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North Carolina State pulls away from Maryland-Eastern Shore 93-61 behind Taylor's 21 points

AP
Dec 07, 2023

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Jayden Taylor scored 21 points shooting 8 of 11 and DJ Burns Jr. scored 15 points shooting 7 of 9 and North Carolina State rolled to a 93-61 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Wednesday night.

Casey Morsell added 12 points for North Carolina State (6-2) and DJ Horne 10. Reserves MJ Rice and LJ Thomas scored 11 and 10 respectively for NC State, which shot 59.3% but just 55.6% from the foul line.

Troy Hupstead scored 22 points and Chace Davis and Devon Ellis each scored 12 for Maryland-Eastern Shore.

North Carolina State never trailed with the exception of a 53-second stretch early. Taylor tied it at 4-all, followed that with a 3-pointer then came up with a layup off a steal to make it 9-4. North Carolina State went on a 10-2 run from there to post its first double-digit lead of the night at 19-8 on Morsell's jump shot with 11:25 before halftime.

The Hawks drew within six points on two occasions, and after Hupstead made two foul shots with 1:38 left before halftime, trailed 32-25. Dennis Parker Jr. countered with a jump shot and Thomas made a 3, and the Wolfpack extended the margin to 37-25 at halftime. Tyler Mack's 3 got Maryland-Eastern Shore within 43-34 with 16:31 to mark the Eagles' last single-digit deficit of the night. Thomas made two foul shots to extend NC State's advantage to 70-50 a little more than five minutes later. Rice's layup with 2:13 made it a 30-point margin at 91-61.

Maryland-Eastern Shore travels to Marist for a game on Friday.

North Carolina State has nearly a full week off before hosting UT Martin on Tuesday.

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1st Half
UMES
Hawks
25
NCST
Wolfpack
37

