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NC State basketball loses second player to NCAA transfer portal. Here’s who is leaving

North Carolina State’s Jack Clark looks to pass around Furman’s Garrett Hien during the first half of a men’s basketball game at PNC Arena on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State’s Jack Clark looks to pass around Furman’s Garrett Hien during the first half of a men’s basketball game at PNC Arena on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. kmckeown@newsobserver.com

N.C. State is seeing some basketball defections.

Forward Jack Clark on Friday became the second Wolfpack player to enter the NCAA transfer portal. Forward Ebenezer Dowuona was the first to enter the portal on Thursday.

Clark is basically a “one-and-done” with the Pack, transferring to NCSU from La Salle before the 2022-23 season. The 6-8 graduate transfer averaged 9.0 points and a team-leading 6.9 rebounds in 23 games.

Clark’s one season was disrupted by injuries. He said he suffered a groin tear in the Dec. 30 road game at Clemson, missing 10 games. He then crashed to the floor after a dunk in the home game against Wake Forest on Feb. 22, missing the next game.

Clark started 17 of his 23 games and averaged 27 minutes in playing time. He was fourth in steals with 39 despite missing 11 games but was not as dependable a 3-point shooter as Pack coach Kevin Keatts had hoped — Clark made 28 of 97 (28.9%).

Dowuona, a 6-11 junior, played in 30 games and had three starts, averaging 1.7 points and 1.9 rebounds a game as a backup post player.

This story was originally published March 24, 2023 at 4:44 PM.

Chip Alexander
The News & Observer
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.
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