First loss for No. 2 Duke

Kyle Washington hopped on a courtside table to celebrate amid a crowd of North Carolina State fans jumping around at midcourt. Anthony “Cat” Barber posed with fans taking selfies amid the chaos at PNC Arena. The Wolfpack had turned No. 2 Duke’s latest visit to Raleigh, N.C., into yet another party — complete with ending the Blue Devils’ unbeaten start. Trevor Lacey scored 21 points and N.C. State shot 55 percent Sunday to beat Duke, 87-75, knocking off one of the final three undefeated teams in Division I. “We just all put it together and we just played as a team,” Lacey said. “When we play like this, we’re a good team.” N.C. State (12-5, 3-1 ACC) knocked down shots all game and made 10 of 16 3-pointers. Defensively, the Wolfpack ran constant double teams at preseason AllAmerican Jahlil Okafor to slow Duke’s big man. The Wolfpack dominated a second-half stretch with seven consecutive scoring possessions to build a 19-point lead — Duke’s biggest deficit all season by far — then turned away the Blue Devils’ late comeback. It marked the second time in three seasons an unbeaten Duke team visited Raleigh and headed to the locker room as the rowdy crowd stormed the court to celebrate afterward. The Blue Devils (14-1, 2-1) were No. 1 and 15-0 when it happened two years ago. Now top-ranked Kentucky and No. 3 Virginia are the nation’s only unbeatens. “Were we as tough as we needed to be? No,” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Does that mean we’re soft? No. We’re a good team. We need to learn to play at that level. You’ve got to be in these things to learn it.” Okafor finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds, but the Blue Devils shot 37 percent and just couldn’t keep up when N.C. State’s offense got rolling. Ralston Turner scored 11 of his 16 points after halftime, including two 3s in a row to break open a tie. BeeJay Anya added a careerhigh 14 points to lead a strong effort from the Wolfpack big men, whose development has been a big focus of Mark Gottfried’s staff. “We got the ball inside and our big guys were productive,” Gottfried said. “I think any time with any team … the more productive guys are around the basket, it opens everything up on the perimeter.” Other ACC game Syracuse 70, Florida State 57: Trevor Cooney scored a season-high 28 points, Rakeem Christmas registered his fifth doubledouble with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the Orange (12-4, 3-0 ACC) beat the visiting Top 25 Rutgers 67, Wisconsin 62: Myles Mack had 19 of his 21 points in the second half and the host Scarlet Knights scored the biggest upset in school history against the banged-up No. 4 Badgers. Kadeem Jack added 20 points for the Scarlet Knights (10-7, 2-2 Big Ten), whose previous biggest upset was a win against No. 6 West Virginia in 1982. Sam Dekker and Nigel Hayes had 15 points apiece for Wisconsin (15-2, 3-1). The Badgers did not have leading scorer Frank Kaminsky because of a concussion and lost guard Traevon Jackson early in the second half with an injury to his right leg. Wichita State 67, Loyola of Chicago 53: Tekele Cotton hit four 3-pointers and finished with 16 points to lead the visiting No. 15 Shockers (14-2, 4-0 Missouri Valley Conference) past the Ramblers (12-4, 2-2).