Time		Play	Score
19:52		Troy Hupstead vs. D.J. Burns Jr. (Jayden Taylor gains possession)
19:52	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	0-2
19:25	+2	Devon Ellis makes two point layup	2-2
18:54		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
18:52		Troy Hupstead defensive rebound
18:35		Troy Hupstead misses two point layup
18:33		Troy Hupstead offensive rebound
18:29		Jayden Taylor blocks Dionte Johnson's three point jump shot
18:29		Hawks offensive rebound
17:52		Hawks turnover (lost ball)
17:52		Ben Middlebrooks turnover (lost ball) (Troy Hupstead steals)
17:52	+2	Devon Ellis makes two point jump shot	4-2
17:28		D.J. Burns Jr. misses two point hook shot
17:26		Dionte Johnson defensive rebound
16:57		Chace Davis misses three point jump shot
16:57		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
16:57	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point jump shot (DJ Horne assists)	4-4
16:41		Troy Hupstead misses three point jump shot
16:39		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
16:33	+3	Jayden Taylor makes three point jump shot	4-7
16:05		Devon Ellis turnover (lost ball) (Jayden Taylor steals)
16:05	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup (DJ Horne assists)	4-9
15:33		Troy Hupstead turnover (Ben Middlebrooks steals)
15:33		TV timeout
15:17	+2	Mohamed Diarra makes two point dunk (DJ Horne assists)	4-11
14:59	+2	Chace Davis makes two point jump shot (Damani Claxton assists)	6-11
14:36	+3	DJ Horne makes three point jump shot (Dennis Parker Jr. assists)	6-14
14:03		Damani Claxton misses two point jump shot
14:01		Hawks offensive rebound
13:08		Devon Ellis misses two point jump shot
13:08		Michael O'Connell defensive rebound
13:08		Toby Nnadozie personal foul
13:08	+2	MJ Rice makes two point layup	6-16
12:49	+2	Victory Naboya makes two point layup (Damani Claxton assists)	8-16
12:28		Mohamed Diarra misses two point layup
12:26		Devon Ellis defensive rebound
12:02		Toby Nnadozie turnover (bad pass) (Michael O'Connell steals)
12:00		Toby Nnadozie personal foul (Dennis Parker Jr. draws the foul)
11:48		Victory Naboya personal foul (Wolfpack draws the foul)
11:48		TV timeout
11:44		Malang Athian shooting foul (Mohamed Diarra draws the foul)
11:44		Mohamed Diarra misses regular free throw 1 of 2
11:44	+1	Mohamed Diarra makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-17
11:34		Hawks turnover (10-second violation)
11:23	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point jump shot	8-19
11:06		Jayden Taylor personal foul (Damani Claxton draws the foul)
10:36		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive foul
10:15		Dionte Johnson misses three point jump shot
10:13		Dionte Johnson offensive rebound
10:05		Elijah Wilson misses three point jump shot
10:03		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
9:57		Casey Morsell misses two point layup
9:55		Elijah Wilson defensive rebound
9:36	+2	Devon Ellis makes two point layup (Troy Hupstead assists)	10-19
9:23		Devon Ellis personal foul (Mohamed Diarra draws the foul)
9:09		D.J. Burns Jr. misses two point layup
9:07		Troy Hupstead defensive rebound
8:43	+3	Chace Davis makes three point jump shot	13-19
8:26		Chace Davis personal foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
8:20	+2	DJ Horne makes two point layup	13-21
8:02		Jayden Taylor personal foul (Hawks draws the foul)
7:53		D.J. Burns Jr. shooting foul (Troy Hupstead draws the foul)
7:53		TV timeout
7:53	+1	Troy Hupstead makes regular free throw 1 of 2	14-21
7:53	+1	Troy Hupstead makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-21
7:40		Israel Yaw shooting foul (Ben Middlebrooks draws the foul)
7:40		Ben Middlebrooks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:24	+1	Ben Middlebrooks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-22
7:24		Elijah Wilson misses two point jump shot
7:22		MJ Rice defensive rebound
7:00		Michael O'Connell misses two point layup
7:00		Ben Middlebrooks offensive rebound
7:00		Israel Yaw shooting foul (Ben Middlebrooks draws the foul)
7:00		Ben Middlebrooks misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:00	+1	Ben Middlebrooks makes regular free throw 2 of 2	15-23
6:49		Damani Claxton turnover (lost ball) (Casey Morsell steals)
6:36	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup	15-25
6:24		Victory Naboya misses two point jump shot
6:22		Ben Middlebrooks defensive rebound
5:48		Michael O'Connell turnover (lost ball) (Israel Yaw steals)
5:48		Damani Claxton misses two point layup
5:46		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
5:39		Michael O'Connell turnover (lost ball) (Troy Hupstead steals)
5:16		Damani Claxton misses two point layup
5:16		Chace Davis offensive rebound
5:16		Chace Davis misses two point layup
5:16		Troy Hupstead offensive rebound
5:16	+2	Troy Hupstead makes two point tip layup	17-25
4:52		Damani Claxton shooting foul (DJ Horne draws the foul)
4:52		DJ Horne misses regular free throw 1 of 1
4:52		Chace Davis defensive rebound
4:52		Tyler Mack turnover (lost ball) (Mohamed Diarra steals)
4:17		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
4:17		Mohamed Diarra offensive rebound
4:17	+2	Mohamed Diarra makes two point layup	17-27
4:17		Tyler Mack misses three point jump shot
4:15		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
4:08		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
4:06		Devon Ellis defensive rebound
3:54		Chace Davis misses three point jump shot
3:52		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
3:41	+2	Dennis Parker Jr. makes two point jump shot	17-29
3:31		Troy Hupstead turnover (lost ball) (Mohamed Diarra steals)
3:31		TV timeout
3:16	+2	Mohamed Diarra makes two point layup	17-31
2:51	+3	Damani Claxton makes three point jump shot (Tyler Mack assists)	20-31
2:28		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
2:26		Damani Claxton defensive rebound
1:58	+3	Troy Hupstead makes three point jump shot (Damani Claxton assists)	23-31
1:48		Damani Claxton shooting foul (LJ Thomas draws the foul)
1:48		LJ Thomas misses regular free throw 1 of 2
1:48	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-32
1:39		DJ Horne shooting foul (Troy Hupstead draws the foul)
1:39	+1	Troy Hupstead makes regular free throw 1 of 2	24-32
1:39	+1	Troy Hupstead makes regular free throw 2 of 2	25-32
1:18		Mohamed Diarra misses two point jump shot
1:16		Dennis Parker Jr. offensive rebound
1:07	+2	Dennis Parker Jr. makes two point layup	25-34
1:02		Hawks 30 second timeout
0:46		Troy Hupstead misses three point jump shot
0:44		LJ Thomas defensive rebound
0:30	+3	LJ Thomas makes three point jump shot (Casey Morsell assists)	25-37
0:00		Devon Ellis misses two point jump shot
0:00		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
UMES
Hawks
36
NCST
Wolfpack
56

