North Carolina Central 112-70 Truett-McConnell (4 Jan, 2024) Play-by-Play

Truett-McConnell Bears

	1	2	T
TRMC	39	31	70
NCCU	55	57	112

North Carolina Central Eagles

8-7, 5-1 home

112

TIME		TRMC	NCCU
19:47	Devin Gordon Turnover.	0	0
19:15	Truett-McConnell Turnover.	0	0
19:03	Ja'Darius Harris made Jumper.	0	2
18:44	EJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	0	2
18:41	Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.	0	2
18:39	Ja'Darius Harris made Layup. Assisted by Po'Boigh King.	0	4
18:12	Jadon Yeh missed Three Point Jumper.	0	4
18:10	Devin Gordon Defensive Rebound.	0	4
17:59	Po'Boigh King made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	0	7
17:33	KJ Riley made Layup.	2	7
17:17	Devin Gordon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	2	10
16:55	KJ Riley missed Jumper.	2	10
16:53	Ja'Darius Harris Defensive Rebound.	2	10
16:49	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Layup.	2	10
16:48	Truett-McConnell Defensive Rebound.	2	10
16:35	Jadon Yeh Turnover.	2	10
16:22	Devin Gordon missed Jumper.	2	10
16:20	Ja'Darius Harris Offensive Rebound.	2	10
16:20	Foul on EJ Smith.	2	10
16:11	Devin Gordon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Fred Cleveland Jr..	2	13
15:55	Foul on Emmanuel Izunabor.	2	13
15:55	Official TV Timeout	2	13
15:52	Raul Arias-Ortega missed Three Point Jumper.	2	13
15:49	Devin Gordon Defensive Rebound.	2	13
15:47	Po'Boigh King made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	2	15
15:30	Akil Covington Turnover.	2	15
15:19	Devin Gordon made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Fred Cleveland Jr..	2	18
14:50	KJ Riley missed Jumper.	2	18
14:47	Devin Gordon Defensive Rebound.	2	18
14:42	Po'Boigh King missed Jumper.	2	18
14:39	North Carolina Central Offensive Rebound.	2	18
14:39	Truett-McConnell Timeout	2	18
14:35	Fred Cleveland Jr. made Layup.	2	20
14:32	Foul on Perry Smith Jr..	2	20
14:32	KJ Riley made Free Throw.	3	20
14:32	KJ Riley made Free Throw.	4	20
14:25	Devin Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.	4	20
14:21	Truett-McConnell Defensive Rebound.	4	20
13:50	CJ Brown made Layup.	6	20
13:50	Foul on Po'Boigh King.	6	20
13:50	CJ Brown made Free Throw.	7	20
13:41	Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Devin Gordon.	7	22
13:32	Raul Arias-Ortega Turnover.	7	22
13:22	Devin Gordon missed Jumper.	7	22
13:19	Cory Seitz Defensive Rebound.	7	22
12:56	Raul Arias-Ortega made Jumper.	9	22
12:37	Devin Gordon Turnover.	9	22
12:37	KJ Riley Steal.	9	22
12:31	KJ Riley missed Three Point Jumper.	9	22
12:29	Devin Gordon Defensive Rebound.	9	22
12:21	Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.	9	22
12:16	Cainan Wright Defensive Rebound.	9	22
11:56	KJ Riley made Jumper. Assisted by Akil Covington.	11	22
11:39	Fred Cleveland Jr. made Three Point Jumper.	11	25
11:15	Akil Covington Turnover.	11	25
11:15	Official TV Timeout	11	25
11:06	Keishon Porter made Layup. Assisted by Timmy Adedire.	11	27
10:59	Foul on Fred Cleveland Jr..	11	27
10:38	Cainan Wright missed Layup.	11	27
10:38	Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.	11	27
10:35	Foul on Cory Seitz.	11	27
10:26	Keishon Porter made Layup. Assisted by Fred Cleveland Jr..	11	29
10:26	Foul on Raul Arias-Ortega.	11	29
10:26	Keishon Porter made Free Throw.	11	30
10:01	Raul Arias-Ortega Turnover.	11	30
10:01	Josh Smith Steal.	11	30
9:57	Josh Smith made Layup. Assisted by Timmy Adedire.	11	32
9:43	Foul on Guy Fauntleroy.	11	32
9:28	Cory Seitz made Jumper. Assisted by Raul Arias-Ortega.	13	32
9:28	Foul on Perry Smith Jr..	13	32
9:28	Cory Seitz made Free Throw.	14	32
9:14	Timmy Adedire made Jumper. Assisted by Josh Smith.	14	34
9:08	Foul on Guy Fauntleroy.	14	34
9:08	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	15	34
9:08	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	16	34
8:55	Foul on EJ Smith.	16	34
8:55	Josh Smith missed Free Throw.	16	34
8:55	North Carolina Central Offensive Rebound.	16	34
8:55	Josh Smith made Free Throw.	16	35
8:40	Jadon Yeh missed Three Point Jumper.	16	35
8:37	Timmy Adedire Defensive Rebound.	16	35
8:33	Emmanuel Izunabor missed Layup.	16	35
8:29	Cainan Wright Defensive Rebound.	16	35
8:14	Cainan Wright missed Layup.	16	35
8:14	Emmanuel Izunabor Block.	16	35
8:14	Truett-McConnell Offensive Rebound.	16	35
8:02	CJ Brown missed Layup.	16	35
8:02	Emmanuel Izunabor Block.	16	35
