Dec. 23, 2001

Recap

North Carolina State vs Houston Cougars (12/23/01 at Hofheinz Pavilion)

Official Basketball Box Score North Carolina State vs Houston Cougars 12/23/01 2:30 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: North Carolina State 10-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 33 POWELL, Josh........ f 3-8 0-1 0-0 4 2 6 1 6 0 1 0 2 26 54 MELVIN, Marcus...... f 7-13 1-2 3-6 2 5 7 3 18 2 4 0 0 36 02 GRUNDY, Anthony..... g 4-11 3-6 6-6 1 2 3 3 17 2 0 0 2 30 11 MILLER, Archie...... g 0-5 0-5 0-0 0 2 2 4 0 4 1 0 2 23 24 HODGE, Julius....... g 4-10 1-4 4-5 2 1 3 4 13 4 1 1 2 27 03 ETIMOV, Ilian....... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 6 21 WATKINS, Levi....... 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 17 23 SHERRILL, Scooter... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 30 CRAWFORD, Clifford.. 1-4 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 20 32 COLLINS, Jordan..... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 4 0 1 0 0 10 TEAM................ 2 4 6 Totals.............. 23-61 7-23 14-19 13 21 34 20 67 13 11 2 8 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-33 36.4% 2nd Half: 11-28 39.3% Game: 37.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% 2nd Half: 3-10 30.0% Game: 30.4% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3% 2nd Half: 9-13 69.2% Game: 73.7% 1

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Houston Cougars 5-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 TRUSCOTT, Louis..... f 5-9 0-1 4-5 6 8 14 4 14 0 3 0 0 39 42 WILLIAMS, George.... f 9-11 1-1 3-3 2 8 10 3 22 1 4 4 0 34 43 OKAFOR,Patrick...... c 1-7 0-0 4-4 4 4 8 0 6 0 1 0 0 32 01 SMITH, Dominic...... g 2-10 0-2 3-4 1 3 4 3 7 0 2 0 0 36 02 GAINES, Kevin....... g 5-15 0-1 3-4 1 4 5 2 13 5 3 0 4 35 03 OLIVER, Marcus...... 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 15 05 McGUIRE, Jeremee.... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 8 24 SHELTON, Bryan...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 3 3 1 Totals.............. 24-59 1-5 17-21 18 29 47 16 66 7 15 7 4 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-28 46.4% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 40.7% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-1 100 % 2nd Half: 0-4 0.0% Game: 20.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0% 2nd Half: 9-11 81.8% Game: 81.0% 0

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Kerry Sitton, Ted Hillary, Mike Thibodeaux Technical fouls: North Carolina State-None. Houston Cougars-None. Attendance: 4183 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total North Carolina State.......... 33 34 - 67 Houston Cougars............... 35 31 - 66 NC State's Melvin hit 3-pointer at the buzzer to win the game.

Points in the paint-NCSTATE 22,HOU 38. Points off turnovers-NCSTATE 18,HOU 12. 2nd chance points-NCSTATE 13,HOU 19. Fast break points-NCSTATE 8,HOU 6. Bench points-NCSTATE 13,HOU 4. Score tied-8 times. Lead changes-4 times.

Play-By-Play

Play-By-Play North Carolina State vs Houston Cougars 12/23/01 2:30 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion

