestly, the Noles just looked completely outmatched on defense, as they allowed the Wolfpack to hit 19 threes and shoot 55% from the floor, never really finding an answer for the Wolfpack\u2019s ball movement and screening action. One of the most glaring issues came on the glass, where FSU was dominated 44 \u201325 after entering the game as one of the ACC\u2019s best rebounding groups. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">I was not shocked to hear Luke Loucks say that he was \u201cextremely surprised\u201d by his team\u2019s lack of urgency and failure to adjust. Florida State was outplayed in nearly every aspect of the game, and the loss only pushes the Seminoles further down in conference play, while increasing the pressure to respond. With Wake Forest coming up next weekend, the Noles need to regroup quickly if they want to regain any momentum. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State\u2019s home-court advantage wasn\u2019t even close to enough, as NC State dominated in a 113 \u201369 blowout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-114908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}