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BY NOAH FLEISCHMAN
sked on the main stage
at ACC Tipoff inside
the Hilton Charlotte
Uptown what makes
her such a success-
ful rebounder at ACC
Tipoff inside the Hil-
ton Charlotte Uptown,
NC State's Khamil Pierre paused before
answering the question.
She pondered her words
for a split second and
then began to walk
the media members
gathered in the sec-
ond-floor ballroom
through her thought
process.
"I think it's just the
want," Pierre said. "I want
to definitely be a really good
rebounder, but also, I feel like last year
I was pretty happy with myself. I aver-
aged I think it was 12 rebounds a game.
That's not good enough."
Pierre, who averaged 16.7 points and
a career-best 11.9 rebounds per game in
her debut campaign with the Wolfpack
last season, glanced to her right where
her veteran coach sat just two barstools
away. It was as if she knew what Wes
Moore was going to say.
"He thinks if I do this better and this
better, then I should get at least, what
did you say, 14?" Pierre, a preseason
All-ACC pick this year, asked Moore.
Said the 14th-year coach: "15."
It may seem like a tall task, but Moore
genuinely believes Pierre can put her-
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Khamil Pierre Earned First-Team All-ACC
Honors Last Year, But NC State Wants Her
To Take Her Intensity To The Next Level
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