Norfolk State Spartans vs App State Mountaineers
Men's Basketball Championship - West Region - First Four
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17-12
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
APP | 20 | 33 | 53 |
NORF | 36 | 18 | 54 |
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17-7
Shot Chart
Shot Made
Shot Missed
- Joe Bryant Jr. made Layup.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kashaun Hicks missed Layup.
- Justin Forrest made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Gregory.
- Justin Forrest made Free Throw.
- Joe Bryant Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kashaun Hicks.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Devante Carter missed Layup.
- Kashaun Hicks missed Three Point Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- J.J. Matthews made Layup. Assisted by Kyonze Chavis.
- Justin Forrest missed Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devante Carter.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Adrian Delph made Jumper.
- Chris Ford missed Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- RJ Duhart missed Layup.
- Michael Almonacy made Free Throw.
- Michael Almonacy made Free Throw.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Layup.
- Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw.
- Jalen Hawkins missed Free Throw.
- Donovan Gregory made Layup.
- Joe Bryant Jr. made Layup.
- Justin Forrest missed Layup.
- James Lewis Jr. made Layup.
- Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joe Bryant Jr..
- Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrese Jenkins.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- J.J. Matthews missed Layup.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw.
- James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- Mustafa Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper.
- Justin Forrest made Layup.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Mustafa Lawrence missed Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins missed Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins made Layup.
- Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw.
- RJ Duhart missed Layup.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Layup.
- Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devante Carter.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- Devante Carter made Layup.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- Nyzaiah Chambers made Layup.
- Jalen Hawkins made Layup. Assisted by Devante Carter.
- Adrian Delph missed Layup.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw.
- Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Nyzaiah Chambers missed Free Throw.
- Nyzaiah Chambers made Free Throw.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory made Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory made Free Throw.
- Nyzaiah Chambers missed Layup.
- Justin Forrest missed Jumper.
- Nyzaiah Chambers made Dunk. Assisted by Mustafa Lawrence.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw.
- James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw.
- Kashaun Hicks missed Three Point Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- J.J. Matthews made Layup.
- Kashaun Hicks missed Three Point Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory missed Layup.
- Kashaun Hicks missed Layup.
- Adrian Delph made Jumper.
- Michael Eads made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Gregory.
- Kashaun Hicks made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyonze Chavis.
- Michael Eads missed Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Michael Eads missed Three Point Jumper.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Gregory.
- Jalen Hawkins missed Layup.
- James Lewis Jr. missed Free Throw.
- James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw.
- Adrian Delph made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Justin Forrest.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Layup.
- Adrian Delph missed Dunk.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Kashaun Hicks made Layup.
- Justin Forrest made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael Almonacy.
- Jalen Hawkins made Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory made Dunk. Assisted by Michael Almonacy.
- Nyzaiah Chambers missed Layup.
- Justin Forrest made Layup.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory missed Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Xavion Brown missed Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory made Free Throw.
- Donovan Gregory made Free Throw.
- Michael Almonacy made Free Throw.
- Michael Almonacy made Free Throw.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins missed Layup.
- Justin Forrest made Three Point Jumper.
- Kashaun Hicks missed Three Point Jumper.
- Justin Forrest made Three Point Jumper.
- Mustafa Lawrence missed Layup.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Jumper.
- Justin Forrest made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Gregory.
- Mustafa Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins made Jumper.
- Joe Bryant Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devante Carter.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Donovan Gregory missed Jumper.
- J.J. Matthews made Jumper.
- Michael Almonacy missed Jumper.
- J.J. Matthews missed Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins missed Three Point Jumper.
- Jalen Hawkins missed Jumper.
- Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper.
- Devante Carter missed Layup.
- Joe Bryant Jr. missed Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Layup.
- Adrian Delph made Free Throw.
- Adrian Delph made Free Throw.
- Devante Carter missed Jumper.
- Adrian Delph missed Jumper.
- Devante Carter made Free Throw.
- Devante Carter made Free Throw.
- Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper.
- Justin Forrest missed Jumper.
