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Hellems has career-best 31 points, N.C. State beats La. Tech

AP
Nov 27, 2021

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Jericole Hellems drained six 3-pointers, scored a career-high 31 points and N.C. State outran Louisiana Tech 90-81 on Saturday.

All five starters reached double figures for N.C. State (5-1), which is undefeated at home. Casey Morsell and Cam Hayes scored 14 points each - Hayes with five assists - while Dereon Seabron and Ebenezer Dowuona scored 10 each.

Dowuona's points were a career best and he added a career-high six blocks. Seabron added five steals.

The Wolfpack forced 14 turnovers while committing just six themselves and had 10 steals while scoring 20 points off Louisiana Tech miscues.

Kenneth Lofton Jr. poured in a career-high 30 points with a career-best 18 rebounds for Louisiana Tech (4-2), which saw its four-game win streak end. The Bulldogs were coming off a game in which they made 13 3-pointers but were held to 6-for-18 shooting from distance against the Wolfpack.

Keaston Willis, who tied a career-high with seven 3s earlier this season, was held to 1-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc and finished with seven points.

Hellems drained back-to-back 3s, the second off a Seabron steal, as N.C. State jumped out 8-2 and led the rest of the way.

N.C. State entertains Nebraska on Wednesday. Louisiana Tech plays host to Texas Southern on Wednesday.

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1st Half
LT
Bulldogs
33
NCST
Wolfpack
41

