USC-N.C. State Basketball Blog
posted by Scott Hood on Friday, November 23, 2007
2:55 - Tough loss for USC. The Gamecocks were outscored 23-12 in the final 10 minutes of the game. USC is 3-2. USC shot just 33 percent from the floor and made 2 of 9 FT.
2:52 - 1:02 left. 2 FT by NCS. NCS leads 63-58. USC needs a basket here. 3P by Archie! That wa sbig. USC calls timeout. Down by 2, 63-61. They can play straight up defense right here rather than fouling. Missed shot. Out of bounds. USC ball! Chance to tie. DD layup blocked. Timeout USC with 25.9 secs left. USC down, 63-61. Wild shot by USC. Breakout. Wild sequence. Game over. USC loses 63-61.
2:50 - Timeout NCS with 1:45 left. NCS misses J. Holmes rebound. USC still can't hit any shots. USC is 2 of 9 from FT line. Timeout with 1:17 left. NCS leads 61-58.
2:45 - Holmes has 14 reb. Hoop by Downey. It's tied at 56-56. Foul on Holmes. 2FT for NCS. 3:01 left. Good. Good. NCS leads 58-56. Raley-Ross jumper good! Nice fake on 2 defenders. But there's a 3P by NCS. Ouch. NCS leads 61-58 with 2:06 left. Holmes misses front end of 1&1.
2:40 - Holmes at the FT line. Good. No Good. USC down by 1 at 53-52. Glass jumper by NCS. USC needs a basket. Tip-in by Holmes! Huge basket right there. Foul by USC on drive to the basket. NCS leads 55-54 with 3-1/2 mins left.
2:35 - Nice reverse layup by NCS. They have the chance to take the lead here. Reach-in foul by USC. NCS in the bonus. One FT good. We're tied at 51-51. USC can't hit any shots right now. 2 FT by NCS. They lead 53-51 with 4:40 left.
2:30 - Third TV timeout of the second half. 7:22 left. USC is shooting just 33 percent but leads by 3 pts, 51-48. 19 OR's for USC. That's saving USC right now.
2:25 - 4 straight pts by NCS. USC leads 49-44. 6 straight pts by NCS on a leaner in the lane. Day with the OR and basket. That was huge for USC. The Gamecocks needed a basket badly in that situation. NCS has seized some of the moemntum.. There's a bad miss on a layup by USC. Jumper by NCS. USC leads 51-48 with 7:40 left.
2:20 - Let's see if USC can hang on here. 11:51 left. Fredrick tops USC with 12 points. 3P by Day! It's 46-40 USC. 3P by Raley-Ross! USC leads 49-40! Wow. 10:49 left.
2:15 - A pair of 3-pointers by Fredrick has given USC a 43-40 lead. Just under 12 min. left. Zam is getting hot at the right time. Hopefully, he can keep it up. TV timeout. USC leads by three. One of NCS' best players just picked up his fourth foul.
2:10 - Post-up hoop by NCS. First TV timeout of the 2H. USC leads 35-34 with just under 16 mins left.
2:05 - NCS regains the lead at 32-31. Another basket by Holmes. Downey drove and dished to Holmes. Nice assist. Runer by Downey! He's an exciting player. USC leads 35-32 with 16:58 left. NCS calls timeout. They didn't want to wait for the TV timeout. Good start for USC here in the 2H. Downey has shown some energy.
1:58 - The 2H is underway. DD leads USC with 8 pts. First basket of the 2H by NCS. Cold shooting continues for USC. Transition points for NCS. 2 FT by NCS. We're tied at 29-29. Great putback by Holmes. He outmuscled three NCS players for the OR. Misses FT. It's 31-29.
1:42 - Long distance 3P by Downey at the buzzer!!! Great answer to the 3P by NCS. USC leads 29-25 at halftime. Not a great first half offensively for either team but Odom will take it. USC shot 37 percent in the first half.
1:40 - 1 FT for NCS. USC holds 23-22 lead. Timeout called by USC with 59.8 secs left. This has been an ugly game. The ESPN announcer just said there hasn't been any flow to the game. I agree. Great OR by Archie and basket. Completes 3-point play. USC leads 26-22. 30 secs left.
1:35 - Fourth TV timeout. NCS leads 21-19 with 3:45 left. Not much going on offensively for either team right now. It's been a struggle. But's there a followup by Muldrow. It's tied at 21-21. Rejection by Archie! Jumper by Muldrow. USC leads 23-21. 2:04 left in 1H.
