RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lehigh's Pat Andree is headed North Carolina State as a graduate transfer for next season.

In a social media post, the 6-foot-8, 225-pound forward said he will graduate...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Garrison Mathews had a career-high 44 points as Lipscomb narrowly defeated North Carolina State 94-93 in the quarterfinals of the NIT on Wednesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Braxton Beverly scored all his 10 points in the second half and forced a Harvard turnover in the closing seconds to help N.C. State beat the Crimson 78-77 on Sunday night in...

No. 6 seed Harvard (19-11) vs. No. 2 seed North Carolina State (23-11)

NIT Second Round, PNC Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina; Sunday, 6:30 p.m. EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Markell Johnson had 26 points as North Carolina State defeated Hofstra 84-78 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night.

No. 8 seed North Carolina State (22-10, 10-9) vs. No. 1 seed Virginia (28-2, 16-2)

Atlantic Coast Conference Tourney Quarterfinals, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina; Thursday,...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For the second time, North Carolina State waited until the last possible moment to beat Clemson.

Markell Johnson hit two free throws with 2.6 seconds left and the...

No. 9 seed Clemson (19-12, 9-9) vs. No. 8 seed North Carolina State (21-10, 9-9)

Atlantic Coast Conference Tourney Second Round, Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina; Wednesday, 11...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With 5.5 seconds remaining, Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner told his players during a timeout that they were going to find a way to win the game.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jose Alvarado raced the length of the court and passed to James Banks III for a go-ahead, two-handed dunk as Banks was fouled with one second remaining and Georgia Tech...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — This time, North Carolina State had Markell Johnson.

Johnson scored 25 points to help the Wolfpack beat Wake Forest 94-74 on Sunday, avenging last month's road loss that...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The mistakes kept piling up for third-ranked Virginia, which was careless with the ball, struggled on the offensive glass and squandered a double-figure lead in the second half.

Fortunately for coach Tony Bennett, the Cavaliers still managed to squeeze out a road win against a ranked opponent. Kyle Guy hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with two minutes left in overtime and Virginia held on to the horn to beat No. 23 North Carolina State 66-65 on Tuesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts remains unsure when injured point guard Markell Johnson will return to the 21st-ranked Wolfpack.

Keatts said Tuesday that Johnson "could play on Thursday or could play three or four weeks from now," adding that the guard won't play "until mentally and physically he feels like he's ready."

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts isn't sure if the No. 17 Wolfpack will have starting point guard Markell Johnson for Tuesday's game at Wake Forest.

Keatts said Monday that Johnson will be a game-time decision after he took a hard fall during the weekend win against Pittsburgh. Keatts said Johnson's left hip and back were sore after the first-half fall, which sidelined him for the rest of Saturday's game.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Thanks to a big finish, the North Carolina State Wolfpack are off to a start that draws comparisons to their first national championship season.

Reserve Markell Johnson scored 20 points and the No. 18 Wolfpack shot 57 percent in the second half to rally past Miami 87-82 in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams Thursday.

The Wolfpack (13-1) won their seventh game in a row and are off to their best start since the 1973-74 team that won the NCAA title.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State has another big win against a ranked opponent under Kevin Keatts.

Markell Johnson had career highs of 27 points and five 3-pointers to help the Wolfpack upset No. 7 Auburn 78-71 on Wednesday night, improving to 4-1 against top-10 teams under the second-year coach.

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six minutes. Three hundred and sixty seconds.

It is not an especially long period of time. But to hear Penn State men's basketball coach Pat Chambers, that was the difference between his squad and North Carolina State.

Braxton Beverly scored 18 points to lead North Carolina State to an 89-78 win over Penn State in the second of four Air Force Reserve Boardwalk Classic games Saturday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

MIAMI (AP) — Markell Johnson kept getting to the rim down the stretch, and the North Carolina State Wolfpack showed they can finish.

Johnson scored 12 consecutive points down in a late three-minute span to break open a close game, and the Wolfpack beat Vanderbilt 80-65 Saturday.

North Carolina State (7-1) bounced back from its first loss of the season Tuesday at Wisconsin.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — With every win in what has been a rugged early-season schedule, No. 22 Wisconsin is proving that last year may have been just a fluke.

The Badgers are back to their old, reliable ways - getting clutch stops and key contributions from different players.

Ethan Happ had 19 points and 11 rebounds, D'Mitrik Trice hit a long jumper with 23.6 seconds left and Wisconsin withstood North Carolina State's in-your-face defense to rally for a 79-75 win on Tuesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Torin Dorn scored 19 points, Eric Lockett made two key free throws in the final seconds and North Carolina State held on to beat Mercer 78-74 on Saturday night.

C.J. Bryce added 17 points and Markell Johnson had 16 to help the Wolfpack (6-0). They shot 45 percent, led by 15 with 7½ minutes to play and withstood Mercer's late rally to begin a season with six straight wins for the first time since 2014-15.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Devon Daniels didn't fret or change much after a pair of bad offensive outputs to start his North Carolina State career.