Time		Play	Score
19:48	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup (Casey Morsell assists)	25-39
19:19		Troy Hupstead misses two point layup
19:17		Chace Davis offensive rebound
19:08	+2	Chace Davis makes two point jump shot	27-39
18:55		Jayden Taylor misses two point layup
18:55		Jayden Taylor offensive rebound
18:55		Casey Morsell turnover (lost ball)
18:50		Dionte Johnson turnover (lost ball)
18:34		Chace Davis shooting foul (Jayden Taylor draws the foul)
18:34	+1	Jayden Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-40
18:34		Jayden Taylor misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:34		Troy Hupstead defensive rebound
18:19	+2	Troy Hupstead makes two point layup	29-40
18:00		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
17:58		Jayden Taylor offensive rebound
17:46	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup	29-42
17:27		Troy Hupstead misses two point jump shot
17:25		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
17:20		Jayden Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Dionte Johnson steals)
17:10	+2	Dionte Johnson makes two point layup (Chace Davis assists)	31-42
16:49		Troy Hupstead shooting foul (D.J. Burns Jr. draws the foul)
16:49		D.J. Burns Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
16:49	+1	D.J. Burns Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	31-43
16:49		Michael O'Connell personal foul (Dionte Johnson draws the foul)
16:34	+3	Tyler Mack makes three point jump shot (Troy Hupstead assists)	34-43
16:19		Troy Hupstead personal foul (D.J. Burns Jr. draws the foul)
16:12	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	34-45
15:48		Troy Hupstead misses two point layup
15:46		Devon Ellis offensive rebound
15:46		Devon Ellis misses two point layup
15:44		Dennis Parker Jr. defensive rebound
15:42		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
15:40		Michael O'Connell offensive rebound
15:40		Michael O'Connell turnover (lost ball)
15:40		TV timeout
15:27		Hawks turnover (10-second violation)
15:11	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	34-47
15:11		Victory Naboya shooting foul (D.J. Burns Jr. draws the foul)
15:11		D.J. Burns Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 1
14:58		Victory Naboya defensive rebound
14:58	+3	Tyler Mack makes three point jump shot	37-47
14:44		DJ Horne misses three point jump shot
14:42		Victory Naboya defensive rebound
14:33		Casey Morsell personal foul
14:30		Damani Claxton offensive foul
14:30		Damani Claxton turnover (offensive foul) (Jayden Taylor steals)
14:20	+3	DJ Horne makes three point jump shot (D.J. Burns Jr. assists)	37-50
13:55		Jayden Taylor personal foul
13:35		Damani Claxton misses two point jump shot
13:33		Jayden Taylor defensive rebound
13:27	+2	DJ Horne makes two point jump shot (Jayden Taylor assists)	37-52
13:18		Hawks 30 second timeout
13:09		TV timeout
13:09		MJ Rice personal foul (Israel Yaw draws the foul)
13:09		Israel Yaw misses regular free throw 1 of 2
13:09		Israel Yaw misses regular free throw 2 of 2
13:09		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
12:53		Jayden Taylor misses three point jump shot
12:51		Troy Hupstead defensive rebound
12:32		MJ Rice shooting foul (Elijah Wilson draws the foul)
12:32	+1	Elijah Wilson makes regular free throw 1 of 3	38-52
12:32	+1	Elijah Wilson makes regular free throw 2 of 3	39-52
12:32		Elijah Wilson misses regular free throw 3 of 3
12:32		Mohamed Diarra defensive rebound
12:25		Mohamed Diarra offensive foul
12:25		Mohamed Diarra turnover (offensive foul) (Elijah Wilson steals)
12:25		Mohamed Diarra blocks Troy Hupstead's two point layup
12:23		Troy Hupstead offensive rebound
12:21		Troy Hupstead misses two point jump shot
11:56		Israel Yaw offensive rebound
11:56		Israel Yaw misses two point layup
11:56		Troy Hupstead offensive rebound
11:56	+2	Troy Hupstead makes two point layup	41-52
11:56	+2	MJ Rice makes two point layup (Michael O'Connell assists)	41-54
11:56		Elijah Wilson shooting foul (MJ Rice draws the foul)
11:56		TV timeout
11:56		MJ Rice misses regular free throw 1 of 1
11:56		Wolfpack offensive rebound
11:51		D.J. Burns Jr. turnover (lost ball) (Dionte Johnson steals)
11:49		Dionte Johnson misses two point layup
11:47		Dionte Johnson offensive rebound
11:39	+2	Troy Hupstead makes two point layup	43-54
11:29		Dennis Parker Jr. misses three point jump shot
11:27		Michael O'Connell offensive rebound
11:18		Michael O'Connell misses three point jump shot
11:16		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
11:10	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point layup	43-56
10:52	+3	Troy Hupstead makes three point jump shot (Chace Davis assists)	46-56
