Zoe Brooks and Saniya Rivers contributed a double-double, the first time in nearly a year that the Pack had multiple double-doubles in a single game.

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N.C. State’s defense only gave up six 3s against Wake, but they came at inopportune times. Ty-Laur Johnson made a triple with 12:11 remaining to put the Deacs up 12. Then, Parker Friedrichsen added another bucket seven minutes later and put Wake Forest up 20.

It may only be the first week of January, but NC State men’s basketball seems to have only one path if it wants to make the NCAA