In a closely contested college basketball game, NC State defeated Louisville 94-85, advancing to face Syracuse. NC State's guard, DJ Horne, sidelined with a hip injury from the final regular season game against Pitt, did not start. Casey Morsell led NC State with 25 points. Louisville's Skyy Clark scored a career-high 36 points, including 30 by halftime, but his efforts fell short. The game was tight, with Louisville leading 46-45 at halftime. The outcome casts doubt on the future of the Kenny Payne era for Louisville, ending their season with an 8-24 record.
O'Connell for 3. Timeout Syracuse. Pack on a 7-0 run. NC State 23, Syracuse 21. 7:37 to go in the first half.
There is so much contact going uncalled on both ends of the floor here in this NC State-Syracuse game. Orange lead 21-20 with 8 minutes left in the first half.
DJ Horne heads to the locker room. He has 2 fouls in addition to battling through a hip injury.
Judah Mintz hits the mid-range jumper and draws a foul on Horne. Mintz's FT gives him 9 points and SU a 19-16 lead.
SU 13, NC State 11. 11:49 to go in the 1st half. It's fun watching Maliq Brown shoot that 3 from the top of the key. Takes him about 3 hours to set up but if you leave him open he'll drain it like a free throw.
Maliq Brown with a 3 from the top of the key. SU leads 13-11. Brown is now 7-for-17 on 3s this season.
Maliq Brown with the deep desperation end of shot clock 3. He's now 7-of-17 from that distance.
DJ Horne coming into the game for NC State. It will be interesting to see how effective he is. He missed yesterday's win against Louisville with a hip injury suffered in the regular season finale at Pitt last week.
NC State's DJ Horne comes into the game at the 15:38 mark.
SU 8, NC State 6. 16:21 to go. Chris Bell is in early foul trouble for Syracuse with two on him already.
NC State-Syracuse underway.
NC State will have DJ Horne tonight but the real battle might be the all-DMV home-court matchup between Casey Morsell and Judah Mintz. Roger Ayers, Tony Henderson and Jemel Spearman on the whistles. Wolfpack lost the two meetings with Syracuse by a combined 16 points.
DJ Horne is expected to play today, per NC State communications.
DJ Horne is not in the starting lineup for NC State. But he did warm up. And he looked pretty mobile.
The starting lineups for Syracuse v NC State were just posted. DJ Horne is not in NC State's starting lineup. We'll see if he comes off the bench or sits for the 2nd game in a row.
NC State guard DJ Horne, who sat out the Wolfpack's game vs Louisville on Tuesday due to a hip injury, is warming up prior to tonight's game against Syracuse. He appears to be moving well. Looks like he's a go.
DJ Horne (hip injury) is getting shots up here in warmups. He remains a game-time decision. https://t.co/Q4hXxXTatJ
Without All-ACC guard DJ Horne (hip), NC State defeats Louisville 94-85. Casey Morsell (13 of 13 at line) leads Pack with 25 points. Skyy Clark 36 for Cards. State plays Syracuse tomorrow at 7 pm. Orange swept the regular-season series
FINAL: Louisville 85, NC State 94 Skyy Clark finishes with a career high 36. Louisville’s finishes the season with a 8-24 overall record in what very well could be the end of the Kenny Payne Era. #GoCards x #ForTheVille @WHAS11
NC State 94, Louisville 85 ... Wolfpack lives to play another day (tomorrow against Syracuse) while the Kenny Payne era for the Cardinals likely comes to an end.
Syracuse is going to get NC State tomorrow for a third time this season. Will be interesting to see whether DJ Horne - a dynamic guard who can really shoot it - will be available. He’s got a hip situation that kept him on the bench today.
Skyy Clark also becomes the first Louisville player this season to score over 30 points in a game #GoCards x #ForTheVille @WHAS11
Louisville's Skyy Clark with a career-high 30, and Cards are knotted with NC State 75-all. 4:34 on clock.
Skyy Clark is keeping Louisville in this. He has 6 3s and 30 points. Tied at 75 with 4:34 left.
Louisville has tied the game at 75-all with 4:34 left. Skyy Clark has 30 for the Cards
HALFTIME: Louisville 46, NC State 45 Huntley-Hatfield hits a 3 for the lead. Louisville came out of the gates hot, but let the Wolfpack back in it off costly turnovers. Similar to about every game they’ve played, as they hope to avoid the 2nd half collapse that usually follows
Halftime: Louisville 46, NC State 45 UL shot 69% from the field; State made 57%. State's DJ Horne hasn't played; he suffered a lower body injury in the last regular season game at Pitt on Saturday.
Louisville leads NC State 46-45 after 1 half
Kam Woods is in the game for NC State. He's played in just 11 games this season, 2 since Feb. 3. DJ Horne not being available is creating more opportunities. But that's digging deep onto the bench
NC State and Louisville have tipped off. The winner plays Syracuse on Wednesday. NC State guard DJ Horne did not start for the Wolfpack. He recently suffered a lower body injury.
DJ Horne is not in the starting lineup for NC State. He suffered a lower body injury in the final regular season game at Pitt
NC State vs Louisville about to tip. DJ Horne just came back out. Doesn’t appear to be wearing his jersey under his shooting shirt and is in sweats. https://t.co/mKYor1TLWP
DJ Horne is participating in warmups. https://t.co/JZzW56UZWw
DJ Horne is a Game-time Decision for NC State vs. Louisville https://t.co/xMKvlCEnRn
DJ Horne is a Game-time Decision for NC State vs. Louisvile https://t.co/TgnYPvATac
NC State’s DJ Horne in action. He left Saturday’s game at Pitt early with a “lower extremity” injury, but it moving pretty well on the floor today. https://t.co/6ywBBvbQ1V