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RALEIGH, N.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.John Simon Jersey . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Houston Antwine Jersey . Wilson hit Schenn from behind during Tuesday nights game in Philadelphia, earning a five-minute major for charging and a game misconduct. 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With the first unit struggling of late and Amir Johnson - one of the teams iron men - hobbling on an injured right ankle, Patterson knew he could get the nod in a challenging matchup against one of the leagues up and coming players at his position.Great Britain clocked a world record in qualifying fastest in the womens team pursuit on day one of action in the Rio Olympic Velodrome.Joanna Rowsell Shand, Laura Trott, Elinor Barker and Katie Archibald set a world record in the four-rider, four-kilometres team pursuit.The quartet finished in four minutes 13.260 seconds to qualify for Saturdays first round, which is effectively a semifinal.Britain will meet Canada and must merely beat them to advance to the final. Canada qualified in four minutes 19.599secs, more than six seconds behind Britain.The United States will meet Australia in the second semifinal after qualifying four minutes 14.286 seconds.Sarah Hammer, Chloe Dygert, Jennifer Valente and Kelly Catlin, who won a first-ever world title for the U.S. in the event earlier this year, started last of nine teams and averaged 56.639 kph in the first womens event held at the Olympic Velodrome. Super excited, gott the nerves out for everybody, said three-time Olympian and team leader Hammer.ddddddddddddAustralia, who set the world record in Paris in February 2015 but crashed in training earlier this week, finished in four minutes 19.059 seconds.There were signs of strain, too, though, from Sir Bradley Wiggins, beginning his bid for a fifth Olympic gold and British record eighth in all with qualifying in the mens team pursuit.He showed annoyance at being summoned by commissaires measuring the aerodynamic bars of the bikes. The officials measured his height and he made a rude gesture with each hand.Riders over 1m 90cm in height are permitted 85cm aerodynamic bars, 5cm longer than smaller riders. Wiggins is 6ft 3ins or 1m 90.5cm. He was not the only British rider to have their measurements taken. ' ' '