SC State vs. NC Central: Recap, Stats, and Box Score

SC State 54

(5-23, 1-15 away)

NC Central 62

(21-8, 13-3 home)

Venue: McLendon-McDougald Gymnasium

7:30PM ET / 4:30PM PT, March 04, 2013

Box Score

	1st	2nd	Final
SC State	22	32	54
NC Central	34	28	62

Top Performers

	Points	Rebounds	Assists
SC State	D Joint 14	D Joint 9	K Toombs 7
NC Central	S Kidd 20	S Kidd 7	E Chapman 6

On Monday, Mar. 4, South Carolina State got beat at home by North Carolina Central 62-54 in conference play. The Bulldogs are now 0-2 against North Carolina Central this season. The Bulldogs got a season-high 14 points and nine rebounds from Devin Joint. Khalif Toombs also had a good game, scoring 10 points and adding seven assists. Stanton Kidd finished with a game-high 20 points and seven rebounds for the Eagles. The Bulldogs are on a five-game losing streak. The next game will be on Thursday, Mar. 7 when South Carolina State (5-23, 1-13 MEAC) hosts Delaware State (13-16, 8-7 MEAC).

South Carolina State Game Notes

The last time SCSU started the season 5-23 was 2011.
South Carolina State has lost 100 percent of the time this season (0-11) after recording 54 or fewer total points.
The Bulldogs have lost 92 percent of the time this season (1-11) after having a field goal percentage of 37.3 percent or worse.
South Carolina State has lost 89 percent of the time this season (1-8) after committing 18 or more turnovers.
When the opposition records 15 or more free throws made this season, South Carolina State has lost 100 percent of the time (0-13).
When the opposition shoots a three-point percentage of 41.7 percent or better this season, South Carolina State has lost 100 percent of the time (0-6).
When the opposition records four or more blocks this season, South Carolina State has lost 94 percent of the time (1-16).
SCSU set a season low for blocks (one).
The Bulldogs have turned the ball over more than their opponents in the past four games.
South Carolina State has been outshot by their opponents in three-point percentage for the past six games.
The top two scorers (Devin Joint and Khalif Toombs) accounted for 44.4 percent of the points.
Devin Joint has led the team in rebounding in three out of 28 games this season.
Devin Joint had a career high with six field goals made.

North Carolina Central Game Notes

Stanton Kidd accounted for 32.2 percent of the team's points.
Stanton Kidd accounted for 31.8 percent of the team's rebounds.
Stanton Kidd has led the team in scoring seven times and in rebounding 13 times in 29 games this season.
This marks the sixth 20-point game of Stanton Kidd's career.
Stanton Kidd has four straight double-digit point games.

SCSU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Devin Joint	34	14	9	1	3	1	2
A	Khalif Toombs	32	10	6	7	2	0	4
A	M. Hezekiah	17	8	6	0	1	0	1
B	Luka Radovic	16	5	5	0	0	0	0
B-	Darryl Palmer	37	10	4	0	1	0	2
C+	A. Adams	24	7	3	2	1	0	3
D	S. Mitchell	29	0	5	1	1	0	5
-	Patrick Myers	7	0	0	0	1	0	1
-	D. Youmans	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

NCCU Players		Mins	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
A	Stanton Kidd	34	20	7	0	2	0	0
B	Jeremy Ingram	38	14	1	3	1	1	2
B	Karamo Jawara	25	6	6	2	0	1	1
C	Drimir Ferguson	9	5	1	0	0	0	1
C	Jay Copeland Jr	9	3	1	0	0	0	0
C	Antonin Galaya	10	0	1	2	0	0	0
C-	Emanuel Chapman	31	4	2	6	1	0	8
C-	Ray Willis	29	7	1	0	0	1	2
-	Alfonzo Houston	10	0	2	1	0	1	1
-	DavRon Williams	5	3	0	0	0	0	1