Bidding for 3-0 start, NC State faces Coastal Carolina
NC State wants to build off last year's Final Four appearance with a 3-0 start, but first-year coach Justin Gray and Coastal Carolina stand in the way when the teams meet Wednesday in Raleigh, N.C.
Gray hopes to lead the Chanticleers to their first NCAA Tournament since 2015. Interim coach Benny Moss wasn't retained after the team finished 6-17 in the wake of Cliff Ellis' midseason retirement in December of last year.
NC State returns five players but lost most of its core from a year ago. Jayden Taylor is the only returning player that started most of last season, with 29 starts in 41 games while averaging 11.2 points.
Other notable returners for NC State include Ben Middlebrooks and Michael O'Connell. Middlebrooks is averaging 13.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in their first two games, up from 5.7 points in 16.3 minutes per game off the bench last season. O'Connell made 22 starts, averaging 5.7 points per game as well.
"(Middlebrooks) is an energy guy," NC State coach Kevin Keatts said. "I just think he's been around college basketball for so long that he sees the ups and downs. He understands the aspect of it, never getting too high, never getting too low.
"He understands that what's important is our team winning."
NC State has six players averaging double figures in scoring over their first two games. They opened their season with a 97-66 win over USC Upstate, led by 14 points from Bowling Green transfer Marcus Hill. Middlebrooks recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
They had a tougher go-around in their second game, an 81-72 win over Presbyterian. Taylor led the way with 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting while Middlebrooks came off the bench to score 16 points.
The Chanticleers split their first two games, beating Western Michigan by four in their season opener before losing to East Carolina by four. Junior college transfer Rasheed Jones has led the team in scoring in both games, averaging 17.5 points per game.
"(Jones) can make one-on-one plays," Gray said. "He can play in pick and roll. He can create for others. So we have a bunch of guys that are sort of unproven, right? They have an opportunity to sort of carve out what it's gonna look like for them.
"I think it's, truthfully, one of the teams that we'll have four or five guys that'll be able to do that."
Grand Canyon transfer Noah Amenhauser, who stands at seven feet two inches, is second on the Chanticleers in scoring, averaging nine points per game off the bench. Jordan Battle and Denzel Hines are averaging eight ppg apiece, and Hines also leads the team in rebounding with seven per game.
NC State guard Dennis Parker Jr. is questionable for the game with an undisclosed injury. Ismael Diouf is also questionable, pertaining to an eligibility-related suspension.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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6:50 | Â | Trey Parker defensive rebound | Â | |
6:52 | Â | Jordan Battle misses three point jump shot | Â | |
7:02 | Â | Naz Brown offensive rebound | Â | |
7:04 | Â | Mabor Majak misses two point layup | Â | |
7:17 | Â | Jordan Battle defensive rebound | Â | |
7:19 | Â | Breon Pass misses two point jump shot | Â | |
7:35 | Â | Chanticleers turnover (10-second violation) | Â | |
7:45 | +1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 18-22 | |
7:45 | +1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 18-21 | |
7:45 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
7:45 | Â | Mabor Majak shooting foul (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield draws the foul) | Â | |
7:58 | +2 | Denzel Hines makes two point layup | 18-20 | |
8:12 | Â | Jayden Taylor turnover (traveling) | Â | |
8:21 | Â | Chanticleers turnover (5-second violation) | Â | |
8:34 | +2 | Trey Parker makes two point jump shot (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield assists) | 16-20 | |
8:52 | +2 | Denzel Hines makes two point layup | 16-18 | |
8:58 | Â | Denzel Hines offensive rebound | Â | |
9:00 | Â | Noah Amenhauser misses two point jump shot | Â | |
9:25 | Â | Chanticleers defensive rebound | Â | |
9:27 | Â | Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot | Â | |
9:27 | Â | Denzel Hines turnover (Trey Parker steals) | Â | |
9:39 | Â | Denzel Hines offensive rebound | Â | |
9:41 | Â | Dontrez Styles blocks Denzel Hines's two point layup | Â | |
9:53 | Â | Noah Amenhauser defensive rebound | Â | |
9:53 | Â | Marcus Hill misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | Â | |