Rather, he took a simple mindset: play hard.

The Utah transfer scored 20 points to lead the Wolfpack's latest high-scoring performance, a 100-49 win against UNC Asheville on Tuesday night.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — There's a lot of new pieces for North Carolina State coach Kevin Keatts to sort through in his overhauled lineup.

There's plenty of versatility, the athleticism to get loose in tempo-quickening transition and even enough outside shooting despite starting the year with the team's best 3-point threat sidelined by injury.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Devon Daniels, C.J. Bryce and Blake Harris spent the better part of last season leading North Carolina State's practice team and working on their games — along with their ability to stay patient — while sitting out as transfers.

The Wolfpack's success this season could depend on how successful they were in turning that time into sharpened skillsets, particularly with so many new faces on the roster for coach Kevin Keatts' second season.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State's offense is rolling heading into March.

Allerik Freeman scored 25 points to help N.C. State beat No. 25 Florida State 92-72 on Sunday night.

Torin Dorn added 19 points and Sam Hunt had 14 for the Wolfpack (20-9, 10-6 Atlantic Coast Conference), who opened the game with a 9-2 spurt and never trailed.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — The ball felt great coming out of the hands of North Carolina State guard Sam Hunt, and now the Syracuse Orange has its hands full trying to make the NCAA tournament.

It took a game for Markell Johnson to settle into his return to NC State's lineup after a suspension that spanned seven games -- the final three of the non-conference schedule, plus a pair of away ACC games and two upsets of ranked league opponents at PNC Arena.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State remains tough to beat at home. Wake Forest isn't going to beat anyone if it keeps going cold late in games.

Omer Yurtseven scored 22 points and N.C. State beat the Demon Deacons 72-63 on Thursday night.

NC State guard Markell Johnson will play for the Wolfpack at No. 3 Virginia, a representative for the men's basketball team confirmed Sunday. The guard rejoined the team Thursday Jan. 11 after felony assault charges against him were dismissed last week. Johnson's last appearance with the Pack was on Dec. 9., his indefinite suspension was announced on Dec. 16 just before tipoff versus UNC-Greensboro.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson has been cleared to rejoin the team after the dismissal of a felony assault charge against him in his home state of Ohio.

Court records in Cuyahoga County indicate a prosecutor dismissed the charge without prejudice Thursday.

A previous court document says Johnson was among four people indicted Dec. 5 for causing "serious physical harm" to a male victim on or about Oct. 8.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The felony assault case involving suspended North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson will resume next week in his home state of Ohio.

According to the Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH'-guh) County Common Pleas Court, a pretrial hearing was held Monday and another is set for Jan. 16.

A felony assault case in Ohio against North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson was continued Thursday morning until early January.

Johnson, 19, and three others were charged Dec. 5 with felony assault in connection with an October incident that involved a fight at a hotel lobby.

Johnson posted a $5,000 cash bail on Dec. 20 and appeared Thursday morning for a pretrial hearing in Cuyahoga County court.

The case was continued until Jan. 8, according to WKYC.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Suspended North Carolina State guard Markell Johnson is facing a felony assault charge in his home state of Ohio.

According to a court document, Johnson was among four people indicted Dec. 5 in Cuyahoga County. The document states they "did knowingly cause serious physical harm" to a male victim on or about Oct. 8.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Torin Dorn likes playing a big spot in North Carolina State's small lineup.

Dorn had 22 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to help N.C. State beat Missouri-Kansas City 88-69 on Saturday afternoon.

It was the third consecutive game of at least 10 rebounds for Dorn, who starts at power forward at 6-foot-5, 210 pounds. Dorn finished with six offensive rebounds, and he scored after four of them.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Lennard Freeman is turning into a scoring machine.

Freeman scored a career-high 23 points and Torin Dorn added 18 as North Carolina State improved to 4-0 with an 86-68 win over Presbyterian on Thursday night.

The last time the Wolfpack started with four straight wins was the 2014-15 season.

Freeman, a fifth-year senior who missed last season while recovering from leg surgery, posted his third career-high point total of the season.

RALIEGH, N.C. (AP) — First, North Carolina State's defense was the problem. Then it became the solution.

Torin Dorn tied a career-high with 26 points to help N.C. State beat Bryant 95-72 on Tuesday night.

Lennard Freeman added a career-high 20 points and Allerik Freeman had 15 for the Wolfpack (3-0), who rallied from a 12-point deficit early in the first half.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State says guard Markell Johnson will be a game-time decision for the Wolfpack's Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament opener next week with a sprain and a bruised bone in his left knee.

Team spokesman Craig Hammel announced the diagnosis Friday, two days after the freshman injured his knee during a loss at Clemson in the regular-season finale. He says Johnson underwent an MRI on Thursday night.