Norfolk State Spartans vs. Florida Gators

Mar 21, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
NORF	32	37	69
FLA	53	42	95

Game Recap

No. 1 seed Florida beats Norfolk State 95-69, setting up showdown with 2-time defending champ UConn. Earlier this week, Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. was named a first-team All-American.

Player Stats

NORFOLK STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Jalen Myers	17	3-7	1-1	1-1	4	0	0	1	1	2	8
7Kuluel Mading	20	0-3	0-2	1-2	5	0	0	0	1	2	1
5Brian Moore Jr.	18	3-6	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	4	6
11Jaylani Darden	33	7-10	0-1	1-1	6	3	2	0	1	4	15
0Christian Ings	37	6-13	1-3	3-4	0	3	3	0	1	1	16
6Melo Baines	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24Chris Fields Jr.	22	7-12	0-2	0-0	3	1	1	1	1	3	14
8Tyrel Bladen	18	1-2	0-0	3-4	3	1	1	0	1	5	5
20Jordan Leaks	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
35Dramane Camara	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2Terrance Jones	23	1-5	0-2	2-2	2	2	0	0	2	3	4
13Sin'Cere McMahon	8	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
TOTAL	-	28-6145.9%	2-1414.3%	11-1478.6%	25	11	8	2	11	24	69

FLORIDA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
21Alex Condon	22	4-9	2-3	2-3	5	3	2	2	1	2	12
9Rueben Chinyelu	17	2-4	0-0	2-2	8	0	0	1	1	2	6
5Will Richard	28	1-6	1-6	5-6	4	5	1	0	2	4	8
1Walter Clayton Jr.	29	6-11	4-9	7-8	5	2	1	0	4	1	23
15Alijah Martin	25	5-10	2-5	5-6	2	2	1	0	1	1	17
10Thomas Haugh	22	4-9	0-5	5-7	3	4	1	2	0	0	13
3Micah Handlogten	17	3-3	0-0	0-0	8	3	0	0	1	3	6
7Urban Klavzar	13	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
33Cooper Josefsberg	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22Bennett Andersen	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
20Isaiah Brown	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
11Denzel Aberdeen	23	3-4	1-1	1-1	3	0	1	0	1	3	8
TOTAL	-	29-6048.3%	10-3231.3%	27-3381.8%	39	20	7	5	12	17	95

