NC State's defense gets 8 sacks in 16-10 win over Syracuse

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The sacks kept coming, one after another, for North Carolina State's defense all the way to the finish Thursday night. The Wolfpack battered Tommy DeVito for eight sacks, the last coming from Larrell Murchison in the final seconds to seal a 16-10 win Thursday night. The Wolfpack (4-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) led all night and by as much as 16-0 in the third quarter before having to come up with a final stop to maintain its hold on the win. Fittingly, it came on the play that the Wolfpack made a habit in this one, with Murchison dragging down DeVito on a third down that left the Orange (3-3, 0-2) frantically trying to get another snap off against a dwindling clock with no timeouts. Instead, they were flagged for a false-start penalty with 2 seconds left, prompting a clock runoff that ended it.