there, horner goes down. and werner tried to take advantage of it, couldn't do it. >> bob: billy donovan using the extra time-out to talk to his team. degand back in. and williams out. howell is off the bench to take horner's spot. 46-45, florida. walker, step-backfire. >> larry: good hands that time by howell to get that rebound. he had to reach back a long way to pull it in. >> bob: and fouled from behind. erik murphy commits his second. >> larry: bob, in the first half, we never got to the bonus. neither club shot the bonus in the first half.

and only three fouls on nc state and five now on florida in the second. >> bob: here's howell. here's smith. turning. missing. and stuck. really stuck. >> larry: nc state is going to get the ball back. >> bob: they get it on the possession error. >> bob: you ever see a ball get stuck after it rolls around the edge? >> bob: that's the first time that's happened this decade. >> larry: aren't you clever? >> bob: shot clock at 30 for the wolf pack.

wood. gators with erving walker. 46-45, gators. now werner wants the basketball. >> larry: he's trying to run the offense out there. trying to tell the guard what to do. good screen. look at walker. h he got pumped. >> bob: debbie? >> debbie: it appears that dennis horner, who has suffered knee injuries in the past, is recovering from a procedure that he took place to relieve tendinitis in the same knee

that's been bothering him. they put a sleeve on it and they expect him to return to the game. >> bob: 46-45. tyus. shot clock at ten. here's walker's push shot. does not god. and richard howell with another big rebound for the wolf pack. smith. and out of bounds is walker. the ball belongs to nc state, and a time-out. 3:34 remaining in raleigh. and this one, a one-point difference.

>> bob: game one of our acc sunday night hoops tripleheader. coming up next, xavier and wake forest at 5:30 eastern time. and then at cameron indoor stadium, duke plays host to clemson at 7:45 eastern time. nc state with a fresh clock, and maybe javy gonzalez is saving his best for last. >> larry: he's not had a good shooting day today. he's not been the offensive performer he has been in three of the last four games he's played. >> bob: he scored 13 of the last 15 in their last game. still time for gonzalez to make his mark on this one. and who knows, it might be the

winning shot, the way this thing's going. >> larry: you were asking me today if you thought this would be a close game, and i told you yeah. these two clubs remind me so much of each other. it's just like looking in a mirror. >> bob: werner gives to walker. three minutes remaining. 12 florida steals. and a grand total of 14 nc state turnovers. tyus. drains it for the baseline. >> larry: horner cannot leave tyus. he makes that shot all the time. he tried to double team and left tyus wide open. >> bob: florida ahead by three. seeing horner cutting across the lane, as debbie reported. that right knee now bandaged after the injury. shot clock under ten.

gonzalez is going to have to take a monster three. and it's an air ball. way beyond the arc. >> larry: two things that happened right there, bob. not only the fact that he missed the shot, but the fact that he didn't draw any iron. all of a sudden, it becomes a confidence factor, because you're now down to almost two minutes in the game. somebody has to pick up this nc state offense. >> bob: gonzalez, 1 of 5 and all of the shots have been three-pointers. >> larry: wood did a nice job on werner. he went right by him. >> bob: and werner loses the handle. the ball ricochets off his back. degand picks it up. a three-point florida lead and 1:45 to play. horner. drops it down to smith. he's doubled. degand driving. horner, the offensive rebound.

1:25 left. shot clock at eight. wood for the tie -- no. horer in, the offensive rebound, and he's fouled. >> larry: what a great rebound! oh, my, did he come in there and grab that. >> bob: and he is hurting. that right knee is really barking. and horner, perhaps saved the game for nc state. >> bob: watch the wood miss, but horner came from the left baseline, and got through three florida defenders to get that rebound. that is a great grab. >> bob: and horner, talking to referee gary maxwell, trying to get his composure with that right knee ailing. he's got to dip and shoot these free throws. first one good. >> larry: now the wheels start turning. billy donovan is going to take a