Play-by-Play

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1st halfNORFFLA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Florida.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Norfolk State.
+3 (19:29) Walter Clayton Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alijah Martin.
03
+2 (19:13) Jaylani Darden made Layup.
23
+2 (19:01) Alex Condon made Layup. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..
25
(18:38) Jalen Myers missed Jumper.
(18:35) Walter Clayton Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(18:31) Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:28) Jaylani Darden Defensive Rebound.
(18:13) Brian Moore Jr. missed Jumper.
(18:10) Jaylani Darden Offensive Rebound.
(18:09) Christian Ings missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:04) Kuluel Mading Offensive Rebound.
(17:52) Christian Ings missed Jumper.
(17:48) Rueben Chinyelu Defensive Rebound.
(17:42) Alijah Martin missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:38) Rueben Chinyelu Offensive Rebound.
(17:36) Foul on Brian Moore Jr..
(17:26) Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:23) Alex Condon Offensive Rebound.
(17:21) Will Richard missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:20) Rueben Chinyelu Offensive Rebound.
(17:20) Foul on Kuluel Mading.
(17:09) Alijah Martin missed Layup.
(17:05) Rueben Chinyelu Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:05) Rueben Chinyelu made Two Point Tip Shot.
27
(16:46) Jaylani Darden missed Jumper.
(16:46) Rueben Chinyelu Block.
(16:41) Walter Clayton Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:35) Rueben Chinyelu made Dunk. Assisted by Alex Condon.
29
(16:20) Christian Ings missed Jumper.
(16:17) Rueben Chinyelu Defensive Rebound.
(16:08) Will Richard missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:04) Walter Clayton Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(16:00) Alex Condon Turnover.
(15:39) Jalen Myers Turnover.
+3 (15:11) Walter Clayton Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
212
(15:11) Foul on Brian Moore Jr..
+1 (15:11) Walter Clayton Jr. made Free Throw.
213
(14:52) Tyrel Bladen missed Jumper.
(14:49) Tyrel Bladen Offensive Rebound.
(14:49) Foul on Micah Handlogten.
(14:49) Tyrel Bladen missed Free Throw.
(14:49) Norfolk State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (14:49) Tyrel Bladen made Free Throw.
313
+3 (14:30) Walter Clayton Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Thomas Haugh.
316
+2 (14:15) Christian Ings made Layup.
516
(13:59) Foul on Jaylani Darden.
+1 (13:59) Walter Clayton Jr. made Free Throw.
517
+1 (13:59) Walter Clayton Jr. made Free Throw.
518
+1 (13:59) Walter Clayton Jr. made Free Throw.
519
(13:45) Christian Ings Turnover.
(13:45) Denzel Aberdeen Steal.
+2 (13:41) Thomas Haugh made Layup. Assisted by Walter Clayton Jr..
521
(13:41) Foul on Tyrel Bladen.
+1 (13:41) Thomas Haugh made Free Throw.
522
(13:20) Chris Fields Jr. Turnover.
(13:20) Thomas Haugh Steal.
+2 (12:58) Micah Handlogten made Layup. Assisted by Urban Klavzar.
524
(12:48) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
(12:40) Terrance Jones missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:37) Tyrel Bladen Offensive Rebound.
(12:37) Foul on Rueben Chinyelu.
+1 (12:37) Tyrel Bladen made Free Throw.
624
+1 (12:37) Tyrel Bladen made Free Throw.
724
(12:17) Urban Klavzar missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:13) Thomas Haugh Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:08) Denzel Aberdeen made Layup.
726
(11:49) Sin'Cere McMahon Turnover.
(11:49) Alijah Martin Steal.
(11:44) Denzel Aberdeen missed Layup.
(11:41) Rueben Chinyelu Offensive Rebound.
(11:40) Rueben Chinyelu Turnover.
(11:40) Sin'Cere McMahon Steal.
(11:40) Technical Foul on Rueben Chinyelu.
(11:40) Technical Foul on Terrance Jones.
(11:40) Norfolk State Turnover.
+2 (11:20) Tyrel Bladen made Layup. Assisted by Terrance Jones.
926
+3 (10:47) Denzel Aberdeen made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Condon.
929
(10:30) Chris Fields Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:27) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
(10:19) Alijah Martin missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:16) Terrance Jones Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:09) Terrance Jones made Layup.
1129
+2 (9:54) Alijah Martin made Layup.
1131
(9:54) Foul on Chris Fields Jr..
+1 (9:54) Alijah Martin made Free Throw.
1132
(9:37) Terrance Jones missed Jumper.
(9:35) Norfolk State Offensive Rebound.
(9:28) Christian Ings missed Layup.
(9:28) Alex Condon Block.
(9:24) Micah Handlogten Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:58) Alijah Martin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Micah Handlogten.
1135
(8:25) Jalen Myers missed Layup.
(8:23) Jalen Myers Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:23) Jalen Myers made Two Point Tip Shot.
1335
(8:23) Foul on Alex Condon.
+1 (8:23) Jalen Myers made Free Throw.
1435
(8:10) Will Richard missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:05) Alex Condon Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:03) Alijah Martin made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alex Condon.
1438
(7:43) Kuluel Mading missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:39) Alex Condon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:24) Micah Handlogten made Layup. Assisted by Will Richard.
1440
(6:58) Sin'Cere McMahon missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:55) Micah Handlogten Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:52) Alijah Martin made Layup. Assisted by Will Richard.
1442
(6:52) Norfolk State Timeout.
+3 (6:31) Christian Ings made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaylani Darden.
1742
+3 (6:17) Walter Clayton Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
1745
+2 (5:56) Jaylani Darden made Layup. Assisted by Tyrel Bladen.
1945
(5:40) Walter Clayton Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:37) Jaylani Darden Defensive Rebound.
(5:37) Foul on Alijah Martin.
(5:20) Brian Moore Jr. Turnover.
(5:20) Alex Condon Steal.
+2 (5:15) Thomas Haugh made Dunk. Assisted by Will Richard.
1947
(4:47) Jaylani Darden missed Layup.
(4:44) Alex Condon Defensive Rebound.
(4:39) Alex Condon missed Layup.
(4:34) Thomas Haugh Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:34) Thomas Haugh made Two Point Tip Shot.
1949
(4:21) Brian Moore Jr. Turnover.
(4:21) Walter Clayton Jr. Steal.
(4:17) Foul on Terrance Jones.
+1 (4:17) Will Richard made Free Throw.
1950
+1 (4:17) Will Richard made Free Throw.
1951
(4:01) Chris Fields Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:57) Will Richard Defensive Rebound.
(3:53) Will Richard missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:50) Jaylani Darden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:43) Jaylani Darden made Layup.
2151
(3:17) Thomas Haugh missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:15) Rueben Chinyelu Offensive Rebound.
(3:15) Foul on Tyrel Bladen.
+1 (3:15) Rueben Chinyelu made Free Throw.
2152
+1 (3:15) Rueben Chinyelu made Free Throw.
2153
(2:54) Kuluel Mading missed Layup.
(2:54) Thomas Haugh Block.
(2:48) Walter Clayton Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:47) Will Richard Turnover.
(2:47) Jaylani Darden Steal.
+2 (2:45) Jaylani Darden made Layup.
2353
(2:45) Foul on Walter Clayton Jr..
+1 (2:45) Jaylani Darden made Free Throw.
2453
(2:22) Rueben Chinyelu missed Layup.
(2:18) Jaylani Darden Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:14) Chris Fields Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Christian Ings.
2653
(2:02) Walter Clayton Jr. Turnover.
(2:02) Christian Ings Steal.
+2 (1:56) Christian Ings made Layup.
2853
(1:51) Foul on Will Richard.
(1:51) Will Richard Turnover.
+2 (1:37) Christian Ings made Layup. Assisted by Chris Fields Jr..
3053
(1:15) Rueben Chinyelu missed Layup.
(1:13) Chris Fields Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(0:59) Terrance Jones Turnover.
(0:54) Alijah Martin missed Layup.
(0:52) Kuluel Mading Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:49) Chris Fields Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Christian Ings.
3253
(0:32) Thomas Haugh missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:29) Kuluel Mading Defensive Rebound.
(0:18) Kuluel Mading missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:14) Florida Defensive Rebound.
(0:04) Walter Clayton Jr. Turnover.
(0:04) Chris Fields Jr. Steal.
(0:00) Terrance Jones Turnover.
(0:00) Alex Condon Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

NORF

FLA

69Points95

28-61(45.9%)Field Goal(%)29-60(48.3%)

2-14(14.3%)3-Point(%)10-32(31.3%)

11-14(78.6%)Free Throw(%)27-33(81.8%)

28(14)Rebounds(Offensive)41(21)

11Assists20

8Steals7

2Blocks5

12Turnovers12

24(1)Fouls(Technical)17(1)

0Largest Lead32

Game Details

Friday, March 21, 2025 · 6:50 PM

PNC Arena · Raleigh, NC

capacity: 19,722

tv: TNT