This week's edition of the OLD NORTH STATE TAILGATE, presented by  @northcarolinaporkcouncil1871  features discussion on the upcoming #Duke / #WakeForest Game, plus analysis on #UNC, #NCState, and college football in the State of North Carolina heading into Week #10 of the 2023 season.

THIS WEEK'S GAMES...

Thursday, November 2

Marilyn Que (pronounced “cue”) Tucker is the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Commissioner with a proven track record of service to young people.

A native of Rockingham County, Tucker came to the Association in 1991 after a stint as an assistant coach for the North Carolina State University women’s basketball program. She worked under storied head coach Kay Yow.  Among her duties there was to oversee the team’s academic progress. 

Before entering the collegiate ranks, Que was a highly successful coach at Reidsville Senior High School.  As a head women’s basketball coach at the high school level, she complied with a career win-loss mark of 145-104 from 1978 through 1988 and posted a 58-16 state as a volleyball head coach.

She was named North Central 4-A Conference Coach of the Year in volleyball in 1986 and ’87 and won the corresponding honor in that league in women’s basketball in 1987.  She also was the Triad 3-A Conference Coach of the Year in women’s basketball twice.

Tucker was an outstanding athlete at Stoneville High School in Rockingham County and went from there to Mars Hill College. She played basketball and graduated in 1974 with a B.S. degree in physical education.

She earned her master’s degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1977, serving as a graduate assistant in women’s volleyball and basketball.  Her first teaching position was in the McDowell County system, where she taught and coached at West McDowell Junior High in Marion, NC. She finished her public school career teaching at Reidsville Junior High while serving as Varsity Volleyball and Basketball at Reidsville High School Schools. 

She is a charter member of the Mars Hill College Athletic Hall of Fame and was an assistant basketball coach in the East-West all-star game conducted by the North Carolina Coaches Association in 1989.  She also has an excellent officiating background, serving as a game official in volleyball, basketball, and softball.

As Assistant Executive Director, Tucker developed the Association’s student services program, one of the unique offerings by a state association in the country.  The program dealt with substance abuse education, leadership development, academic accountability, and citizenship.  She helped organize the Student-Athlete Summer Institute (SASI) programs across the state.  To operate this program, she oversaw a budget of over $500,000, state monies from the NC General Assembly.

In December 2015, after serving as the Interim Commissioner for 5 months, Tucker was named the Commissioner for the Association.

David Glenn visits with BIG FOUR school athletes RJ Davis #UNC, DJ Burns #NCState, Andrew Carr #WakeForest, and Kyle Filipowski & Tyrese Proctor of #Duke

David Glenn talks with Tobacco Road ACC coaches Kevin Keatts of NC State, Steve Forbes #HubertDavis as part of the ACC Tipoff Event in Charlotte.

One of two players to start all 33 games…finished fourth on the team in points per game (10.8)...led the team in rebounds per game (6.2) and blocks (32)…had the best field goal percentage on the team (100 or more attempts) at 49.4 percent…averaged 31.4 minutes per game…had a game-high 14 points in his Wake Forest debut against Fairfield (Nov. 7)...recorded a double-double (15 points, 14 rebounds) against Utah Valley (Nov. 15)…scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting, including the game-winner, against App State (Dec. 17)...set a new career high with 22 points on 8-of-10 shooting in the win over Florida State (Jan. 11)...recorded his second-consecutive 20-point game with a 21-point double-double against Boston College (Jan. 14)...tallied 18 points and 11 rebounds in the following game against Clemson (Jan. 17)...averaged 20.3 points and 9.3 rebounds per game in that three-game span (Jan.11-Jan.17)... named Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Week on Jan. 16...2022-23 ACC All-Academic Team selection.

Steve Forbes was named Wake Forest basketball's 23rd head coach on April 30, 2020. A 30-year coaching veteran, Coach Forbes is a proven winner and builder of championship cultures with a 348-145 (.706) overall record in his three seasons at Wake Forest, five years at East Tennessee State and at three previous community college head coaching stints.

2022-23 – Senior Season (at NC State): Honorable Mention All-ACC team selection … Appeared in 34 games, making 22 starts … Averaged 12.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game … Led team and ranked fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage, shooting 56.1 percent from the field … Led team in scoring eight times, in rebounding nine times, in assists three times, in steals nine times and in blocks 10 times … Scored in double figures 23 times, including four games over 20 points … Made program debut on 11/7 vs. Austin Peay and had a double-double in 18 minutes off the bench … Was 5-of-5 from the field for 10 points and added 10 rebounds in win over Governors … Made second start of the season on 12/10 at Miami and had 16 points and 8 rebounds … Had 18 points and nine rebounds in win over Vanderbilt on 12/17 … Scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half vs. the Commodores … Scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting in win over Duke on 1/4 … Had 12 points, nine rebounds and seven assists in win over Miami on 1/14 … Scored 18 points at North Carolina on 1/21 … Scored career-high 31 points in win at Wake Forest on 1/28 … Scored 23 of his 31 points in the second half … Scored 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds in win over Georgia Tech on 2/4 … Posted a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds in win at Boston College on 2/11 … Scored 18 points in win over North Carolina on 2/19 … Had 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting in win over Wake Forest on 2/22.

CAREER

Hubert Davis is in his third season as head coach at his alma mater and his 12th season on the Tar Heel coaching staff.