RALEIGH—Juice Thompson scored 22 points and Northwestern beat North Carolina State 65-53 on Tuesday night in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.Jeremy Nash added 12 points for the Wildcats (6-1). Northwestern led by 14, only briefly trailed and won its fifth straight — the last three coming against teams that entered unbeaten.Tracy Smith had a season-high 23 points — including 10 in a row down the stretch for the Wolfpack (5-1) — on 9-for-18 shooting.N.C. State cut it to 57-52 on Julius Mays’ layup at the two-minute mark before Northwestern put the game in its point guard’s hands. Thompson converted a three-point play about 30 seconds later, then added another free throw to make it a nine-point game and give the Wildcats plenty of breathing room.After Tuesday’s action, the Big Ten and ACC are tied up three wins apiece in this year’s Challenge. The ACC has never lost one of these to the Big Ten.