National Basketball Association
North Carolina 95, Mississippi St. 49
When: 6:00 PM ET, Monday, November 19, 2012
Where: Lahaina Civic Center, Lahaina, Hawaii
Officials:
# Jim Burr, # Pat Driscoll, # Ryan Wells
Attendance:
2400
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South Carolina 88, Rider 76: Brenton Williams scored 22 points as the host Gamecocks pulled away in the second half to upend the Broncs in the Hoops for Hope Classic.
Williams hit five 3-pointers and Mindaugas Kacinas came off the bench to add 18 points for South Carolina (3-0). LaShay Page added four 3-pointers, finishing with 12 points.
Rider (2-2) trailed by 14 points in the first half, but closed to within 41-35 on Junior Fortunat’s dunk with 1:33 left in the half. The Broncs were as close as 63-56 on Nurideen Lindsey’s 3-pointer with 11:47 remaining, but the Gamecocks put the game away in the final 10 minutes.
South Carolina finished 13-for-27 from 3-point range, and shot 53.3 percent from the field.
Lindsey led Rider with 26 points.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Broncs also shot well from the field, finishing at 50.9 percent. … The Gamecocks were not as accurate from the free-throw line, going 13-for-27 (48.1 percent).
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi St. |
|
North Carolina |
|
Roquez Johnson 12 |
Scoring |
Leslie McDonald 21 |
|
Trivante Bloodman 3 |
Assists |
Dexter Strickland 5 |
|
Gavin Ware 9 |
Rebounds |
Brice Johnson 8 |
|
Roquez Johnson 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Reggie Bullock 2 |
|
Trivante Bloodman 2 |
Steals |
Dexter Strickland 6 |
|
Wendell Lewis 2 |
Blocks |
P.J. Hairston 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mississippi St.
|
49 |
28.3 |
2-17 |
13-19 |
6 |
38 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
| North Carolina
|
95 |
47.4 |
15-32 |
6-9 |
22 |
45 |
9 |
14 |
12 |