Duke vs. NC State score, takeaways: Wolfpack shock Blue Devils in ACC Tournament, continue unlikely run [Video]

WASHINGTON — For the first time since 2013, No. 11 Duke is leaving the ACC Tournament without a victory. NC State – playing its third game in three days – stunned the Blue Devils 74-69 to make the Blue Devils’ stay in the nation’s capital a short one.

No. 10 seed NC State will face the winner of Boston College vs. Virginia in the semifinals Friday. No. 2 seed Duke will head home with a uncharacteristic long wait until Selection Sunday.  

The Wolfpack led by as much as 11 and by 10 late, but a long list of errors — three consecutive missed free throws and a blown dunk that resulted in a technical among them — helped Duke claw back to within two. That’s when DJ Horne  stepped to the free-throw line, and after his makes, Duke had finally run out of rallies.

NC State made …