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Taylor and Horne combine for 47 points to lead North Carolina State over Georgia Tech 82-76

AP
Feb 03, 2024

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) DJ Horne scored 26 points, Jayden Taylor added 21 and North Carolina State pulled away early in the second half to beat Georgia Tech 82-76 on Saturday night.

N.C. State (15-7, 7-4 ACC) trailed by one at the half but opened the second on a 27-11 run for a 62-48 lead with about nine minutes remaining. Horne scored nine points, and Casey Morsell and Jayden Taylor each chipped in with six points each during the stretch.

Miles Kelly's 3-pointer pulled Georgia Tech to 76-70 with 45 seconds left. The Wolfpack sealed it at the free-throw line.

Taylor and Horne were a combined 14-of-35 shooting from the field and made seven of the Wolfpacks' nine baskets from long range. Morsell finished with 15 points and DJ Burns Jr. added eight points to go with 10 rebounds.

N.C. State made 21 of 27 (78%) free throws and committed just four turnovers. Georgia Tech was 17-of-25 shooting (68%) at the line and grabbed five more rebounds (47-42), but it gave up 18 points on 12 turnovers.

Kelly scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Georgia Tech (10-12, 3-8), which was coming off a 74-73 upset win against No. 3 North Carolina, but has lost four of its last five games. Naithan George added 18 points and Kowacie Reeves Jr. had 12.

George scored 12 points and Kelly had nine as the Yellow Jackets built a 36-35 halftime lead. Horne scored 10 first-half points for the Wolfpack.

Georgia Tech hosts Wake Forest on Tuesday. N.C. State will look for its third straight victory when its hosts Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

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1st Half
GT
Yellow Jackets
36
NCST
Wolfpack
35

