Jackets' 3rd-stringer Grant racks up 122 running yards

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	13	16
Total Yards	269	291
Passing	91	234
Rushing	178	57
Penalties	6-55	9-94
3rd Down Conversions	4-16	5-17
4th Down Conversions	1-1	1-1
Turnovers	3	3
Possession	28:16	31:44

Individual Leaders

Georgia Tech Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Ball 9/27 91 2 3 Bilbo 0/1 0 0 0	North Carolina State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Davis 22/38 234 0 3
Georgia Tech Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Grant 20 122 0 33 Woods 3 38 0 38 Ball 7 19 0 16	North Carolina State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McLendon 18 50 1 20 Hawkins 3 29 0 29 Washington 2 10 0 11
Georgia Tech Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Johnson 3 47 0 27 Curry 2 23 0 16 Thomas 2 15 1 14 Dixon 1 10 1 10	North Carolina State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Barrett 5 92 0 43 Clark 5 40 0 11 McLendon 3 34 0 24 Washington 2 11 0 6

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				GT	NCST
	TD	3:31	T.A. MCLENDON 20 YD RUN (JOHN DERANEY KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 95 yards.	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				GT	NCST
	TD	2:46	JIMMY DIXON 10 YD PASS FROM REGGIE BALL (TRAVIS BELL KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 46 yards.	7	7
	TD	0:43	MARCUS HUDSON 60 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOHN DERANEY KICK)	7	14
FOURTH QUARTER				GT	NCST
	FG	13:57	TRAVIS BELL 26 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 32 yards.	10	14
	TD	7:15	LEVON THOMAS 1 YD PASS FROM REGGIE BALL (TRAVIS BELL KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 49 yards.	17	14
	TD	1:22	KENNY SCOTT 49 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (TRAVIS BELL KICK)	24	14

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Reggie Ball made up for a poor performance by throwing a 1-yard touchdown pass to Levon Thomas midway through the fourth quarter, and Georgia Tech beat North Carolina State 24-14 Saturday.

Third-string tailback Rashaun Grant ran for 122 yards, and the Yellow Jackets (5-3, 4-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) held the Wolfpack (4-5, 3-4) to only 131 yards in the final three quarters.

Kenny Scott returned an interception 49 yards for a TD to seal it with about 1{ minutes left.

Georgia Tech won for the first time this season without leading rusher P.J. Daniels. He bruised a knee in the previous game and has missed all or parts of four games, and backup Chris Woods left with a hamstring injury in the first quarter.

Ball finished 9-for-28 for 91 yards and three interceptions, including one near the end of the first half that Marcus Hudson brought back 60 yards for a go-ahead score.

But Ball bounced back in the final quarter. A 26-yard field goal by Travis Bell brought Georgia Tech within 14-10, and Reuben Houston had his second interception on N.C. State's first play of the ensuing drive.

On third-and-10 from the 31, Ball completed a 27-yard pass to Calvin Johnson. After Hudson was called for pass interference two plays later, Georgia Tech had first-and-goal from the 2.

Three runs netted a single yard, and on fourth down, Ball connected with Thomas on a slant for his second scoring toss. That made it 17-14, and the Yellow Jackets held on from there.

Davis was 22-for-38 for 234 yards and three interceptions, a week after he was picked off five times in a loss to Clemson. Injury-prone tailback T.A. McLendon made it through the entire game but was held to 50 yards on 18 carries.

The Wolfpack certainly had their chances. John Deraney missed three field goals, including from 52 yards with about 3 minutes left that would have tied it. Also, Devonte Edwards' 57-yard interception return for a touchdown was wiped out by a holding penalty on defensive end Manny Lawson.

Now, N.C. State needs to win its final two games to qualify for a bowl for the fifth straight year under coach Chuck Amato, beginning Thursday night against Florida State.

The Yellow Jackets moved into fifth place in the ACC, and if they beat Connecticut next week, they would be bowl eligible for the eighth year in a row.