Norfolk State 80-74 North Carolina Central (20 Feb, 2024) Play-by-Play

North Carolina Central Eagles

13-11, 5-4 Conference

	1	2	T
NCCU	30	44	74
NORF	26	54	80

TIME	NCCU	NORF
20:00	Jump Ball won by Norfolk State	0	0
19:43	Jaylani Darden Turnover.	0	0
19:43	Ja'Darius Harris Steal.	0	0
19:18	Devin Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.	0	0
19:18	Jaylani Darden Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:53	Tyrel Bladen missed Layup.	0	0
18:53	Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.	0	0
18:46	Po'Boigh King made Layup.	2	0
18:25	Jamarii Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.	2	0
18:25	Fred Cleveland Jr. Defensive Rebound.	2	0
18:12	Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Devin Gordon.	4	0
17:39	Kuluel Mading missed Layup.	4	0
17:39	Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.	4	0
17:30	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	4	0
17:30	Kuluel Mading Defensive Rebound.	4	0
17:22	Kuluel Mading missed Three Point Jumper.	4	0
17:22	North Carolina Central Defensive Rebound.	4	0
17:01	Ja'Darius Harris made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Fred Cleveland Jr..	7	0
16:27	Christian Ings made Jumper.	7	2
16:08	Perry Smith Jr. missed Layup.	7	2
16:08	Kuluel Mading Defensive Rebound.	7	2
15:58	Tyrel Bladen made Dunk. Assisted by Christian Ings.	7	4
15:39	Po'Boigh King Turnover.	7	4
15:39	Kuluel Mading Steal.	7	4
15:35	Foul on Po'Boigh King.	7	4
15:35	Kuluel Mading made Free Throw.	7	5
15:35	Kuluel Mading missed Free Throw.	7	5
15:35	Ja'Darius Harris Defensive Rebound.	7	5
15:30	Po'Boigh King made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	9	5
15:09	Tyrel Bladen missed Jumper.	9	5
15:09	Fred Cleveland Jr. Defensive Rebound.	9	5
14:57	Foul on Jaylani Darden.	9	5
14:57	Po'Boigh King missed Free Throw.	9	5
14:57	North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound.	9	5
14:57	Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.	10	5
14:57	Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.	11	5
14:24	Foul on Devin Gordon.	11	5
14:15	Allen Betrand missed Three Point Jumper.	11	5
14:15	Devin Gordon Defensive Rebound.	11	5
14:00	Po'Boigh King Turnover.	11	5
13:33	Jamarii Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.	11	5
13:33	Jaylani Darden Offensive Rebound.	11	5
13:26	Foul on Timmy Adedire.	11	5
13:26	Jaylani Darden made Free Throw.	11	6
13:26	Jaylani Darden made Free Throw.	11	7
13:04	Timmy Adedire Turnover.	11	7
12:39	Allen Betrand Turnover.	11	7
12:39	Fred Cleveland Jr. Steal.	11	7
12:27	Ja'Darius Harris made Jumper. Assisted by Fred Cleveland Jr..	13	7
12:15	Foul on Timmy Adedire.	13	7
12:14	Kuluel Mading made Free Throw.	13	8
12:14	Kuluel Mading made Free Throw.	13	9
11:45	Kye Dickson missed Three Point Jumper.	13	9
11:45	Jaylani Darden Defensive Rebound.	13	9
11:44	North Carolina Central Timeout	13	9
11:16	Allen Betrand missed Three Point Jumper.	13	9
11:16	Fred Cleveland Jr. Defensive Rebound.	13	9
10:43	Kye Dickson missed Three Point Jumper.	13	9
10:43	Norfolk State Defensive Rebound.	13	9
10:40	North Carolina Central Turnover.	13	9
10:21	Christian Ings missed Layup.	13	9
10:21	Kye Dickson Defensive Rebound.	13	9
10:21	Emmanuel Izunabor Turnover.	13	9
10:01	Jamarii Thomas missed Jumper.	13	9
10:01	Kye Dickson Defensive Rebound.	13	9
9:53	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Jumper.	13	9
9:53	Norfolk State Defensive Rebound.	13	9
9:34	Allen Betrand missed Jumper.	13	9
9:34	Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.	13	9
9:25	Josh Smith made Layup. Assisted by Po'Boigh King.	15	9
9:15	Foul on Emmanuel Izunabor.	15	9
9:15	Jamarii Thomas made Free Throw.	15	10
9:15	Jamarii Thomas made Free Throw.	15	11
8:59	Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.	15	11
8:59	North Carolina Central Offensive Rebound.	15	11
8:57	Foul on Nyzaiah Chambers.	15	11
8:48	Kye Dickson made Layup. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	17	11
8:30	Foul on Nyzaiah Chambers.	17	11
8:30	Nyzaiah Chambers Turnover.	17	11
8:18	Josh Smith made Jumper.	19	11
7:40	Allen Betrand made Jumper. Assisted by Tyrel Bladen.	19	13
7:32	Foul on Jack Doumbia.	19	13
7:32	Official TV Timeout	19	13
7:32	Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.	20	13