Time		Play	Score
20:00		(Wolfpack gains possession)
19:38		DJ Horne misses two point jump shot
19:36		DJ Horne offensive rebound
19:34	+2	DJ Horne makes two point layup	0-2
19:12		Casey Morsell shooting foul (Naithan George draws the foul)
19:12	+1	Naithan George makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-2
19:12	+1	Naithan George makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-2
18:53		Michael O'Connell misses two point jump shot
18:51		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
18:46	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	2-4
18:26		Baye Ndongo misses two point jump shot
18:24		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
18:16	+3	DJ Horne makes three point jump shot (D.J. Burns Jr. assists)	2-7
17:55		Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses two point jump shot
17:53		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
17:53		Ebenezer Dowuona personal foul
17:33		Michael O'Connell misses three point jump shot
17:31		Baye Ndongo defensive rebound
17:24	+2	Baye Ndongo makes two point layup (Naithan George assists)	4-7
17:11	+3	Casey Morsell makes three point jump shot (D.J. Burns Jr. assists)	4-10
16:56		Kyle Sturdivant misses three point jump shot
16:54		DJ Horne defensive rebound
16:33		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
16:31		Baye Ndongo defensive rebound
16:21		Naithan George turnover (bad pass)
15:59		Jayden Taylor misses two point layup
15:57		Jayden Taylor offensive rebound
15:53	+3	Michael O'Connell makes three point jump shot (Jayden Taylor assists)	4-13
15:38	+3	Naithan George makes three point jump shot	7-13
15:25		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
15:23		Ben Middlebrooks offensive rebound
15:17		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
15:15		Kyle Sturdivant defensive rebound
15:07		Baye Ndongo misses three point jump shot
15:05		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
15:03		Baye Ndongo personal foul
15:03		TV timeout
14:55		DJ Horne misses two point jump shot
14:53		DJ Horne offensive rebound
14:51		DJ Horne misses two point layup
14:49		Naithan George defensive rebound
14:45		Michael O'Connell shooting foul (Tafara Gapare draws the foul)
14:45	+1	Tafara Gapare makes regular free throw 1 of 2	8-13
14:45		Tafara Gapare misses regular free throw 2 of 2
14:45		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
14:35		Tafara Gapare blocks Ben Middlebrooks's two point layup
14:33		Wolfpack offensive rebound
14:23		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
14:21		Tafara Gapare defensive rebound
14:12		Tafara Gapare misses three point jump shot
14:10		Ben Middlebrooks defensive rebound
13:56		Mohamed Diarra misses three point jump shot
13:54		Naithan George defensive rebound
13:46		Mohamed Diarra blocks Kyle Sturdivant's two point layup
13:44		Tyzhaun Claude offensive rebound
13:34	+2	Tyzhaun Claude makes two point layup	10-13
13:29		Tafara Gapare personal foul (Ben Middlebrooks draws the foul)
13:11		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
13:09		Yellow Jackets defensive rebound
12:53		Miles Kelly misses three point jump shot
12:51		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
12:33		Mohamed Diarra misses two point layup
12:31		Yellow Jackets defensive rebound
12:14	+2	Miles Kelly makes two point jump shot	12-13
12:00		Mohamed Diarra misses three point jump shot
11:58		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
11:57		Tyzhaun Claude shooting foul
11:57		TV timeout
11:57	+1	D.J. Burns Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	12-14
11:57	+1	D.J. Burns Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	12-15
11:37		D.J. Burns Jr. shooting foul
11:37		Tyzhaun Claude misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:37	+1	Tyzhaun Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-15
11:17		D.J. Burns Jr. misses two point layup
11:15		Deebo Coleman defensive rebound
10:49		Baye Ndongo misses two point hook shot
10:47		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
10:41	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup	13-17
10:41		Tyzhaun Claude shooting foul
10:41	+1	Jayden Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 1	13-18
10:36		Kowacie Reeves Jr. turnover (Jayden Taylor steals)
10:30	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup	13-20
10:21		Kowacie Reeves Jr. turnover (Jayden Taylor steals)
10:11		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
10:09		Baye Ndongo defensive rebound
9:59		Baye Ndongo turnover (Casey Morsell steals)
9:47		Baye Ndongo shooting foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
9:47	+1	Casey Morsell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-21
9:47	+1	Casey Morsell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	13-22
9:23	+2	Naithan George makes two point jump shot	15-22
8:53	+3	Jayden Taylor makes three point jump shot (Casey Morsell assists)	15-25
8:34		Yellow Jackets 30 second timeout
8:18		Naithan George misses two point jump shot
8:16		Yellow Jackets offensive rebound
8:06		Deebo Coleman misses three point jump shot
8:04		Tyzhaun Claude offensive rebound
7:58	+2	Kyle Sturdivant makes two point jump shot	17-25
7:43		Tafara Gapare personal foul
7:43		TV timeout
7:43	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	17-26
7:43	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-27
7:35		Mohamed Diarra shooting foul (Tafara Gapare draws the foul)
7:35	+1	Tafara Gapare makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-27
7:35		Tafara Gapare misses regular free throw 2 of 2
7:35		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
7:20	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point jump shot	18-29
6:55		Deebo Coleman misses two point jump shot
6:53		Deebo Coleman offensive rebound
6:44		Kam Woods personal foul
6:36		Tafara Gapare misses three point jump shot
6:34		Tyzhaun Claude offensive rebound
6:32		D.J. Burns Jr. personal foul
6:25		Kyle Sturdivant misses two point layup
6:23		Ben Middlebrooks defensive rebound
6:07		Kam Woods misses three point jump shot
6:05		Naithan George defensive rebound
5:58	+3	Naithan George makes three point jump shot	21-29
5:35		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
5:33		Tafara Gapare defensive rebound
5:23		Ben Middlebrooks shooting foul (Tyzhaun Claude draws the foul)
5:23	+1	Tyzhaun Claude makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-29
5:23	+1	Tyzhaun Claude makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-29
4:56		Jayden Taylor turnover (Tafara Gapare steals)
4:50		Miles Kelly turnover (Dennis Parker Jr. steals)
4:43		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
4:41		Tyzhaun Claude defensive rebound
4:23		Michael O'Connell personal foul
4:23	+1	Naithan George makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-29
4:23	+1	Naithan George makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-29
4:03		Tafara Gapare blocks Dennis Parker Jr.'s three point jump shot
4:01		Yellow Jackets defensive rebound
4:00		TV timeout
3:44		Tafara Gapare misses three point jump shot
3:42		Tafara Gapare offensive rebound
3:38	+2	Tafara Gapare makes two point layup	27-29
3:18		Dennis Parker Jr. turnover
3:04	+2	Miles Kelly makes two point jump shot	29-29
2:44		Ben Middlebrooks misses two point layup
2:42		Ben Middlebrooks offensive rebound
2:42		Deebo Coleman shooting foul
2:42	+1	Ben Middlebrooks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-30
2:42		Ben Middlebrooks misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:42		Tyzhaun Claude defensive rebound
2:26		Tyzhaun Claude turnover (Michael O'Connell steals)
2:19	+3	DJ Horne makes three point jump shot (Michael O'Connell assists)	29-33
1:54	+2	Miles Kelly makes two point layup	31-33
1:54		LJ Thomas shooting foul
1:54		Miles Kelly misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:54		Ben Middlebrooks defensive rebound
1:45		Michael O'Connell turnover (Naithan George steals)
1:38		Kyle Sturdivant misses three point jump shot
1:36		DJ Horne defensive rebound
1:22		DJ Horne misses two point jump shot
1:20		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
1:09	+3	Miles Kelly makes three point jump shot (Kyle Sturdivant assists)	34-33
0:46		Tyzhaun Claude personal foul
0:46		Ben Middlebrooks misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:46		Kyle Sturdivant defensive rebound
0:16	+2	Kyle Sturdivant makes two point jump shot	36-33
0:09		Wolfpack 30 second timeout
0:01		Miles Kelly shooting foul (Ben Middlebrooks draws the foul)
0:01	+1	Ben Middlebrooks makes regular free throw 1 of 2	36-34
0:01	+1	Ben Middlebrooks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	36-35
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
GT
Yellow Jackets
40
NCST
Wolfpack
47

