National Basketball Association
N.C. State 68, Pittsburgh 50
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 3, 2015
Where: PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina
Officials:
# Dwayne Gladden, # Tim Nestor, # Raymond Styons
Attendance:
16197
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North Carolina State 68, Pittsburgh 50: Trevor
Lacey scored 19 points and Ralston Turner added 16 as the Wolfpack spoiled the
ACC opener for the visiting Panthers.
Anthony Barber added nine points and BeeJay Anya
had eight points and three blocked shots off the bench for N.C. State (11-4,
2-0 ACC), which improved to 11-2 at home. The Wolfpack, who also received six
points and a team-high nine rebounds from Lennard Freeman, shot 51.9 percent
from the field while swatting away nine Pittsburgh shots at the other end of
the floor.
Jamel Artis had 13 points and James Robinson added
11 for Pittsburgh (10-4, 0-1), which fell seven points shy of their previous season low. The
Panthers, who also received 10 points and nine rebounds from leading scorer
Michael Young, shot a season-worst 32.7 percent from the field in losing for
the first time in their last seven games.
N.C. State held a 27-22 lead early in the second
half before ripping off an 11-2 run to push its lead to 38-24. Barber’s three-point play with just under seven minutes
remaining gave the Wolfpack their largest lead at 59-38, and the Panthers would
only get as close as 15 the rest of the way.
Pittsburgh jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the game’s
opening 4:30, but N.C. State scored the next 12 points to take the lead for
good. The Panthers hit only two of their first 14 field-goal attempts and
finished the opening half 9-of-30 from the floor as N.C. State blocked six
shots and took a 27-20 advantage into the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Ralston and Lacey bounced back
from poor outings against Cincinnati on Tuesday, when they combined to shoot
3-of-12 from the field and score 11 points. … The Panthers fell to 1-10 against
the Wolfpack outside of Pittsburgh. … N.C. State, which entered Saturday’s game
ranked 13th nationally with six blocked shots per game, now has at
least six in nine of its 15 contests this season.
Top Game Performances
| Pittsburgh |
|
N.C. State |
|
Jamel Artis 13 |
Scoring |
Trevor Lacey 19 |
|
Cameron Wright 4 |
Assists |
Anthony Barber 3 |
|
Michael Young 9 |
Rebounds |
Lennard Freeman 9 |
|
Michael Young 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Anthony Barber 3 |
|
Josh Newkirk 2 |
Steals |
Cody Martin 2 |
|
Ryan Luther 1 |
Blocks |
Beejay Anya 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Pittsburgh
|
50 |
32.7 |
5-15 |
9-12 |
10 |
28 |
2 |
6 |
7 |
| N.C. State
|
68 |
51.9 |
6-16 |
8-9 |
10 |
31 |
9 |
4 |
10 |
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