7:32	Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.	21	13
7:09	Foul on Po'Boigh King.	21	13
7:09	Christian Ings made Free Throw.	21	14
7:09	Christian Ings missed Free Throw.	21	14
7:09	Norfolk State Deadball Team Rebound.	21	14
7:09	Christian Ings made Free Throw.	21	15
6:53	Kye Dickson missed Three Point Jumper.	21	15
6:53	Jamarii Thomas Defensive Rebound.	21	15
6:32	Tyrese Jenkins missed Three Point Jumper.	21	15
6:32	Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.	21	15
6:23	Foul on George Beale Jr..	21	15
6:23	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Free Throw.	21	15
6:23	North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound.	21	15
6:23	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Free Throw.	21	15
6:23	Tyrese Jenkins Defensive Rebound.	21	15
6:17	Jamarii Thomas Turnover.	21	15
6:17	Perry Smith Jr. Steal.	21	15
6:07	Foul on George Beale Jr..	21	15
5:48	Josh Smith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ja'Darius Harris.	24	15
5:33	Jamarii Thomas made Layup.	24	17
5:33	Foul on Perry Smith Jr..	24	17
5:33	Jamarii Thomas made Free Throw.	24	18
5:17	Josh Smith missed Three Point Jumper.	24	18
5:17	Tyrese Jenkins Defensive Rebound.	24	18
4:44	Jamarii Thomas missed Jumper.	24	18
4:44	Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.	24	18
4:37	Foul on Chris Fields Jr..	24	18
4:37	Josh Smith made Free Throw.	25	18
4:37	Josh Smith missed Free Throw.	25	18
4:37	Chris Fields Jr. Defensive Rebound.	25	18
4:23	Christian Ings missed Jumper.	25	18
4:23	Keishon Porter Defensive Rebound.	25	18
4:15	Jump Ball won by North Carolina Central	25	18
4:03	Keishon Porter missed Jumper.	25	18
4:03	Jamarii Thomas Defensive Rebound.	25	18
3:58	Jamarii Thomas missed Layup.	25	18
3:58	Josh Smith Defensive Rebound.	25	18
3:51	Josh Smith missed Layup.	25	18
3:51	Jamarii Thomas Defensive Rebound.	25	18
3:39	Chris Fields Jr. missed Dunk.	25	18
3:39	Tyrel Bladen Offensive Rebound.	25	18
3:35	Foul on Perry Smith Jr..	25	18
3:35	Tyrel Bladen missed Free Throw.	25	18
3:35	Norfolk State Deadball Team Rebound.	25	18
3:35	Tyrel Bladen missed Free Throw.	25	18
3:35	Emmanuel Izunabor Defensive Rebound.	25	18
3:27	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	25	18
3:27	Tyrese Jenkins Defensive Rebound.	25	18
3:06	Chris Fields Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.	25	18
3:06	Norfolk State Offensive Rebound.	25	18
2:55	Chris Fields Jr. missed Layup.	25	18
2:55	Emmanuel Izunabor Block.	25	18
2:55	Chris Fields Jr. Offensive Rebound.	25	18
2:52	Norfolk State Turnover.	25	18
2:30	Emmanuel Izunabor made Dunk. Assisted by Josh Smith.	27	18
2:06	Foul on Fred Cleveland Jr..	27	18
2:06	Allen Betrand made Free Throw.	27	19
2:06	Allen Betrand made Free Throw.	27	20
1:40	Emmanuel Izunabor missed Layup.	27	20
1:40	Emmanuel Izunabor Offensive Rebound.	27	20
1:37	Ja'Darius Harris missed Jumper.	27	20
1:36	Allen Betrand Defensive Rebound.	27	20
1:19	Tyrese Jenkins made Three Point Jumper.	27	23
0:42	Fred Cleveland Jr. made Jumper.	29	23
0:34	Foul on Keishon Porter.	29	23
0:34	Jamarii Thomas made Free Throw.	29	24
0:34	Jamarii Thomas missed Free Throw.	29	24
0:34	Jamarii Thomas Offensive Rebound.	29	24
0:31	Foul on Keishon Porter.	29	24
0:31	Jamarii Thomas made Free Throw.	29	25
0:31	Jamarii Thomas made Free Throw.	29	26
0:30	Norfolk State Timeout	29	26
0:03	Foul on Kuluel Mading.	29	26
0:03	Fred Cleveland Jr. missed Free Throw.	29	26
0:03	North Carolina Central Deadball Team Rebound.	29	26
0:03	Fred Cleveland Jr. made Free Throw.	30	26
0:00	End of 1st half	30	26

North Carolina Central Eagles vs. Norfolk State Spartans: Game Highlights

1:49

Fred Cleveland Jr. knocks down the triple

0:30

Jack Doumbia with the massive block at the rim

0:19

Joseph G. Echols Hall

2:00 AM, 20 February 2024

Norfolk, VA

Attendance: 3,525

Referees:
Mike Millione
Vladimir Voyard-Tadal
J.D. Ralls

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Norfolk State	11-3	-	24-11
North Carolina Central	9-5	2	18-13
Howard	9-5	2	18-17
South Carolina State	9-5	2	14-18
Morgan State	7-7	4	11-20
Delaware State	6-8	5	15-19
Maryland Eastern Shore	4-10	7	9-20
Coppin State	1-13	10	2-27

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