time-out and discuss some things he wants to do after the free throw here. >> bob: dennis horner sinking the first of two, and now the gators take the time-out with 1:19 to play. and the lead is 48-46 for florida. >> larry: one of the things that florida's been doing. billy donovan went to a slowed down offense. they're not breaking on the ball at all. sort of a grind them out kind of game. and he's going to try to put the pressure on this north carolina state defense. so far, with that two-point lead, it's going to be tough to do. i would think nc state would come out and attack. >> bob: you said a second ago, the wheels were turning. i think the wolf pack are concerned about the wheels on horner. that right knee is a problem. and to his credit, the senior from new jersey is hanging in there. but he's swinging that leg. it does not feel good at all. i believe he had his footsteped

on, and that initiated the tumble at the other end. >> larry: horner an excellent free throw shooter. i got him. >> bob: sixth best in the acc so far. gators with the lead an the basketball. coming down to the wire in raleigh. werner for three. macklin saves it, but into the hands of degand. wolf pack, under a minute to go. trailing two. will the freshman scott wood be a hero? state looking to tie with a two, tleed with a three, and sidney lowe wants to talk things over. 21 on the shot clock.

the wolf pack, going to that three-point shot a lot in the second half. >> larry: it's really benefited their offense, and the guy that's done most of it is scott wood. degand has contributed, but it's been wood that kept the wolf pack in the game. there's degand, long range shot. once again, watch wood bury one. he's really shot the ball well. >> bob: four threes in the second half for nc state. three of them off the fingertips of scott wood, the freshman from marian, indiana. and which way will the wolf pack go? they have to get a hoop here to get even. >> larry: what you have to consider, you have a 45 seconds to go you get a shot up, you're going to get the ball back, okay? because that means florida is going to have a chance in their 35 seconds, but they need to get a shot here. do you go for the tie or the lead? >> bob: and do you even think about going two for one? if they do. they'll have to do it in the

next few seconds. gonzalez. here's degand driving. doubled. nice pass. horner! follow, score! and there he is, javier gonzalez on the follow to tie the game! 48-48, with 27 seconds to play. gators time-out. >> larry: we saved it for the right moment. got into the 48-48 tie. let's go back again. watch javy gonzalez right here, sneak in there and get the offensive rebound. you know, he's a very good offensive rebounder. he's averaging nearly five rebounds a game as a guard. >> bob: and look at the guy he went around. vernon macklin. >> larry: big basket right there. now nc state really has to turn up the defense. for florida, where do you go offensively? that's the big question right now billy donovan is posing to his staff.

he's talking to his club. >> bob: florida has scored only 21 second half points. and vernon macklin has scored ten of those. i >> larry: i'm not sure i would look to the inside. the guys they've been trying to defend on all year long, walker and boynton, have not shot well all season, nor have they shot well tonight. >> bob: another factor to consider, defensivdefensively, state, larry, they are sitting on four team fouls. >> larry: two to give. >> bob: they want to get florida in the one and one, but only 25.5 remain. >> larry: you know sidney lowe has passed that message onto his team. they definitely will try to go after florida to try to stop them. they can use up two fouls, just make sure it's not during a shot. >> bob: and maybe come up with the basketball.

48-48 with 25 seconds to play. >> larry: are they going to use them? >> bob: apparently not. florida is going to have a chance to win the game. they'd love to give themselves enough time for an offensive rebound and follow. here's walker. five seconds four. walker for three and the win -- he misses it. the rebound to the wolf pack, and we've got overtime. >> larry: i was shocked they didn't take those fouls. i really was. i thought maybe they would really try to push them out there, try to force the issue. they did not. walker got a really good look at the basket. >> bob: we head to overtime in raleigh. are interested.

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>> bob: with my colleagues larry conley and debbie antonelli, this is bob rathbun, back in raleigh. we head to overtime. number one, a 48-48 tie in this second half. you see the shooting. tracy smith, 18 points, as we head to the extra period. he had 14 of those in the first half. nc state wins the tip. free basketball. here's horner. got to get out with that aching right knee. and a three from gonzalez! >> larry: i tell you what, this guy just waits until the opportune moment, doesn't he? >> bob: 51-48, nc state. >> larry: he likes the stage. >> bob: turn and shoot, boynton, no. gonzalez, the rebound.