Time		Play	Score
19:51		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
19:49		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
19:32	+3	Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes three point jump shot (Naithan George assists)	39-35
19:19		Jayden Taylor misses two point jump shot
19:17		Kowacie Reeves Jr. defensive rebound
19:11		Baye Ndongo misses two point layup
19:11		Baye Ndongo offensive rebound
19:11		Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses three point jump shot
19:09		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
18:56		Baye Ndongo blocks Jayden Taylor's two point layup
18:54		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
18:43		Ebenezer Dowuona misses two point jump shot
18:41		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
18:33	+3	DJ Horne makes three point jump shot (Jayden Taylor assists)	39-38
18:22	+2	Naithan George makes two point layup	41-38
18:04		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
18:02		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
17:55		Miles Kelly misses three point jump shot
17:53		Ebenezer Dowuona offensive rebound
17:42	+3	Miles Kelly makes three point jump shot (Kowacie Reeves Jr. assists)	44-38
17:25	+2	DJ Horne makes two point jump shot	44-40
17:25		Miles Kelly personal foul
17:25	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 1 of 1	44-41
17:16		Naithan George misses two point jump shot
17:14		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
17:03	+3	DJ Horne makes three point jump shot (Michael O'Connell assists)	44-44
16:41		Miles Kelly misses two point jump shot
16:39		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
16:35	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup (Michael O'Connell assists)	44-46
16:20		Naithan George misses two point layup
16:18		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
16:02		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
16:00		Yellow Jackets defensive rebound
15:40		Naithan George misses two point jump shot
15:38		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
15:30		Casey Morsell misses two point layup
15:28		Naithan George defensive rebound
15:06		Naithan George misses two point jump shot
15:04		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
14:52		Ebenezer Dowuona personal foul
14:52		TV timeout
14:50		D.J. Burns Jr. misses two point layup
14:48		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
14:44		D.J. Burns Jr. misses two point layup
14:42		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
14:41	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	44-48
14:27		Kyle Sturdivant turnover (Michael O'Connell steals)
14:23	+2	Michael O'Connell makes two point layup	44-50
14:08		Tafara Gapare turnover (traveling)
13:49		D.J. Burns Jr. misses two point jump shot
13:47		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
13:36	+3	Miles Kelly makes three point jump shot	47-50
13:07		Jayden Taylor misses two point jump shot
13:05		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
13:02	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	47-52
12:41		Kyle Sturdivant misses three point jump shot
12:39		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
12:35		Tafara Gapare shooting foul (Jayden Taylor draws the foul)
12:35	+1	Jayden Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-53
12:35		Jayden Taylor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:35		Tyzhaun Claude defensive rebound
12:12		Tyzhaun Claude misses two point layup
12:10		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
11:53	+3	Jayden Taylor makes three point jump shot (Michael O'Connell assists)	47-56
11:44		Ben Middlebrooks shooting foul
11:44		TV timeout
11:44		Tafara Gapare misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:44	+1	Tafara Gapare makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-56
11:23		Ben Middlebrooks misses two point hook shot
11:21		Tafara Gapare defensive rebound
11:13		Tafara Gapare misses two point dunk
11:11		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
11:03		DJ Horne misses two point jump shot
11:01		Michael O'Connell offensive rebound
11:00		Tafara Gapare personal foul
10:49	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup	48-58
10:26		Tyzhaun Claude turnover (Michael O'Connell steals)
10:20		Tyzhaun Claude personal foul
10:10		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
10:08		Ben Middlebrooks offensive rebound
10:04	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup (Michael O'Connell assists)	48-60
9:40		Deebo Coleman misses three point jump shot
9:38		DJ Horne defensive rebound
9:19		DJ Horne misses two point jump shot
9:17		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
9:00		Miles Kelly turnover (Casey Morsell steals)
8:54	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point dunk (Casey Morsell assists)	48-62
8:54		Yellow Jackets 30 second timeout
8:54		TV timeout
8:35		Naithan George misses three point jump shot
8:33		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
8:33		Baye Ndongo personal foul
