It was only a matter of time before NC State finished one of these games, and after a long stretch of close losses, the Pack finally closed out Virginia Tech in Blacksburg for a 68-63 win. State is tremendously flawed but it absolutely has no quit. That’s been a pretty dependable characteristic of a Kevin Keatts’ basketball team, and it finally paid dividends on Tuesday as State withstood a 17-0 Virginia Tech run and snapped a five-game losing streak.
State opened up a 29-19 lead before the Hokies big run, but the seven-point lead it produced proved to be the largest lead Virginia Tech would hold as State responded with an 18-2 run of its own.