Live Blogging: Penn St. Nittany Lions at N.C. State Wolfpack 11/29/2017

NCAA MBK: Penn St. Nittany Lions at N.C. State Wolfpack ESPNU TV Broadcast

Hello and welcome to another edition of ‘Live Blogging on Shish on College Basketball. ‘Tonight it is the Penn St. Nittany Lions and N.C. State Wolfpack. The Nittany Lions come into this ACC/B1G matchup with a record of 5-1, while the Wolfpack come in with a record of 6-2.

The Nittany Lions are statistically led by guard Tony Carr in scoring and assists, and Lamar Stevens in rebounds. The Wolfpack are statistically led by guard Allerik Freeman in scoring, Omer Yurtseven in rebounds, and Markell Johnson in assists.

It is the Penn St. Nittany Lions and N.C. State Wolfpack, coming up shortly.

Game Location: PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC 
Possible Starting Lineups:
Penn St. Nittany Lions (6-1):
G: J. Reaves
G: S. Garner
G: T. Carr
F: M. Watkins
​F: L. Stevens

N.C. State Wolfpack (5-2):
G: M. Johnson
G: T. Dorn
G: B. Beverly
G: A. Freeman
F: L. Freeman

1st Half:
All of the games being televised on the ESPN networks, are being delayed for ESPN's replay of the Late Jimmy Valveno's speech at the 1992 ESPYs.
In the ACC/B!G Challenge the ACC is currently 6-1 in this year's challenge.
Penn St. in white. N.C. State in gray. 
20:00: Penn St wins the tipoff. N.C. State will have the possession arrow in their favor.
19:45: Carr hits a 3-pointer. PSU 3, NCST 0
19:00: Reeves hits a jumper. PSU 5, NCST 0
18:02: Carr hits a layup. PSU 7, NCST 0
17:31: Garner hits the tipin. PSU 9, NCST 0
17:31: Wolfpack Timeout #1: PSU 9, NCST 0
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16:46: Jump Ball! N.C. State. Penn St. will get the Possession Arrow in their favor.
16:26: Garner hits the layup. PSU 11, NCST 0
15:52: T.V. Timeout #1: PSU 11, NCST 0

14:35: A. Freeman with a jumper. PSU 11, NCST 2
13:57: Hunt hits a 3-point FG PSU 11, NCST 5
13:35: N.C. State now has possession arrow in their favor.
12:59: Watkins makes the layup. PSU 13, NCST 5
12:53: Batts misses both free throws.
12:28: Hunt makes a 3-point FG. PSU 13, NCST 8
12:13: Garner makes a jumper. PSU 15, NCST 8
11:53; Batts with a Stephen Curry-3-point FG. PSU 15, NCST 11
11:27: Garner makes a 3-point FG. PSU 18, NCST 11
11:22: Yurtseven with a 3-point FG. PSU 18, NCST 14
11:01: T.V. Timeout #2: PSU 18, NCST 14
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10:57: Carr makes the layup and the foul. PSU 20, NCST 14
10:57: Carr misses the free throw. 
10:34: A. Freeman makes the layup. PSU 20, NCST 16
10:08: Carr makes the rebound and layup. PSU 22, NCST 16
9:59: Hunt makes a 3-point FG. PSU 22, NCST 19
8:28: A. Freeman makes the layup and the foul. PSU 22, NCST 21
8:28: A. Freemsn misses the free throw. PSU 22, NCST 21
8:20: Reaves makes the layup. PSU 24, NCST 21
7:38: T.V. Timeout #3: PSU 24, NCST 21

6:55: A. Freeman makes the jumper. PSU 24, NCST 23
6:24: Yurtseven makes a dunk to give the Wolfpack the first lead of the game. PSU 24, NCST 25
6:04: Pierce with a dunk. PSU 26, NCST 25
5:39: Bostick draws the foul. 
5:39: Bostick makes both free throws. PSU 28, NCST 25
4:00: L. Freeman makes the dunk. PSU 28, NCST 27
3:34: T.V. Timeout #4: PSU 28, NCST 27
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3:34: Dorn makes both free throws. PSU 28, NCST 29
3:34: Both teams are in the Bonus. 
3:04: Jump Ball! N.C. State Ball! Penn St. will have possession arrow in their favor.
1:55: Beverly makes the layup. PSU 28, NCST 31
1:09: Yurtseven makes the tipin. PSU 28, NCST 33
1:04: Bostick draws the foul on Yurtseven. 
1:04: Bostick makes both free throws. PSU 30, NCST 33
:48: L. Freeman draws a foul on Reaves. 
:48: L. Freeman makes both free throws. PSU 30, NCST 35
:32: Hunt draws a foul on Wheeler. 
:32: Hunt makes both free throws. PSU 30, NCST 37
:29: Nittany Lions Timeout #1: PSU 30, NCST 37
:03: Penn St. committed the shot clock violation.
:00: Penn St. will inbound the ball to start the second half.

