RALEIGH – Mike Scott scored 18 points to help No. 19 Virginia beat N.C. State, 61-60, on Saturday night.

Joe Harris and Sammy Zeglinski each added 12 for the Cavaliers (17-3, 4-2 Atlantic Coast Conference), who shot 60 percent in the first half to take the lead and then turned away a second-half rally for the road win.

Virginia led by 10 with about 6½ minutes to play before the Wolfpack (15-7, 4-3) pushed back. Scott Wood shook off a game’s worth of shooting struggles to bury a 3-pointer off a loose rebound to cut the deficit to 61-60 with 46.3 seconds to go, then Zeglinski missed a step-back jumper with the shot clock winding down to give the ball back to the Wolfpack with a chance to win.

But after a timeout with 7.8 seconds, Lorenzo Brown managed a desperate 3-pointer that missed everything.

C.J. Leslie scored 17 points to lead the Wolfpack, while Richard Howell had 11 points and a career-high 18 rebounds before fouling out. N.C. State shot just 40 percent for the game, but held the Cavaliers to 4-for-18 shooting (22 percent) in the final 20 minutes.

The Cavaliers, who earned their fourth straight win against the Wolfpack, were playing their third game without starting center Assane Sene, who is expected to be out six weeks due to a right ankle injury sustained at Georgia Tech on Jan. 19.