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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Michael O´Connell scored 15 points and Dontrez Styles posted a double-double and N.C. State maintained hopes of playing in the ACC Tournament beating Pittsburgh 71-63 on Wednesday night.<br><br>Breon Pass scored 14 points, Styles scored 13 and tied a career-high with 13 rebounds, Ben Middlebrooks scored 11 points and reserve Marcus Hill 10. Styles also grabbed 13 boards on Jan. 6, 2024 against DePaul.<br><br>Jaland Lowe scored 20 points, Cameron Cohren 13 and Ishmael Leggett 12 for Pitt.<br><br>N.C. State (12-18, 5-14) is trying to play its way into the 15-team tournament and currently resides in 16th place in the 18-team league. The Panthers (16-14, 7-12) are fighting for a spot in the top nine in search of a first-round bye.<br><br>The Wolfpack led 34-30 at intermission and extended their lead to 46-35 with a layup from Hill with 14:48 remaining. But after failing to score for more than three minutes, the Panthers got back in it with a 7-0 run. Cohren made two foul shots with 11:43 to go to reduce the deficit to 46-42.<br><br>Lowe recorded a three-point play with 4:56 left to cut Pitt's deficit to 55-54 but the Panthers failed to get closer.<br><br>Both teams end their regular seasons on Saturday. Pitt hosts Boston College and the Wolfpack travels to Miami.<br><br>___<br><br>Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here. AP women´s college basketball: website and website State uses balanced attack to keep ACC tourney hopes alive,...<br><br>Feel free to surf to my web-site: [https://robinrover.io/ sex hot le]