N.C. State isn’t buying the explanation it received for an official’s call that allowed Miami to avoid a turnover in the final minute of Sunday’s 86-81 basketball win over the Wolfpack at PNC Arena.
Miami led 84-81 and had possession with 50.9 seconds to play under the N.C. State basket. After the ball was inbounded, guard Chris Lykes dribbled the ball up the court where he encountered NC State guards Markell Johnson and Allerik Freeman, who trapped him near midcourt with 44 seconds left.
Lykes appeared to lose control of the ball. Johnson batted the ball with one hand and Freeman grabbed it and began dribbling toward N.