National Basketball Association
N.C. State 77, Texas 74
When: 6:30 PM ET, Monday, November 21, 2011
Where: IZOD Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Officials:
# Thomas Regan, # Ron Tyburski, # Earl Walton
Attendance:
16261
By SportsDirect Inc.
C.J. Leslie led the way with 17 points as North Carolina State came back from an 18-point deficit to beat Texas 77-74 on Monday in the TicketCity Legends Classic in East Rutherford, N.J.
Scott Wood added 16 points off the bench for the Wolfpack (4-1), who scored 33 points at the free throw line.
Texas led 65-47 and looked ready to run away with the game after Julien Lewis buried the second of back-to-back 3-pointers with 11:50 left.
But the Longhorns would not make another field goal for the next 9:07 as the Wolfpack slowly worked their way back into the game.
Texas star guard J‘Covan Brown was called for a personal foul and a technical with 8:25 left, fouling himself out of the game.
N.C. State took advantage as Wood and Leslie each drained a pair of free throws. The Wolfpack continued to surge forward, and took the lead for good 69-67 on DeShawn Painter’s jumper with 5:29 left.
The run ended up being 28-2 before Sheldon McClellan converted a three-point play to get the Longhorns back on the board.
Texas showed enough fight to get it back to a one-possession game, and had two chances to tie it in the final 10 seconds but could not hit a 3-pointer.
Top Game Performances
| N.C. State |
|
Texas |
|
C.J. Leslie 17 |
Scoring |
J'Covan Brown 17 |
|
Lorenzo Brown 4 |
Assists |
J'Covan Brown 7 |
|
Lorenzo Brown 5 |
Rebounds |
Jonathan Holmes 8 |
|
C.J. Leslie 9 |
Free Throws Made |
Jonathan Holmes 7 |
|
Lorenzo Brown 2 |
Steals |
Julien Lewis 2 |
|
C.J. Leslie 2 |
Blocks |
Jaylen Bond 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| N.C. State
|
77 |
45.5 |
4-12 |
33-44 |
14 |
28 |
3 |
7 |
|
| Texas
|
74 |
47.2 |
5-16 |
19-25 |
13 |
31 |
3 |
6 |
|
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