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NC State v Murray St

Thursday, November 19, 2026, 6:00 PM ET at Baha Mar Convention Center. NC State our rank 55 · 3-0; Murray St our rank 82 · 3-0.

Who will win NC State vs Murray St?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives NC State a 66% chance to beat Murray State, with a projected score of NC State 80, Murray St 76.

To winNC State 66%Murray St 34%
Projected score80–76NC State, then Murray St
Margin4.5NC State · no line posted
Total155.7no line posted
First half38–35NC State ahead 58%
NC State by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20Murray St by 30Model: NC State by 4.5NC State by 30by 10by 10Murray St by 30Model: NC State by 4.5

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 60–70% have been right 64.8% of the time in 15,721 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
NC State
LubinF · 27 min14.37.21.615+ 44%
McNeil Jr.G · 29 min13.35.21.015+ 39%
EdmeadG · 31 min13.02.85.115+ 37%
HammondG · 26 min12.82.92.215+ 35%
Murray St
DomonG · 30 min18.94.92.320+ 43%
ShorterG · 24 min14.32.70.515+ 44%
RogersF · 26 min7.56.22.05+ 69%
JonesG · 22 min6.72.52.95+ 62%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Ven-Allen Lubin: NC State 54%Murray St 46%

The white mark is the call with him: NC State 66%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsNC State without himChangeProjected score
NC State
Ven-Allen Lubin3.554%−1278–77
Paul McNeil Jr.3.055%−1179–77
Christian Hammond2.956%−1079–77
Preston Edmead2.458%−879–77
Murray St
Roman Domon3.175%+982–74
Brigham Rogers2.674%+881–74
Christian Jones1.871%+581–75
Brayden Shorter1.270%+481–75

Change is in NC State's win chance, in points. Scores read NC State, then Murray St. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    NC State 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 10W 94-60vs PresbyterianCovered −18.5 · Over 149.5
    2. Nov 6W 77-63vs ETSUDidn't cover −17.5 · Under 152.5
    3. Nov 2W 83-64vs Campbell
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 84.7 and allowing 62.3
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    Murray St 3-0WWW

    1. Nov 10W 94-57vs Alcorn StCovered −30.5 · Under 165.5
    2. Nov 7W 93-71vs N'Western StDidn't cover −23.5 · Over 155.5
    3. Nov 2W 94-64vs Tennessee St
    Last 3
    3–0, scoring 93.7 and allowing 64.0
    Against the spread, this season
    1–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    NC StateMurray St
    Points scored per 100 possessions114.7 55th109.5 95th
    Points allowed per 10099.7 52nd100.1 60th
    Possessions a game71.0 157th73.5 7th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)51.9% 89th52.4% 66th
    Opponents' shooting50.2% 164th48.8% 59th
    Turnovers, share of possessions18.6% 247th18.9% 274th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses33.5% 89th33.5% 85th
    Free throws per shot0.22 337th0.27 124th

    The widest gap: NC State's defense (52nd) against Murray St's offense (95th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    NC State 38, Murray St 35
    First-half margin
    NC State by 2.5
    First-half points, both teams
    73.0
    Projected second half
    NC State 42, Murray St 40
    Second-half points, both teams
    82.6
    Tied at the half
    4%
    NC State, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 40.7 scored, 24.7 allowed
    Murray St, first halves so far
    Led 3 of 3 · 46.3 scored, 34.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    NC State

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Preston EdmeadG3113.02.85.12.0
    15+ pts 37% · 3+ reb 50% · 2+ threes 54%
    Paul McNeil Jr.G2913.35.21.03.2
    15+ pts 39% · 5+ reb 56% · 3+ threes 56%
    Ven-Allen LubinF2714.37.21.60.4
    15+ pts 44% · 7+ reb 55% · 2+ ast 45%
    Christian HammondG2612.82.92.21.4
    15+ pts 35% · 3+ reb 51% · 2+ threes 40%
    Darius AdamsG2510.73.82.51.1
    10+ pts 53% · 4+ reb 50% · 3+ ast 43%
    Eemeli YalahoF216.83.91.01.2
    5+ pts 63% · 4+ reb 52% · 1+ threes 63%
    Kyle EvansF207.15.61.00.1
    5+ pts 66% · 6+ reb 47% · 2+ ast 25%

    Murray St

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Roman DomonG3018.94.92.31.7
    20+ pts 43% · 5+ reb 52% · 2+ threes 46%
    Brigham RogersF267.56.22.00.0
    5+ pts 69% · 6+ reb 56% · 2+ ast 56%
    Brayden ShorterG2414.32.70.52.9
    15+ pts 44% · 3+ reb 46% · 3+ threes 50%
    Christian JonesG226.72.52.91.3
    5+ pts 62% · 3+ reb 42% · 3+ ast 53%
    Talis SoulhacG196.62.31.90.6
    5+ pts 61% · 2+ ast 55% · 1+ threes 43%
    Lachlan CrateG184.92.81.00.4
    5+ pts 45% · 3+ reb 48% · 1+ threes 33%
    Mathis CourbonG164.42.01.10.6
    5+ pts 40% · 2+ reb 55% · 1+ threes 43%
    Ben ShtolzbergG154.31.81.10.3
    5+ pts 38% · 2+ reb 49% · 2+ ast 29%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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