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Kenneth Lofton Jr. vs. Ebenezer Dowuona (Bulldogs gains possession)
19:42	+2	Cobe Williams makes two point layup	2-0
19:10	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point hook shot	2-2
18:57		Keaston Willis misses three point jump shot
18:55		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
18:48	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Dereon Seabron assists)	2-5
18:14		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
18:01	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Dereon Seabron assists)	2-8
17:40	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point dunk (Cobe Williams assists)	4-8
17:40		Ebenezer Dowuona shooting foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
17:40	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	5-8
17:16	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point dunk (Dereon Seabron assists)	5-10
17:00		Keaston Willis turnover (lost ball) (Dereon Seabron steals)
16:50	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point dunk (Dereon Seabron assists)	5-12
16:50		Bulldogs 30 second timeout
16:30		Amorie Archibald misses two point layup
16:30		Cobe Williams offensive rebound
16:30		Cobe Williams misses two point dunk
16:30		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
16:30		Kenneth Lofton Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Cam Hayes steals)
16:24		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
16:22		Keaston Willis defensive rebound
16:16		Keaston Willis turnover (lost ball) (Dereon Seabron steals)
16:11		Casey Morsell misses two point layup
16:09		Dereon Seabron offensive rebound
16:04	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point dunk	5-14
15:41	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	7-14
15:17	+2	Jericole Hellems makes two point turnaround jump shot	7-16
14:58		Amorie Archibald misses three point jump shot
14:56		Ebenezer Dowuona defensive rebound
14:37		Cam Hayes misses two point jump shot
14:35		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
14:30	+2	Amorie Archibald makes two point layup (Kenneth Lofton Jr. assists)	9-16
14:30		Jericole Hellems shooting foul (Amorie Archibald draws the foul)
14:30		TV timeout
14:30	+1	Amorie Archibald makes regular free throw 1 of 1	10-16
14:05	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Terquavion Smith assists)	10-19
13:36	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	12-19
13:35		Jaylon Gibson shooting foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
13:35	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	13-19
13:17	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point jump shot	13-21
12:57		Kenneth Lofton Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Dereon Seabron steals)
12:50		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
12:48		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
12:46		David Green offensive foul (Terquavion Smith draws the foul)
12:46		David Green turnover
12:33		Cobe Williams shooting foul (Terquavion Smith draws the foul)
12:32	+1	Terquavion Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-22
12:32		Terquavion Smith misses regular free throw 2 of 2
12:32		LaDamien Bradford defensive rebound
12:23	+2	Kenny Hunter makes two point jump shot	15-22
12:06	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Cam Hayes assists)	15-25
11:48		TV timeout
11:40		Jaylon Gibson blocks Cobe Williams's two point layup
11:38		Terquavion Smith defensive rebound
11:23		Kenny Hunter blocks Jericole Hellems's two point layup
11:21		Bulldogs defensive rebound
10:53		Keaston Willis misses three point jump shot
10:51		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
10:42		Cam Hayes misses three point jump shot
10:40		Cobe Williams defensive rebound
10:33		David Green misses three point jump shot
10:31		Terquavion Smith defensive rebound
10:20	+2	Jericole Hellems makes two point jump shot	15-27
9:43		Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses two point jump shot
9:41		Bulldogs offensive rebound
9:38		Keaston Willis misses three point jump shot
9:36		Terquavion Smith defensive rebound
9:30	+3	Terquavion Smith makes three point jump shot (Cam Hayes assists)	15-30
8:59		Cam Hayes shooting foul (Keaston Willis draws the foul)
8:59	+1	Keaston Willis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	16-30
8:59	+1	Keaston Willis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	17-30
8:32		Casey Morsell misses two point jump shot
8:30		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
8:14	+3	Keaston Willis makes three point jump shot (Kenneth Lofton Jr. assists)	20-30
8:00	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Breon Pass assists)	20-33
7:33	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	22-33
7:13		Terquavion Smith misses two point layup
7:11		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
7:13		Ebenezer Dowuona personal foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
7:13		TV timeout
7:02	+3	Exavian Christon makes three point jump shot (Keaston Willis assists)	25-33
6:42		Jericole Hellems misses three point jump shot
6:41		Keaston Willis defensive rebound
6:41		Kenneth Lofton Jr. personal foul
6:27		Jericole Hellems misses two point jump shot
6:25		Jaylon Gibson offensive rebound
6:22		Cobe Williams personal foul (Jaylon Gibson draws the foul)
6:08		Jericole Hellems misses two point layup
6:06		Amorie Archibald defensive rebound
5:56	+3	Kaleb Stewart makes three point jump shot (Kenneth Lofton Jr. assists)	28-33
5:22	+2	Jericole Hellems makes two point jump shot	28-35
4:56		Jaylon Gibson shooting foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
4:56	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	29-35
4:56		Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:56		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
4:47		Breon Pass turnover (bad pass) (Keaston Willis steals)
4:42		Amorie Archibald turnover (out of bounds) (Casey Morsell steals)
4:24		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
4:22		Kenny Hunter defensive rebound
4:11		Keaston Willis misses three point jump shot
4:09		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
3:56		Casey Morsell misses two point jump shot
3:54		Kenny Hunter defensive rebound
3:33		Amorie Archibald misses two point jump shot
3:31		Kenny Hunter offensive rebound
3:26		Kenny Hunter misses two point jump shot
3:24		Cam Hayes defensive rebound
3:20		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
3:18		Keaston Willis defensive rebound
3:11		Keaston Willis misses two point layup
3:09		Casey Morsell defensive rebound
2:56		Exavian Christon shooting foul (Jaylon Gibson draws the foul)
2:56		TV timeout
2:54		Jaylon Gibson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
2:54		Jaylon Gibson misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:54		Jericole Hellems offensive rebound
2:50		Jericole Hellems turnover (bad pass) (Kenneth Lofton Jr. steals)
2:44	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup (Amorie Archibald assists)	31-35
2:23		Jaylon Gibson misses two point jump shot
2:21		Jaylon Gibson offensive rebound
2:13		Jaylon Gibson misses two point layup
2:11		Exavian Christon defensive rebound
2:01		Amorie Archibald misses three point jump shot
1:59		Cam Hayes defensive rebound
1:45	+2	Cam Hayes makes two point jump shot	31-37
1:23		Cobe Williams turnover (lost ball) (Dereon Seabron steals)
1:17	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point layup	31-39
1:06		Cobe Williams misses two point layup
1:04		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
1:00		Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses two point pullup jump shot
0:58		Jaylon Gibson defensive rebound
0:53		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
0:51		Jaylon Gibson offensive rebound
0:50	+2	Jaylon Gibson makes two point layup	31-41
0:36	+2	Kenny Hunter makes two point layup (Cobe Williams assists)	33-41
0:08		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
0:06		Exavian Christon defensive rebound
0:00		Keaston Willis misses three point jump shot
0:01		Cam Hayes defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
LT
Bulldogs
48
NCST
Wolfpack
49

