NC State facing Duke without forward Jack Clark, the Pack’s leading rebounder

N.C. State will have to play No. 16 Duke without its leading rebounder.

The Wolfpack announced a few hours before game time that 6-8 forward Jack Clark suffered a core muscle injury late in the game Friday at Clemson. Clark, averaging 7.3 rebounds, will be sidelined indefinitely, NCSU said.

The Wolfpack (11-4, 1-3 ACC) has played without center Dusan Mahorcic since he dislocated a knee in the Dec. 6 game against Coppin State at Reynolds Coliseum.

Isaiah Miranda, a 7-1 freshman center and former 4-star recruit, enrolled at NCSU for the second semester and has practiced with the team but has not played in a game. Miranda did not dress for the Duke game.

Clark, a graduate transfer from LaSalle, started each of the Pack’s first 15 games. He has averaged 9.1 points and is third on the team with 19 made 3-pointers.

Chip Alexander

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In more than 40 years at The N&O, Chip Alexander has covered the N.C. State, UNC, Duke and East Carolina beats, and now is in his 15th season on the Carolina Hurricanes beat. Alexander, who has won numerous writing awards at the state and national level, covered the Hurricanes’ move to North Carolina in 1997 and was a part of The N&O’s coverage of the Canes’ 2006 Stanley Cup run.