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Charlottesville, VA (SportsNetwork.com) - Justin Anderson posted 16 points and nine rebounds and No. 3 Virginia stayed unbeaten with Wednesdays 61-51 win over North Carolina State. Malcolm Brogdon gave 14 points and Anthony Gill had 12 with seven rebounds for Virginia, which was coming off a double-overtime win over Miami in its ACC opener last Saturday. Virginia (14-0, 2-0 ACC) entered Wednesdays tilt ranked second in the nation in points allowed, giving up just 50.8 per game despite its last two opponents scoring 72 and 80, respectively. It got back to form on Wednesday and caused fits for the Wolfpack, who had a six-plus minute scoreless stretch in each half. We changed in practice. We knew that two games in a row we didnt execute defensively to our standard, and coach wanted to ramp it up this week, said Anderson. I think we came out start to finish on edge and we did a good job. Ralston Turner led NC State (11-5, 2-1) with 14 points, and Kyle Washington tallied 13 with 10 rebounds. I thought my team competed really hard and played extremely hard, NC State coach Mark Gottfried said. We didnt finish the game. A lot of good things that we did, we just didnt finish the game. Washington hit consecutive jumpers early in the second half, the second of which gave the Wolfpack a 37-36 lead. It was a one or two-point game either way over the next eight minutes. Then, Mike Tobeys layup at 7:40 sparked a run of 10 straight points for the Cavaliers. His two-handed dunk on a lookaway feed from Anderson in transition made it 51-42. After Caleb Martins 3 cut the deficit six out of a timeout, Gill answered with a pair of putbacks to seal the deal. I dont think we are where we need to be defensively, said Virginia coach Tony Bennett. I think we have limitations. NC State looked to have Virginias pack line defense figured out in the early going, making four 3-pointers in the first 6 1/2 minutes to take a 16-8 lead. But a prolonged scoring drought of 6:21 allowed Virginia to climb in front. Brogdon scored six points during the 13-0 run. Turner hit three 3s in the final 3:23 of the half and Anthony Barber was fouled shooting a 3-pointer as time expired and made 2-of-3, but Virginia still led 32-31 at halftime. Game Notes Virginia owned a 40-29 rebounding advantage and outscored NC State 22-14 in the paint ...Out of 20 field goals for NC State, nine came from beyond the arc ... The Wolfpack did not score a point in transition ... Tobey scored 11 points off the bench. MLB Jerseys From China . Brad Malone had the other goal for the Monsters (1-1-0), while Elliott chipped in an assist for a three-point night and the games first star. Bryan Lerg also had two assists. 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Wendy Holdener and Reto Schmidiger won their final heats against Julia Mancuso and Tim Jitloff, respectively.Buffalo, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Nicolas Deslauriers, Zemgus Girgensons and Chris Stewart scored in the third period to pull Buffalo out of a 3-0 hole and the Sabres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Islanders on Saturday night. Buffalos goals, highlighted by Girgensons short-handed tally, came in a span of 5:12 in the period. Stewart tied the score with 8:09 remaining. Jhonas Enroth made 33 saves in the win, including 17 after the second period, then stopped two shots in the shootout after the first Islanders skater fired wide. He improved to 5-0 in shootouts this season. What a gutsy win, said Sabres forward Drew Stafford, who had two assists. The Islanders placed goaltender Jaroslav Halak on injured reserve Saturday with a lower-body injury and recalled Kevin Poulin from the AHLs Bridgeport Sound Tigers to make his first appearance in the NHL this season. Poulin made 17 saves in the first two periods, then allowed three goals on six shots in the third. John Tavares had two goals in the loss and Nick Leddy scored one. Tavares made one too many moves as the last skater in the shootout and Enroth stopped him with his right pad. I thought we coontrolled most of the game, Tavares said.dddddddddddd We had opportunities, we just didnt capitalize. Deslauriers finally got Buffalo on the board 6:39 into the third period with a snap shot that hugged the ice to beat Poulin, and he set up Girgensons short- handed goal with a sharp pass through the neutral zone. Girgensons fought off defenseman Johnny Boychuk to score and Stewart found the back of the net just 1:50 later on a pass from Stafford, who was just out of the penalty box. Earlier, Leddy gave the Islanders a 1-0 lead 4:33 into the game with a slapshot from inside the blue line that beat Enroths blocker. Tavares scored twice in a span of 3:09 in the second period to make it 3-0. He beat Enroth with a backhand after a nice individual effort through the slot just shy of the 12-minute mark, then buried a one-timer near the crease at 15:05 off Josh Baileys pass from the low right side. Game Notes Josh Gorges also had two assists for the Sabres. Bailey and Okposo had two assists each for New York ... The Islanders host Washington on Monday before heading out on a seven-game road trip ... Buffalo plays at Ottawa on Monday. ' ' '