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The NC State Dance Team performs at the RBC Center during a time out in the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets at NC State Wolfpack basketball game.

Matt Causey had 18 points while Anthony Morrow went 4-for-4 at the line in the final 19 seconds to help Georgia Tech hold off North Carolina State 77-74 on Wednesday.

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Gavin Grant stole an inbounds pass and scored with 2 seconds left to cap an amazing last-second rally, helping N.C. State beat the 21st-ranked Hurricanes 79-77 .

After Anthony King made one of two free throws to give Miami a 77-75 lead with 15.3 seconds remaining in the extra session, Grant drove the basket on the other end to try to tie it. His layup in traffic bounced off the rim, but J.J. Hickson was there for the tip-in.

Just as the home crowd was celebrating the possibility of a second OT, Grant jumped in front of King’s pass and immediately put the ball in the basket.

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Saw this first at State Fans Nation

Bilas at halftime: “A little embarrassing? That was the most embarrassing first half I’ve seen all season long. What do you do if you’re Sidney Lowe? Do you draw a play up? You’ve gotta go in (to the locker room) and draw a big heart there and say, ‘Do we have any?’”These guys are not relating to each other. Their body language is horrible. They look like a bunch of zombies whenever they get into a huddle. They didn’t come prepared to fight. When you go on the road, you have to come prepared to fight and fight together. This is a team going in five different directions on the floor. I have not seen a performance as embarrassing as that all year long.”

Bilas after the game: “There’s no way that any team in America is going to hold a good team to 13 points in a half with their defense alone. N.C. State helped them (UNC). N.C. State was a huge problem for themselves.

“There is something going on with that team — and I don’t know what it is, I’m not Dr. Phil here — but they don’t get along with each other. That was not a team that trusted each other, that valued each other. They didn’t come together when things got tough, they went in different directions. That’s the first thing that they’ve got to address, how that team relates to each other.” Jay Bilas, ESPN

Enuf said?

Brandon Costner scored 18 points, including three 3-pointers in an early second-half flurry, to help North Carolina State beat North Carolina Central 54-29. J.J. Hickson added 13 points and eight rebounds as the Wolfpack (11-3) closed the nonconference schedule with a relatively easy win against a first-year Division I opponent.

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NC State’s 50-43 victory over Presbyterian Saturday afternoon at the RBC Center< is the Wolfpack’s sixth consecutive victory.

The Pack plays its final non-conference tune-up game against North Carolina Central Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the RBC Center.

After that, a grueling 16-game ACC slate will begin with a trip to North Carolina on January 12.

Sidney Lowe says freshman Javier Gonzalez will continue to be NC State’s starter at the point guard position with sophomore Marques Johnson coming off the bench. In the two games since Farnold Degand went down with a season-ending knee injury, Johnson has actually averaged more minutes (23-17) than Gonzalez. Lowe says Degand will be having surgery to repair a torn ACL very soon.

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