Darrion Williams tossed in 22 points and Terrance Arceneaux finished with 12 to lead North Carolina State to a 79-71 victory over Boston College on Tuesday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass.
NC State (11-5, 2-1 ACC) connected on 13 of its 22 3-point attempts (59.1%) in the win. Williams made four 3-pointers while Arceneaux and Matt Able (11 points) each finished with three. The Wolfpack entered the game leading the ACC in 3-point percentage (37.9%).
Quadir Copeland added eight points and a game-high 10 rebounds for NC State, which ended the program’s 15-game road losing streak.
Fred Payne scored a career-high 24 points for Boston College, which received a 14-point performance from Donald Hand Jr. and seven points and nine rebounds from Jayden Hastings.
Boston College (7-8, 0-2) committed 16 turnovers in the loss.
NC State guard Tre Holloman did not play because of a foot injury sustained during the first half of Saturday’s loss to Virginia. Holloman, who had a boot on his left foot, has started in 11 games this season and is averaging 10.2 points per game.
An 11-0 run put the Wolfpack up 23-10 with 10:16 left in the first half. Boston College was within six following a Marko Radunovic 3-pointer with 2:25 remaining in the half, but NC State led 40-32 at halftime.
Boston College committed 12 turnovers in the first 20 minutes, while NC State turned the ball over once.
Boston College was within three points, 56-53, after Boden Kapke made two free throws with 9:46 to play, but the Wolfpack regained a double-digit lead by scoring nine of the next 11 points. The Eagles failed to get closer than eight points the rest of the way.
N.C. State matched its largest lead when it went up 78-65 with 1:35 to play.