1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Houston Cougars TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: North Carolina State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:27 0-3 V 3 GOOD! 3 PTR by GRUNDY, Anthony 19:27 ASSIST by HODGE, Julius TURNOVR by SMITH, Dominic 19:09 19:06 STEAL by MILLER, Archie 18:45 TURNOVR by POWELL, Josh TURNOVR by TRUSCOTT, Louis 18:24 18:05 MISSED LAYUP by HODGE, Julius REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 18:05 17:57 FOUL by GRUNDY, Anthony GOOD! LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 17:54 2-3 V 1 ASSIST by WILLIAMS, George 17:54 17:36 MISSED 3 PTR by MILLER, Archie REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 17:36 TURNOVR by SMITH, Dominic 17:30 17:28 STEAL by MILLER, Archie 17:12 2-6 V 4 GOOD! 3 PTR by HODGE, Julius 17:12 ASSIST by GRUNDY, Anthony TURNOVR by WILLIAMS, George 16:56 16:55 STEAL by HODGE, Julius 16:52 2-8 V 6 GOOD! LAYUP by POWELL, Josh 16:52 ASSIST by HODGE, Julius FOUL by TRUSCOTT, Louis 16:34 TURNOVR by TRUSCOTT, Louis 16:34 16:23 TURNOVR by MELVIN, Marcus GOOD! JUMPER by WILLIAMS, George 16:02 4-8 V 4 15:47 MISSED JUMPER by HODGE, Julius BLOCK by WILLIAMS, George 15:47 REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 15:45 MISSED JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 15:41 15:41 REBOUND (DEF) by MELVIN, Marcus 15:36 TURNOVR by MELVIN, Marcus TIMEOUT media 15:36 GOOD! LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic 15:13 6-8 V 2 14:53 6-11 V 5 GOOD! 3 PTR by GRUNDY, Anthony 14:53 ASSIST by MILLER, Archie TURNOVR by GAINES, Kevin 14:48 14:31 MISSED 3 PTR by POWELL, Josh REBOUND (DEF) by GAINES, Kevin 14:31 14:17 FOUL by POWELL, Josh 14:16 FOUL by CRAWFORD, Clifford GOOD! FT SHOT by OKAFOR,Patrick 14:16 7-11 V 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by OKAFOR,Patrick 14:16 8-11 V 3 13:54 MISSED JUMPER by CRAWFORD, Clifford 13:54 REBOUND (OFF) by CRAWFORD, Clifford FOUL by SMITH, Dominic 13:48 13:48 8-12 V 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by CRAWFORD, Clifford 13:48 MISSED FT SHOT by CRAWFORD, Clifford REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 13:48 MISSED JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 13:30 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:30 MISSED JUMPER by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:26 13:26 REBOUND (DEF) by MELVIN, Marcus 13:10 MISSED JUMPER by GRUNDY, Anthony REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 13:10 GOOD! LAYUP by WILLIAMS, George 12:54 10-12 V 2 12:38 MISSED 3 PTR by WATKINS, Levi REBOUND (DEF) by SMITH, Dominic 12:38 MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic 12:31 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 12:31 12:18 FOUL by MILLER, Archie MISSED JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus 12:09 12:09 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 11:49 MISSED LAYUP by ETIMOV, Ilian BLOCK by McGUIRE, Jeremee 11:49 REBOUND (DEF) by McGUIRE, Jeremee 11:46 MISSED JUMPER by McGUIRE, Jeremee 11:41 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 11:41 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 11:37 12-12 T 1 11:16 MISSED LAYUP by CRAWFORD, Clifford REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 11:16 GOOD! 3 PTR by WILLIAMS, George 10:51 15-12 H 3 ASSIST by OLIVER, Marcus 10:51 10:37 MISSED JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 10:37 MISSED JUMPER by WILLIAMS, George 10:21 10:21 REBOUND (DEF) by CRAWFORD, Clifford 10:03 MISSED JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus BLOCK by McGUIRE, Jeremee 10:03 REBOUND (DEF) by McGUIRE, Jeremee 10:01 GOOD! JUMPER by McGUIRE, Jeremee 09:49 17-12 H 5 09:47 TIMEOUT 30sec 09:34 MISSED 3 PTR by MILLER, Archie 09:34 REBOUND (OFF) by MELVIN, Marcus 09:29 17-14 H 3 GOOD! LAYUP by MELVIN, Marcus MISSED LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 09:14 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 09:14 TIMEOUT MEDIA 09:08 TURNOVR by OLIVER, Marcus 09:08 09:08 STEAL by GRUNDY, Anthony FOUL by GAINES, Kevin 09:04 09:04 17-15 