10:41	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup	46-58
10:41		Troy Hupstead shooting foul (Jayden Taylor draws the foul)
10:41	+1	Jayden Taylor makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-59
10:27		Devon Ellis turnover (LJ Thomas steals)
10:15	+2	LJ Thomas makes two point layup	46-61
10:02	+2	Devon Ellis makes two point layup	48-61
9:40		Elijah Wilson personal foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
9:13	+1	Casey Morsell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-62
9:13		Casey Morsell misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:13		Tyler Mack defensive rebound
9:13		Devon Ellis misses two point layup
9:13		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
9:13		Dionte Johnson personal foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
8:43	+1	Casey Morsell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-63
8:43	+1	Casey Morsell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	48-64
8:43		Chace Davis misses three point jump shot
8:43		D.J. Burns Jr. defensive rebound
8:43	+2	Jayden Taylor makes two point layup	48-66
8:43		Dionte Johnson shooting foul (Jayden Taylor draws the foul)
8:43		Jayden Taylor misses regular free throw 1 of 1
8:41		Tyler Mack defensive rebound
8:39	+2	Devon Ellis makes two point dunk (Damani Claxton assists)	50-66
8:20		Dennis Parker Jr. misses two point layup
8:18		Troy Hupstead defensive rebound
7:53		Damani Claxton turnover (LJ Thomas steals)
7:51		Damani Claxton personal foul
7:49		TV timeout
7:49	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-67
7:49	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-68
7:27		Troy Hupstead turnover (lost ball) (LJ Thomas steals)
7:27		Troy Hupstead personal foul (LJ Thomas draws the foul)
7:27	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 1 of 2	50-69
7:27	+1	LJ Thomas makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-70
7:20		D.J. Burns Jr. shooting foul (Devon Ellis draws the foul)
7:20	+1	Devon Ellis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-70
7:20	+1	Devon Ellis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-70
7:05	+3	Jayden Taylor makes three point jump shot (DJ Horne assists)	52-73
6:54	+2	Troy Hupstead makes two point layup (Damani Claxton assists)	54-73
6:51	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup (D.J. Burns Jr. assists)	54-75
6:29		Damani Claxton misses two point layup
6:27		Ben Middlebrooks defensive rebound
6:21	+3	Casey Morsell makes three point jump shot (Jayden Taylor assists)	54-78
6:03	+3	Chace Davis makes three point jump shot	57-78
5:38	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point jump shot	57-80
5:16	+2	Troy Hupstead makes two point layup (Damani Claxton assists)	59-80
4:30		Ben Middlebrooks misses three point jump shot
4:27		D.J. Burns Jr. offensive rebound
4:25	+2	D.J. Burns Jr. makes two point tip layup	59-82
4:07		Chace Davis misses two point jump shot
4:05		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
3:59	+3	Jayden Taylor makes three point jump shot (Casey Morsell assists)	59-85
3:45	+2	Chace Davis makes two point layup	61-85
3:42		TV timeout
3:26	+3	MJ Rice makes three point jump shot	61-88
3:00		Elijah Wilson misses three point jump shot
2:58		MJ Rice defensive rebound
2:50		Elijah Wilson shooting foul (Mohamed Diarra draws the foul)
2:50		Mohamed Diarra misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:50	+1	Mohamed Diarra makes regular free throw 2 of 2	61-89
2:34		Devon Ellis misses two point jump shot
2:32		Ernest Ross defensive rebound
2:24		Dennis Parker Jr. misses three point jump shot
2:22		MJ Rice offensive rebound
2:16		MJ Rice misses two point layup
2:14		Ernest Ross offensive rebound
2:09		Devon Ellis blocks Ernest Ross's two point layup
2:07		MJ Rice offensive rebound
2:07	+2	MJ Rice makes two point layup	61-91
1:54		Ben Middlebrooks blocks Victory Naboya's two point layup
1:44		Malang Athian misses two point jump shot
1:42		MJ Rice defensive rebound
1:35		MJ Rice turnover (lost ball)
1:14		Elijah Wilson turnover (out of bounds)
0:50		Ernest Ross misses three point jump shot
0:48		Damani Claxton defensive rebound
0:41		Tyler Mack misses three point jump shot
0:39		MJ Rice defensive rebound
0:33	+2	MJ Rice makes two point dunk	61-93
0:24		Kelechi Okworogwo turnover (lost ball) (Ernest Ross steals)
0:19		Ernest Ross misses two point layup
0:18		Antwan Wilson defensive rebound
0:17		Ben Middlebrooks shooting foul (Kelechi Okworogwo draws the foul)
0:17		Kelechi Okworogwo misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:17		Kelechi Okworogwo misses regular free throw 2 of 2
0:17		Jordan Snell defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Jordan Snell defensive rebound