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Austin Peay (0-0) at North Carolina State (0-0)
Monday, November seventh, 2022 | 7:00pm CT
Raleigh, NC | PNC Enviornment

Clarksville, TN – The Austin Peay State College (APSU) males’s basketball crew opens its season on Monday, at North Carolina State. The sport begins at 7:00pm.

The sport is televised on ACC Community Further. Updates are additionally out there on the official Austin Peay State College males’s basketball Twitter account (@GovsMBB).

Broadcast Info

TV: ACC Community Further
TV Expertise: Andrew Sanders (play-by-play), Chris Corchiani (analyst)
Dwell Stats: letsgopeay.com
Twitter Updates: @GovsMBB

Collection Info

Collection Report: 0-1.
Final Assembly: North Carolina State 66, Austin Peay 59 (November twenty first, 2009; Daytona Seashore, FL)
Report at Austin Peay: 0-0.
Report at North Carolina State: 0-0.
Report at Impartial Web site: 0-1.
Coach James vs. North Carolina State: 0-0.

Dealing with The Wolfpack

That is solely the second time Austin Peay State College has confronted North Carolina State. The Wolfpack defeated the Governors, 66-59, in the one earlier assembly on November twenty sixth, 2009, within the Glenn Wilkes Basic performed within the Ocean Middle in Daytona Seashore, FL. 

Austin Peay State College Routs Fisk In Exhibtion

Sean Durugordon scored a game-high 24 factors, powering Austin Peay State College to an 89-64 exhibition win over Fisk, on November 2nd, contained in the Winfield Dunn Middle.

Austin Peay State College shot 62.2 p.c (23-of-37) contained in the arc, totaling 44 factors within the paint, and 54.4 p.c (31-of-57) general. The Governers turned 22 Bulldogs’ turnovers into 30 factors. Nate James‘ squad recorded seven steals, led by Durugordon’s 4.
 
Durugordon, considered one of 4 Governors in double figures, completed 10-of-15 from the ground and 3-of-4 from the free throw line to go together with six rebounds. Elijah Hutchins-Everett and Man Fauntleroy chipped in 13 and 12 factors, respectively, off the bench.
 
Hutchins-Everett was an ideal 5-of-5 capturing, whereas Fauntleroy was 3-of-5 from the ground and 5-of-6 from the stripe. Shon Robinson chipped in 10 factors to go together with six rebounds.
 
Fifteen Austin Peay State College gamers noticed motion Wednesday, and 10 discovered the scoring column. Cameron Copeland completed with 9 factors. Carlos Paez was 4-of-4 from the road, because the Governors shot 19-of-24.
 
Hutchins-Everett and Nathan Moore every pulled down 4 boards. Fauntleroy, Robinson, and Elijah Perkins every dished out three assists.
 
APSU shot 53.9 p.c (14-of-26) from the ground within the first 20 minutes, resulting in a 41-31 edge at intermission. A 9-0 Austin Peay State College run gave the Governors a 26-14 lead with 8:50 left within the first half. The benefit would swell to as many as 15 after Hutchins-Everett canned a triple to make the rating 41-26.
 
Fisk lower its second-half deficit to eight, 57-49, with 12:11 to go within the recreation, however Austin Peay State College countered with an 11-0 spurt. A pair of Paez free throws gave his crew a 68-49 higher hand halfway via the second half. A Drew Calderon bucket from deep gave the Governors their largest lead of the night, 87-61, with 3:09 to play.
 
James’ unit shot 54.8 p.c (17-of-31) from the sector within the closing 20 minutes.
 
The Governors have been 4-of-10 from distance in every half.

North Carolina Connections

Monday is a return to The Tar Heel State for 2 Austin Peay State College gamers – Caleb Stone-Carrawell (Harmony, NC) and Jalen Ware (Winston-Salem, NC)

APSU’s head coach Nate James starred at Duke as a participant (1996-2001) and as an assistant coach (2008-21).

Austin Peay State College affiliate head coach Brett Carey grew up in Lincolnton, NC, earlier than spending time at UNC Ashville as a participant (1998-2001) and assistant coach (2008-17).

Governors’ assistant coaches Jason Harris (2018-21) and Carl Little (2019-21) served as assistant coaches at North Carolina Central.

James’ Success Towards North Carolina State

Monday is James’ first recreation in opposition to North Carolina State as a head coach, however he had loads of earlier success in opposition to the Wolfpack as a participant and affiliate head coach at Duke. As a participant, James was 14-1 within the sequence. As an affiliate head coach, he was 16-5 in opposition to North Carolina State.

New Children n The Block

Austin Peay State College and Queens are the 2 newcomers to the ASUN Convention in 2022-23, rising the variety of groups within the league to 14.

Returning Scoring Leaders

Austin Peay State College returns its high two scorers – Hutchins-Everett (12.3 ppg) and Stone-Carrawell (11.4 ppg) – from a season in the past. Hutchins-Everett was the one Governor to begin all 29 video games.

Transfers

4 APSU Governors – Durugordon (Missouri), Robinson (San Jose State), Moore (Wallace State Group Faculty), and Kamarie Coffey (Columbia State Group Faculty) – are new to this system this season.

Coffey, a Clarksville native, attended West Creek Excessive Faculty.

Incoming Freshmen

Three Austin Peay State College gamers – Perkins, Fauntleroy, Kelechi Okworogwo – are true freshmen.

