State 87, (2) Duke 75 [Updated 5:05pm]

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Led by Lacy (21), Turner (16) and Anya (career-high 14), State beat #2 Duke 87-75 to improve to 3-1 in the ACC. This will be a resume-win on Selection Sunday.

It wasn’t without drama (it never is), as State built a 19-point lead with 5:28 left before having to hold off Duke’s late-game surge that cut it to 72-64 with 2:26 left.

Box Score (ESPN)


Next up: Carolina, Wednesday 7pm (ESPN)

Enjoy this. More to come.

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  • 01/11/2015 at 4:33 PM #69105
    StateFans
    Keymaster

    Led by Lacy (21), Turner (16) and Anya (career-high 14), State beat #2 Duke 87-75 to improve to 3-1 in the ACC. This will be a resume-win on Selection
    [See the full post at: State 87, (2) Duke 75]

    01/11/2015 at 4:45 PM #69109
    13OT
    Participant

    Would LOVE to see an encore performance this coming Wednesday night!!

    01/11/2015 at 4:51 PM #69112
    44rules
    Participant

    Life as a State fan. Every time I get to the bottom of the dregs and think all hope is lost, I keep hoping against hope that something like this will happen. I don’t do the game thread during the game – always read it afterward – and it’s nice for once in a big game to see all the naysayers wrong at the end.

    Of course, during the games I’m usually a big negative Nellie myself. But in the name of all that is holy that resides upon the Earth, I am happy today.

    Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. Mao Zedong

    01/11/2015 at 5:06 PM #69118
    highstick
    Participant

    Sorta like you 44. I missed the entire game and was sure my wife was wrong when I got home. I’m gonna have fun watching the DVR of the game though. I’ve quit watching live cause everytime I do, they lose and I feel like I just jynxed ’em! Good weekend for the Pack teams and alumni!

    Maybe it’s time to leave and go to the Ivy League or SEC…can we start a bidding war?

    "Whomp 'em, Up, Side the Head"!

    01/11/2015 at 5:07 PM #69120
    Wufpacker
    Participant

    The current CBB front page on CBSSports.com
    KW looking all mean and shit….

    01/11/2015 at 5:09 PM #69121
    FuquayWolf
    Participant

    Great win by the Pack! I thought this was the least likely game we would win during this tough 3 game stretch.

    Minor irritation: tuned in to local sports radio station just now to catch their Sportscenter update for news on game. The idiots in Bristol said “Major upset in college basketball as North Carolina knocks off Duke 87-75.” Seriously.

    01/11/2015 at 5:11 PM #69123
    ancsu87
    Participant
    44rules wrote:

    Life as a State fan. Every time I get to the bottom of the dregs and think all hope is lost, I keep hoping against hope that something like this will happen. I don’t do the game thread during the game – always read it afterward – and it’s nice for once in a big game to see all the naysayers wrong at the end.

    Of course, during the games I’m usually a big negative Nellie myself. But in the name of all that is holy that resides upon the Earth, I am happy today.

    I guess I drink the Kool-aid cause I have not gotten to the point where I thought all hope was lost in any season under Gott. Under Les, Herb and Sid I got there often.

    01/11/2015 at 5:21 PM #69132
    MrPlywood
    Participant

    I was at a buddy’s house watching the Packers, and the Pack, wearing out the DVR. Saw State up 4 at the half, bits of pieces of the run to 19 pt lead, then the hectic last 5 minutes. All interspersed with the Packers comeback, sweating the Dez Lee catch/no-catch, and GB’s win.

    Reading the game thread is almost as much fun as watching the game, which I’ll go back and view in its entirety later.

    Great win for State, proud of the team. Looks like BJ grew up a little today, he could have that stat line every game.

    My only note – time to stop rushing the court. 🙂

    01/11/2015 at 5:23 PM #69133
    44rules
    Participant

    87, it’s not really Gott. It’s the fact that I became a State fan in the TT&B era and we’ve had about 25 years of weeping and gnashing of teeth since I graduated. The Les, Herb and Sid eras have done a wealth of destruction to my soul, to the point where I go off the deep end faster than before.