9:53 | Â | Joshua Meo shooting foul (Marcus Hill draws the foul) | Â | |
9:53 | +2 | Marcus Hill makes two point layup (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield assists) | 14-18 | |
10:00 | +1 | Mabor Majak makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 14-16 | |
10:00 | +1 | Mabor Majak makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 13-16 | |
10:00 | Â | Dontrez Styles shooting foul (Mabor Majak draws the foul) | Â | |
10:08 | Â | Jayden Taylor turnover (bad pass) (Denzel Hines steals) | Â | |
10:11 | Â | Wolfpack offensive rebound | Â | |
10:13 | Â | Mabor Majak blocks Marcus Hill's two point layup | Â | |
10:22 | Â | Marcus Hill defensive rebound | Â | |
10:24 | Â | Rasheed Jones misses three point jump shot | Â | |
10:24 | Â | Breon Pass turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
10:24 | Â | Breon Pass offensive foul | Â | |
10:40 | Â | Chanticleers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
10:40 | Â | Chanticleers offensive rebound | Â | |
10:42 | Â | Jordan Battle misses two point jump shot | Â | |
11:16 | Â | Jayden Taylor turnover (bad pass) | Â | |
11:32 | Â | Andre Mulibea turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
11:32 | Â | Andre Mulibea offensive foul | Â | |
12:00 | Â | Chanticleers 30 second timeout | Â | |
12:00 | +2 | Jayden Taylor makes two point layup (Breon Pass assists) | 12-16 | |
12:05 | Â | Joshua Meo turnover (Breon Pass steals) | Â | |
12:24 | +1 | Ben Middlebrooks makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 12-14 | |
12:24 | Â | Ben Middlebrooks misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | Â | |
12:24 | Â | Colin Granger shooting foul (Ben Middlebrooks draws the foul) | Â | |
12:34 | +3 | Rasheed Jones makes three point jump shot | 12-13 | |
12:55 | Â | Rasheed Jones defensive rebound | Â | |
12:57 | Â | Colin Granger blocks Ben Middlebrooks's two point layup | Â | |
13:05 | Â | Rasheed Jones turnover (bad pass) (Bryce Heard steals) | Â | |
13:24 | Â | Chanticleers defensive rebound | Â | |
13:26 | Â | Trey Parker misses two point jump shot | Â | |
13:33 | Â | Chanticleers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
14:08 | +2 | Trey Parker makes two point layup | 9-13 | |
14:24 | +2 | Colin Granger makes two point layup (Jordan Battle assists) | 9-11 | |
14:40 | Â | Marcus Hill personal foul | Â | |
14:49 | Â | TV timeout | Â | |
14:49 | Â | Ben Middlebrooks personal foul | Â | |
15:05 | Â | Denzel Hines defensive rebound | Â | |
15:07 | Â | Ben Middlebrooks misses three point jump shot | Â | |
15:24 | +2 | Joshua Meo makes two point layup | 7-11 | |
15:46 | +2 | Jayden Taylor makes two point jump shot | 5-11 | |
16:04 | +2 | Colin Granger makes two point dunk (Rasheed Jones assists) | 5-9 | |
16:16 | Â | Michael O'Connell personal foul | Â | |
16:31 | Â | Michael O'Connell personal foul | Â | |
16:42 | Â | Jordan Battle defensive rebound | Â | |
16:44 | Â | Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot | Â | |
16:57 | Â | Colin Granger turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
16:57 | Â | Colin Granger offensive foul | Â | |
17:16 | +2 | Michael O'Connell makes two point jump shot (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield assists) | 3-9 | |
17:27 | Â | Chanticleers turnover (shot clock violation) | Â | |
17:58 | Â | Denzel Hines defensive rebound | Â | |
18:00 | Â | Denzel Hines blocks Marcus Hill's two point tip layup | Â | |
18:00 | Â | Marcus Hill offensive rebound | Â | |
18:02 | Â | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield misses two point jump shot | Â | |
18:17 | +3 | Rasheed Jones makes three point jump shot | 3-7 | |
18:45 | +1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 0-7 | |
18:45 | +1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 0-6 | |
18:45 | Â | Noah Amenhauser shooting foul (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield draws the foul) | Â | |
18:57 | Â | Joshua Meo turnover (offensive foul) | Â | |
18:57 | Â | Joshua Meo offensive foul | Â | |
19:13 | +2 | Jayden Taylor makes two point layup (Michael O'Connell assists) | 0-5 | |
19:24 | Â | Jayden Taylor defensive rebound | Â | |
19:26 | Â | Jordan Battle misses three point jump shot | Â | |
19:40 | +1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 1 of 1 | 0-3 | |
20:00 | Â | Noah Amenhauser shooting foul (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield draws the foul) | Â | |
20:00 | +2 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes two point jump shot | 0-2 | |
20:00 | Â | (Wolfpack gains possession) | Â |