Worldwide Presence

The Governors are represented by 9 states – Tennessee (Coffey, Codey Bates, Jacob Roberts), North Carolina (Stone-Carrawell, Ware), New York (Durugordon, Okworogwo), Texas (Caldaron), Maryland (Fauntleroy), Illinois (Robinson), Alabama (Moore), Georgia (Copeland), and New Jersey (Perkins).

Carlos Paez, from Venezuela, is the crew’s lone worldwide participant. Austin Peay has had a participant from exterior of america on its roster for each season relationship again to the 2013-14 marketing campaign.

Quantity Adjustments

Ware and Copeland switched jersey numbers from a 12 months in the past. Ware, who wore 10 final season, now dons 24. Copeland, who wore 24 a season in the past, now wears 41.

Workers Adjustments

Little enters his first season as an Austin Peay State College assistant coach after spending the 2021-22 marketing campaign as this system’s director of operations, a job now crammed by Stephen Peoples.

Robert Harris is in his first season because the crew’s director of sports activities efficiency.
 
He spent the prior eight seasons at Kentucky.
 
Luke Trondson enters his first season on employees after serving as a scholar assistant at Ohio State.

APSU Return OVC Freshman Of The Yr

Final season, Hutchins-Everett was named OVC Freshman of the Yr, whereas additionally being named Second Staff All-OVC and incomes a spot on the OVC All-Newcomer Staff.

Hutchins-Everett is the seventh participant in class historical past to win the award and it’s the third time within the final 5 seasons an Austin Peay participant has been named OVC Freshman of the Yr. 

Candy 16

Final season, Austin Peay State College was considered one of 16 groups within the NCAA to have clinched no less than 10 wins whereas having 9 or extra newcomers on the roster. 

CSC Ends Common Season Robust

Stone-Carrawell scored in double figures in his final 4 regular-season video games. Throughout that stretch, he averaged 14.5 factors per recreation.

In his final 4 regular-season contests, Stone-Carrawell shot 50 p.c from the sector, 40.9 p.c from distance, and 92.9 p.c from the charity stripe. 

Massive Man Can Do It All

Final season, Hutchins-Everett led the Governors in each scoring (12.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.8 rpg). He shot 51.6 p.c from the ground. 

Re-Writing The Report E book

The 726 three-point discipline purpose makes an attempt final season broke Austin Peay’s single-season report set throughout the 2007-08 marketing campaign (715).

20/20 Imaginative and prescient

The Governors have been 6-2 final season when an APSU participant scored greater than 20 factors. 

One Of The Finest

Paez is considered one of 9 gamers in Austin Peay State College historical past to have over 300 profession assists and 600 profession factors.

Maintain ‘Em To 60

When holding opponents to beneath 60 factors final season, the APSU Govs have been 6-0. 

Protecting Issues 100

Austin Peay State College had seven gamers that scored over 100 factors final season. It’s the fifth straight season APSU had no less than seven rating over 100. 

A Lock With The Halftime Lead

Over the previous 5 seasons, Austin Peay State College is 70-18 when holding a halftime lead. Through the 2021-22 marketing campaign, APSU is 9-3 when heading to the locker room with a lead. 

Paez Coming into The Report Books

Paez ranks eighth in Austin Peay State College historical past for profession assists with 321. He wants 16 to move Nick Stapleton (1998-2002) for seventh. 

70 Is The Magic Quantity

For the reason that 2010-11 season, the Governors have compiled a report of 150-81 when scoring 70 or extra factors.

637 And Counting

Austin Peay State College has made no less than one 3-pointer in 637 straight video games. The final time the Governors didn’t make a three-pointer was on February 18th, 2002 in opposition to Morehead State.

In regards to the North Carolina State Wolfpack

Final season, North Carolina State was 11-21 general and 4-16 within the Atlantic Coast Convention. The Wolfpack ended the 12 months with a five-game dropping streak.

The Wolfpack accomplished their preseason, on November 2nd, with a 107-59 win at residence over Lees-McRae. Terquavion Smith had game-highs in factors (18), assists (7), and steals (4) in 25 minutes of motion. North Carolina State had a balanced scoring assault, as six gamers scored in double figures and 14 of the 15 members of the crew scored within the recreation. 
 
The Wolfpack have been picked to complete tenth out of 15 groups within the ACC Preseason Ballot.
 
North Carolina State returns three starters from final season in Smith, Casey Morsell, and Ebenezer Dowuona. 
 
Smith is among the high returnees in school basketball after averaging 16.3 factors per recreation final season. He grew to become the primary freshman to steer the ACC in 3-pointers made (96) since Duke’s J.J. Redick in 2002-03. Smith was voted First Staff Preseason All-ACC and tied for seventh within the convention’s Preseason Participant of the Yr voting.
 
As many as eight gamers may see their first profession motion in a North Carolina State uniform on Monday. The Wolfpack introduced in 4 graduate transfers (D.J. Burns, Jack Clark, Jarkel Joiner, and Dusan Mahorcic), added three freshmen to the roster (KJ Keatts, Jordan Snell, and LJ Thomas), and whereas not new to the roster, Greg Gantt sat out all of final season recovering from an damage and has not appeared in an official recreation for North Carolina State.

Buy Your Tickets

Single-game tickets to any of the Governors’ 15 regular-season residence contests begin as little as $10.00 and might be bought:

• In-person by visiting the SS&E workplace contained in the Dunn Middle
• On-line
• By way of e-mail (jmitchell@ssellc.com)
• By calling 931.221.PEAY (7329)