1:30 - USC is shooting 35 percent. And that percentage continues to decrease with each miss. Fortunately, NCS hasn't hit many shots either. NCS gets an easy layup. USC trails 21-16. Downey finally hits a jumper. It's a 3. 21-19.
1:25 - Third TV timeout. NCS leads 19-16. USC has to get untracked offensively.
1:23 - Another TO by USC. It's 17-13 NCS. Holmes at the line with 8:17 left. There's a 3 by Efka!! He hasn't played much. He's a streaky shooter. Good move by Odom putting him in the game. USC down 17-16.
1:20 - Good OR basket by Holmes. NCS hasn't commited a foul yet through 10 minutes of the 1H. USC wa slucky there. NCS failed to convert a turnover. USC is missing a lot of shots right now. Neither team is shooting particularly well right now. The game is being played the NCS pace right now. USC is settling for perimter shots and not hitting them.
1:15 - Second TV timeout of the game. NCS leads 15-11 with 11:39 left.
1:12 - Downey just scored his first bucket of the game. He goes to the hoop and scores another basket. USC leads 11-8. There's another TO by NCS. The USC defense is causing problems. 3P by NCS after Holmes missed an easy one. GT on USC. NCS leads 13-11 with 12:39 left.
1:08 - Coming out of the timout, NCS hits 2 FT. 6-4 Wolfpack. There's a 3P for Raley-Ross. He had a big 3 in yesterday's game. Reverse layup for NCS. 8-7 NCS
1:03 - Another jumper by Fredrick. He has two early baskets. NCS player is trapped along the sideline and calls timeout. 16 min. left. Foul on Muldrow, his second of the game. Odom may have to take him out of the game. First TV timeout. It's 4-4 with about 16 min. left.
1:00 - OR for NC State. This was the problem for USC yesterday. 2 missed FT. Archie travels underneath. It's 4-2 NCS with 16:44 left.
12:57 - Same starters for USC yesterday. We're underway. NC State has a big size advantage over USC. We'll see how that works out. Fredrick jumper ties it at 2-2. Just over 18 mins. left.
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2:55 - Tough loss for USC. The Gamecocks were outscored 23-12 in the final 10 minutes of the game. USC is 3-2. USC shot just 33 percent from the floor and made 2 of 9 FT.
2:52 - 1:02 left. 2 FT by NCS. NCS leads 63-58. USC needs a basket here. 3P by Archie! That wa sbig. USC calls timeout. Down by 2, 63-61. They can play straight up defense right here rather than fouling. Missed shot. Out of bounds. USC ball! Chance to tie. DD layup blocked. Timeout USC with 25.9 secs left. USC down, 63-61. Wild shot by USC. Breakout. Wild sequence. Game over. USC loses 63-61.
2:50 - Timeout NCS with 1:45 left. NCS misses J. Holmes rebound. USC still can't hit any shots. USC is 2 of 9 from FT line. Timeout with 1:17 left. NCS leads 61-58.
2:45 - Holmes has 14 reb. Hoop by Downey. It's tied at 56-56. Foul on Holmes. 2FT for NCS. 3:01 left. Good. Good. NCS leads 58-56. Raley-Ross jumper good! Nice fake on 2 defenders. But there's a 3P by NCS. Ouch. NCS leads 61-58 with 2:06 left. Holmes misses front end of 1&1.
2:40 - Holmes at the FT line. Good. No Good. USC down by 1 at 53-52. Glass jumper by NCS. USC needs a basket. Tip-in by Holmes! Huge basket right there. Foul by USC on drive to the basket. NCS leads 55-54 with 3-1/2 mins left.
2:35 - Nice reverse layup by NCS. They have the chance to take the lead here. Reach-in foul by USC. NCS in the bonus. One FT good. We're tied at 51-51. USC can't hit any shots right now. 2 FT by NCS. They lead 53-51 with 4:40 left.
2:30 - Third TV timeout of the second half. 7:22 left. USC is shooting just 33 percent but leads by 3 pts, 51-48. 19 OR's for USC. That's saving USC right now.