    I like Gott. But this is about the first time this year I’ve seen where the guards get the ball past the timeline, initiate the offense, the bigs actually run a high post offense where they’re looking for each other, and we score often enough.

    Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy. Mao Zedong

    01/11/2015 at 6:10 PM #69151
    ancsu87
    Participant

    ^ Same with me. Started following the year before DT was a freshman. Went to school during JV and the ’83 championship. I guess maybe I recall JV era wrong because in my mind it was a lot like Gott. A work in progress all year and then by ACCT time they were playing their best. Granted he was not on the bubble as much and had more talented teams at times but we never were a top 10 or even top 20 team from start to finish that I recall.

    01/11/2015 at 6:19 PM #69154
    Greywolf
    Participant

    Is it over? Can I open my eyes now?

    01/11/2015 at 6:20 PM #69155
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    ^^IIRC, V lost to an NAIA team the same season he had the team in the Elite 8 (’85) 🙂

    Totally agree on the ‘build to March’ similarity.

    01/11/2015 at 6:39 PM #69159
    choppack1
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    Great game today. When we get our inside guys involved we can play with anyone.

    Great gameplan and execution today.

    Channeling my inner-Bill the team “GOTT” the message he delivered vs. Cincy. Hopefully ship has been righted and we are off the bad side of the bubble to stay!

    01/11/2015 at 7:18 PM #69162
    mak4dpak
    Participant

    Gott in over his head? Where are you guys today? Geat game, and great coaching by Gottfriend! Go Pack!

    01/11/2015 at 7:22 PM #69163
    TheCOWDOG
    Moderator

    Almost Chops. It’s not when they get the bigs involved…

    It’s when the bigs get involved.

    01/11/2015 at 7:34 PM #69165
    pakfanistan
    Participant

    So many good things, but I nominate this for best thing from the game.

    01/11/2015 at 7:43 PM #69168
    eas
    Participant

    ^^Pakfanistan

    I could watch that over and over. Too funny!

    01/11/2015 at 7:56 PM #69170
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    Somebody said something different…

    We made 33 baskets…
    Our Guards( Anthony, Lacey, Turner, Lee) made 15 …
    Our BIGs (KW, ABU, Anya, Martin, Freeman) made the other 18 …

    We had 18 assists…
    Our Guards had 6 .. including Lacey who played most of the time at point guard who had Zero…
    Our BIGs had the other 12 …

    We snagged 37 rebounds..
    Our Guards had 9 … (Lacey and Anthony who had been averaging 10 rebs a game got 5 )
    Our BIGs grabbed the other 28 …

    Our BIGs got inside Okafor and Jefferson’s heads to the point that Jefferson took himself out of the game …
    and Okafor, while getting his numbers, did not control the game as has been the case most of the season…

    … and None of our BIGs missed a minute of PT in the rotation due to foul trouble…

    That’s getting “Involved”… in a “BIG” way …
    ___________________

    Now … I don’t know how many times we will see these kinds of numbers duplicated… maybe a half dozen at most… but I don’t think we will see any more games like the worst one of December from KW, ABU, Anya & Freeman …

    KW is clearly the “spiritual leader on the baseline”, but good numbers can come from any of them. The Twins are coming on fast and it ain’t going to be easy for opposing coaches to game plan us…

    While we are talking BIG… a shoutout to Freeman… the silent workhorse, no fuss, no noise, just getting it done whatever way the Coach asks…
    ___________________

    The double team on Okafor might have challenged the BIGs and GOTT their juices flowing and it’s success certainly transferred to the offensive end, but the only other significant change in strategy was that Lacey played most of the time at the point until he went down with the cramps, something we surely will see more of… (PG Lacey… not cramps)…

    But don’t think GOTT is going to give up on making Anthony an ALL ACC guard who can play either point or wing … ain’t gonna happen… they’re tight…

    We could express our thanks to Coach for a great pre-game pep talk, but really…
    How hard is it to “get up” when you’re playing the Number Two Team in the Nation in your house, who is located only 20 minutes up the road and whose Names you read in your paper (online or otherwise) 365 …

    If anything… Coach told ’em … they needed to ‘calm down’ and just play ball…

    … that is… right after he told them that the Dookies were young too and a bunch of pretty boy – prima donnas felines ( not exactly what Coach said ) and if they hit them hard enough and enough times, they would make the game …. “Marqueasy” …

    (… the unconfirmed rumor is Coach DD texted the ‘suggested’ pregame speech to GOTT early this morning… )

    Either way… Great Game Coach !!

