The Wolfpacker: An Independent Magazine Covering NC State Sports
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2024 ■ 35 of games, his stats and numbers were really good." Both players are pick-and-pop cen- ters who can fly up and down the floor and are also strong on ball-screen de- fense. The Pack is excited about what those two can do, while it also added Canadian forward Ismaël Diouf. A 6-9, 215-pound junior, Diouf can play at center, while living at the power forward spot for the most part. In addition, NC State will also be able to play Georgetown transfer Dontrez Styles at the power forward spot. Styles, who spent his first two seasons at North Carolina before joining the Hoyas last year, is coming off a career-best cam- paign in which he averaged 12.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. "I think he's grown in a lot of ways," Keatts said of the 6-6, 210-pound se- nior. "He had a great year at George- town, and hopefully we can put that into our system. "He's unique because we can play him at power forward and small forward. I think the biggest things are his ability to score the basketball and shoot from the three-point line." ■ 2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time TV Oct. 30 Lees-McRae (Exh.) Lenovo Center 7 p.m. Nov. 4 South Carolina Upstate Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra Nov. 8 Presbyterian Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra Nov. 13 Coastal Carolina Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra Nov. 18 Colgate Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ACC Network Nov. 22 William & Mary Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra Nov. 28 vs. Purdue* San Diego 3 p.m. FS1 Nov. 29 vs. BYU or Ole Miss* San Diego TBA FOX Dec. 4 Texas** Lenovo Center 9:15 p.m. ESPN2 Dec. 7 Florida State Lenovo Center 4 p.m. ESPNU Dec. 10 Coppin State Reynolds Coliseum 7 p.m. ACC Network Extra Dec. 14 at Kansas Lawrence, Kan. TBA Dec. 22 Rider Lenovo Center 4 p.m. ACC Network Dec. 31 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. Noon ESPN2 Jan. 4 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. Noon The CW Jan. 8 Notre Dame Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ESPN2/U Jan. 11 North Carolina Lenovo Center 4 p.m. ACC Network Jan. 15 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 7 p.m. ESPNU Jan. 18 California Lenovo Center 6 p.m. ACC Network Jan. 25 SMU Lenovo Center Noon The CW Jan. 27 at Duke Durham, N.C. 8:30 p.m. ESPN Feb. 1 Clemson Lenovo Center 1:30 p.m. The CW Feb. 5 at California Berkeley, Calif. 11 p.m. ACC Network Feb. 8 at Stanford Stanford, Calif. 7 p.m. ACC Network Feb. 12 Louisville Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ESPN2/U Feb. 15 Boston College Lenovo Center 2 p.m. ACC Network Feb. 19 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 7 p.m. ESPN/2 Feb. 22 Wake Forest Lenovo Center TBD ESPN2/U Feb. 26 at Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. 7 p.m. ESPN2/U Mar. 1 at Georgia Tech Atlanta 3 p.m. ACC Network Mar. 5 Pitt Lenovo Center 7 p.m. ACC Network Mar. 8 at Miami Coral Gables, Fla. 2:15 p.m. The CW * Rady Children's Invitational; ** ACC/SEC Challenge Keatts has compiled a 139-94 record in his seven seasons at NC State, including a 26-15 mark last year that included an ACC Tournament title and Final Four berth. PHOTO COURTESY NC STATE ATHLETICS