Overview
- Council hit a career-high nine 3-pointers en route to 36 points after entering the game 5-for-27 from long range this season.
- He scored Kansas’ final 13 points of regulation and fed Flory Bidunga for the go-ahead dunk with 51.9 seconds left in overtime.
- NC State’s Darrion Williams, who had 17 points and 10 rebounds, missed a fading 3 at the buzzer after the Wolfpack earned one last shot from a sideline inbounds.
- Quadir Copeland led NC State with 19 points, as the Wolfpack fell just short in Raleigh at the Lenovo Center.
- Kansas improved to 8-3 as freshman Darryn Peterson scored 17 but exited with 2:15 left in regulation and did not play in overtime; NC State dropped to 7-4 under first-year coach Will Wade.