NC State hosts Pittsburgh following Hinson's 22-point game

Pittsburgh Panthers (5-3) at NC State Wolf Pack (7-1)

Raleigh, North Carolina; Friday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh faces the NC State Wolf Pack after Blake Hinson scored 22 points in Pittsburgh's 87-58 win over the Northwestern Wildcats.

The Wolf Pack have gone 5-0 at home. NC State is 7- when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.0 turnovers per game.

The Panthers are 1-0 on the road. Pittsburgh is ninth in the ACC scoring 73.3 points per game and is shooting 43.6%.

The Wolf Pack and Panthers match up Friday for the first time in ACC play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jarkel Joiner is scoring 17.3 points per game and averaging 3.8 rebounds for the Wolf Pack. Terquavion Smith is averaging 16.1 points and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 39.1% for NC State.

Hinson is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 6.8 rebounds for the Panthers. Jamarius Burton is averaging 14.6 points and 5.0 rebounds for Pittsburgh.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.