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRUNDY, Anthony 09:04 17-16 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRUNDY, Anthony TIMEOUT 30sec 09:04 TURNOVR by WILLIAMS, George 09:02 09:01 STEAL by POWELL, Josh 08:56 MISSED JUMPER by GRUNDY, Anthony REBOUND (DEF) by GAINES, Kevin 08:56 08:50 FOUL by MILLER, Archie GOOD! FT SHOT by GAINES, Kevin 08:50 18-16 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by GAINES, Kevin 08:50 19-16 H 3 08:27 19-18 H 1 GOOD! JUMPER by POWELL, Josh FOUL by WILLIAMS, George 08:16 TURNOVR by WILLIAMS, George 08:16 08:04 MISSED 3 PTR by HODGE, Julius REBOUND (DEF) by GAINES, Kevin 08:04 07:53 FOUL by MELVIN, Marcus GOOD! FT SHOT by WILLIAMS, George 07:53 20-18 H 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by WILLIAMS, George 07:53 21-18 H 3 07:53 TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:32 MISSED 3 PTR by GRUNDY, Anthony REBOUND (DEF) by SMITH, Dominic 07:32 MISSED LAYUP by OKAFOR,Patrick 07:18 07:18 REBOUND (DEF) by HODGE, Julius 07:09 MISSED LAYUP by GRUNDY, Anthony REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 07:09 MISSED JUMPER by TRUSCOTT, Louis 06:53 06:53 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 06:20 MISSED JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 06:20 TURNOVR by GAINES, Kevin 06:12 06:10 STEAL by HODGE, Julius 06:07 21-20 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by MELVIN, Marcus 06:07 ASSIST by HODGE, Julius FOUL by SHELTON, Bryan 06:07 06:07 21-21 T 2 GOOD! FT SHOT by MELVIN, Marcus MISSED JUMPER by OKAFOR,Patrick 05:56 REBOUND (OFF) by WILLIAMS, George 05:56 GOOD! DUNK by WILLIAMS, George 05:51 23-21 H 2 FOUL by SHELTON, Bryan 05:42 05:37 MISSED 3 PTR by SHERRILL, Scooter REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 05:37 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 05:31 25-21 H 4 ASSIST by GAINES, Kevin 05:31 05:19 MISSED 3 PTR by MELVIN, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 05:19 TURNOVR by GAINES, Kevin 05:14 05:13 STEAL by GRUNDY, Anthony 05:06 25-23 H 2 GOOD! JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus 04:46 FOUL by GRUNDY, Anthony MISSED FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 04:46 REBOUND (OFF) by OLIVER, Marcus 04:46 04:43 FOUL by ETIMOV, Ilian MISSED FT SHOT by OLIVER, Marcus 04:43 04:42 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 04:32 TURNOVR by SHERRILL, Scooter STEAL by GAINES, Kevin 04:30 GOOD! LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 04:27 27-23 H 4 03:54 27-26 H 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by ETIMOV, Ilian 03:54 ASSIST by HODGE, Julius GOOD! LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 03:34 29-26 H 3 03:22 29-28 H 1 GOOD! LAYUP by HODGE, Julius 03:22 ASSIST by MILLER, Archie FOUL by WILLIAMS, George 03:22 03:22 29-29 T 3 GOOD! FT SHOT by HODGE, Julius TIMEOUT media 03:22 MISSED JUMPER by McGUIRE, Jeremee 03:05 03:05 REBOUND (DEF) by COLLINS, Jordan 02:57 MISSED JUMPER by CRAWFORD, Clifford BLOCK by McGUIRE, Jeremee 02:57 02:57 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 02:34 TURNOVR by HODGE, Julius STEAL by GAINES, Kevin 02:33 GOOD! LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic 02:30 31-29 H 2 ASSIST by GAINES, Kevin 02:30 02:09 MISSED 3 PTR by MILLER, Archie REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 02:09 02:07 FOUL by ETIMOV, Ilian GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 02:07 32-29 H 3 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 02:07 33-29 H 4 01:42 TURNOVR by MILLER, Archie MISSED JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 01:22 01:22 BLOCK by HODGE, Julius REBOUND (OFF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 01:19 GOOD! JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus 01:04 35-29 H 6 00:58 35-31 H 4 GOOD! JUMPER by COLLINS, Jordan MISSED JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus 00:45 00:45 REBOUND (DEF) by MILLER, Archie 00:38 35-33 H 2 GOOD! DUNK by HODGE, Julius 00:38 ASSIST by MILLER, Archie MISSED JUMPER by OKAFOR,Patrick 00:03 00:01 REBOUND (DEF) by MELVIN, Marcus