Time		Play	Score
19:46	+2	Cam Hayes makes two point jump shot	33-43
19:28		Jericole Hellems shooting foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
19:28	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	34-43
19:28	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-43
19:17		Jump ball. Jericole Hellems vs. Kenneth Lofton Jr. (Bulldogs gains possession)
19:17		Jericole Hellems turnover (lost ball) (Kenneth Lofton Jr. steals)
18:55		Cobe Williams turnover (lost ball) (Jericole Hellems steals)
18:43		Cobe Williams personal foul (Cam Hayes draws the foul)
18:22		Cam Hayes misses three point jump shot
18:20		Casey Morsell offensive rebound
18:06		Cam Hayes turnover (bad pass) (Keaston Willis steals)
18:02		Jump ball. Keaston Willis vs. Casey Morsell (Wolfpack gains possession)
18:02		Keaston Willis turnover (lost ball) (Casey Morsell steals)
17:51		Casey Morsell misses two point jump shot
17:49		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
17:40		Kenneth Lofton Jr. turnover (out of bounds)
17:19	+2	Jericole Hellems makes two point turnaround jump shot	35-45
17:01		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks Amorie Archibald's two point layup
16:59		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
16:54	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	37-45
16:50	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point layup	37-47
16:32		Amorie Archibald turnover (lost ball) (Dereon Seabron steals)
16:27		Jericole Hellems misses two point layup
16:27		Dereon Seabron offensive rebound
16:27	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point layup	37-49
16:12		TV timeout
15:55	+3	Kaleb Stewart makes three point jump shot (Keaston Willis assists)	40-49
15:33		Kaleb Stewart shooting foul (Cam Hayes draws the foul)
15:33		TV timeout
15:33	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	40-50
15:33	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	40-51
15:13		Ebenezer Dowuona shooting foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
15:13		Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:13	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	41-51
14:57		Jaylon Gibson turnover (traveling)
14:43		Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses two point layup
14:41		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
14:37	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	43-51
14:29	+3	Jericole Hellems makes three point jump shot (Cam Hayes assists)	43-54
14:18		Kaleb Stewart misses three point jump shot
14:16		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
14:08		Dereon Seabron misses two point layup
14:06		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
13:43		Jericole Hellems personal foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
13:32	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	45-54
13:32		Jaylon Gibson shooting foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
13:32	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 1	46-54
13:09		Jericole Hellems misses two point jump shot
13:07		Amorie Archibald defensive rebound
12:55	+2	Amorie Archibald makes two point layup	48-54
12:24	+2	Terquavion Smith makes two point layup	48-56
11:53		Cobe Williams misses three point jump shot
11:51		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
11:44		Cobe Williams personal foul
11:44		TV timeout
11:27		David Green shooting foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
11:27	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 1 of 3	48-57
11:27	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 2 of 3	48-58
11:27	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 3 of 3	48-59
11:10		Jericole Hellems shooting foul (Amorie Archibald draws the foul)
11:10	+1	Amorie Archibald makes regular free throw 1 of 2	49-59
11:10	+1	Amorie Archibald makes regular free throw 2 of 2	50-59
10:48	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point layup (Cam Hayes assists)	50-61
10:41	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup (Amorie Archibald assists)	52-61
10:19		Cam Hayes misses two point layup
10:17		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
10:13	+2	LaDamien Bradford makes two point layup (Kenneth Lofton Jr. assists)	54-61
9:43	+2	Cam Hayes makes two point jump shot	54-63
9:40		Wolfpack 30 second timeout
9:25	+3	LaDamien Bradford makes three point jump shot	57-63
8:57		Kenneth Lofton Jr. personal foul (Dereon Seabron draws the foul)
8:49	+2	Dereon Seabron makes two point layup	57-65
8:35	+2	Kaleb Stewart makes two point finger roll layup	59-65
8:19	+2	Casey Morsell makes two point layup	59-67