Shot Made
Shot Missed
| TIME | PLAY | APP | NORF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 | Jump Ball won by Norfolk State | 0 | 0 | |
| 19:58 | Joe Bryant Jr. made Layup. | 0 | 2 | |
| 19:43 | Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 2 | |
| 19:43 | Kyonze Chavis Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 | |
| 19:23 | Devante Carter missed Jumper. | 0 | 2 | |
| 19:23 | J.J. Matthews Offensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 | |
| 19:11 | Joe Bryant Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 0 | 2 | |
| 19:11 | Adrian Delph Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:56 | Michael Almonacy Turnover. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:56 | Kyonze Chavis Steal. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:45 | Kashaun Hicks missed Layup. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:45 | Adrian Delph Block. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:45 | Donovan Gregory Defensive Rebound. | 0 | 2 | |
| 18:42 | Justin Forrest made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Gregory. | 2 | 2 | |
| 18:42 | Foul on Devante Carter. | 2 | 2 | |
| 18:42 | Justin Forrest made Free Throw. | 3 | 2 | |
| 18:17 | Joe Bryant Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kashaun Hicks. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:56 | Foul on Kyonze Chavis. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:52 | Michael Almonacy Turnover. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:52 | Joe Bryant Jr. Steal. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:45 | Devante Carter missed Jumper. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:45 | RJ Duhart Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:35 | Jump Ball won by Appalachian State | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:24 | Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:24 | Joe Bryant Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:14 | Devante Carter missed Layup. | 3 | 5 | |
| 17:14 | Joe Bryant Jr. Offensive Rebound. | 3 | 5 | |
| 16:56 | Kashaun Hicks missed Three Point Jumper. | 3 | 5 | |
| 16:56 | RJ Duhart Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 5 | |
| 16:42 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 3 | 5 | |
| 16:42 | Joe Bryant Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 5 | |
| 16:22 | J.J. Matthews made Layup. Assisted by Kyonze Chavis. | 3 | 7 | |
| 16:01 | Foul on Kyonze Chavis. | 3 | 7 | |
| 15:56 | Justin Forrest missed Jumper. | 3 | 7 | |
| 15:56 | Devante Carter Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 7 | |
| 15:42 | Official TV Timeout | 3 | 7 | |
| 15:26 | Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devante Carter. | 3 | 10 | |
| 15:06 | Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper. | 3 | 10 | |
| 15:06 | Devante Carter Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 10 | |
| 14:56 | Devante Carter missed Jumper. | 3 | 10 | |
| 14:56 | Xavion Brown Block. | 3 | 10 | |
| 14:56 | RJ Duhart Defensive Rebound. | 3 | 10 | |
| 14:40 | Adrian Delph made Jumper. | 5 | 10 | |
| 14:12 | Chris Ford missed Jumper. | 5 | 10 | |
| 14:12 | RJ Duhart Defensive Rebound. | 5 | 10 | |
| 13:58 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 5 | 10 | |
| 13:58 | RJ Duhart Offensive Rebound. | 5 | 10 | |
| 13:49 | RJ Duhart missed Layup. | 5 | 10 | |
| 13:49 | Donovan Gregory Offensive Rebound. | 5 | 10 | |
| 13:45 | Foul on Kashaun Hicks. | 5 | 10 | |
| 13:45 | Michael Almonacy made Free Throw. | 6 | 10 | |
| 13:45 | Michael Almonacy made Free Throw. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:26 | Joe Bryant Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:26 | Xavion Brown Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:15 | Adrian Delph missed Layup. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:15 | Tyrese Jenkins Block. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:15 | Adrian Delph Offensive Rebound. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:15 | Jump Ball won by Appalachian State | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:10 | Xavion Brown Turnover. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:10 | Joe Bryant Jr. Steal. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:05 | Foul on Justin Forrest. | 7 | 10 | |
| 13:05 | Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw. | 7 | 11 | |