Houston Cougars 35, North Carolina State 33

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2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Houston Cougars TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: North Carolina State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TIMEOUT TEAM 19:46 TURNOVR by TRUSCOTT, Louis 19:30 19:06 MISSED JUMPER by POWELL, Josh REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 19:06 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic 18:57 REBOUND (OFF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 18:57 MISSED JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 18:46 REBOUND (OFF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 18:46 MISSED LAYUP by OKAFOR,Patrick 18:43 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 18:43 MISSED JUMPER by OKAFOR,Patrick 18:32 18:32 REBOUND (DEF) by MILLER, Archie 18:26 MISSED JUMPER by GRUNDY, Anthony 18:26 REBOUND (OFF) by POWELL, Josh 18:08 MISSED 3 PTR by HODGE, Julius 18:08 REBOUND (OFF) by POWELL, Josh 18:04 MISSED JUMPER by POWELL, Josh 18:04 REBOUND (OFF) by HODGE, Julius FOUL by TRUSCOTT, Louis 18:03 18:03 35-34 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by HODGE, Julius 18:03 35-35 T 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by HODGE, Julius GOOD! JUMPER by WILLIAMS, George 17:44 37-35 H 2 17:44 FOUL by HODGE, Julius GOOD! FT SHOT by WILLIAMS, George 17:44 38-35 H 3 17:15 MISSED JUMPER by POWELL, Josh REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 17:15 MISSED LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 17:08 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 17:08 MISSED LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 17:04 REBOUND (OFF) by SMITH, Dominic 17:04 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 17:00 40-35 H 5 ASSIST by GAINES, Kevin 17:00 16:35 40-37 H 3 GOOD! JUMPER by GRUNDY, Anthony MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic 16:20 16:20 REBOUND (DEF) by POWELL, Josh 16:11 MISSED 3 PTR by MILLER, Archie REBOUND (DEF) by GAINES, Kevin 16:11 16:10 FOUL by GRUNDY, Anthony GOOD! DUNK by OKAFOR,Patrick 15:58 42-37 H 5 ASSIST by GAINES, Kevin 15:58 15:41 42-40 H 2 GOOD! 3 PTR by GRUNDY, Anthony 15:41 ASSIST by MELVIN, Marcus TURNOVR by WILLIAMS, George 15:31 15:31 TIMEOUT MEDIA FOUL by GAINES, Kevin 15:20 15:20 42-41 H 1 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRUNDY, Anthony 15:20 42-42 T 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRUNDY, Anthony MISSED 3 PTR by TRUSCOTT, Louis 14:50 REBOUND (OFF) by WILLIAMS, George 14:50 GOOD! LAYUP by WILLIAMS, George 14:46 44-42 H 2 14:20 44-44 T 6 GOOD! JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus 14:20 ASSIST by MILLER, Archie MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic 13:41 REBOUND (OFF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 13:41 MISSED LAYUP by OKAFOR,Patrick 13:37 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:37 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 13:33 46-44 H 2 13:20 MISSED JUMPER by WATKINS, Levi BLOCK by WILLIAMS, George 13:20 REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 13:17 13:14 FOUL by MILLER, Archie GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 13:14 47-44 H 3 MISSED FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 13:14 13:14 REBOUND (DEF) by WATKINS, Levi 12:59 MISSED 3 PTR by HODGE, Julius 12:59 REBOUND (OFF) by HODGE, Julius 12:54 MISSED JUMPER by HODGE, Julius BLOCK by WILLIAMS, George 12:54 12:54 REBOUND (OFF) by (TEAM) 12:52 MISSED 3 PTR by WATKINS, Levi REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 12:52 12:32 FOUL by MILLER, Archie GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 12:32 48-44 H 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by SMITH, Dominic 12:32 49-44 H 5 FOUL by OLIVER, Marcus 12:18 FOUL by OLIVER, Marcus 12:17 12:17 MISSED FT SHOT by MELVIN, Marcus 12:17 REBOUND (OFF) by (DEADBALL) 12:17 MISSED FT SHOT by MELVIN, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by OKAFOR,Patrick 12:17 MISSED JUMPER