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The various news and Tweets on NC State Wolfpack athletics on Wednesday (Jace McCallum pictured).

• Jacey Zembal

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Charlotte (N.C.) Christian junior Jamal Rule was able to return to NC State for the first time since being offered.

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Published Feb 24, 2021

NC State basketball recruits in action: Ernest Ross averaging double-double

Matt Carter • TheWolfpackCentral

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Here is an update on how NC State's three basketball signees — guards Breon Pass from Reidsville (N.C.) High and Terquavion Smith from Farmville (N.C.) Central High, and forward Ernest Ross from Santa Fe High in Alachua, Fla. — are doing on the hardwood.

Pass and Reidsville High advanced to the second round of the state 2-A playoffs with a 68-50 home win over Red Springs (N.C.) High. Pass scored a season-low 13 points in the win, the first time this year he had less than 20 points.

Prior to the playoffs, Pass ended the regular season by scoring 29 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the field, including 7 of 11 threes, in a 70-61 win at Carrboro (N.C.) High on Feb. 19. Pass also had 11 rebounds, giving him double-doubles in all 11 games during the regular season, and added four assists, two steals and a block.

Overall, Pass finished the regular season averaging 34.5 points, 12.8 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 2.1 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. He shot 73.2 percent from the field, including 54.3 percent on threes, and 89.9 percent at the free throw line. Pass had a 3.5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

In a 58-37 win over Brooksville (Fla.) Central High in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs on Feb. 18, Ross poured in 22 points on 10-of-14 shooting from the field and added 10 rebounds, three steals and a blocked shot. It was Ross' eighth double-double of the season.

In 18 games, Ross is averaging 18.7 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.6 blocks and 2.2 steals per game. He is shooting 51.6 percent from the field and 64.0 percent from the free throw line. Santa Fe is 13-5 in those contests.

Farmville Central improved to 11-0 with an 87-59 win at Ahoskie (N.C.) Hertford County High in the first round of the 2-A state playoffs. If both Farmville Central and Reidsville win their second round games on Thursday night, Pass and Smith will play each other in the third round in Reidsville.

Smith had 35 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Hertford. He had scored 28 points in a regular season-ending 83-64 win at Bethel (N.C.) North Pitt High on Feb. 18.