7:59	Emmanuel Izunabor Defensive Rebound.	16	35
7:52	Josh Smith missed Layup.	16	35
7:52	Cainan Wright Block.	16	35
7:46	CJ Brown Defensive Rebound.	16	35
7:45	Cooper Rubio made Layup. Assisted by Jadon Yeh.	18	35
7:28	Keishon Porter made Jumper.	18	37
7:17	Jadon Yeh missed Three Point Jumper.	18	37
7:14	Keishon Porter Defensive Rebound.	18	37
7:11	Keishon Porter Turnover.	18	37
7:11	CJ Brown Steal.	18	37
7:10	Official TV Timeout	18	37
7:02	Foul on Ja'Darius Harris.	18	37
7:02	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	19	37
7:02	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	20	37
6:44	Fred Cleveland Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	20	40
6:30	CJ Brown made Layup.	22	40
6:13	Foul on KJ Riley.	22	40
6:13	Ja'Darius Harris made Free Throw.	22	41
6:13	Ja'Darius Harris missed Free Throw.	22	41
6:12	KJ Riley Defensive Rebound.	22	41
6:05	Foul on Fred Cleveland Jr..	22	41
6:05	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	23	41
6:05	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	24	41
5:50	Keishon Porter Turnover.	24	41
5:50	KJ Riley Steal.	24	41
5:46	CJ Brown made Layup. Assisted by KJ Riley.	26	41
5:26	Ja'Darius Harris missed Three Point Jumper.	26	41
5:23	KJ Riley Defensive Rebound.	26	41
5:13	Jadon Yeh missed Layup.	26	41
5:10	Keishon Porter Defensive Rebound.	26	41
5:07	Ja'Darius Harris missed Layup.	26	41
5:02	Keishon Porter Offensive Rebound.	26	41
5:02	Keishon Porter made Layup.	26	43
4:53	EJ Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	26	43
4:50	Keishon Porter Defensive Rebound.	26	43
4:47	Devin Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.	26	43
4:43	Akil Covington Defensive Rebound.	26	43
4:37	KJ Riley made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by CJ Brown.	29	43
4:14	Fred Cleveland Jr. Turnover.	29	43
4:14	Akil Covington Steal.	29	43
4:08	Foul on Fred Cleveland Jr..	29	43
4:08	EJ Smith made Free Throw.	30	43
4:08	EJ Smith missed Free Throw.	30	43
4:07	Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.	30	43
4:07	Foul on CJ Brown.	30	43
3:56	Devin Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.	30	43
3:53	KJ Riley Defensive Rebound.	30	43
3:51	KJ Riley Turnover.	30	43
3:49	Official TV Timeout	30	43
3:37	Po'Boigh King made Jumper.	30	45
3:32	Jadon Yeh Turnover.	30	45
3:17	Foul on CJ Brown.	30	45
3:17	Josh Smith missed Free Throw.	30	45
3:15	Devin Gordon Offensive Rebound.	30	45
3:04	Josh Smith made Jumper.	30	47
2:54	Foul on Josh Smith.	30	47
2:54	Akil Covington missed Free Throw.	30	47
2:54	Truett-McConnell Offensive Rebound.	30	47
2:54	Akil Covington made Free Throw.	31	47
2:45	Foul on Cory Seitz.	31	47
2:45	Devin Gordon missed Free Throw.	31	47
2:45	North Carolina Central Offensive Rebound.	31	47
2:45	Devin Gordon made Free Throw.	31	48
2:31	Foul on Emmanuel Izunabor.	31	48
2:31	EJ Smith made Free Throw.	32	48
2:31	EJ Smith missed Free Throw.	32	48
2:30	Devin Gordon Defensive Rebound.	32	48
2:10	Ja'Darius Harris missed Jumper.	32	48
2:06	Cory Seitz Defensive Rebound.	32	48
2:00	Cory Seitz missed Three Point Jumper.	32	48
1:55	Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.	32	48
1:52	Ja'Darius Harris Turnover.	32	48
1:29	Cainan Wright made Jumper.	34	48
1:14	Foul on Akil Covington.	34	48
1:14	Ja'Darius Harris made Free Throw.	34	49
1:14	Ja'Darius Harris made Free Throw.	34	50
1:04	EJ Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cainan Wright.	37	50
0:53	Foul on Josh Smith.	37	50
0:53	Josh Smith Turnover.	37	50
0:41	KJ Riley Turnover.	37	50
0:41	North Carolina Central Timeout	37	50
0:32	Ja'Darius Harris made Layup.	37	52
0:32	Foul on Raul Arias-Ortega.	37	52
0:32	Ja'Darius Harris made Free Throw.	37	53
0:17	Foul on Josh Smith.	37	53
0:17	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	38	53
0:17	Jadon Yeh made Free Throw.	39	53
0:04	Ja'Darius Harris made Jumper.	39	55
0:00	End of 1st half	39	55

McDougald-McLendon Arena

12:00 AM, 4 January 2024

Durham, NC

Attendance: 616

Referees:
William Humes
Sean Gaskins
Reggie McNeal

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Norfolk State	0-0	-	4-3
South Carolina State	0-0	-	4-3
Howard	0-0	-	3-4
Morgan State	0-0	-	3-5
Delaware State	0-0	-	2-4
Maryland Eastern Shore	0-0	-	2-6
North Carolina Central	0-0	-	1-6
Coppin State	0-0	-	0-7

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