32 ■ THE WOLFPACKER
TRANSITION TRANSITION
GAME GAME
Quadir Copeland Has Helped NC State
Adapt To A New Coaching Regime
BY NOAH FLEISCHMAN
uadir Copeland flew up
the court with a purpose
after nabbing a steal from
Liberty's Zach Cleveland
in the opening minutes of
a December midweek tilt.
He found a lane through
the middle of NC State's
home floor, shifting the
defense with his intentional way of
moving with the ball, then selflessly
passing to senior guard Tre Holloman
for a wide-open transition three.
Copeland, an athletic 6-foot-6 se-
nior wing who tends to act as a point
guard for the Wolfpack, can do it all for
his new team. Not only is he a willing
passer — a trait that Copeland seems
to make his strength — but he can also
fill the bucket with acrobatic finishes
that reminded Maliq Brown, his former
Syracuse teammate, of the Harlem Glo-
betrotters.
He's also a bulldog on defense with
active hands that tend to poke the ball
away with ease.
In a way, Copeland has powered NC
State this season. He was the spark that
the Wolfpack had been looking for, and
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