8:16		Michael O'Connell misses three point jump shot
8:14		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
8:05	+3	Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes three point jump shot (Miles Kelly assists)	51-62
7:45		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
7:43		Baye Ndongo defensive rebound
7:30		Ben Middlebrooks shooting foul (Baye Ndongo draws the foul)
7:30		TV timeout
7:30	+1	Baye Ndongo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	52-62
7:30	+1	Baye Ndongo makes regular free throw 2 of 2	53-62
7:05		Baye Ndongo personal foul (D.J. Burns Jr. draws the foul)
7:05		D.J. Burns Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
7:05		Kowacie Reeves Jr. defensive rebound
6:32		Yellow Jackets turnover (shot clock violation)
6:04	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point jump shot	53-64
5:50		Casey Morsell blocks Miles Kelly's three point jump shot
5:48		Tyzhaun Claude offensive rebound
5:43	+2	Kyle Sturdivant makes two point layup	55-64
5:43		Michael O'Connell shooting foul
5:43	+1	Kyle Sturdivant makes regular free throw 1 of 1	56-64
5:30	+3	Jayden Taylor makes three point jump shot (Michael O'Connell assists)	56-67
5:06	+2	Miles Kelly makes two point jump shot	58-67
4:36	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup	58-69
4:26		Naithan George turnover (Jayden Taylor steals)
4:10		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
4:08		Kowacie Reeves Jr. defensive rebound
3:59		Kyle Sturdivant misses two point jump shot
3:57		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
3:44	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup (D.J. Burns Jr. assists)	58-71
3:32	+3	Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes three point jump shot (Naithan George assists)	61-71
3:13		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
3:11		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
3:03		Miles Kelly misses two point jump shot
3:01		Tyzhaun Claude offensive rebound
2:52		Jayden Taylor personal foul
2:52		TV timeout
2:46		Ben Middlebrooks personal foul
2:46		Kowacie Reeves Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:46		Baye Ndongo offensive rebound
2:46		Ben Middlebrooks shooting foul
2:46	+1	Baye Ndongo makes regular free throw 1 of 2	62-71
2:46		Baye Ndongo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:46		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
2:28		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
2:26		Baye Ndongo defensive rebound
2:15	+3	Naithan George makes three point jump shot (Miles Kelly assists)	65-71
2:04		Wolfpack 30 second timeout
2:00		Baye Ndongo shooting foul (DJ Horne draws the foul)
2:00	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-72
2:00	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-73
1:49		Naithan George misses three point jump shot
1:47		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
1:40		Kyle Sturdivant personal foul (DJ Horne draws the foul)
1:40	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-74
1:40	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-75
1:30		Michael O'Connell personal foul
1:30		Kyle Sturdivant misses regular free throw 1 of 1
1:30		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
1:03		Tafara Gapare blocks Jayden Taylor's two point layup
1:01		Tafara Gapare defensive rebound
0:54	+2	Tafara Gapare makes two point layup (Naithan George assists)	67-75
0:53		Wolfpack 30 second timeout
0:51		Kyle Sturdivant personal foul (DJ Horne draws the foul)
0:51	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	67-76
0:51		DJ Horne misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:51		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
0:45	+3	Miles Kelly makes three point jump shot (Naithan George assists)	70-76
0:44		Yellow Jackets 30 second timeout
0:42		Naithan George personal foul (Michael O'Connell draws the foul)
0:42	+1	Michael O'Connell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-77
0:42	+1	Michael O'Connell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-78
0:34		Casey Morsell personal foul
0:34	+1	Naithan George makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-78
0:34		Naithan George misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:34		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
0:30		Wolfpack 60 second timeout
0:30		Casey Morsell turnover
0:21		DJ Horne personal foul (Kyle Sturdivant draws the foul)
0:21	+1	Kyle Sturdivant makes regular free throw 1 of 2	72-78
0:21	+1	Kyle Sturdivant makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-78
0:17		Tafara Gapare personal foul
0:17	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-79
0:17	+1	DJ Horne makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-80
0:02	+3	Kowacie Reeves Jr. makes three point jump shot (Kyle Sturdivant assists)	76-80
0:01	+2	Mohamed Diarra makes two point layup (Casey Morsell assists)	76-82
0:01		Miles Kelly shooting foul
0:01		Mohamed Diarra misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:01		Miles Kelly defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Miles Kelly defensive rebound