RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Kyron Drones threw two touchdown passes, Terion Stewart ran for 174 yards and Virginia Tech won its second game in a row since a coaching change, defeating North Carolina State 23-21 on Saturday night.

The third of John Love’s three field goals – a 49-yarder with 6:31 remaining – provided the winning points.

The Hokies (2-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) are 2-0 since Brent Pry was fired. Philip Montgomery is in charge as interim coach.

“We were preaching and talking at practice every single day, like come on, we’ve got to rewrite this story,” Stewart said. “We had a bad start, our coach got fired, but we couldn’t let that break us as a team.”

CJ Bailey threw two touchdown passes for N.C. State (3-2, 1-2), which has lost two in a row. The Wolfpack went ahead with

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