College basketball: Thursday’s area games to watch

N.C. State's Torin Dorn (left) leads the Wolfpack in scoring, averaging 18.7 points. Dorn and the Wolfpack will play host to Presbyterian Thursday night. Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com

THURSDAY’S MATCHUPS

PRESBYTERIAN (1-1) at N.C. STATE (3-0)

PNC Arena, Raleigh, 7 p.m.

Former Northside Christian standout Davon Bell leads the Blue Hose, averaging 21.6 points a game. Another Charlottean, Torin Dorn, leads N.C. State in scoring (18.7 points a game) and had 26 Tuesday against Bryant.

CLEMSON (2-0) vs. OHIO (1-0)

TD Arena, Charleston, 5 p.m., ESPN2

Donte Grantham and Gabe DeVoe each had double-doubles in Clemson’s last game, an 87-63 win against N.C. A&T. ...Freshman guard Teyvion Kirk led the Bobcats with 16 points in their opener. This is a first-round contest in the Gildan Charleston Classic.

SOUTH CAROLINA (2-0) vs. ILLINOIS STATE (0-1)

HTC Center, Conway, S.C., 11:30 a.m., ESPN2

The Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic was moved to Conway this year because of hurricane damage. In this first-round game, the Gamecocks will face a team with a superb 3-point shooting threat – Keyshawn Evans, who made seven 3-pointers in the Redbirds’ opener.

Steve Lyttle

This story was originally published November 15, 2017 at 6:52 PM with the headline "College basketball: Thursday’s area games to watch."

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