North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Basketball Shoots Down Guelph
8/31/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
By Brian Reinhardt
TORONTO, CANADA NC State used a strong shooting performance knocking in 55.2 percent (32-58) of its shots, including 11-of-24 (45.8 percent) from three-point range, in picking up its second win in as many days in its exhibition tour of Toronto, defeating Guelph 87-47 on Saturday night.
Junior Dennis Horner came off the bench hitting 9-of-11 shots to finish with a team-high 22 points while redshirt junior Brandon Costner posted a double-double of 18 points and 13 rebounds.
“We played well tonight. It was pretty simple, our defense was really strong and then on the other side of the floor our shots were going down, especially from three-point range,” said head coach Sidney Lowe. “I thought we had great leadership with Brandon (Costner) and Courtney (Fells) spearheading the charge, and the rest of the team put it the effort that we needed and the results show. This was a very good game for us on both ends, and just a good way to end this weekend.”
After a rough shooting performance last night at York, the Pack hit three of its first four shots and jumped out to a 9-3 lead in the first two minutes that it would never surrender. In that first quarter, NC State hit 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) of its shot and built a 25-18 lead after the first 10 minutes.
The Pack increased its lead to 42-25 at the half, after allowing Guelph to hit just 3-of-19 shots in the second quarter. Horner was hot in the first half, hitting all four of his shots as he had 11 points at the break.
“I was just feeling it tonight, my shot was going down and that was a great feeling,” said Horner. “I wasn’t thinking about my shot, and I just got on a roll. We were swinging the ball extremely well on the perimeter, and our passing led to us hitting those open shots.”
The second half played out like the first, with the Pack defense holding Guelph to just 22 points and 25.9 percent (7-of-27) from the floor. NC State forced Guelph into 22 turnovers on the evening.
The Pack used the same starting lineup as last night with Javier Gonzalez and Trevor Ferguson at the guards, and Costner, Courtney Fells and Tracy Smith making up the front line.
Freshman Julius Mays hit all three of his shots, and finished with 10 points while also adding a team-high five assists.
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Official Basketball Box Score
NC State vs Guelph
08/31/08 7:00pm at Guelph
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VISITORS: NC State
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 Gonzalez, Javier.... * 2-3 0-1 1-3 1 3 4 1 5 4 2 0 3 22
15 Ferguson, Trevor.... * 3-5 3-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 0 3 0 2 25
23 Smith, Tracy........ * 4-12 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 4 9 0 3 0 0 25
33 Costner, Brandon.... * 6-10 2-6 4-10 5 8 13 3 18 1 0 2 2 25
4 Fells, Courtney..... * 3-8 1-3 2-2 0 0 0 0 9 2 1 0 3 23
13 Greenwa, Spencer.... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 Harris, Simon....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 16
21 Williams, C.J....... 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 1 2 0 1 18
22 Smith, Kendall...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
24 Mays, Julius........ 3-3 1-1 3-5 0 0 0 3 10 5 1 0 1 20
31 Horner, Dennis...... 9-11 3-4 1-3 1 2 3 1 22 0 3 0 1 20
TEAM................
Totals.............. 32-58 11-24 12-25 9 23 32 18 87 13 15 2 14 198
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-28 53.6% 2nd Half: 17-30 56.7% Game: 55.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-12 41.7% Game: 45.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6-13 46.2% 2nd Half: 6-12 50.0% Game: 48.0% 9,3
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HOME TEAM: Guelph
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
21 Mott, Jay........... * 3-12 3-8 0-0 0 4 4 3 9 0 1 0 1 25
4 Pankerichan, Nick... * 4-11 2-7 1-2 2 2 4 2 11 1 3 0 0 23
42 Milne, Duncan....... * 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 11
44 Bering, Adam........ * 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 12
5 Petrella, Michael... * 0-7 0-2 0-0 3 2 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 18
10 Meko, Mark.......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
11 Seymour, Jimmy...... 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 9
12 Shody, Cory......... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 11
15 McCarthy, Dan....... 3-7 1-3 1-2 1 0 1 3 8 0 1 0 0 12
22 Agyemang, Charles... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9
31 Walters, Nick....... 4-5 1-1 1-2 4 4 8 1 10 1 2 0 0 18
32 MacNeil, Jordan..... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7
33 Moscatelli, Michael. 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9
40 Pesek, Phil......... 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 11
45 Reid, Duncan........ 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 19
TEAM................
Totals.............. 16-58 7-22 8-14 12 20 32 29 47 8 22 1 3 196
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-31 29.0% 2nd Half: 7-27 25.9% Game: 27.6% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-12 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 31.8% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-8 62.5% Game: 57.1% 10,2
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Officials:
Technical fouls: NC State-None. Guelph-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
NC State...................... 25 17 30 15 - 87
Guelph........................ 18 7 12 10 - 47
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