North Carolina State's Ben Middlebrooks made the second of two free-throw attempts to break a tie with 11 seconds left and the Wolfpack survived Notre Dame's final shot, winning 66-65 on Wednesday night in Raleigh,

After it spent last week inside a pair of hostile ACC venues, NC State is looking to turn the tide as it kicks off a two-game homestand at the Lenovo Center. The Wolfpack, which lost at Virginia and at Wake Forest,

Notre Dame and North Carolina State are both trying to shed a frustrating two-game skid, and one of them will reach a .500 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play after