Lubin, Adams help usher in Gainey era for NC State with 83-64 win over Campbell

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ven-Allen Lubin recorded a double-double, Darius Adams scored 16 points and N.C. State beat Campbell 83-64 in a season opener on Monday night.

Lubin scored 20 points on 8-for-8 shooting with three 3-pointers and grabbed 10 rebounds for the Wolfpack. Reserve Christian Hammond scored 14 points, Paul McNeil Jr. 11 and Preston Edmead 10.

Rashawn Inglemon scored 20 points and Lance Waddles 19 for the Fighting Camels.

The Camels got out to a 7-1 lead before Edmead made a 3-pointer to give NC State the lead for good at 18-16 with 9:38 before halftime. NC State outscored Campbell 23-3 from there and led 41-19 at halftime.

NC State shot 30 of 56 (54%).

The win was the first for Wolfpack head coach Justin Gainey, a former Wolfpack point guard who was appointed the program's 22nd head coach on March 31.

Gainey appeared in 128 games during his NC State career, making 103 starts from 1996 to 2000.

Up next

Campbell: Heads to Kalamzaoo, Michigan, to take on Western Michigan on Sunday.

NC State: Hosts East Tennessee State on Friday.

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