2:25 - 4 straight pts by NCS. USC leads 49-44. 6 straight pts by NCS on a leaner in the lane. Day with the OR and basket. That was huge for USC. The Gamecocks needed a basket badly in that situation. NCS has seized some of the moemntum.. There's a bad miss on a layup by USC. Jumper by NCS. USC leads 51-48 with 7:40 left.
2:20 - Let's see if USC can hang on here. 11:51 left. Fredrick tops USC with 12 points. 3P by Day! It's 46-40 USC. 3P by Raley-Ross! USC leads 49-40! Wow. 10:49 left.
2:15 - A pair of 3-pointers by Fredrick has given USC a 43-40 lead. Just under 12 min. left. Zam is getting hot at the right time. Hopefully, he can keep it up. TV timeout. USC leads by three. One of NCS' best players just picked up his fourth foul.
2:10 - Post-up hoop by NCS. First TV timeout of the 2H. USC leads 35-34 with just under 16 mins left.
2:05 - NCS regains the lead at 32-31. Another basket by Holmes. Downey drove and dished to Holmes. Nice assist. Runer by Downey! He's an exciting player. USC leads 35-32 with 16:58 left. NCS calls timeout. They didn't want to wait for the TV timeout. Good start for USC here in the 2H. Downey has shown some energy.
1:58 - The 2H is underway. DD leads USC with 8 pts. First basket of the 2H by NCS. Cold shooting continues for USC. Transition points for NCS. 2 FT by NCS. We're tied at 29-29. Great putback by Holmes. He outmuscled three NCS players for the OR. Misses FT. It's 31-29.
1:42 - Long distance 3P by Downey at the buzzer!!! Great answer to the 3P by NCS. USC leads 29-25 at halftime. Not a great first half offensively for either team but Odom will take it. USC shot 37 percent in the first half.
1:40 - 1 FT for NCS. USC holds 23-22 lead. Timeout called by USC with 59.8 secs left. This has been an ugly game. The ESPN announcer just said there hasn't been any flow to the game. I agree. Great OR by Archie and basket. Completes 3-point play. USC leads 26-22. 30 secs left.
1:35 - Fourth TV timeout. NCS leads 21-19 with 3:45 left. Not much going on offensively for either team right now. It's been a struggle. But's there a followup by Muldrow. It's tied at 21-21. Rejection by Archie! Jumper by Muldrow. USC leads 23-21. 2:04 left in 1H.
1:30 - USC is shooting 35 percent. And that percentage continues to decrease with each miss. Fortunately, NCS hasn't hit many shots either. NCS gets an easy layup. USC trails 21-16. Downey finally hits a jumper. It's a 3. 21-19.
1:25 - Third TV timeout. NCS leads 19-16. USC has to get untracked offensively.
1:23 - Another TO by USC. It's 17-13 NCS. Holmes at the line with 8:17 left. There's a 3 by Efka!! He hasn't played much. He's a streaky shooter. Good move by Odom putting him in the game. USC down 17-16.
1:20 - Good OR basket by Holmes. NCS hasn't commited a foul yet through 10 minutes of the 1H. USC wa slucky there. NCS failed to convert a turnover. USC is missing a lot of shots right now. Neither team is shooting particularly well right now. The game is being played the NCS pace right now. USC is settling for perimter shots and not hitting them.
1:15 - Second TV timeout of the game. NCS leads 15-11 with 11:39 left.
1:12 - Downey just scored his first bucket of the game. He goes to the hoop and scores another basket. USC leads 11-8. There's another TO by NCS. The USC defense is causing problems. 3P by NCS after Holmes missed an easy one. GT on USC. NCS leads 13-11 with 12:39 left.
1:08 - Coming out of the timout, NCS hits 2 FT. 6-4 Wolfpack. There's a 3P for Raley-Ross. He had a big 3 in yesterday's game. Reverse layup for NCS. 8-7 NCS
1:03 - Another jumper by Fredrick. He has two early baskets. NCS player is trapped along the sideline and calls timeout. 16 min. left. Foul on Muldrow, his second of the game. Odom may have to take him out of the game. First TV timeout. It's 4-4 with about 16 min. left.
1:00 - OR for NC State. This was the problem for USC yesterday. 2 missed FT. Archie travels underneath. It's 4-2 NCS with 16:44 left.
12:57 - Same starters for USC yesterday. We're underway. NC State has a big size advantage over USC. We'll see how that works out. Fredrick jumper ties it at 2-2. Just over 18 mins. left.
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