Reed’s 26 leads ’Canes past Wolfpack

RALEIGH, N.C. — Davon Reed scored a career-high 26 points to help Miami beat North Carolina State 84-79 on Saturday.

Anthony Lawrence Jr. added a career-high 19 points for the Hurricanes (15-7, 5-5 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won for the third time in four games.

Miami exploited a struggling N.C. State defense that had allowed an average of 90 points in its previous four games. The Hurricanes shot 50 percent from the field, including 11 of 21 from 3-point range.

Bruce Brown made a 3-pointer with 6:49 remaining to snap a 64-64 tie, and Miami led the rest of the way.

Ebuka Izundu scored a career-high 16 points for the Hurricanes, and Ja’Quan Newton added 13 points.

Dennis Smith Jr. scored 31 points to lead N.C. State (14-10, 3-8).

Terry Henderson scored 16 of his 21 points in the first half to help stake the Wolfpack to a 45-36 halftime lead, but he did not attempt a shot from the field in the second half until the closing seconds.

Abdul-Malik Abu and Omer Yurtseven had 10 points each for N.C. State.

The Hurricanes entered the day in 10th place in the ACC standings, but they climbed back to .500 with a needed road win.

With three of its next four games at home, Miami has a chance to build some momentum before a difficult stretch of games to close the regular season.

The Hurricanes host Virginia Tech on Wednesday night in the first of two scheduled matchups with the Hokies. Miami has won six of the past seven meetings.