NC State Wolfpack @ Virginia Tech Hokies

76–79Final · Jan 15, 2025

NCSU 76 VT 79 Final

	1	2	T
NCSU9-8	45	31	76
VT8-9	34	45	79

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Brandon Rechsteiner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaydon Young.
0–3
Jaydon Young made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tobi Lawal.
0–6
Jayden Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell.
3–6
Jayden Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell.
6–6
Marcus Hill made Layup.
8–6
Tobi Lawal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaydon Young.
8–9
Tyler Johnson made Jumper.
8–11
Ben Middlebrooks made Layup.
10–11
Dennis Parker Jr. made Jumper.
12–11
Mylyjael Poteat made Layup. Assisted by Jaydon Young.
12–13
Dennis Parker Jr. made Free Throw.
13–13
Tobi Lawal made Jumper.
13–15
Tobi Lawal made Free Throw.
13–16
Ismael Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Jayden Taylor.
15–16
Jaden Schutt made Three Point Jumper.
15–19
Dennis Parker Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Breon Pass.
18–19
Dennis Parker Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Paul McNeil.
20–19
Jaden Schutt made Jumper.
20–21
Jaydon Young made Layup.
20–23
Rodney Brown Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Schutt.
20–26
Paul McNeil made Jumper. Assisted by Ben Middlebrooks.
22–26
Ben Burnham made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaydon Young.
22–29
Michael O'Connell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Taylor.
25–29
Jayden Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell.
28–29
Dontrez Styles made Free Throw.
29–29
Dontrez Styles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Taylor.
32–29
Tobi Lawal made Jumper.
32–31
Tobi Lawal made Free Throw.
32–32
Dontrez Styles made Jumper.
34–32
Patrick Wessler made Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Schutt.
34–34
Dontrez Styles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Breon Pass.
37–34
Jayden Taylor made Jumper.
39–34
Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw.
40–34
Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw.
41–34
Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw.
42–34
Bryce Heard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dennis Parker Jr..
45–34
Marcus Hill made Jumper.
47–34
Ben Middlebrooks made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Hill.
49–34
Tyler Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tobi Lawal.
49–37
Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw.
50–37
Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw.
51–37
Jaydon Young made Layup.
51–39
Jaydon Young made Free Throw.
51–40
Michael O'Connell made Free Throw.
52–40
Michael O'Connell made Free Throw.
53–40
Tobi Lawal made Dunk.
53–42
Ben Middlebrooks made Layup. Assisted by Breon Pass.
55–42
Patrick Wessler made Jumper.
55–44
Patrick Wessler made Free Throw.
55–45
Marcus Hill made Layup.
57–45
Jayden Taylor made Layup.
59–45
Jayden Taylor made Free Throw.
60–45
Ben Burnham made Layup.
60–47
Ben Burnham made Free Throw.
60–48
Marcus Hill made Jumper. Assisted by Breon Pass.
62–48
Tobi Lawal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Brown Jr..
62–51
Jaden Schutt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Brown Jr..
62–54
Tobi Lawal made Free Throw.
62–55
Tobi Lawal made Free Throw.
62–56
Ismael Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Hill.
64–56
Mylyjael Poteat made Free Throw.
64–57
Jayden Taylor made Layup.
66–57
Jayden Taylor made Free Throw.
67–57
Ismael Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Michael O'Connell.
69–57
Ismael Diouf made Free Throw.
70–57
Tobi Lawal made Free Throw.
70–58
Ben Burnham made Free Throw.
70–59
Ben Burnham made Free Throw.
70–60
Marcus Hill made Free Throw.
71–60
Marcus Hill made Free Throw.
72–60
Tobi Lawal made Layup.
72–62
Tobi Lawal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ben Burnham.
72–65
Ben Burnham made Jumper.
72–67
Ben Middlebrooks made Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell.
74–67
Rodney Brown Jr. made Free Throw.
74–68
Jaden Schutt made Jumper.
74–70
Marcus Hill made Layup.
76–70
Jaden Schutt made Layup.
76–72
Jaden Schutt made Three Point Jumper.
76–75
Jaden Schutt made Free Throw.
76–76
Jaden Schutt made Free Throw.
76–77
Ben Burnham made Dunk.
76–79

