NC State 58, South Florida 57
Cardiac Pack indeed. No. 6 seed NC State used solid defense and a late-game pass and layup from Scott Wood to Richard Howell to defeat No. 3 seed South Florida in Orlando. The “upset” win sets up a second round trip to No. 2 seed UAB, a team many believed to be on the NCAA Tournament bubble heading into the final weeks of the season. If NC State can secure another victory and UNC upsets Mississippi State in the second round, the Wolfpack and Tar Heels would meet for the third time this season.
GoPack: Howell’s layup pushes hoops past USF, 58-57
Dennis Horner scored 25 points and Richard Howell’s go-ahead layup with eight seconds left barely beat the shot clock as NC State defeated South Florida 58-57 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night.
The officials reviewed Howell’s basket to see if it beat the shot clock and the call stood.
USF star Dominiques Jones had a look for a last shot, but passed it to Chris Howard, who then passed it to Augustus Gilchrist, who put up an airball.
The Wolfpack (20-15) trailed for the first 25 minutes of the game as Horner had 14 of NC State’s 22 points in the first.
N&O: Howell’s timely shot lifts Pack to NIT win
Scott Wood couldn’t believe his eyes.
The freshman had been held without a point, and with 11 seconds left in the game, six on the shot clock and N.C. State trailing South Florida 57-56, the inbounds pass had sailed over his head into the backcourt.
As Wood tracked down the ball and moved upcourt, he started to heave a halfcourt shot when he noticed something.
“I was going up to shoot it, and I looked at the clock real quick, and I was like, ‘The clock hasn’t started yet,’ ” said Wood, who fired a pass under the basket to Richard Howell, wide open for a go-ahead layup.
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Glad they are still playing. Hope they understand that they earned something rather than it was given to them.
Hope that lesson translates this time going into next season as opposed to what happened last time they made a postseason tourny.
Go Pack!
Thanks D-Med. Wanted to tell you that Sweitzer is doing his student teaching at the Ville.
Does anyone have an address to watch the game online?
^ ESPN360
It should be a good game tonight. I’ll be interested to see how Javi plays tonight. Go Pack!!
^Agree. Hope Javi has let go of what happened over the weekend or at least uses it as motivation to play well tonight and hopefully through more games in the NIT.
espn 360 isnt free! is it?
inhoc it is but you have to have an internet provider that carries 360 and unless you live near a college and have thier internet provider you prob wont get 360
does anyone have a link to the game other than 360
did the game start yet
Let’s go PACK!!! Off to a slow, sloppy start though.
Looks like the teams are feeling each other out and taking turns turning it over.
Horner is playing well to start the game. Seems like he’s scored all of our points.
Dennis with our first 9 points
Would like to see us get off to a good start for a change.
Horner keeping us in it right now. Not a great start.
USF is taking it to us on defense, being very physical (a lot of hand/body checking) and we haven’t responded well so far. They are dictating the game to us so far, but we are only down 11-9 at the under 16 timeout.
Horner all 9 points.
Ok, call that on both ends please.
Jones already untracked on us.
USF 11 Horner 9, why is he now on the bench??
had lorenzo brown signed his LOI yet?
They could’ve let that go … would’ve been 2 easy points fo us.
Horner with all of the points.. This is interesting to watch =P
ME SO HORENER.
where have you been?
Horner 12, USF 11
1st foul on USF, we’ve got 4-5 already.
Under 12 timeout.
someone isnt ready for their career to end tonight
Thomas hit a jumpshot!
Good D!