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NC State 85 Notre Dame 82: BOX SCORE
NC State improved to 16-5 tonight, defeating Notre Dame 85-82. The Wolfpack are now 6-4 in ACC play. The Box Score is below.
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Guard Mike O’Connell Announces He Will Play His Final Year of Eligibility at NC State
ECU Transfer Power Forward Ezra Ausar (6’9″/240) was on an Official Visit to NC State yesterday, and according to analysts at ON3 and 247Sports, things are trending in the right direction for the Wolfpack.
Jamie Shaw of ON3 submitted a prediction for Ausar to eventually commit to NC State yesterday morning.
Cory Smith of 247Sports submitted a crystal ball projection for Ausar to run with the Wolfpack this morning.
Ausar just wrapped up his Sophomore season in Greenville, averaging 11.4 points and 4.7 rebounds, shooting 51.4% from the field. As a Freshman, he was named to the AAC All-Freshman Team, averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds.
Ausar is a consensus 4-Star prospect in the Transfer Portal, and ON3 ranks him as the #60 overall player in the Portal and the #10 Power Forward.
Originally from Atlanta, Ausar played his Senior Season of High School at Liberty Heights Athletic Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. ON3 ranked Ausar as a 4-Star prospect coming out of high school, the #94 overall player nationally, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina.
Ausar has visited Seton Hall, Georgia Tech, met over Zoom with Georgetown, and had an in-home visit with Utah. John Calipari and his staff at Arkansas have been in touch with Ausar, as well as Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Virginia Tech, Arizona State, West Virginia, Iowa State and St. John’s. (Link)
Ausar has 2 years of eligibility remaining, and NC State currently has 1 scholarship remaining.
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Joiner again is perfect from free throw line. Burns was his dependable self but could not keep up with their bigs outside. However, our defense generated the stops, steals and turnovers to overcome a great shooting night by ND. I want to send a special shout out to Ebe (and Ross). Together they had 13 points, 4 rbds, and 4 blocked shots. Proud of all the guys and very thankful we won.
Rough game, thanks heavens we squeezed by them. Would have been a really bad loss.
How did we even win this game? Notre Dame’s shooting percentage was kind of bonkers. 58% in the first half, 51% in all, while we shot pretty poorly. Anyway, same sentiments Papajohn, rough game. After muscling through that, I felt like we lost but most certainly glad we won. It does sound like Notre Dame (despite their record) has had a lot of close games. They are not a team I want to meet up with in the ACC Tournament. Honestly, they seem like a team that could be clicking by then. On a separate note, great to see Smith… Read more »
Wow! I looked some more at the stats. Steals and turnovers. We had 2 turnovers and they had 15. They had 1 steal and we had a healthy 9. Our defense at this point really seems to be coming alive. If we can get our offense clicking… I say, watch out!
Teams with good shooters and nothing to lose are dangerous. They had nothing to lose and could heave up a 3 with a clear mind. ND is a good team with excellent ball movement, just can’t put it all together and not enough key stops on defense.
We are often making big plays and stops when needed. Only 2 turnovers! That’s elite guard play and really good ball control by everyone. Smith racking up some assists again.
Breon was showing some speed out there!
Our rebounding wasn’t elite though.