A bit of a scuffle occurred early in the second half of Tuesday’s game between ACC foes in No. 11 Virginia and NC State.
Things got chippy with 17:35 remaining in the game, as words were exchanged between the two teams, then Wolfpack guard Paul McNeil Jr. gave the Cavaliers’ Sam Lewis a shove, leading to more pushing and shoving as a scrum ensued. Official Roger Ayers, attempting to be the peacemaker, found himself right in the middle of said pushing and shoving.
Virginia and NC State are scuffling!!pic.twitter.com/GxYIP3Le9P
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Ayers and his two counterparts then reviewed the incident to assess any potential ejections, of which there was one, and fouls, of which there were two. NC State’s Scottie Ebube was ejected for leaving the bench. Lewis and the Wolfpack’s Darrion Williams were each assessed technical fouls…