WTOC, Savannah, Georgia, news, weather and sports | North Carolina State 76, Georgia Tech 68
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Jarrett JackRALEIGH, N.C. - Ilian Evtimov led a balanced attack with 17 points, including a clutch late three-pointer, and North Carolina State beat Number Eight Georgia Tech 76-to-68 tonight to snap a four-game losing streak.
Five players scored in double figures for the Wolfpack (11-5, 1-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who hadn't won since narrowly getting by Columbia last month. Cameron Bennerman finished 16 points, and Julius Hodge had 12 of his 14 in the second half, but Evtimov scored the biggest basket.
The Yellow Jackets (11-4, 2-2) scored 12 straight points to get to 64-to-61, and N-C State patiently ran its Princeton-style offense until Evtimov got an open look from beyond the arc. He swished the jumper to increase the margin to six with 2:14 left, and the Wolfpack hung on from there.
Jarrett Jack had 16 points, and Isma'il Muhammad added 12 for Georgia Tech, which still missed guard B-J Elder. He sat out his fourth straight game with a sore left hamstring, leaving the Yellow Jackets without their second-leading scorer.
Without him, they lost for the second time in five days during a trip to Tobacco Road. They were routed 91-to-69 at North Carolina earlier this week.