boy, boynton has had a rough day. florida's leading scorer has not scratched since the first half and hat only four. >> larry: gators contend to play that two-three zone. >> bob: skip it to the corner. gonzalez again. drives it and scores it! >> larry: oh, javy, where have you been? >> bob: into a nearby phone booth. time-out, florida. the wolf pack, roaring out to start this overtime. >> larry: let's look at javy gonzalez. three of his last four games, he has been a scoring ma seen. that was an air ball. sidney lowe looking at his guards, thinking what in the

he world is going on? there was the stick-back on the offensive rebound. in overtime, named the first three in the right corner. comes back, dribbles right between the florida defenders to get the bucket. >> bob: seven crucial markers for nc state. don't forget. more basketball. two more to come on acc sunday night hoops. xavier and wake forest, they will begin at 5:30. and then duke and clemson at 7:45 eastern. both of those games with great intrigue, particularly the night cap of that doubleheader. duke, looking to be the class of the acc, as we begin conference play. >> larry: interesting conference game tonight there. clemson was picked to finish third in this acc. north carolina and duke tied for the first position. and duke really off to a good start, with their only loss at wisconsin, and a really tough

place to play. north carolina, i think, still trying to find out what's going on with their club over there. >> bob: and keep this in mind. the clemson tigers have won their last two against duke. can they make it three in a row at cameron? >> larry: well, the question becomes -- you and i have seen clemson this year. i'll tell you, they are very tough defensively. i've seen mike krzyzewski's club this year. they may be playing as good a half court defense that i've seen in years. he's really got them motivated. >> bob: and debbie antonelli will be making that trip over there later tonight. deb? >> debbie: i hope that game is as exciting as this one. the x-factor is the depth against the offensive scoring about, because duke shares the ball and spreading the floor so well. and clemson's pressure can be a factor in the game. they have a chance to win. oliver purnell's club has never won in cameron. >> bob: 53-48.

>> larry: get a report back from debbie about dealing with those two guys, versus us? >> bob: that's right. 53-48. tyus. rebound to nc state and tracy smith. >> larry: tough shot by tyus. good defense by north carolina state on the baseline down there. >> bob: kick. out of bounds for the wolf pack. macklin takes it. and chandler parsons is in. 3:27 left in overtime. >> larry: billy donovan is still in that two-three zone, down five points.

maybe as much about tracy smith as anything on the defensive end. look at gonzalez. >> bob: wild shot that time. he'd like to have that one back. here's florida, trailing five. they've yet to score in the overtime. and walker is fouled on the drive. in recent years, i have noticed coaches who have really great guards and great penetration skills. putting the ball in the hands of the guy that can penetrate hard and drive to the hoop, to try to draw a foul and get to the basket. billy donovan has two of those guys out there right now. >> bob: warner back to get it. 53-48. >> larry: gonzalez has responsibility for walker.

>> bob: walker driving. gonzalez got his hand on that ball. terrific defensive play. arrow to florida. >> larry: the hand is right on top of the ball. javy gonzalez with one of the better defensive plays i've seen tonight. >> bob: a driving warner lays it in. dan werner, with florida's first points in the extra period. 53-50. degand. breaks the press. wood gives it up. back to gonzalez. 2:20 left in overtime. >> larry: perimeter passing until they can find something where they can shoot the gap with the dribble. try to find smith down inside. >> bob: a bullet pass deflects, and tracy smith with the jam!

>> larry: can can you call a bank on a pass? >> bob: 55-50, wolf pack. and parsons had it tapped away. >> larry: sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time. horner the deflection to smith allowed him to get the basket. >> bob: werner. never had possession in the front court. here's parsons for three, and that rims out. smith, the rebound. eight rebounds for tracy smith to go with his game-high 20. pack in control now. 1:20 left in overtime. >> larry: good pass.

>> bob: and he'll shoot two. >> larry: florida's adjustment defensively was not quick enough that time to try to prevent smith from scoring. watch horner in the corner right here, receive this pass and immediately look inside. that's almost a touch pass. i mean that ball his hit fingertips and it was gone into tracy smith, showing his operation again. he is some sort of maestro down low. >> bob: werner officially charged with the foul. his second. and tracy at the line, hasn't been there since the first half. and overall, 2 for 3 tonight. >> larry: this is one part of his game he really struggles with, shooting free throws. >> bob: florida is dealing with a two-possession game, make or miss. state, 4 of 9 at the line.

