NC State, Top Ranked Purdue Are Matching Up Today In The Basketball Hall Of Fame Invitational At Barclays Center The Home Of The NBA's Brooklyn Nets, The WNBA's New York Liberty!
NC State, top ranked Purdue are matching up today in the Basketball Hall Of Fame Invitational at Barclays Center the home of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets, the WNBA’s New York Liberty!
NC State is a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference!
Purdue is a member of the Big Ten Conference!
NC State comes into the game with record of 7-2!
Their most recent game?
A 65-48 win over Bethune -Cookman in North Carolina’s state capital on Thursday night!
NC State routed Bethune - Cookman 65-48 as they returned to non-conference play in North Carolina’s state capital Thursday night.
Why?
NC State jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the opening minutes of the game as the Pack hit four of its first six shots. The lead stretched to 10, 14-4, two minutes later but the Pack could never pull away from Bethune-Cookman in the first half as the Wildcats would cut the deficit to five multiple times in the first half.
NC State went into halftime with a 34-29 advantage.
In the second half, NC State opened up a 13 point lead just five minutes into the final period and Bethune-Cookman would never get closer than nine points the rest of the game.
NC State never trailed trailed in dispatching Bethune-Cookman, 65-48, Thursday evening inside James T. Valvano Arena at Reynolds Coliseum.
In NC State’s win over Bethune -Cookman Dereon Seabron led NC State with 16 points and 14 rebounds for this ACC-best sixth double-double of the season. The Norfolk, Virginia native , has now led NC State in rebounding in all nine games this season.
Terquavion Smith added 14 points while Jericole Hellems hit his first five shots of the game to finish with 13 points. Hellems added a team-high four steals.
“according to an article on gopack.com”
Purdue comes into the game with a record of 8-1!
Their most recent game?
A 70 -68 loss to Rutgers who like Purdue is a member of the Big Ten Conference!
In Purdue’s 70-68 loss to Rutgers Rutgers defeated No. 1-ranked Purdue 70-68 on a last-second, half-court shot by Ron Harper Jr. The loss ended Purdue's unbeaten start at 8-0, the best start since starting 11-0 in the 2015-16 season.
The Boilermakers were playing their first game as the nation's top-ranked team.
Purdue was one of the nation's last 10 unbeaten teams and the last remaining unbeaten team in the Big Ten.
The Boilermakers haven't started conference play 2-0 since the 2016-17 season.
Purdue was outscored at the free throw line 13-11, the first time all season Purdue was outscored at the charity stripe.
Purdue fell to 133-15 under Coach Painter when winning the rebound and turnover battles. Purdue was +8 on the glass and +4 in turnovers.
Purdue outscored Rutgers in second-chance points and points off turnovers by a 38-8 margin.
Purdue shot a season-low 41.0 percent from the field and 26.9 percent from 3-point range.
Trevion Williams recorded his 25th career double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds in 23 minutes of action.
Purdue's two centers, Zach Edey and Trevion Williams, combined for 34 points and 17 rebounds while shooting 14-of-25 from the field. The rest of the team had 34 points while going 11-of-36 from the field.
”according to an article on purduesports.com”Ron Harper Jr. hit a buzzer-beater from just inside half court, and Rugers shocked Purdue in its first-ever game as the nation's No. 1 team, winning 70-68 Thursday night.
Harper finished with 30 points on 10-of-15 shooting and 10 rebounds for the Scarlet Knights, a do-it-all performance that concluded with the most stunning shot of the college hoops season thus far. Rutgers (5-4, 1-1 Big Ten) beat the top-ranked team for the first time in program history.
Purdue had gone ahead 68-67 on a layup byTrevion Williams with 4 seconds left. With no timeouts, Rutgers inbounded the ball to Harper, who dribbled across the half-court line and let it fly from the big "R" logo. The ball went through as time expired, and Rutgers fans stormed the court.
Williams scored 21 points off the bench for Purdue (8-1, 1-1 Big Ten), which was a unanimous No. 1 in this week's AP Top 25, the program's first time atop the poll. Its stay will be brief.
Ron Harper Jr.'s buzzer-beater capped a wild finish in which the lead changed three times in the final 13.1 seconds.
The lead changed hands three times in the final 13.1 seconds. Harper hit a turnaround jumper to put Rutgers ahead 67-66, its first lead since early in the second half.
Purdue had a 10-point lead with 8 minutes left before Rutgers began chipping away.
Caleb McConnell made a turnaround jumper in the paint to get Rutgers within 65-63 with 2:07 remaining, and Mawot Mag pulled Rutgers within one on a dunk off a pass from Harper with 1:05 left.
McConnell had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists for Rutgers. Jaden Ivey scored 15 points for Purdue.
“according to an article on purduesports.com”
Tip off is set for 2:00pm from Barclays Center!
The game is going to be televised on the Big Ten Network!