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NC State loses heartbreaker at Florida

Jan 3, 2009

For much of the afternoon, it looked like NC State would pull off an upset at Florida. But the Gators' Nick Calathes had other ideas.

Calathes scored a game-high 32 points, including the Gators' last 12, to lead Florida past NC State 68-66 in Gainesville.

With ten seconds left, Calathes hit a running one-hander from 15 feet to give the Gators the lead for good.

NC State, which controlled tempo and led most of the game, was paced by Brandon Costner's 24 points.