8:19		Kenneth Lofton Jr. shooting foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
8:19	+1	Casey Morsell makes regular free throw 1 of 1	59-68
7:58		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks Kenneth Lofton Jr.'s two point layup
7:58		Wolfpack defensive rebound
7:58		Terquavion Smith misses three point jump shot
7:56		Casey Morsell offensive rebound
7:51		Casey Morsell misses two point layup
7:49		LaDamien Bradford defensive rebound
7:45	+2	LaDamien Bradford makes two point layup	61-68
7:23		Dereon Seabron offensive foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
7:23		Dereon Seabron turnover
7:23		TV timeout
6:57		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks Exavian Christon's two point jump shot
6:55		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
6:51		Bulldogs turnover (shot clock violation)
6:29	+3	Terquavion Smith makes three point jump shot (Cam Hayes assists)	61-71
6:04		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks Keaston Willis's two point layup
6:02		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
5:57	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	63-71
5:33	+3	Casey Morsell makes three point jump shot	63-74
5:32		Amorie Archibald shooting foul (Casey Morsell draws the foul)
5:32		Casey Morsell misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:32		Kenneth Lofton Jr. defensive rebound
5:24		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks Kenneth Lofton Jr.'s two point layup
5:22		Keaston Willis offensive rebound
5:08	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	65-74
4:40	+3	Casey Morsell makes three point jump shot (Terquavion Smith assists)	65-77
4:26		Amorie Archibald misses two point jump shot
4:24		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
4:01		Casey Morsell misses three point jump shot
3:59		Bulldogs defensive rebound
3:58		TV timeout
3:47		Ebenezer Dowuona blocks Cobe Williams's two point layup
3:45		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
3:40	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	67-77
3:21		Exavian Christon blocks Jericole Hellems's two point jump shot
3:21		Exavian Christon defensive rebound
3:21		Casey Morsell personal foul (Keaston Willis draws the foul)
3:21	+1	Keaston Willis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	68-77
3:21	+1	Keaston Willis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-77
2:54	+3	Casey Morsell makes three point jump shot	69-80
2:40		Keaston Willis misses three point jump shot
2:38		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
2:38		Ebenezer Dowuona personal foul (Kenneth Lofton Jr. draws the foul)
2:38	+1	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	70-80
2:38		Kenneth Lofton Jr. misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:38		Jericole Hellems defensive rebound
2:09	+2	Ebenezer Dowuona makes two point layup (Dereon Seabron assists)	70-82
1:48	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	72-82
1:17		Dereon Seabron offensive foul (Cobe Williams draws the foul)
1:17		Dereon Seabron turnover
1:10		Keaston Willis turnover (lost ball) (Ebenezer Dowuona steals)
0:47		Breon Pass misses three point jump shot
0:45		Cobe Williams defensive rebound
0:34		Cobe Williams misses two point layup
0:32		Kenneth Lofton Jr. offensive rebound
0:29	+2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. makes two point layup	74-82
0:35		Wolfpack 30 second timeout
0:35		Kaleb Stewart personal foul (Cam Hayes draws the foul)
0:35	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	74-83
0:35	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-84
0:29	+2	Kaleb Stewart makes two point dunk	76-84
0:30		Bulldogs 60 second timeout
0:27		Keaston Willis personal foul (Cam Hayes draws the foul)
0:27	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	76-85
0:27	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	76-86
0:20	+3	Exavian Christon makes three point jump shot (Amorie Archibald assists)	79-86
0:19		Kenneth Lofton Jr. personal foul (Cam Hayes draws the foul)
0:19	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 1 of 2	79-87
0:19	+1	Cam Hayes makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-88
0:13	+2	Amorie Archibald makes two point layup	81-88
0:12		Exavian Christon personal foul (Jericole Hellems draws the foul)
0:12	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 1 of 2	81-89
0:12	+1	Jericole Hellems makes regular free throw 2 of 2	81-90
0:07		Cobe Williams misses three point jump shot
0:05		Dereon Seabron defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Dereon Seabron defensive rebound