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RALEIGH, N. Golden State Warriors Jerseys .C. -- Dennis Smith Jr. is back to playing like himself. Still, he looked like someone else to the opposing coach.Smith scored a career-high 30 points to help North Carolina State beat Loyola-Chicago 79-77 on Saturday.Torin Dorn added 20 points for the Wolfpack (5-1), who shot 51 percent from the floor.Smith, a freshman point guard, made 13 of 22 shots from the floor and added seven assists. He opened the season a combined 6 of 22 in the first two games.Im much more comfortable, Smith said. Im still finding my way, just like everybody else. Were going to get a lot better.Abdul-Malik Abu broke a 71-71 tie with a tip-in with 3:29 remaining to give N.C. State the lead for good.Smith provided a steal and layup, assisted on a dunk by Abu and made two free throws to keep his team in front.Dennis Smith was phenomenal, Loyola coach Porter Moser said. He was like (Russell) Westbrook the way he was that quick and that athletic. . I mean, hes all that and more than advertised.Terry Henderson scored 19 points for the Wolfpack, who missed the front end of two one-and-ones in the final 7 seconds.Markell Johnson stole the ball from Loyolas Milton Doyle after the first, and Cameron Satterwhites heave from just beyond halfcourt missed after the second.Aundre Jackson scored 20 points to lead Loyola (5-2), which led by as many as 11 points in the first half.Ben Richardson had 16 points for the Ramblers, who made 10 of 17 3-point attempts.Doyle had 12 points and Clayton Custer had 11 for Loyola.BIG PICTURELoyola: With their lack of size inside, the Ramblers are going to have trouble defending around the basket just as they did against the Wolfpack. But their spread offense is legit, and they gave N.C. State fits with it. Loyola had clear driving lanes to the basket and open 3-point attempts from all over the court throughout the game.N.C. State: The Wolfpack struggled defensively and got almost no production from their interior players against an undersized opponent. They continue to excel in the open court offensively, but they must improve defensively as conference play approaches. Weve got one guy wearing a blue sock and one guy wearing a green sock, N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried said. Two guys trying to guard are not on the same page. Weve got to get on the same page.HIGHLIGHT REELSmith showed his outstanding leaping ability early in the second half. Johnson missed a layup in transition, and Smith rebounded and dunked the ball in one motion to give the Wolfpack a 55-52 lead.HE SAID ITI love my team. The thing I can say most is that in that locker room, they were genuinely upset. They were hurting big-time. They came in here not to come close; they came in here to win. Thats a great sign when youre trying to develop culture in a program. -- MoserINJURIESN.C. State swingman Maverick Rowan missed his fifth consecutive game due to a concussion. Gottfried said Rowan will continue to be evaluated each day, but there is no timetable for his return.Wolfpack post player BeeJay Anya left the game late in the first half after being poked in the eye. He was cleared to return in the second half but did not re-enter the game.UP NEXTLoyola hosts Norfolk State on Wednesday night in the first game of a four-game homestand.N.C. State plays at Illinois on Tuesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. DeMarcus Cousins Jersey . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. Wholesale Warriors Jerseys China . -- The Magic have their first victory of the new year. http:///...p-jacob-evans-jersey .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. SEOUL, South Korea -- Son Heung-min cant seem to do anything wrong.Son came to South Koreas rescue in Asian qualifying for the World Cup when he scored the winner against Qatar on Thursday.The South Koreans looked set to lose for the first time in 11 qualifying matches when they trailed Qatar 2-1 at halftime. Then Ji Dong-won equalized in the 56th minute, and two minutes later Son separated from his marker and curled his shot in.He celebrated with a dab, to more cheers from the home crowd in Suwon. It was his sixth goal in seven appearances for South Korea and Tottenham this season.The important thing is to win and we did that, Son said. After Qatar scored, we regrouped, kept our focus and came back.Son missed South Koreas last qualifier, a goal-less draw in Syria, but has his side second in Group A, behind Iran on goal difference after three of 10 matches.Elsewhere:CHINA 0, SYRIA 1Mahmoud Al Mawas scored the only goal in the second half for Syrias first win in Group A, in Xian.China, meanwhile, remained winless.UZBEKISTAN 0, IRAN 1Iran overtook Uzbekistan and moved into first place in Grouup A. Cheap Warriors Jerseys. .Jalal Hosseini scored the only goal.JAPAN 2, IRAQ 1Hotaru Yamaguchi scored the winner in the fifth minute of injury time in Saitama.Genki Haraguchi put Japan ahead in the first half but Saad Adbulameer equalized in the 60th.I cant say that the match was a good one and cant say that the teams performance was excellent, but that was what I was looking for, Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic said.UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 3, THAILAND 1In Abu Dhabi, two goals from Ali Mabkhout gave the Emirates a second win in three Group B games.Tana Chanabut pulled one back for Thailand but Ahmed Khalil sealed the hosts win in injury time.SAUDI ARABIA 2, AUSTRALIA 2Saudi Arabia leveled 11 minutes from the end of regulation but Australia stayed on top of Group B, ahead of the Saudis on goal difference.Australia took until halftime to match an early Saudi goal, then Tomi Juric put the Aussies ahead in Jeddah in the 71st. But eight minutes later Nassir Al Shamrani made it 2-2. 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