No. 2 Duke became the latest top-5 team to lose Saturday as North Carolina State knocked off the Blue Devils in a 96-85 thriller.
The Blue Devils (13-2) were led by freshman Marvin Bagley III's 31 points and 10 rebounds, but they couldn't stop anyone defensively. Six N.C. State players scored in double figures, while shooting 51 percent from the floor as a team.
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Torin Dorn and Omer Yurtseven led N.C. State with 16 points apiece. Allerik Freeman scored 15 points, five rebounds and five assists, while freshman Braxton Beverly scored 14 points. Senior leader Abdul-Malik Abu scored 10 points.
N.C. State (11-5) ended a two-game losing streak with the win. It also gave first-year Wolfpack head coach Kevin Keatts his first ACC win.
DOWN GOES DUKE!
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) January 7, 2018
NC State upsets the No. 2 Blue Devils, 96-85, for consecutive wins over Duke for the first time since 1995. pic.twitter.com/CJnz5xaqj5
N.C. State now has two wins over No.2-ranked teams this season. The first came against Arizona in the Bahamas.
