Live Blog: Wolfpack vs Bonnies UPDATE: 67 NC State – 65 St. Bonaventure

Aw, man.  It sure sucks that we don’t have a link to an online video feed…

Discuss the game below.  It’s on the radio on 101.5 from Raleigh.  For what it’s worth, we’re a 1 points underdog.  I will attempt to keep the game updated here on the blog!

1st HALF

14:20 – 12-6 Bonnies after coming out of the chutes at 7-0 Bonnies.  Not much to report on.

13:38 – 14-8 Bonnies.  Decent crowd showing up for St. Bonaventure.  Bonnies will be going to the line for a foul shot after the timeout.  UPDATE: missed FT.

13:16 – Howell being triple teamed under the basket, needing help but draws the foul.  Misses the first shot and makes the second.  Score 14-9 Bonnie.

12:48 – Painter tips in a 2 for 14-11.  Announcers make first mistake calling us “Carolina.”

12:26 – Johnson tries drawing a charge, Bonnie scores. 16-11.

12:05 – Wood goes to the line and (of course) makes them both. 16-13 Bonnie.

11:51 – Leslie with (another) foul.  Not sure how many that is, but it’s definitely not his first.

11:29 – 18ft shot by St. Bonnie makes it 18-13 Bonnie.

11:04 – Howell responds. 18-15.

10:28 – Awesome.  Bonnie hits a short jumper to go up 20-15, then NC State loses the ball out of bounds on the in-bound.  Perfect.

10:07 – Wood responds with his own jumper. 20-17.

9:48 – Bonnie nails a 2pt jumper. 22-17.

9:30 – Howell with the DUNK. 22-19 Bonnie.

9:18 – Wood, of all players, strips the ball away and gets a break-away lay-up. Anything can happen, I guess. 22-21.

8:30 – 24-21 after Bonnie rebounds a missed NCSU 3pointer.

7:52 – 24-23, Bonnie, after a couple of free throws.

7:17 – Jumpball, NC State.  Great, great defense for NC State on that possession and way to fight for the rebound on offense.  Apparently we bloodied up a Bonnie.

7:06 – Johnson gets a HUGE 3 pointers. 26-24 NC STATE!!!!!!!!!

6:30 – Johnson with ANOTHER 3 pointer… seriously, Alex, where did THIS come from?  29-24 NC State!

5:56 – Painter with a quick jumper. 31-24 NC State.

5:26 – Bonnie goes to the line for 2.  Makes the first and the second. 31-26 NC State.

4:52 – ALEX JOHNSON WITH ANOTHER 3 POINTER!!!!  That makes 3-in-a-row for Alex. 34-26 NC State.

4:23 – Bonnies with 1 FT. 34-27 NC State.

3:57 – Bonnies ending their shooting drought. 34-30 NC State.

3:11 – Bonnie with a huge dunk.  Poor defensive effort on our part. 34-32 NC State.

2:51 – Travel called on Wood behind the arc.  34-32 NC State.

2:38 – Johnson does a pretty good job defending the ball and gets a foul called.  Whatever.  34-34 all after the FTs.

2:20 – Wood drains a 3. 37-34 NC State.

1:24 – NC State loses the ball and results in Bonnie lay-up. 37-36 NC State.

44.8 – Bonnies get fouled and go to the line.  First FT is off turrrrrrribly.  Drains the second to tie it up 37 all.

3.# – Bonnies go into the half with the lead after a 3-pointer. 39-37 Bonnies.  F— me…………….

OVERALL: So-so all around.  A lot of good… some horribly bad… about what we’ve been seeing.  The good news is that there are periods of seeing this team really click.  Once again, turn-overs are killing us.

From @PackPride: “SBU shooting 50%, Pack 44%.”; “Pack doing a lot of fouling, 10 committed fouls, 4 players with 2 (Leslie, CJ Williams, Johnson, Painter). SBU has committed 4 fouls.”

Halftime Events: Watching a bunch of 7-8 year olds play basketball while listening to a rap song about shooting skeet.  Yeah, I don’t know what’s going on, either…

Halftime Events: At least these little kids travel less than Hansbrough use to…  I bet they can read Chicken Little a Hell of a lot better, too.

2nd HALF

19:38 – Howell tips in a basket. 39-39.

19:09 – Williams with a dunk and announcers calling us CAROLINA SECOND TIME THIS HALF!!!. 41-39 NC State.

17:55 – Great defense by State dead-balling the shot.  Oh yeah and announcers call us Carolina for the third time this half (they did it again as I was typing).

16:37 – Goaltending on NC State. 41-41.

16:05 – Bonnie lay-up and Wood gets popped hard. 43-41 Bonnies.

15:42 – Brown with a wide-open NBA 3. 44-43 NC State!

15:04 – Quick points for NC State. 46-43 NC State.

14:32 – Painter called for a foul will send Bonnie to the line.  Great defensive effort there, but the whole thing was brought about by a turnover so………… draw your own conclusions.  First FT is good.  Second is also good. 46-45 NC State, State’s ball.