| 13:05 | Jalen Hawkins missed Free Throw. | 7 | 11 | |
| 13:05 | Xavion Brown Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 11 | |
| 12:52 | Donovan Gregory made Layup. | 9 | 11 | |
| 12:32 | Joe Bryant Jr. made Layup. | 9 | 13 | |
| 12:24 | Justin Forrest missed Layup. | 9 | 13 | |
| 12:24 | Tyrese Jenkins Block. | 9 | 13 | |
| 12:24 | James Lewis Jr. Offensive Rebound. | 9 | 13 | |
| 12:16 | James Lewis Jr. made Layup. | 11 | 13 | |
| 12:06 | Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joe Bryant Jr.. | 11 | 16 | |
| 11:44 | James Lewis Jr. Turnover. | 11 | 16 | |
| 11:44 | Mustafa Lawrence Steal. | 11 | 16 | |
| 11:36 | Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tyrese Jenkins. | 11 | 19 | |
| 11:18 | Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper. | 11 | 19 | |
| 11:14 | Norfolk State Defensive Rebound. | 11 | 19 | |
| 11:13 | Official TV Timeout | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:50 | J.J. Matthews missed Layup. | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:50 | James Lewis Jr. Block. | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:50 | RJ Duhart Defensive Rebound. | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:31 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:31 | Appalachian State Deadball Team Rebound. | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:27 | Foul on J.J. Matthews. | 11 | 19 | |
| 10:27 | James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw. | 12 | 19 | |
| 10:27 | James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw. | 13 | 19 | |
| 9:58 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 13 | 19 | |
| 9:58 | Devante Carter Defensive Rebound. | 13 | 19 | |
| 9:53 | Mustafa Lawrence missed Three Point Jumper. | 13 | 19 | |
| 9:53 | Justin Forrest Defensive Rebound. | 13 | 19 | |
| 9:48 | Justin Forrest made Layup. | 15 | 19 | |
| 9:21 | Devante Carter missed Jumper. | 15 | 19 | |
| 9:21 | James Lewis Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 19 | |
| 9:05 | Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 19 | |
| 9:05 | Norfolk State Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:43 | Mustafa Lawrence missed Jumper. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:43 | Norfolk State Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:35 | Jalen Hawkins missed Jumper. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:35 | Michael Almonacy Block. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:35 | Donovan Gregory Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:29 | Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:29 | Jalen Hawkins Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 19 | |
| 8:20 | Jalen Hawkins made Layup. | 15 | 21 | |
| 8:20 | Foul on Justin Forrest. | 15 | 21 | |
| 8:20 | Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw. | 15 | 22 | |
| 8:02 | RJ Duhart missed Layup. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:54 | Tyrese Jenkins Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:38 | Jalen Hawkins Turnover. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:38 | Official TV Timeout | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:17 | Michael Almonacy Turnover. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:17 | Jalen Hawkins Steal. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:11 | Joe Bryant Jr. missed Layup. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:11 | Michael Almonacy Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:03 | Michael Almonacy Turnover. | 15 | 22 | |
| 7:03 | Joe Bryant Jr. Steal. | 15 | 22 | |
| 6:59 | Jalen Hawkins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Devante Carter. | 15 | 25 | |
| 6:34 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 25 | |
| 6:34 | Donovan Gregory Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 25 | |
| 6:28 | Donovan Gregory Turnover. | 15 | 25 | |
| 6:28 | Devante Carter Steal. | 15 | 25 | |
| 6:25 | Devante Carter made Layup. | 15 | 27 | |
| 6:23 | Appalachian State Timeout | 15 | 27 | |
| 6:23 | Official TV Timeout | 15 | 27 | |
| 5:55 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 27 | |
| 5:55 | Nyzaiah Chambers Block. | 15 | 27 | |
| 5:55 | Appalachian State Deadball Team Rebound. | 15 | 27 | |
| 5:50 | Appalachian State Turnover. | 15 | 27 | |
| 5:31 | Nyzaiah Chambers made Layup. | 15 | 29 | |
| 5:08 | Donovan Gregory Turnover. | 15 | 29 | |