>> larry: two possessions now become two threes. >> bob: 56-50. and the clock is not running. now it is, as walker picked it up. walker shooting. gets his own miss. a bullet inside for a tyus dunk. 1:02 to play. and the press -- time-out, nc state. the wolf pack stop it with 57.1 in overtime. and nc state leading it by four. >> larry: lowe did not like what he saw in that press that time. looked like florida was in position to get a turnover. it was a five-on-four game because he had tracy smith all by himself up here, and the guards handling the ball down

underneath the florida basket didn't have anywhere to go, as the gators loaded up the back court. >> bob: coming up next, the huskies and the demon deacons at 5:30 eastern time. at 7:45, it's clemson and duke as our tripleheader of acc sunday night hoops rolls on. under a minute. and down four. florida, hoping that that press can be effective one more time. our game reset. each team with a time-out remaining. florida has come up with 12 steams here today. can they get another one here? quickness advantage on werner. and back to gonzalez. >> larry: they have to foul. they have to foul.

>> bob: nc state looking to play keep away. and now degand is fouled. they have to stop the clock. keep in mind, nc state is just 5 of 10 at the line, and degand stepping up 0 for 2. >> larry: wolf pack ninth in the acc in shooting free throws. missed it. >> bob: front end of the one and one. florida down four. and a whistle. walker fouled on the drive. that stops the clock with 32.6. >> larry: that's a good foul by north carolina state. they still have a foul to give. or was that their sixth and this is their seventh? next foul is their seventh.

>> bob: that was not considered in the shooting motion for walker. degand's second foul. parsons. werner for three. and the rebound to tracy smith. 22 seconds left, and the foul on boynton. 22.4. gonzalez to the line. one and one. a 63% free throw shooter this season. >> larry: he's been the hero of the last 6:30, 7 minutes of play. >> bob: state by five.

>> larry: offensive rebound got the wolf pack into overtime. >> bob: horner limps off. howell in. and what an effort by dennis horner. you can see the pain that he's in on that wolf pack bench. second one no good. florida down five. they've got to go quickly. here's walker, turning, looking for an opening, and he drains a three! time-out, gators. just the second three-pointer of the game by florida. pulls the gators within two. >> larry: that's a tough shot right here. he's moving to his left and has to come up. and richard howell may have even gotten him on the arm a little bit as he came across there. tough shot and a good one that time. the gators now down by two. they've got to come out and foul. >> bob: our game reset. the wolf pack with one time-out.

and nc state and the double bonus. wolf pack on the next team foul will put florida in the one and one. but again, can florida get something out of its press that served them so well today? >> larry: that's the question. i think what's going to happen immediately when that ball comes in, if they don't get the steal, they commit the foul. they've got horner back in their lineup. he's one of their better free throw shooters. julius mays is another good one. >> bob:press can create problems. they get horner free, and he's fouled by werner. dan's third. >> larry: that's about the only thing you can do. you cannot give up the lay-up right there. only two seconds went off of the clock.

>> bob: dennis horner. and the wolf pack, they need this one to guarantee themselves a tie. if florida can sink a three. 57-55. >> larry: something they've not done much of today. >> bob: horner. gators need a three. who is it going to be? >> larry: right now, erving walker. and a slapdown by gonzalez. that will put florida on the line for a one and one. >> larry: interesting strategy right there. go ahead and foul. the most they can make is two. will they rye to make the first one? yes. will they try to make the second one? probably not. >> bob: walker's got to make the first one. to have an opportunity to have the intensional miss and offensive rebound. that plays a little harder since

they changed the rule on the lane. that first spot in college with the second straight year is vacated. >> larry: i really always felt like the middle guy had the advantage on the rebound on the free throw. now it's the guy on the inside on both sides. you've got to miss this one. >> bob: walker puts it in. that cuts it to one. 58-57. not playing the pass-in. wood is able to get it into gonzalez, and the gators foul. so we're back in the same situation. what kind of a deficit will billy donovan be looking at, one, two or three? boynton with his third foul. double bonus. and two free throws coming for javier gonzalez.