Min. Per Game | ||
Pts. Per Game | ||
Ast. Per Game | ||
Reb. Per Game | ||
Field Goal % | ||
Three Point % | ||
Free Throw % |
 | Trey Parker defensive rebound | 6:50 |
 | Jordan Battle misses three point jump shot | 6:52 |
 | Naz Brown offensive rebound | 7:02 |
 | Mabor Majak misses two point layup | 7:04 |
 | Jordan Battle defensive rebound | 7:17 |
 | Breon Pass misses two point jump shot | 7:19 |
 | Chanticleers turnover (10-second violation) | 7:35 |
+ 1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 7:45 |
+ 1 | Brandon Huntley-Hatfield makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7:45 |
 | Mabor Majak shooting foul (Brandon Huntley-Hatfield draws the foul) | 7:45 |
+ 2 | Denzel Hines makes two point layup | 7:58 |
Team Stats | ||
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Points | 18 | 22 |
Field Goals | 7-14 (50.0%) | 8-17 (47.1%) |
3-Pointers | 2-5 (40.0%) | 0-3 (0.0%) |
Free Throws | 2-2 (100.0%) | 6-8 (75.0%) |
Total Rebounds | 12 | 5 |
Offensive | 3 | 1 |
Defensive | 6 | 3 |
Team | 3 | 1 |
Assists | 2 | 5 |
Steals | 1 | 3 |
Blocks | 3 | 1 |
Turnovers | 6 | 4 |
Fouls | 8 | 6 |
Technicals | 0 | 0 |
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Team Stats | |||
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C. Carolina 1-1 | 59.5 PPG | 44.0 RPG | 12.0 APG |
NC State 2-0 | 89.0 PPG | 38.5 RPG | 19.0 APG |
Key Players | |||||
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. Jones G | 17.5 PPG | 2.5 RPG | 1.5 APG | 55.0 FG% |
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. Huntley-Hatfield F | 12.0 PPG | 5.0 RPG | 0.5 APG | 83.3 FG% |
Top Scorers | |||||
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R. Jones G | 6 PTS | 1 REB | 1 AST | ||
B. Huntley-Hatfield F | 7 PTS | 0 REB | 3 AST |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
R. Jones | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
D. Hines | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
J. Meo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
J. Battle | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
N. Amenhauser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
R. Jones | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
D. Hines | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
J. Meo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
J. Battle | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
N. Amenhauser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
C. Granger | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
M. Majak | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
A. Mulibea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
N. Brown | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
H. Abraham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
D. Houston | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. MacVicar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
C. Martin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Keil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
C. Dunlap | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7/14 | 2/5 | 2/2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
B. Huntley-Hatfield | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Taylor | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
M. Hill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
M. O'Connell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Styles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Starters | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
B. Huntley-Hatfield | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Taylor | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3/5 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
M. Hill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
M. O'Connell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Styles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bench | PTS | REB | AST | FG | 3PT | FT | PF | STL | BLK | TO | OREB | DREB |
T. Parker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Middlebrooks | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Pass | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
J. Snell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
K. Keatts | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
B. Heard | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
P. McNeil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
I. Diouf | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 22 | 4 | 5 | 8/17 | 0/3 | 6/8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |