North Carolina Central Eagles vs. Delaware State Hornets

Mar 13, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NCCU	35	44	79
DSU	31	46	77

Game Recap

North Carolina Central upsets Delaware State 79-77 in MEAC Tournament quarterfinal. Perry Smith Jr. scored 22 points and Isaac Parson flipped in the game-winner on a reverse layup with one second left as North Carolina Central pulled off the upset with a 79-77...

Player Stats

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
55Jaqai Murray	27	5-11	0-0	0-0	5	2	2	0	2	2	10
12Perry Smith Jr.	36	7-9	0-0	8-8	6	0	0	1	4	3	22
35Po'Boigh King	34	6-10	4-7	5-7	1	2	1	0	2	2	21
2Dionte Johnson	12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0
1Keishon Porter	16	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	4	2
23Kelechi Okworogwo	4	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3
5Timmy Adedire	13	0-2	0-2	2-4	1	0	0	0	1	2	2
11Isaac Parson	28	2-5	0-1	4-4	2	4	2	0	3	2	8
14Floyd Rideau Jr.	24	3-8	3-8	0-0	3	2	2	1	2	0	9
3Aquan Smart	6	0-2	0-2	2-2	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	-	25-5050.0%	8-2236.4%	21-2584.0%	22	14	7	3	16	21	79

DELAWARE STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
25Muneer Newton	34	11-13	0-0	5-11	9	2	1	0	0	2	27
11Kaseem Watson	34	4-9	0-1	2-4	4	1	2	0	1	2	10
1Alston Andrews	27	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	2	1	0	3	2
0Robert Smith	24	3-9	1-5	4-4	1	1	3	0	3	5	11
3Martaz Robinson	39	8-18	1-1	3-5	6	3	1	0	3	2	20
32Javarzia Belton	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
24Raymond Somerville	6	0-0	0-0	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
15Ponce James	27	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	2	1	0	2	2	5
2Corey Perkins	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	29-5651.8%	3-933.3%	16-2661.5%	27	9	10	1	11	17	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNCCUDSU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by North Carolina Central.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Delaware State.
+2 (19:44) Jaqai Murray made Layup.
20
(19:15) Robert Smith missed Jumper.
(19:13) Foul on Jaqai Murray.
(19:12) Delaware State Deadball Team Rebound.
+2 (19:09) Kaseem Watson made Layup.
22
(18:50) Po'Boigh King Turnover.
(18:50) Alston Andrews Steal.
(18:41) Martaz Robinson missed Jumper.
(18:36) Muneer Newton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:35) Muneer Newton made Layup.
24
+2 (18:18) Jaqai Murray made Jumper.
44
(17:54) Alston Andrews missed Jumper.
(17:50) Dionte Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(17:45) Foul on Robert Smith.
(17:40) Foul on Robert Smith.
(17:36) Perry Smith Jr. Turnover.
(17:36) Kaseem Watson Steal.
(17:27) Foul on Keishon Porter.
+2 (17:19) Kaseem Watson made Layup. Assisted by Martaz Robinson.
46
(16:52) Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:48) Muneer Newton Defensive Rebound.
(16:42) Martaz Robinson missed Jumper.
(16:38) Keishon Porter Defensive Rebound.
(16:35) Foul on Kaseem Watson.
+1 (16:35) Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.
56
+1 (16:35) Po'Boigh King made Free Throw.
66
(16:15) Kaseem Watson missed Jumper.
(16:11) Ponce James Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:10) Ponce James made Layup.
68
(15:52) Po'Boigh King Turnover.
(15:52) Kaseem Watson Steal.
(15:50) Kaseem Watson Turnover.
(15:41) Keishon Porter missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:37) Jaqai Murray Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:36) Jaqai Murray made Layup.
88
(15:08) Martaz Robinson missed Jumper.
(15:05) Muneer Newton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:01) Alston Andrews made Jumper. Assisted by Martaz Robinson.
810
+2 (14:36) Po'Boigh King made Jumper. Assisted by Keishon Porter.
1010
(14:21) Foul on Dionte Johnson.
+3 (14:01) Ponce James made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kaseem Watson.
1013
(13:46) Foul on Keishon Porter.
(13:46) Keishon Porter Turnover.
(13:25) Foul on Po'Boigh King.
+1 (13:25) Muneer Newton made Free Throw.
1014
+1 (13:25) Muneer Newton made Free Throw.
1015
(12:57) Isaac Parson missed Layup.
(12:55) Martaz Robinson Defensive Rebound.
(12:53) Foul on Isaac Parson.
(12:40) Ponce James Turnover.
(12:18) Floyd Rideau Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:15) Isaac Parson Offensive Rebound.
+3 (12:03) Kelechi Okworogwo made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Floyd Rideau Jr..
1315
(11:42) Foul on Kelechi Okworogwo.
(11:42) Martaz Robinson missed Free Throw.
(11:42) Delaware State Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:42) Martaz Robinson missed Free Throw.
(11:41) Floyd Rideau Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(11:30) Aquan Smart missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:26) North Carolina Central Offensive Rebound.
(11:17) Timmy Adedire missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:13) Muneer Newton Defensive Rebound.
(10:50) Foul on Kelechi Okworogwo.
(10:50) Muneer Newton missed Free Throw.
(10:50) Delaware State Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:50) Muneer Newton missed Free Throw.
(10:50) Timmy Adedire Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:39) Perry Smith Jr. made Jumper.
1515
(10:23) Kaseem Watson missed Jumper.
(10:17) Isaac Parson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:09) Floyd Rideau Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aquan Smart.
1815
(9:46) Robert Smith Turnover.
(9:44) Foul on Muneer Newton.
+1 (9:44) Timmy Adedire made Free Throw.
1915
(9:44) Timmy Adedire missed Free Throw.
(9:43) Alston Andrews Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:25) Kaseem Watson made Layup.
1917
(9:00) Isaac Parson Turnover.
(9:00) Robert Smith Steal.
+2 (8:51) Martaz Robinson made Jumper.
1919
+3 (8:32) Floyd Rideau Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Aquan Smart.
2219
(8:14) Robert Smith missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:11) Kaseem Watson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:08) Kaseem Watson made Jumper.
2221
(7:35) Aquan Smart missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:33) Martaz Robinson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:29) Robert Smith made Layup.
2223
(7:08) Floyd Rideau Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:06) Aquan Smart Offensive Rebound.
(7:05) Foul on Alston Andrews.
+1 (7:05) Aquan Smart made Free Throw.
2323
+1 (7:05) Aquan Smart made Free Throw.
2423
(6:41) Javarzia Belton Turnover.
(6:41) Floyd Rideau Jr. Steal.
(6:34) Jaqai Murray Turnover.
(6:34) Robert Smith Steal.
(6:11) Ponce James Turnover.
(6:11) Po'Boigh King Steal.
(6:08) Foul on Robert Smith.
(5:52) Jaqai Murray missed Jumper.
(5:48) Kaseem Watson Defensive Rebound.
(5:29) Foul on Dionte Johnson.
(5:29) Muneer Newton missed Free Throw.
(5:29) Delaware State Deadball Team Rebound.
(5:28) Muneer Newton missed Free Throw.
(5:28) Po'Boigh King Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:06) Po'Boigh King made Jumper.
2623
(4:39) Foul on Dionte Johnson.
+1 (4:39) Muneer Newton made Free Throw.
2624
(4:38) Muneer Newton missed Free Throw.
(4:37) Floyd Rideau Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:16) Perry Smith Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Jaqai Murray.
2824
+2 (3:47) Muneer Newton made Layup.
2826
+3 (3:25) Po'Boigh King made Three Point Jumper.
3126
(2:59) Martaz Robinson missed Jumper.
(2:56) Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:40) Perry Smith Jr. Turnover.
(2:40) Martaz Robinson Steal.
(2:28) Ponce James missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:23) Perry Smith Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:14) Floyd Rideau Jr. Turnover.
(1:59) Javarzia Belton Turnover.
(1:59) Jaqai Murray Steal.
(1:53) Po'Boigh King missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:52) Perry Smith Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(1:51) Foul on Ponce James.
+1 (1:51) Perry Smith Jr. made Free Throw.
3226
+1 (1:51) Perry Smith Jr. made Free Throw.
3326
(1:35) Martaz Robinson Turnover.
(1:35) Floyd Rideau Jr. Steal.
(1:29) Po'Boigh King missed Layup.
(1:26) Jaqai Murray Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:26) Jaqai Murray made Two Point Tip Shot.
3526
+2 (0:58) Martaz Robinson made Jumper.
3528
(0:58) Foul on Isaac Parson.
+1 (0:58) Martaz Robinson made Free Throw.
3529
(0:40) Isaac Parson missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:35) Muneer Newton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:27) Muneer Newton made Layup. Assisted by Martaz Robinson.
3531
(0:02) Isaac Parson Turnover.
(0:02) Alston Andrews Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

NCCU

DSU

79Points77

25-50(50.0%)Field Goal(%)29-56(51.8%)

8-22(36.4%)3-Point(%)3-9(33.3%)

21-25(84.0%)Free Throw(%)16-26(61.5%)

26(10)Rebounds(Offensive)29(14)

14Assists9

7Steals10

3Blocks1

17Turnovers11

21(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

10Largest Lead5

Game Details

Thursday, March 13, 2025 · 8:00 PM

Memorial Hall (Dover, DE) · Dover, DE

capacity: 1,800

tv: ESPN+