TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Trevor Lacey scored 17 points, including five in the final 1:22, as North Carolina State held off a Florida State second-half rally to escape with a 72-63 victory Saturday.
The Wolfpack (13-6, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) led by as many as 19 on the way to a 42-30 halftime lead, but Florida State caught up at 60 on Brandon Allen's tip-in with four minutes left.
Allen, a little-used former minor league baseball player whose dad starred for Florida State in the 1980s, followed Phil Cofer's miss to tie it, but NC State's Ralston Turner hit a trey to give NC State a 63-60 lead.
Turner added 15 points for the Wolfpack before fouling out with 1:35 left.
Montay Brandon scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half to spark Florida State's comeback. Xavier Rathan-Mayes added 15 points and Devon Bookert 11 for the Seminoles (9-9, 1-4 ACC).