Play-by-play

P1 Brandon Rechsteiner made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaydon Young. 0–3
P1 Marcus Hill missed Jumper.
P1 Tyler Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jaydon Young made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tobi Lawal. 0–6
P1 Jayden Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell. 3–6
P1 Tobi Lawal Turnover.
P1 Jayden Taylor missed Layup.
P1 Ben Middlebrooks Offensive Rebound.
P1 Jayden Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell. 6–6
P1 Brandon Rechsteiner missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marcus Hill Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marcus Hill made Layup. 8–6
P1 Tobi Lawal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaydon Young. 8–9
P1 Ben Middlebrooks missed Layup.
P1 Tyler Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Dontrez Styles.
P1 Mylyjael Poteat missed Jumper.
P1 Tyler Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tyler Johnson made Jumper. 8–11
P1 Ben Middlebrooks made Layup. 10–11
P1 Tyler Johnson Turnover.
P1 Marcus Hill missed Dunk.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. made Jumper. 12–11
P1 Mylyjael Poteat made Layup. Assisted by Jaydon Young. 12–13
P1 Jayden Taylor Turnover.
P1 Jaydon Young Steal.
P1 Brandon Rechsteiner Turnover.
P1 Michael O'Connell Steal.
P1 Foul on Mylyjael Poteat.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. missed Free Throw.
P1 NC State Offensive Rebound.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. made Free Throw. 13–13
P1 Rodney Brown Jr. missed Jumper.
P1 Michael O'Connell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Michael O'Connell Turnover.
P1 Patrick Wessler Steal.
P1 Tyler Johnson missed Layup.
P1 Tobi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tobi Lawal made Jumper. 13–15
P1 Foul on Michael O'Connell.
P1 Tobi Lawal made Free Throw. 13–16
P1 Ismael Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Jayden Taylor. 15–16
P1 Jaden Schutt made Three Point Jumper. 15–19
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Breon Pass. 18–19
P1 Ben Burnham missed Jumper.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Patrick Wessler Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ben Burnham missed Jumper.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. Block.
P1 Patrick Wessler Offensive Rebound.
P1 Patrick Wessler missed Layup.
P1 Foul on Patrick Wessler.
P1 NC State Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Paul McNeil. 20–19
P1 Jaden Schutt made Jumper. 20–21
P1 Marcus Hill missed Layup.
P1 Ben Burnham Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rodney Brown Jr. Turnover.
P1 Foul on Mylyjael Poteat.
P1 Paul McNeil Turnover.
P1 Jaydon Young made Layup. 20–23
P1 Ben Middlebrooks missed Layup.
P1 Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rodney Brown Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Schutt. 20–26
P1 NC State Timeout
P1 Dontrez Styles missed Jumper.
P1 Ben Burnham Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ben Burnham missed Layup.
P1 Michael O'Connell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Paul McNeil made Jumper. Assisted by Ben Middlebrooks. 22–26
P1 Ben Burnham made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaydon Young. 22–29
P1 Foul on Ben Burnham.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dontrez Styles Offensive Rebound.
P1 Michael O'Connell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Taylor. 25–29
P1 Jaydon Young missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dontrez Styles Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jayden Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell. 28–29
P1 Brandon Rechsteiner Turnover.
P1 Jayden Taylor Steal.
P1 Foul on Tobi Lawal.
P1 Dontrez Styles made Free Throw. 29–29
P1 Dontrez Styles missed Free Throw.
P1 Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rodney Brown Jr. Turnover.
P1 Breon Pass Steal.
P1 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jaydon Young Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tobi Lawal Turnover.
P1 Ben Middlebrooks Steal.
P1 Dontrez Styles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jayden Taylor. 32–29
P1 Tobi Lawal missed Jumper.
P1 Tobi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tobi Lawal made Jumper. 32–31
P1 Foul on Michael O'Connell.
P1 Tobi Lawal made Free Throw. 32–32
P1 Dontrez Styles made Jumper. 34–32
P1 Patrick Wessler made Jumper. Assisted by Jaden Schutt. 34–34
P1 Dontrez Styles made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Breon Pass. 37–34
P1 Jaden Schutt missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Dontrez Styles Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jayden Taylor made Jumper. 39–34
P1 Virginia Tech Timeout
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Tobi Lawal Turnover.
P1 Ben Middlebrooks Steal.
P1 Dontrez Styles missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Trey Parker.
P1 Ben Burnham missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Trey Parker Defensive Rebound.
P1 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Trey Parker Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Ben Burnham.
P1 Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw. 40–34
P1 Ben Middlebrooks missed Free Throw.
P1 Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rodney Brown Jr. missed Layup.
P1 Ben Middlebrooks Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Tobi Lawal.
P1 Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw. 41–34
P1 Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw. 42–34
P1 Jaden Schutt Turnover.
P1 Dennis Parker Jr. Steal.
P1 Bryce Heard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dennis Parker Jr.. 45–34
P1 Foul on Ben Middlebrooks.
P1 Virginia Tech Turnover.
P1 Foul on Ismael Diouf.
P1 Ismael Diouf Turnover.
P1 Brandon Rechsteiner missed Jumper.
P1 Virginia Tech Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marcus Hill Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Tyler Johnson.
P2 Michael O'Connell missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Dontrez Styles Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Hill made Jumper. 47–34
P2 Foul on Ben Middlebrooks.
P2 Jaydon Young missed Jumper.
P2 Tobi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tobi Lawal missed Jumper.
P2 Mylyjael Poteat Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mylyjael Poteat Turnover.