    Now … have you GOTT Two in a Row ?

    We really, really want to see you slap Uncle Roy on the a$$…
    That would be worth a dollar.

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    01/11/2015 at 8:56 PM #69179
    blpack
    Participant

    Great win! Let’s enjoy the W and then get ready for U*NC. Go Pack!

    01/11/2015 at 9:07 PM #69182
    Adventuroo
    Participant

    Was watching from the Champions Club on the Bench side. Our seats are in 214 on the front and we look almost straight down the sideline.

    The security guys chased out the Cheerleaders with about 5 to go. Then they started to pull chairs or the folding rows. They appeared to be setting up an “secured” exit for the Dukies…..which was good planning.

    They probably should have been setting up on for the Refs. I hate to complain….but it SURE seemed like the Refs were trying to protect their point spread bets. If you watched the fouls, we got out share…..quickly in the 2nd half and it looked like Duke was going to win from the line….which they did outscore us by 10 points.

    THEN, security tried to stop the “Herd”. After the rush (melee) was over….the crowd had toppled the seats (folded them DOWN….don’t know if they were SUPPOSED to fold that way…but they did). The entire section from the Backboard Post to the sideline (left….the scorer/team side) were trampled. Looked like it was “neatly” done from a distance….but the poor chairs that were laying on their sides with the legs sticking up did not appear to be real happy.

    I have watched about 10 or “floor rushes” from this area….and this is the FIRST (as I recall) where the fans just walked OVER the seats.

    Great game…

    01/11/2015 at 9:46 PM #69185
    bill.onthebeach
    Participant

    ‘Roo…

    You left out the part about Coach GOTT wearing a white shirt today…

    … you don’t think that had anything to do with us winning do you ?

    Just send him an email and tell him to wear the same damn shirt Wednesday night … ok?

    #NCSU-North Carolina's #1 FOOTBALL school!
    01/11/2015 at 10:01 PM #69189
    Wufpacker
    Participant
    bill.onthebeach wrote:

    ‘Roo…

    You left out the part about Coach GOTT wearing a white shirt today…

    I’ll admit to being surprised by this as well.

    01/11/2015 at 10:04 PM #69191
    Tau837
    Participant

    Cody was awesome today. I was surprised Caleb only played 2 minutes. I realize Anya, Turner, and Cody all played well, and that was no doubt part of it, since there are only so many minutes to go around… but I was still surprised he played so little. Was it just how well the others were playing?

    01/11/2015 at 10:21 PM #69192
    wufpup76
    Keymaster
    Wufpacker wrote:

    I’ll admit to being surprised by this as well.

    Haha, I was waiting for the ‘white shirt / blue shirt’ analysis 🙂 (I don’t mean anything derogatory by that ‘Roo, just get a kick out of the shirt discussion).

    Tau – re: Caleb’s minutes – in my opinion (which is completely worthless!) it had more to do with the others playing well and how the matchups were going. Cody was so effective with his minutes on the floor that he probably ate into some minutes that twin bro might ordinarily get.

    I like the way the rotation is setting up, particularly if we continue to see improved efficiency from the bigs. As much as HWSNBN used to harp on ‘interchangeable parts’, this team really does have a mix of guys who can step up and attack different game variations. The huge bonus is that there seems to be great chemistry on the team, and on any given night there might be a true mix-match for success.

    01/12/2015 at 12:07 AM #69200
    wufpup76
    Keymaster

    Oregon State just beat Arizona. Rutgers downed Wisconsin earlier.

    Combine those games with our result and three top 10 teams went down in the same day. It could be an exceptionally wild March upcoming.

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