RALEIGH, N.C. -- A receiver rushed for a touchdown. A running back threw for a score. Boston College tried anything and everything to finally end its long ACC losing streak.It worked.Running back Davon Jones threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Tommy Sweeney on a trick play with 4:43 left, and BC earned its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory since 2014 by beating North Carolina State 21-14 on Saturday.Coach Steve Addazio said he told them (at halftime) on both sides of the ball, were going after them with everything weve got.Weve all got each others back, he added. Lets just let it hang out. Lets roll. Were rolling. ... We went on the offensive and rolled it out there.Receiver Jeff Smith rushed 60 yards for a touchdown for BCs first touchdown and Patrick Towles was 18 of 33 for 204 yards to help the Eagles (4-4, 1-4) snap a 12-game league losing streak and win a conference game for the first time since defeating Syracuse 23 months ago.I know its one game ... but we took a step, Addazio said. An important step.Whats statistically the worst offense in the ACC outgained N.C. State 386-338, held a 168-31 advantage in yards rushing and used some trickery to take the lead for good.Towles took a shotgun snap and handed off to Jones, who headed toward the right side before stopping and tossing to Sweeney. Towles then hit Sweeney for the 2-point conversion that made it a seven-point game.The Wolfpack had a first-and-goal at the BC 2 before Kamrin Moore picked off Ryan Finleys fade pass to Stephen Louis in the end zone with 1:35 to play and the Eagles ran out the clock.Finley finished with a career-best 307 yards passing with two touchdowns -- a 79-yard catch-and-run to BraLon Cherry, and a 23-yard score to Kelvin Harmon -- but threw two interceptions for N.C. State (4-4, 1-3), which has lost three straight.There were plays that we could have made but didnt. There were calls that we could have done better and didnt, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said.THE TAKEAWAYBoston College: The streak is over. The Eagles kept finding ways to lose conference games, following up last years 0-for-the-ACC with four league losses this year -- two by blowout, two much closer. This was unquestionably a step forward for a program trying to claw back to relevance in a top-heavy division.Addazio said of the effects of losing on his young team: Its been a haul on them. But itll make us stronger.N.C. State: Theres no sugarcoating this one for the Wolfpack, who looked nothing like the team that came within a missed field goal of upsetting No. 3 Clemson. Instead it felt like a carryover from a 54-13 loss at No. 5 Louisville.Were just letting that (Clemson) game haunt us, defensive end Bradley Chubb said. Everybodys still thinking in the past, not trying to move forward, and weve just got to move forward.We cant let that one game keep beating us, Chubb added. Once we get past that one game, the skys the limit.So now N.C. State will have to pull at least one significant upset to earn bowl eligibility. The Wolfpack still must face No. 12 Florida State, No. 21 North Carolina and a Miami team that earlier this month was in the top 10.KEY STATThe Wolfpack cant be happy about its complete inability to get the ball to its best player. Jaylen Samuels had one catch for eight yards and was targeted just three times.ANOTHER KEY STATN.C. State couldnt get anything going on the ground, finishing with 31 yards rushing a week after setting a season low with 14 yards on the ground against the Cardinals. The Wolfpack didnt crack positive rushing yards in this one until there were about 6 minutes left in the third quarter.UP NEXTBoston College: Plays host to No. 5 Louisville on Saturday.N.C. State: Gets its last chance to knock off a ranked Atlantic Division opponent Saturday when No. 12 Florida State visits.---Follow Joedy McCreary at http://twitter.com/joedyap. His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/joedy-mccreary---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.orgSwell Cyber Monday . In Europe, top teams seem to be largely happy with their squads after spending nearly $1 billion in the off-season. And although English league clubs are unlikely to splash cash in January, Arsenal and Chelsea could be tempted to strengthen their squads with new strikers. Hydro Flask Black Friday Sale .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. http://www.waterbottleblackfriday.com/ . -- Jakob Silfverberg is making himself right at home with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals in his first four games. Hydro Flask Black Friday . The recently retired Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug. Hydro Flask Cyber Monday . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others.Conor McGregor claims he will finish off Eddie Alvarez in one round when UFC makes its debut in New York this weekend.The Irish featherweight champion is bidding to make history against Alvarez by becoming the first man to hold two UFC titles at the same time.McGregor, who knocked out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to win the 145lb title in December, challenges Alvarez for his lightweight crown in the first UFC event staged in the Big Apple and the first in the state since a 19-year ban on the sport was lifted. Conor McGregor takes Eddie Alvarezs lightweight belt during the UFC 205 press conference at Madison Square Garden Notorious, wearing a long mink coat, arrived fashionably late for Thursdays pre-fight press conference and played up to the 1,300-strong crowd by snatching the Americans lightweight belt from where he had been sitting.Alvarez, who had left the stage due to McGregors absence, returned and retrieved his belt before the pair traded insults. The Dubliner then upped the stakes by raising a chair above his head and prepared to throw it at his rival. UFC president Dana White stops McGregor from throwing a chair at Alvarez UFC president Dana White intervened and once order was restored McGregor, who returns to the Octagon after gaining revenge over welterweight Nate in their remattch in August, predicted victory would cement his name in UFC history.dddddddddddd Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just £6.99. No contract. This just puts it even more in stone, said McGregor. A second belt, its never been done. No one has ever come close, no one has attempted it. My legacy [is that] Ill be immortalised after this.Im trying to live in the moment right now, this is such an historic event. Ill get the second world title.I believe that I will put this man away, but I am prepared for five rounds. I predict that I will rearrange his face. Hes too easy to hit. I think [Ill beat him] in one round. If he can hold out and take it to the trenches, Ill take my hat off to him. But he will never be the same again. Alvarez has vowed to silence McGregors fans Alvarez was embroiled in a number of verbal exchanges with McGregor before confidently stating: Ive always been the underground king in this sport.He added: I just have this belt and no ones getting it from me. Im prepared to completely destroy Conor McGregor and silence this whole damn crowd.Also See:Is McGregors charm back?Joanna: UFCs new RouseyUFC star Jones banned for yearMcMahon wants Rousey in WWompletely destroy Conor McGregor and silen' ' '