P2 Ben Middlebrooks Steal.
P2 Ben Middlebrooks missed Jumper.
P2 NC State Offensive Rebound.
P2 Ben Middlebrooks made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Hill. 49–34
P2 Tyler Johnson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tobi Lawal. 49–37
P2 Foul on Brandon Rechsteiner.
P2 Foul on Jaydon Young.
P2 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marcus Hill Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Hill missed Layup.
P2 Tyler Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Mylyjael Poteat missed Jumper.
P2 Dennis Parker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Mylyjael Poteat.
P2 Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw. 50–37
P2 Ben Middlebrooks made Free Throw. 51–37
P2 Jaydon Young made Layup. 51–39
P2 Foul on Michael O'Connell.
P2 Jaydon Young made Free Throw. 51–40
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Technical Foul on Jaydon Young.
P2 Michael O'Connell made Free Throw. 52–40
P2 Michael O'Connell made Free Throw. 53–40
P2 Michael O'Connell missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tyler Johnson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaydon Young missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tobi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tobi Lawal made Dunk. 53–42
P2 Ben Middlebrooks made Layup. Assisted by Breon Pass. 55–42
P2 Tyler Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Patrick Wessler Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jaydon Young missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Patrick Wessler Offensive Rebound.
P2 Patrick Wessler made Jumper. 55–44
P2 Foul on Dennis Parker Jr..
P2 Patrick Wessler made Free Throw. 55–45
P2 Marcus Hill made Layup. 57–45
P2 Jaden Schutt missed Jumper.
P2 Tyler Johnson Turnover.
P2 Tyler Johnson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Hill missed Layup.
P2 Jaden Schutt Defensive Rebound.
P2 Rodney Brown Jr. missed Layup.
P2 Marcus Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jayden Taylor made Layup. 59–45
P2 Foul on Patrick Wessler.
P2 Jayden Taylor made Free Throw. 60–45
P2 Foul on Jayden Taylor.
P2 Ben Burnham made Layup. 60–47
P2 Foul on Dontrez Styles.
P2 Ben Burnham made Free Throw. 60–48
P2 Marcus Hill made Jumper. Assisted by Breon Pass. 62–48
P2 Rodney Brown Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Dontrez Styles Defensive Rebound.
P2 Breon Pass Turnover.
P2 Tobi Lawal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Brown Jr.. 62–51
P2 Breon Pass missed Layup.
P2 Tobi Lawal Block.
P2 Tobi Lawal Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Schutt made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Rodney Brown Jr.. 62–54
P2 NC State Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Virginia Tech Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ben Middlebrooks.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Ben Middlebrooks.
P2 Tobi Lawal made Free Throw. 62–55
P2 Tobi Lawal made Free Throw. 62–56
P2 Marcus Hill missed Layup.
P2 Jaden Schutt Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ben Burnham missed Jumper.
P2 Tobi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tobi Lawal missed Layup.
P2 NC State Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ismael Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Marcus Hill. 64–56
P2 Foul on Ismael Diouf.
P2 Mylyjael Poteat missed Free Throw.
P2 Virginia Tech Offensive Rebound.
P2 Mylyjael Poteat made Free Throw. 64–57
P2 Jayden Taylor made Layup. 66–57
P2 Foul on Jaden Schutt.
P2 Jayden Taylor made Free Throw. 67–57
P2 Mylyjael Poteat missed Jumper.
P2 Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ismael Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Michael O'Connell. 69–57
P2 Foul on Ben Burnham.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Ismael Diouf made Free Throw. 70–57
P2 Jaydon Young missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Virginia Tech Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ismael Diouf.
P2 Tobi Lawal made Free Throw. 70–58
P2 Tobi Lawal missed Free Throw.
P2 Dennis Parker Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ismael Diouf missed Layup.
P2 Ben Burnham Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaydon Young missed Layup.
P2 Ben Burnham Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Dennis Parker Jr..
P2 Ben Burnham made Free Throw. 70–59
P2 Ben Burnham made Free Throw. 70–60
P2 Foul on Jaydon Young.
P2 Marcus Hill made Free Throw. 71–60
P2 Marcus Hill made Free Throw. 72–60
P2 Ben Burnham missed Jumper.
P2 Jayden Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marcus Hill Turnover.
P2 Ben Burnham Steal.
P2 Ben Burnham missed Layup.
P2 Tobi Lawal Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tobi Lawal made Layup. 72–62
P2 Dontrez Styles missed Jumper.
P2 Rodney Brown Jr. Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tobi Lawal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ben Burnham. 72–65
P2 Virginia Tech Timeout
P2 Jayden Taylor Turnover.
P2 Tobi Lawal Steal.
P2 Ben Burnham made Jumper. 72–67
P2 Ben Middlebrooks made Jumper. Assisted by Michael O'Connell. 74–67
P2 Foul on Michael O'Connell.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Rodney Brown Jr. made Free Throw. 74–68
P2 Rodney Brown Jr. missed Free Throw.
P2 Rodney Brown Jr. Offensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Schutt made Jumper. 74–70
P2 Marcus Hill made Layup. 76–70
P2 Jaden Schutt made Layup. 76–72
P2 Marcus Hill missed Layup.
P2 Ben Burnham Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Schutt made Three Point Jumper. 76–75
P2 NC State Timeout
P2 Marcus Hill missed Layup.
P2 Tobi Lawal Block.
P2 Jaden Schutt Defensive Rebound.
P2 Virginia Tech Timeout
P2 Jaden Schutt missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marcus Hill Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jayden Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jaden Schutt Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jaden Schutt missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jaden Schutt Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Marcus Hill.
P2 Jaden Schutt made Free Throw. 76–76
P2 NC State Timeout
P2 Jaden Schutt made Free Throw. 76–77
P2 Virginia Tech Timeout
P2 Dennis Parker Jr. Turnover.
P2 Ben Burnham Steal.
P2 Ben Burnham made Dunk. 76–79