Halftime: 
PSU 30, NCST 37

Halftime Leaders:
Scoring: Hunt (NCST): 11 points
Rebounds: 2 players at 7 rebounds
Assists: Reaves 3 assists.

Halftime Thoughts:
Well after being down 11-0, the Wolfpack bench gave a spark to give N.C. State a 7-point lead at halftime. As for Penn St. they hope they can rebound from their lackluster performance in the last 3-1/2 minutes of the first half.

2nd Half:
​​19:45: Carr makes the FG. PSU 32, NCST 37
19:28: L. Freeman makes the FG and the foul. PSU 32, NCST 39
19:28: L. Freeman makes the free throw. PSU 32, NCST 40
19:11: Watkins misses both free throws. PSU 32, NCST 40
18:55: A. Freeman makes a 3-point FG. PSU 32, NCST 43
18:41: Watkins makes the layup. PSU 34, NCST 43
18:25: Hunt makes the 3-point FG. PSU 34, NCST 46
17:23: Garner makes the 3-point FG. PSU 37, NCST 46
17:10: Beverly makes both free throws. PSU 37, NCST 48
16:38: Carr makes the jumper. PSU 39, NCST 48
16:20: L. Freeman makes the Tipin. PSU 39, NCST 50
16:06: Carr makes the jumper. PSU 41, NCST 50
15:26: Carr makes the jumper. PSU 43, NCST 50
15:09: T.V. Timeout #1: PSU 43, NCST 50
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14:44: Carr makes the layup and foul. PSU 45, NCST 50
14:44: Carr makes the free throw. PSU 46, NCST 50
13:44: A. Freeman makes the layup and the foul. PSU 46, NCST 52
13:44: A. Freeman makes the free throw. PSU 46, NCST 53
12:48: A. Freeman makes 1 of 2 free throw. PSU 46, NCST 54
12:09: Stevens makes the layup. PSU 48, NCST 54
11:59: Dorn makes the jumper. PSU 48, NCST 56
11:55: Watkins with the dunk. PSU 50, NCST 56
11:26: Dorn with the layup and the foul. PSU 50, NCST 58
11:26: T.V. Timeout #2: PSU 50, NCST 58
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11:26: Dorn misses the free throw.
10:37: Yurtseven makes the dunk. PSU 50, NCST 60
10:21: Bostick makes both free throws. PSU 52, NCST 60
10:07: Yurtseven makes a 3-point FG. PSU 52, NCST 63
9:45: Stevens makes 1 of 2 free throws. PSU 53, NCST 63
9:18: Stevens makes both free throws. PSU 55, NCST 63
8:14: Batts makes a 3-point FG. PSU 55, NCST 66
7:40: T.V. Timeout #3: PSU 55, NCST 66
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7:21: Reaves makes the 3-point FG. PSU 58, NCST 66
7:07: Yurtseven makes the 3-point FG. PSU 58, NCST 69
7:07: Penn State in Double Bonus, while N.C. State in the Bonus.
6:28: Stevens makes 1 of 2 free throws. PSU 59, NCST 69
6;13: Yurtseven makes both free throws. PSU 59, NCST 71
5:51: Watkins makes the layup. PSU 61, NCST 71
5;11: Yurtseven makes both free throws. PSU 61, NCST 73
4:47: Jump Ball. Penn St. Ball. N.C. State regains the possession arrow in their favor.
4:09: L. Freeman makes 1 of 2 free throw. PSU 61, NCST 74
3:43: Carr makes the layup. PSU 63, NCST 74
3:43: Nittany Lions Timeout #2: PSU 63, NCST 74
3:31: T.V. Timeout #4: PSU 63, NCST 74

3;27: Johnson makes 1 of 2 free throws. PSU 63, NCST 75
3:21: Stevens makes the dunk and the foul. PSU 65, NCST 75
​2:39: Stevens makes the jumper and the foul. PSU 67, NCST 75
2:39: Stevens makes the free throw. PSU 68, NCST 75
2:32: Wheeler makes 1 of 2 free throws. PSU 69, NCST 75
1:49: Carr makes a 3-point FG. PSU 72, NCST 75
1:15: A. Freeman makes a jumper. PSU 72, NCST 77
1:02: Carr makes both free throws. PSU 74, NCST 77
:52: Beverly makes both free throws. PSU 74, NCST 79
:43: Stevens makes the FG. PSU 76, NCST 79
:41: Johnson makes 1 of 2 free throws. PSU 76, NCST 80
:30: Beverly makes both free throws. PSU 76, NCST 82
:24: Carr makes the layup. PSU 78, NCST 82
:19: Nittany Lions Timeout: PSU 78, NCST 82
:14: Johnson makes both free throws. PSU 78, NCST 84
:04: Beverly makes 1 of 2 free throws. PSU 78, NCST 85
:00: The game is over.

Final:
PSU 78, NCST 85
PSU: (6-2)
NCST:(6-2)

Final Stats and Thoughts will be posted at halftime of the CSU/Marquette game.