| 5:08 | Daryl Anderson Steal. | 15 | 29 | |
| 4:40 | Jalen Hawkins made Layup. Assisted by Devante Carter. | 15 | 31 | |
| 4:13 | Adrian Delph missed Layup. | 15 | 31 | |
| 4:13 | Appalachian State Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 31 | |
| 4:08 | Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 31 | |
| 4:08 | Appalachian State Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:54 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:54 | Appalachian State Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:52 | Official TV Timeout | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:49 | Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:49 | Jalen Hawkins Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:43 | Foul on Donovan Gregory. | 15 | 31 | |
| 3:43 | Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw. | 15 | 32 | |
| 3:43 | Jalen Hawkins made Free Throw. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:21 | Xavion Brown Turnover. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:10 | Devante Carter missed Jumper. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:10 | Nyzaiah Chambers Offensive Rebound. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:05 | Foul on Xavion Brown. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:05 | Nyzaiah Chambers missed Free Throw. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:05 | Norfolk State Deadball Team Rebound. | 15 | 33 | |
| 3:05 | Nyzaiah Chambers made Free Throw. | 15 | 34 | |
| 2:46 | Justin Forrest missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 34 | |
| 2:46 | Nyzaiah Chambers Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 34 | |
| 2:19 | Jalen Hawkins Turnover. | 15 | 34 | |
| 2:19 | Justin Forrest Steal. | 15 | 34 | |
| 2:12 | Donovan Gregory made Jumper. | 17 | 34 | |
| 2:12 | Foul on Devante Carter. | 17 | 34 | |
| 2:12 | Donovan Gregory made Free Throw. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:47 | Nyzaiah Chambers missed Layup. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:47 | James Lewis Jr. Block. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:47 | Michael Almonacy Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:35 | Justin Forrest missed Jumper. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:35 | Daryl Anderson Block. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:35 | Nyzaiah Chambers Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:25 | Norfolk State Timeout | 18 | 34 | |
| 1:12 | Nyzaiah Chambers made Dunk. Assisted by Mustafa Lawrence. | 18 | 36 | |
| 0:55 | Michael Almonacy missed Three Point Jumper. | 18 | 36 | |
| 0:55 | Kashaun Hicks Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 36 | |
| 0:52 | Foul on Daryl Anderson. | 18 | 36 | |
| 0:52 | James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw. | 19 | 36 | |
| 0:52 | James Lewis Jr. made Free Throw. | 20 | 36 | |
| 0:28 | Kashaun Hicks missed Three Point Jumper. | 20 | 36 | |
| 0:28 | James Lewis Jr. Defensive Rebound. | 20 | 36 | |
| 0:05 | Adrian Delph missed Three Point Jumper. | 20 | 36 | |
| 0:05 | Kashaun Hicks Defensive Rebound. | 20 | 36 | |
| 0:01 | Joe Bryant Jr. Turnover. | 20 | 36 | |
| 0:00 | End of 1st half | 20 | 36 | |
Game Information
Bloomington, IN

Referee:Randy McCall
Referee:Jeffrey Anderson
Referee:Andy O'Brien

2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Sun Belt ConferenceSun Belt Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy | 9-3 | - | 17-8 |
| App State | 9-4 | 0.5 | 17-9 |
| South Alabama | 7-4 | 1.5 | 17-7 |
| Marshall | 7-4 | 1.5 | 15-9 |
| Coastal Carolina | 7-6 | 2.5 | 15-11 |
| Texas State | 7-6 | 2.5 | 15-11 |
| Arkansas State | 6-6 | 3 | 15-10 |
| Georgia Southern | 6-6 | 3 | 14-11 |
| Louisiana | 6-6 | 3 | 9-16 |
| Georgia State | 6-6 | 3 | 9-16 |
| Southern Miss | 6-7 | 3.5 | 13-13 |
| James Madison | 4-8 | 5 | 12-13 |
| Old Dominion | 4-8 | 5 | 8-17 |
| UL Monroe | 1-11 | 8 | 4-21 |
NCAA Division I
| Mid-Eastern Athletic ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan State | 6-2 | - | 10-13 |
| North Carolina Central | 5-2 | 0.5 | 9-13 |
| Howard | 5-3 | 1 | 15-10 |
| South Carolina State | 4-3 | 1.5 | 6-17 |
| Norfolk State | 4-4 | 2 | 11-14 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 4-4 | 2 | 8-17 |
| Coppin State | 2-6 | 4 | 4-21 |
| Delaware State | 1-7 | 5 | 6-17 |
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