<p>With the game slipping away, and quite possibly the season, Ilian Evtimov caught a pass from Engin Atsur at the right time in just the right spot for North Carolina State.</p><p>"All the credit goes to him," Evtimov said. "He got me the ball."</p><p>Evtimov made that clutch 3-pointer on his way to 17 points, and N.C. State beat No. 8 Georgia Tech 76-68 on Sunday night to snap a four-game losing streak.</p><p>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 with 16 points, and Hodge had 12 of his 14 in the second half, but Evtimov scored the biggest points.</p><p>The Yellow Jackets (11-4, 2-2) scored 12 straight to get to 64-61, 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.</p><p>"I just did what I'm supposed to do," Evtimov said. "The pass came on time, on target, and I just have to make it."</p><p>With a road trip to Virginia Tech and Maryland looming, another loss would have left N.C. State 0-3 in the conference for the first time in four seasons.</p><p>"We looked pretty desperate to me," Hodge said. "We just went out and gave it our all. We got the win, and I love to win, so I don't even want to talk about the past now."</p><p>In other games involving ranked teams, it was: No. 5 Duke 80, Virginia 66; No. 13 Boston College 73, West Virginia 53; and Wisconsin 62, No. 15 Michigan State 59.</p><p>With point guard Tony Bethel already on the sidelines with colitis, the Wolfpack didn't have senior Levi Watkins (flu) for this one. That left them with eight scholarship players, and only seven played.</p><p>It was enough, with freshmen Andrew Brackman and Gavin Grant taking advantage of the increased playing time. Brackman scored 12 points _ including nine of the first 11 for N.C. State _ and added six blocks, and Grant had a career-high 13 points.</p><p>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 team without its second-leading scorer.</p><p>Without him, the Yellow Jackets lost for the second time in five days during a trip to Tobacco Road. They were routed 91-69 at North Carolina earlier this week.</p><p>"B.J. is definitely one our best players, and you can't say that his absence doesn't make a difference when we are out on the court," coach Paul Hewitt said. "At the same time, we know we have the personnel to win this game."</p><p>At least this one was a bit more competitive. After Hodge made two free throws to give N.C. State a 64-49 lead, Georgia Tech rallied, thanks to some heads-up coaching from Hewitt.</p><p>Hodge got that chance at the line after drawing an offensive foul from Jack, and during a timeout minutes later, Hewitt lobbied hard with referees Reggie Cofer and Terry Moore that Hodge simply flopped.</p><p>It worked. On the next Wolfpack possession, Hodge fell out of bounds after a shove from Jack but no foul was called, giving the ball to the Yellow Jackets.</p><p>They took advantage of the opportunity, using that 12-0 run to get within three. Jack started the run with a playground maneuver, throwing an inbounds pass off the back of Jordan Collins and then scoring as he was fouled.</p><p>Muhammad followed with consecutive baskets, including a reverse dunk, to make it 64-61 before Evtimov made his 3.</p><p>"Playing hard defense and somebody hits a 3-pointer, it makes you want to shut down in a way," Georgia Tech point guard Jarrett Jack said. "But we fought hard to the end."</p><p>No. 5 Duke 80, Virginia 66</p><p>At Durham, N.C., J.J. Redick scored 20 of his 28 points in the second half to help Duke beat Virginia.</p><p>Shelden Williams added 16 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks for the Blue Devils (13-0, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).</p><p>Sean Singletary scored 19 points to lead the Cavaliers (9-5), who fell to 0-4 in the league for the first time since the 1998-99 season.</p><p>No. 13 Boston College 73, West Virginia 53</p><p>Jared Dudley scored 21 points and Craig Smith added 20 in the Eagles' eighth straight road win.</p><p>The Eagles (14-0, 3-0 Big East), one of four unbeaten teams in Division I, extended the best start in school history and won their first three conference games for the first time under eighth-year coach Al Skinner.</p><p>Mike Gansey scored 14 points for West Virginia (11-3, 1-2), which has lost three of four after starting the season 10-0.</p><p>Wisconsin 62, No. 15 Michigan State 59</p><p>Kam Taylor scored the go-ahead basket with 37.3 seconds left and Wisconsin (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten) ran off the final 11 points to extend the longest home winning streak in Division I to 38 games.</p><p>Paul Davis scored 20 points for the Spartans (10-3, 2-1).</p>
