NC State Topped Virginia 73-65 Friday In Overtime In ACC Tournament Semifinals To Advance To ACC Tournament Championship Saturday Night
NC State topped Virginia 73-65 Friday in overtime in ACC Tournament semifinals to advance to ACC Tournament Championship Saturday night.
Where?
Washington DC at Capital One Arena that is home Washington Wizards of NBA Washington Capitals of NHL.
As NC State topped Virginia 73-65 Friday in overtime in ACC Tournament semifinals four players scored in double figures. Those players included Mohamed Diarra who was 4-11 on field goals to go along with 5 rebounds , 1 assists, 19 points . Michael O’ Connell was 5-9 on field goals, 2-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds, 3 assists , 1 steal , 12 points. Though, Michael O’connell’s most important basket came as a buzzer beater to send the game in to overtime where NC State would eventually move on to the ACC Tournament Championship game following his buzzer beater in regulation Casey Morsell was 4-8 on field goals to go along with 4 rebounds , 1 assist , 11 points. Ben Middlebrooks was 4-8 on field goals to go along with 6 rebounds, 3 steals , 12 points. DJ Horne was 2-9 on field goals , 0-5 on 3 pointers to go along with 3 rebounds , 2 assists, 2 steals, 8 points.
According to espn app
Following NC State advancing to ACC Tournament Championship Friday with 73-65 win over Virginia in overtime NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts shared his thoughts on Michael O’Connell’s buzzer beater that sent the the NC State, Virginia semifinal game into overtime where NC State would eventually top Virginia 73-65 advance to ACC Tournament Championship that sets up a third match up of 2023-2024 regular season with tobacco road rival North Carolina by saying Michael’s shot, man, that’s a great shot,”and I had a direct view of it. As it went up I was like, man, that shot is going in, it’s going in and then luckily it did.”
Following NC State advancing to ACC Tournament Championship Friday with 73-65 win over Virginia in overtime NC State guard Michael O’Connell had this to say about sending NC State, Virginia semifinal into overtime about his shot!
“It doesn’t matter how it goes in, it counts. It’s three points and it took us to overtime. I’ll take it every time.”
NC State opposed North Carolina twice during the regular season losing twice to their tobacco road rival losing the first match up on Wednesday January 10, 2024 in North Carolina’s state capital when NC State lost inaugural match up of 2023-2024 season to 7th ranked North Carolina Wednesday 67-54 in North Carolina’s state capital because as a team NC State didn’t shoot well offensively.
Where?
On the hardwood!
As a team offensively NC State shot 26.9 % on field goals, 9.5 % on 3 pointers.
Shooting percentages like that aren’t going to win you a game!
Individually DJ Burns Jr.was 4-8 on field goals to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 assist, 2 blocks, 11 points. Dennis Parker Jr. was 2-7 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along with 5 rebounds, 1 block , 4 points. Jayden Taylor was 2-7 on field goals, 1-4 on 3 pointers to go along 5 rebounds , 6 points. DJ Horne was 2-16 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 10 rebounds, 4 assists , 1 steal , 6 points. Casey Morsell was 3-12 on field goals, 0-6 on 3 pointers to go along with 6 rebounds , 12 points. Mohamed Diarra was 2-6 on field goals to go along with 3 rebounds, 1 steal , 7 points. Ben Middlebrooks was 0-3 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 2 rebounds , 1 steal , 2 points. MJ Rice was 1-4 on field goals, 0-2 on 3 pointers to go along 2 rebounds, 2 points. Michael O’Connell was 2-4 on field goals, 0-1 on 3 pointers to go along with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 points.
According to espn app
Following NC State losing inaugural match up of 2023-2024 season 67-54 to 7th ranked North Carolina Wednesday in North Carolina’s capital because as a team NC State didn’t shoot well offensively NC State senior guard DJ Horne who was 2-16 on field goals, 0-3 on 3 pointers to go along with 10 rebounds , 4 assists, 1 steal , 6 had this to say!
They made shots and we didn’t,” he said in assessing the game. “We had some breakdowns defensively and they didn’t. And that’s ultimately what led to us losing.”
Following NC State losing inaugural match up of 2023-2024 season 67-54 to 7th ranked North Carolina Wednesday in North Carolina’s capital because as a team NC State didn’t shoot well offensively NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!
“Our defense completely kept us in the game at halftime.
Following NC State losing inaugural match up of 2023-2024 season 67-54 to 7th ranked North Carolina Wednesday in North Carolina’s capital because as a team NC State didn’t shoot well offensively NC State junior guard Jayden Taylor had this to say about North Carolina’s defense! Give them credit. They took us out of our flow and ultimately that led to us kind of playing soft, which we can’t do,”
We just couldn’t get into a flow.”
According to Chip Alexander News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article284077843.html
Then NC State opposed North Carolina yet again on Saturday March 2, 2024 in Chapel Hill. This time, losing 79-70. Though, DJ Horne, Jayden Taylor scored 20 points, 22 points. As DJ Horne scored 20 points he was 8-19 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals. Jayden Taylor was 6-10 on field goals, 5-7 on 3 pointers to go along with 1 rebound.
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Following NC State’s 79-70 loss to 9th ranked North Carolina Saturday DJ Horne who scored 20 points he was 8-19 on field goals, 2-4 on 3 pointers to go along 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals had this to say!
I think we just kind of let go of the rope a little bit,Let go of our focus. Our emotions kind of started flaring a little bit.”
Following NC State’s 79-70 loss to 9th ranked North Carolina Saturday NC State Head Coach Kevin Keatts had this to say!
I don’t think we ever got rattled,”. “I just think we stopped making shots. I thought we had shots. I thought we did some good things. I thought we moved the ball. We didn’t make shots.”
According to Luke Decock News & Observer article https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/luke-decock/article286025616.html
Tip off is set for 8:30pm from Capital One Arena!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Jay Bilas, Dan Shulman commentating!
ay Bilas is a former Duke center who played for former Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski from 1982 -1986 playing 127 games averaging 8.4 points 5.4 rebounds, 0.4 assists before drafted 5th round of 1986 15th pick 108th pick overall in the 1986 NBA Draft. Though, Jay Bilas would never set foot on the hardwood for Dallas because he instead he would play professionally in Italy where he was among the leagues top scores in 1987-1988 seasons before playing professionally in Spain for part of the 1989 season before returning to Duke in 1990 to serve as an assistant coach on Krzyzewski’s staff, while also earning his law degree from Duke Law School. While Bilas was an assistant coach under Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils advanced to the NCAA Championship Gem three times, winning back-to-back National Championships in 1991 and 1992.
According to https://espnpressroom.com/us/bios/bilas_jay/