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| by Dan Scott -- Correspondent - Saturday, February 16, 2002 6:32 PM |
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RALEIGH, N.C. - Clemson's up and down play took another downward turn
Saturday in Raleigh.
Anthony Grundy scored 23 points and N.C. State's league-best scoring defense
throttled Clemson's offense in an 83-54 Wolfpack victory. The win improves
State to 19-7 overall (8-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), while the Tigers fall
to 12-14 (3-10).
After combining for 60 points in Wednesday's 118-115 double overtime win over
Wake Forest, Clemson guards Ed Scott and Tony Stockman were held to just 15
points Saturday. The Tigers were 1-of-12 on 3-point attempts, and shot just
38 percent from the floor for the game.
State's defense was especially physical where Scott was concerned, often
dropping a post player off on the junior point guard in a double-team to stop
his penetration. Scott picked himself up from the floor on more than one
occasion, and was forced out of the game for a time after an N.C. State
player delivered an elbow to his mouth, causing a bloody lip.
"He got knocked pretty good," said Clemson head coach Larry Shyatt. "
I was disappointed they just happen to miss that call."
Meanwhile, the Wolfpack put the game away with a barrage of 3-point baskets
in the second half, cruising to their largest season victory total since Jim
Valvano's 1989 team went 20-7.
"There are no other teams in this league except (Georgia) Tech that have their post
players not only playing on the three-point line but shooting the ball," said Shyatt.
Chris Hobbs led Clemson with 13 points.
State's Ilian Evtimov had 18 points in support of Grundy.
BOX SCORE
Clemson (12-14; ACC: 3-9) 20 34 54
No Carolina St (19-7; ACC: 8-4) 35 48 83
Clemson
PLAYER MIN FGM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST PF PTS
T. Stockman 28 2-10 3-4 1 7 1 1 7
E. Scott 35 3-11 2-3 1 3 5 2 8
R. Henderson 24 2-5 1-2 2 8 0 2 5
J. McKnight 17 2-5 2-2 1 2 0 1 7
C. Hobbs 26 5-9 3-4 1 3 1 4 13
T. Nagys 8 0-2 0-0 1 3 0 2 0
S. Allen 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Ford 19 2-2 0-0 0 1 0 3 4
O. Babalola 12 2-3 1-2 0 0 0 1 5
C. Christie 23 2-5 1-4 2 2 2 2 5
D. Clifton 5 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200 20-52 13-22 9 29 9 18 54
.385 .591
TEAM REBS: 1
TURNOVERS: 14 (Hobbs 3, Clifton 2, Scott 2, Christie, Ford, Mcknight,
Nagys, R Henderson, Stockman)
BLOCKED SHOTS: 2 (R Henderson, Ford)
STEALS: 8 (Scott 3, R Henderson 2, Stockman 2, Christie)
3-PT FGS: 1-12, .083 (Stockman 0-6, Scott 0-1, Mcknight 1-1, Babalola 0-1, Christie 0-3)
No Carolina St
PLAYER MIN FGM-A FTM-A OFF REB AST PF PTS
A. Grundy 33 10-19 0-0 2 7 1 3 23
A. Miller 28 2-9 2-2 0 1 3 3 8
J. Hodge 27 2-4 2-2 2 4 4 3 8
J. Powell 20 2-5 4-4 0 3 1 2 8
M. Melvin 21 3-5 3-3 1 4 4 3 12
M. Bell 1 0-1 1-2 1 1 0 0 1
I. Evtimov 31 4-6 7-8 2 6 5 2 18
B. Keeter 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
W. Roach 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
S. Sherrill 16 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
C. Crawford 15 1-2 0-0 1 4 1 2 3
J. Collins 6 0-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
Totals 200 25-57 19-21 9 32 21 20 83
.439 .950
TEAM REBS: 8
TURNOVERS: 14 (Grundy 4, Crawford 3, Powell 3, Evtimov, Hodge, Melvin, Miller)
BLOCKED SHOTS: 2 (Powell 2)
STEALS: 8 (Grundy 2, Crawford, Evtimov, Hodge, Melvin, Miller, Powell)
3-PT FGS: 14-31, .452 (Grundy 3-6, Miller 2-9, Hodge 2-3, Powell 0-1,
Melvin 3-4, Bell 0-1, Evtimov 3-4, Sherrill 0-2, Crawford 1-1)
Technicals: None
Attendance: 16,769
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