SCOTT WOOOD: Back in the game with a taped nose.  He’s fine.

12:15 – 3 pointers for Bonnie. 48-46 Bonnie.

TURNOVERS: Alright guys, seriously.  It’s enough.  Past two possessions we’ve given away by traveling (once on Howell, once on Wood).  Wood was called for a travel not too long ago, also.  This is just a crappy way to trail in a ball game.

TURNOVERS: NC State get’s a big defensive stop and tries the half-court pass up to Brown.  Unfortunately it went straight into Bonaventure’s hands.  Stupid, stupid turnovers.

11:09 – 50-46 Bonnies after an easy lay-up.

CROWD: 5,800 fans there… most wearing colors not associated with either school.  Helpful suggestion to SBU: your fanbase isn’t exactly “pretty”.  Stop showing them.

9:55 – Bonnie battles for a basket and gets it. 52-46 Bonnies.

9:32 – 52-49 Bonnies.  Wood hits a fade-away 3pointer.

9:09 – 52-51 Bonnie after CJ Leslie dunk. Announcers starting to make excuses for Bonnie (missed calls, et al).

8:32 – 53-52 State after another Wood jumper.

8:05 – WOW!!!! THAT is what NC State is capable of.  3 vs 2 breakaway for State, Johnson takes the ball down, jacks it up to set Leslie up for a HUGE dunk. 55-52 State!

OBSERVATION: That is what makes this team frustrating.  We make dumb turnovers, but then when things click, we are absolutely sick.  That break away was textbook perfect.

7:45 – 55-54 State after 2pt jumper.

7:02 – Foul called on Painter.

OBSERVATION ON SBU: Their sponsors are the St. Bonaventure Penny Saver and they play songs about sexual bodily functions during little league halftime games.  There is something very disturbing about this place.

6:47 – Foul called and Bonnie goes to the line. Still 55-54 NC State.  Makes the first and the second putting Bonnie up 56-55.

6:30 – Wood at the line. Makes them both… of course. 57-56 NC State…. announcers now making stupid “He’s from Indiana and probably shot a ball every day of his life” comments.

4:47 – NC State defense keeps Bonnie from shooting at all on that possession.  Good defense.

3:34 – Wood at the line.  Makes both… again. 59-56 NC State.

FOUL TROUBLE: Painter and Williams both have 4 fouls.

3:20 – Bonnie scores a couple of FTs. 59-58 NC State, State with the ball.

2:27 – Shooting foul for Bonnie after we miss a bunch of shots on our end.  That will bring Bonnie ahead again, 60-59 Bonnies.

2:09 – Wood with the 2-point jumper to quiet the crowd. 61-60 NC State.

1:32 – Somehow Bonnie has the ball with 2 seconds left, throws the ball out of bounds, and still gets the ball.  Whatever, refs…

1:30 – They missed their shot.  NCState_Shit holds off this time…

1:08 – Williams with the lay-up. 63-60.

55.4 – Bonnie hits a 3 pointers (that particular player’s first 3 pointer of the night) to tie it up 63-63.

38.6 – Foul called against Bonnie, Wood at the line.  65-63 NC State.  Wood is awesome at the line….. Perfect.

22.5 – NC State holds the Bonnies from scoring on their possession, NC State takes the ball down and Bonnies swat it out of bounds.  Gottfried calls a TO to plan a move here.

TIME MANAGEMENT: It’s been a while since you’ve seen a coach at Raleigh that is so prepared to coach in tight, last-minute situations.  Against all of our loses, Gottfried has been coaching hard to the bitter end.  Hopefully this time it results in a win.  We are ahead by 2 and have the ball with less than half a minute left. 65-63 State, State ball.

16.7 – Out of bounds on Bonnie. Our plan is give it to Wood.  They are able to foul Johnson after Wood makes a quick pass.

12.8 – Johnson at the line.  Misses the first and Bonnie calls a timeout.  Tough miss for Johnson (you know he’ll catch a TON of flak for that if we lose this one as well as Wood for giving Johnson the ball in the first place).  11.1 seconds on the clock.

3.1 – Ball bounces off the shot clock and goes in the basket, but the clock isn’t fair game.  Shot won’t count, Bonnie gets two FTs.  Makes the first and Bonnie with a chance to tie the game with 3.1 seconds left.  Gottfried calls a timeout.

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH: Come on, be honest…. you’re loving have a game this exciting… We’re addicted to the pain.

3.1 – Bonnie ties everything up.

OOOOOOOOHHHHH MY GOD!!!!!!!! BALL GOES IN AT THE BUZZER.  Refs are reviewing this, but what an amazing play.  What a crazy, amazing play.

0.8 – Bonnie ball.  Nothing going.

Game over.  NC State wins on a full-court pass to Leslie who almost shoots underhanded from behind the basket to make the score 67-65 NC State.  What a crazy game.