Relying on the “Double Ten” score of center Zach Edey, who is of Chinese origin, grabbing 20 points and 12 rebounds, Purdue ended the Cinderella legend of North Carolina State 63-50, only one win away from winning the championship. Won the first NCAA Division I men’s basketball championship in team history.
NCAA Division I Men’sbasketballNorth Carolina State University, the 11th seed in the South Region of the tournament, kept a close eye on star center Zach Edey of Purdue University, the top seed in the Midwest Region, and gave him no chance to play easily in the 40 minutes he was on the court. , but Zhou Zhihao still dominates the competition with DJ Burns Jr.
Zhou Zhihao won his 29th “Double Ten” this season, but it was very difficult for him to score in the penalty area today. North Carolina State had 8 interceptions in this campaign, most of which were when defending Zhou Zhihao. .
Burns Jr. did a good job in defending Zhou Zhihao, and Ben Middlebrooks defended better, but Zhou Zhihao was too difficult to deal with. Zhou Zhihao was very powerful in the penalty area, blocking the ball twice, and his opponent was limited by him, and his shooting percentage was reduced to 368%.
Purdue is the first to advance to the championship game on the 8th, and its opponent will be the University of Connecticut, which defeated the University of Alabama in the semifinals.
Braden Smith, Purdue’s second scoring pointer, had a poor touch today. He only hit one three-pointer in 9 shots and scored 3 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. However, thanks to Zhou Zhihao’s “Double Ten” performance, Lance Jones ) and Fletcher Loyer scored 14 and 11 points respectively, and the team was still enough to win.
North Carolina State felt frozen in the second half of this campaign, and failed to score on many open shots. Its hit rate was only 286%, which was the key reason why it finally lost its resistance.
“The biggest difference is that some of the shots that we would normally score, we didn’t make in this game,” North Carolina State head coach Kevin Keatts said.
DJ Horne made 8 goals in 21 attempts, including 2 of 8 three-pointers, and scored a North Carolina State-high 20 points. Jayden Taylor, who came off the bench, scored 11 points. It is the team’s second-highest score.
2024-04-07 03:31:18
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