by OLIVER, Marcus 12:03 12:03 REBOUND (DEF) by MELVIN, Marcus 11:57 TIMEOUT MEDIA 11:53 MISSED LAYUP by COLLINS, Jordan BLOCK by WILLIAMS, George 11:53 11:50 REBOUND (OFF) by COLLINS, Jordan 11:48 49-46 H 3 GOOD! LAYUP by COLLINS, Jordan 11:48 FOUL by HODGE, Julius MISSED LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 11:42 11:42 REBOUND (DEF) by COLLINS, Jordan 11:41 TURNOVR by COLLINS, Jordan TURNOVR by (TEAM) 11:41 11:07 TURNOVR by MELVIN, Marcus STEAL by GAINES, Kevin 11:06 MISSED 3 PTR by GAINES, Kevin 10:52 10:52 REBOUND (DEF) by GRUNDY, Anthony FOUL by SMITH, Dominic 10:46 10:44 49-48 H 1 GOOD! JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus 10:44 ASSIST by CRAWFORD, Clifford TIMEOUT 30sec 10:33 MISSED 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic 10:08 10:08 REBOUND (DEF) by CRAWFORD, Clifford 10:01 TURNOVR by CRAWFORD, Clifford STEAL by GAINES, Kevin 09:57 TURNOVR by OKAFOR,Patrick 09:41 09:41 STEAL by POWELL, Josh 09:24 MISSED 3 PTR by GRUNDY, Anthony 09:24 REBOUND (OFF) by MELVIN, Marcus 09:22 49-50 V 1 GOOD! LAYUP by MELVIN, Marcus FOUL by TRUSCOTT, Louis 09:22 09:22 MISSED FT SHOT by MELVIN, Marcus 09:22 REBOUND (OFF) by POWELL, Josh 09:19 MISSED LAYUP by POWELL, Josh 09:19 REBOUND (OFF) by POWELL, Josh 09:13 49-52 V 3 GOOD! LAYUP by POWELL, Josh GOOD! LAYUP by WILLIAMS, George 09:07 51-52 V 1 08:48 51-54 V 3 GOOD! LAYUP by HODGE, Julius 08:26 FOUL by HODGE, Julius MISSED 3 PTR by SMITH, Dominic 08:21 08:21 REBOUND (DEF) by POWELL, Josh FOUL by SMITH, Dominic 08:14 08:14 51-55 V 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRUNDY, Anthony 08:14 51-56 V 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by GRUNDY, Anthony MISSED LAYUP by GAINES, Kevin 07:56 07:56 BLOCK by ETIMOV, Ilian REBOUND (OFF) by GAINES, Kevin 07:55 GOOD! JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 07:55 53-56 V 3 07:55 FOUL by HODGE, Julius GOOD! FT SHOT by GAINES, Kevin 07:55 54-56 V 2 TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:55 07:31 MISSED JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus 07:31 REBOUND (OFF) by GRUNDY, Anthony 07:12 54-58 V 4 GOOD! LAYUP by CRAWFORD, Clifford 07:12 ASSIST by MELVIN, Marcus 06:38 FOUL by CRAWFORD, Clifford MISSED FT SHOT by GAINES, Kevin 06:38 06:38 REBOUND (DEF) by GRUNDY, Anthony 06:08 54-61 V 7 GOOD! 3 PTR by WATKINS, Levi 06:08 ASSIST by GRUNDY, Anthony 05:49 FOUL by COLLINS, Jordan GOOD! FT SHOT by OKAFOR,Patrick 05:49 55-61 V 6 GOOD! FT SHOT by OKAFOR,Patrick 05:49 56-61 V 5 05:36 FOUL by MELVIN, Marcus 05:36 TURNOVR by MELVIN, Marcus GOOD! JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 05:14 58-61 V 3 FOUL by TRUSCOTT, Louis 04:47 04:47 58-62 V 4 GOOD! FT SHOT by MELVIN, Marcus 04:47 58-63 V 5 GOOD! FT SHOT by MELVIN, Marcus MISSED JUMPER by SMITH, Dominic 04:34 04:34 REBOUND (DEF) by (TEAM) 04:15 TURNOVR by WATKINS, Levi MISSED JUMPER by GAINES, Kevin 03:43 03:43 REBOUND (DEF) by MELVIN, Marcus 03:10 MISSED JUMPER by MELVIN, Marcus REBOUND (DEF) by SMITH, Dominic 03:10 MISSED LAYUP by SMITH, Dominic 03:04 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 02:59 GOOD! LAYUP by TRUSCOTT, Louis 02:54 60-63 V 3 02:52 TIMEOUT 30sec 02:50 MISSED 3 PTR by MILLER, Archie REBOUND (DEF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 02:50 TIMEOUT media 02:38 GOOD! JUMPER by WILLIAMS, George 02:13 62-63 V 1 01:59 TIMEOUT 30sec 01:35 MISSED 3 PTR by GRUNDY, Anthony REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 01:31 TIMEOUT 30sec 01:30 MISSED JUMPER by WILLIAMS, George 01:03 REBOUND (OFF) by TRUSCOTT, Louis 01:03 01:00 FOUL by MELVIN, Marcus GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 01:00 63-63 T 7 GOOD! FT SHOT by TRUSCOTT, Louis 01:00 64-63 H 1 FOUL by WILLIAMS, George 00:38 00:38 64-64 T 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by HODGE, Julius 00:38 MISSED FT SHOT by HODGE, Julius REBOUND (DEF) by WILLIAMS, George 00:38 GOOD! DUNK by WILLIAMS, George 00:07 66-64 H 2 ASSIST by GAINES, Kevin 00:07 00:06 TIMEOUT 30sec 00:06 TIMEOUT 30sec 00:01 66-67 V 1 GOOD! 3 PTR by MELVIN, Marcus

