RALEIGH, N.C. -- BeeJay Anya provided North Carolina State with the physical edge it desperately needed against Tennessee State, while coach Mark Gottfried said his team showed some defensive improvement after several shaky outings.The Wolfpack needed every bit of it, too, to beat Tennessee State.Anya had 12 points, a career-high 14 rebounds and seven blocked shots to help the Wolfpack beat the Tigers 67-55 in overtime on Saturday in the programs annual return to its former campus home -- a newly renovated Reynolds Coliseum.Im not sure wed have won this game two or three weeks ago, Gottfried said.Terry Henderson scored 21 points to lead N.C. State (7-2), including a banked-in 3-pointer with 2:57 left in the extra period that put the Wolfpack ahead for good in a 14-0 game-closing run. N.C. State had allowed teams to shoot 45 percent coming in, but held Tennessee State (7-2) to 32 percent for the game -- including an 8-minute scoreless stretch that helped the Wolfpack rally from a 38-30 second-half deficit with a heavy dose of zone defense.Anya, a 6-foot-9, 320-pound senior, was big in that effort with his work in the paint. He also did it while playing a career-high 38 minutes.They kind of came in here and thought they could punk us, Anya said. I aint no punk, so thats one thing they aint going to do to me. So I came in and heard them talking and it got me going.Anya had managed a total of eight points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in his previous five games.The guy affected the game in just about every way, Gottfried said.Wayne Martin had 16 points to lead the Tigers (7-2), who led 55-53 on Darreon Reddicks 3-pointer with 3:46 left in OT but didnt score again.My guys fought really hard, Tennessee State coach Dana Ford said. I really believed they deserved to win the game.BIG PICTURETennessee State: The Tigers gave their power-conference foe fits with their athleticism and toughness, controlling the glass much of the game while making the Wolfpack work for shots. Still, Tennessee State fell to 0-15 against Atlantic Coast Conference teams.N.C. State: Put simply, this is still a young group trying to figure things out. The Wolfpack didnt shoot well, had trouble getting good looks and missed too many free throws, though the strong finish was a good sign for Gottfried.I thought we took a major step this week with our defense, Gottfried said. Now we left our offense somewhere else, but defensively we got better.TIP-INSTennessee State: The Tigers finished with a 48-45 rebounding advantage. ... Tennessee State finished with 18 turnovers. ... Jordan Reed had 10 rebounds. ... McCall finished with 10 points.N.C. State: Maverick Rowan (concussion) played 12 minutes and scored two points in his first game since the opener. ... N.C. State shot 35 percent but scored 18 second-chance points. ... The Wolfpack scored 20 points off turnovers. ... N.C. State made 23 of 36 free throws (64 percent), including 6 of 7 in OT.FRESHMAN WATCHWolfpack point guard Dennis Smith Jr. finished with 19 points and came up with several big plays. First he hit a tough fading shot to tie it at 50 with 46.4 seconds left in regulation, then he came up with a key three-point play with 58.5 seconds left before adding a punctuating windmill breakaway dunk to cap a game-closing run.UP NEXTTennessee State: The Tigers return home to host Alabama State on Wednesday night.N.C. State: N.C. State hosts Appalachian State on Thursday night, a game headlined by the debut of five-star freshman Omer Yurtseven. 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Wed have been lucky to win that game with five errors.Shawn Kelley gave up Jace Petersons tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning and the Atlanta Braves scored four runs off Washington miscues in the Nationals 7-6 loss on Sunday.The five errors were the most by Washington in a single game since June 15, 2011, also in Atlanta.Rain delayed the game 1 hour, 4 minutes in the bottom of the eighth.Kelley (1-2) hung his head and walked toward the dugout as soon as Peterson made contact with his seventh homer. Kelley gave up one hit and one run in two-thirds of an inning.Jose Ramirez (1-0) faced four batters in the 10th to earn the win.Nick Markakis cut the lead to 4-2 in the third with a two-run double and took third on shortstop Danny Espinosas errant relay throw. Markakis made it 4-3 when center fielder Trea Turner caught a popup and was charged with a throwing error after dropping the ball as he transferred it to his right hand.Anthony Recker scored from third in the sixth to cut the lead to 6-4 when second baseman Daniel Murphy threw errantly to first.In the eighth, Matt Kemps 25th homer cut the lead to 6-5. Reliever Yusmeiro Petit had a throwing miscue that advanced Jeff Francoeur to third. Francoeur made it 6-6 on a double-play grounder.The Nationals went ahead 4-0 in third on Murphys RBI forceout and Bryce Harpers 22nd homer, a three-run shot deep into the right-field seats. Chris Heisey put Washington up 6-3 in the sixth with his eighth homer, a two-run shot.Peterson, making his first career start in center field, slammed his face and shoulder into the center-field wall after making a twisting catch of Heiseys liner to end the third.ddddddddddddHe fell to the warning track, stayed down for a couple of minutes and was escorted by a trainer to the dugout.I got the wind knocked out of me, Peterson said. I couldnt breathe. That was really it.Kelley hung a slider that Peterson hit into the right-field seats.I was totally confident walking him when (the count) got to 3-2, so I wasnt going to give him anything good to hit, Kelley said. But I left slider right there in the middle of the plate.Washington starter Gio Gonzalez allowed six hits, three walks and four runs -- three earned -- in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out eight.Braves starter Joel De La Cruz allowed seven hits, six runs, two walks and four strikeouts in his 5 2/3 innings.Washington is 25-7 against Atlanta since the start of 2015. The Braves are 19-44 at home. They had lost seven straight overall.THAT HURTSBraves 1B Freddie Freeman had a cortisone shot in the middle finger of his right hand after Saturdays game and didnt play. The finger has been bothering him since spring training. Freeman had cortisone shot during the All-Star break, too, and said hell try to be in the lineup Monday at Arizona. ... Espinosa was hit by a pitch to load the bases in the third. Hes the Nationals career leader in getting hit by a pitch and has been hit 19 times this year, second-most in the NL.UP NEXTNationals: RHP Stephen Strasburg (15-4) is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in two career starts against Baltimore.Braves: RHP Mike Foltynewicz (6-5) is 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA in three career starts against Arizona. ' ' '