UNDATED (AP) — North Carolina State is making a nice push toward a berth in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
The Wolfpack have their first four-game, ACC road winning streak in almost four decades following a 68-61 victory over 15th-ranked Virginia. Cam Hayes led the Wolfpack with 16 points and DJ Funderburk scored nine of his 14 points in the second half.
NC State opened with a 17-4 run, outscored the Cavaliers 30-16 in the paint and trailed for just 48 seconds.
Sam Hauser had a game-high 21 points for the Cavs, who have dropped three in a row for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
In other top-25 men’s basketball finals:
— Freshman Jaylin Williams scored 10 of his season-high 13 points during a 17-2 run that allowed No. 20 Arkansas to turn a six-point deficit into an 81-66 thumping of sixth-ranked Alabama. Moses Moody led all scorers with 24, 16 of which came from the free-throw line to help the Razorbacks beat a ranked team at home for the first time in three years.
— Marcus Zegarowski, Christian Bishop and Denzel Mahoney scored 13 points apiece for 13th-rated Creighton in a 77-53 pounding of DePaul. The Bluejays opened the second half on an 11-2 run en route to their fourth straight win and seventh in their last eight games.
— No. 11 Florida State coasted to an 88-71 win over Miami as Sardaar Calhoun scored a career-high 16 points. RaiQuan Gray had 12 points and 13 rebounds to help the ACC-leading Seminoles win for the ninth time in 10 games.
— Victor Bailey Jr. made 5-of-8 3-pointers and finished with 21 points as No. 25 Tennessee beat in-state rival Vanderbilt, 70-58.