Box score

NCSU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Ben MiddlebrooksF	27	13	4-7	0-0	5-6	2	1	0	3	0	1	1	4
Marcus HillG	35	12	5-13	0-0	2-2	5	2	1	0	0	2	3	1
Michael O'ConnellG	25	5	1-3	1-3	2-2	2	5	1	1	0	0	2	4
Dontrez StylesG	23	9	3-6	2-3	1-2	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	2
Jayden TaylorG	32	17	6-14	3-10	2-2	2	3	2	1	0	0	2	1
Ismael DioufF	13	7	3-4	0-0	1-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Trey ParkerG	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Bryce HeardG	1	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul McNeil Jr.G	7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Parker Jr.G	17	8	3-4	1-2	1-2	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	2
Breon PassG	18	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
Brandon Huntley-HatfieldF
Jordan SnellG
KJ KeattsG
Mike JamesG

VT

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Tobi LawalF	30	22	7-10	3-3	5-6	11	2	3	1	2	6	5	2
Mylyjael PoteatF	12	3	1-4	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Tyler JohnsonG	30	5	2-4	1-2	0-0	6	0	2	0	0	2	4	1
Brandon RechsteinerG	14	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jaydon YoungG	22	8	3-9	1-5	1-1	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	3
Patrick WesslerF	8	5	2-3	0-0	1-1	4	0	0	1	0	3	1	2
Ben BurnhamF	27	12	4-11	1-2	3-3	5	1	0	2	0	1	4	3
Connor ServenF	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Brown Jr.G	28	4	1-5	1-2	1-2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
Jaden SchuttG	28	17	6-10	3-6	2-2	5	2	1	0	0	1	4	1
Ryan Jones Jr.F
Peter CarrG
Conner VenableG
Ben HammondG

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