North Carolina State 67, Houston Cougars 66

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Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half

Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half North Carolina State vs Houston Cougars 12/23/01 2:30 p.m. at Hofheinz Pavilion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: North Carolina State 10-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 33 POWELL, Josh........ f 2-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 11 54 MELVIN, Marcus...... f 3-7 0-1 1-1 1 3 4 1 7 0 2 0 0 16 02 GRUNDY, Anthony..... g 2-6 2-3 2-2 0 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 2 12 11 MILLER, Archie...... g 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 14 24 HODGE, Julius....... g 3-6 1-2 1-1 0 1 1 0 8 4 1 1 2 16 03 ETIMOV, Ilian....... 1-2 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 6 21 WATKINS, Levi....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 23 SHERRILL, Scooter... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 30 CRAWFORD, Clifford.. 0-3 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 32 COLLINS, Jordan..... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM................ 1 3 4 Totals.............. 12-33 4-13 5-6 3 10 13 9 33 8 6 1 7 100

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-33 36.4% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-13 30.8% F Throw % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Houston Cougars 5-5 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 15 TRUSCOTT, Louis..... f 2-4 0-0 2-3 2 5 7 1 6 0 2 0 0 20 42 WILLIAMS, George.... f 4-5 1-1 2-2 1 5 6 2 11 1 3 1 0 16 43 OKAFOR,Patrick...... c 0-3 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 12 01 SMITH, Dominic...... g 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 0 2 0 0 17 02 GAINES, Kevin....... g 3-7 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 1 8 2 3 0 2 17 03 OLIVER, Marcus...... 1-3 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 10 05 McGUIRE, Jeremee.... 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 7 24 SHELTON, Bryan...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 2 2 Totals.............. 13-28 1-1 8-10 7 19 26 7 35 4 11 4 2 100

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-28 46.4% 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1-1 100 % F Throw % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0%

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Kerry Sitton, Ted Hillary, Mike Thibodeaux Technical fouls: North Carolina State-None. Houston Cougars-None. Attendance: 4183 Score by Periods 1st North Carolina State.......... 33 Houston Cougars............... 35 NC State's Melvin hit 3-pointer at the buzzer to win the game.

Points in the paint-NCSTATE 10,HOU 20. Points off turnovers-NCSTATE 12,HOU 10. 2nd chance points-NCSTATE 3,HOU 6. Fast break points-NCSTATE 8,HOU 4. Bench points-NCSTATE 6,HOU 4. Score tied-3 times. Lead changes-1 time.