PITTSBURGH — Quadir Copeland scored 20 points and had nine assists, Ven-Allen Lubin had 17 points and 12 rebounds, and N.C. State beat Pittsburgh 81-72 on Saturday.

Paul McNeil Jr. added 15 points on five 3-pointers and along with Copeland and Lubin led a surge over the final eight minutes to send the Wolfpack (14-6, 5-2 ACC) to their fourth win in five games and seventh in their last nine. Tre Holloman added 10 points.

Roman Siulepa had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Cameron Corhen 10 points and 10 rebounds, Damarco Minor 13 points and Barry Dunning Jr. 12 for the Panthers (8-12, 1-6), who have lost five of their last six.

Trailing by four, Lubin scored to lead off a 12-0 run that Copeland and McNeil combined to finish for their first lead since the start of the half.

Pittsburgh is home against Wake Forest on Tuesday.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE (14-6): Lubin 5-8 7-8 17, Williams 2-8 3-4 7, Copeland 6-11 8-9 20, Holloman 2-5 4-6 10, McNeil 5-11 0-0 15, Able 4-9 0-0 8, Arceneaux 1-2 0-0 2, Sagnia 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-55 22-27 81.

PITTSBURGH (8-12): Corhen 4-12 2-6 10, Siulepa 5-9 3-7 15, Cummings 3-11 1-4 9, Minor 4-12 2-2 13, Dunning 5-12 0-2 12, Indrusaitis 2-8 2-2 8, Witherspoon 2-4 1-2 5, Moore 0-0 0-0 0, Mullen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-68 11-25 72.

Halftime–North Carolina State 34-33. 3-Point Goals–North Carolina State 7-20 (McNeil 5-9, Holloman 2-4, Copeland 0-1, Lubin 0-1, Able 0-2, Williams 0-3), Pittsburgh 11-29 (Minor 3-9, Dunning 2-4, Indrusaitis 2-4, Siulepa 2-4, Cummings 2-7, Witherspoon 0-1). Fouled Out–Copeland, Corhen. Rebounds–North Carolina State 29 (Lubin 12), Pittsburgh 46 (Siulepa 13). Assists–North Carolina State 12 (Copeland 9), Pittsburgh 11 (Indrusaitis 4). Total Fouls–North Carolina State 21, Pittsburgh 20. A–5,572 (12,508).

Lady Lions fall

EUGENE, Wash. — The Penn State women’s basketball dropped an 89-59 decision at Oregon on Saturday in Matthew Knight Arena.

The Lady Lions fell to 7-14, 0-10 Big Ten.

Freshman guard/forward Nyla McFadden and sophomore Kiyomi McMiller each scored 15 points for PSU.

PENN ST. (7-14): Mendelson 0-1 0-0 0, Cleante 2-12 2-4 6, McFadden 6-8 1-4 15, Murray 1-3 0-0 2, Steele 2-7 1-2 6, Okokoh 1-1 0-0 2, McMiller 7-15 1-1 15, Ranisavljevic 3-6 1-1 8, Santana 2-7 0-0 5, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 24-61 6-12 59

OREGON (15-7): Etute 4-6 1-2 9, Jacobs 4-6 0-0 10, Bell 1-3 0-0 2, Fiso 7-11 1-1 15, Long 4-9 2-2 11, Muhammad 2-2 4-4 8, Rambus 9-13 2-2 20, Tilliander 0-0 0-0 0, Barhoum 0-1 0-0 0, Cain 3-6 0-0 9, Tuhina 2-2 0-0 4, Wagner 0-0 1-2 1, Williams 0-4 0-0 0, Totals 36-63 11-13 89

Penn St. 12 22 11 14 — 59

Oregon 16 24 34 15 — 89

3-Point Goals–Penn St. 5-21 (Cleante 0-4, McFadden 2-4, Murray 0-2, Steele 1-2, McMiller 0-3, Ranisavljevic 1-3, Santana 1-3), Oregon 6-14 (Jacobs 2-3, Bell 0-2, Long 1-4, Barhoum 0-1, Cain 3-4). Assists–Penn St. 16 (Cleante 4), Oregon 26 (Fiso 10). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds–Penn St. 30 (Mendelson 7), Oregon 36 (Etute 11). Total Fouls–Penn St. 16, Oregon 15. Technical Fouls–None. A–6,136.

SFU women edged

LORETTO — Sonia Sato tied the game at 57 with a layup with 2:42 left in the game, but New Haven took the lead for good with 33 seconds left and then sealed the win with two free throws with nine seconds on the clock in a 61-60 win over the Saint Francis women’s basketball team at DeGol Arena on Saturday.

Sato had her first career double-double with 13 points and 14 rebounds.

Zaiha Minnis paced the Red Flash with a career-high 15 points.

NEW HAVEN (61): Sulikowski 11-14 0-1 27, Hogan 3-10 4-4 12, Kelley 4-11 2-3 10, McDonald-Perry 2-4 0-0 4, Grannum 0-2 0-0 0, Mckay 2-5 0-0 4, Coles 0-1 2-2 2, McCarthy 1-1 0-0 2, Simpson 0-0 0-0 0, Innocent 0-3 0-0 0. Totals — 23-51 8-10 61.

SAINT FRANCIS (60): Sato 5-14 2-5 13, Ricks 4-10 0-0 8, Assefa 1-4 0-0 2, Walker 0-6 1-2 1, Ward 0-4 0-0 0, Minnis 5-7 1-1 15, Hawthorne 2-7 3-4 9, James 3-11 0-0 6, Thornhill 2-7 0-2 6. Totals — 22-70 7-14 60.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

New Haven 15 13 19 14 — 61

Saint Francis 19 16 14 11 — 60

3-point goals: New Haven 7-18 (Sulikowski 5-7, Hogan 2-6, Coles 0-1, McDonald-Perry 0-1, Mckay 0-3); Saint Francis 9-31 (Minnis 4-6, Hawthorne 2-4, Thornhill 2-4, Sato 1-4, Ricks 0-2, Assefa 0-3, Walker 0-4, James 0-4). Assists: New Haven 14 (Hogan 5); Saint Francis 17 (James 4). Rebounds: New Haven 39 (Hogan 10); Saint Francis 42 (Sato 14).

Records: New Haven (6-13, 4-4 in NEC); Saint Francis (2-17, 2-6 in NEC).