N.C. State was scoreless in the final five minutes of a 69-51 home loss to Wake Forest in men’s basketball on Wednesday night. … Nathan Chen won gold for the USA in the men’s figure skating short program in Beijing on Thursday morning. … Host Southern Methodist rallied from 15 points down in the second half to top No. 6 Houston, 85-83 on Wednesday night. The Mustangs improved to 17-5 overall and 12-0 at home as the Cougars absorbed their first American Athletic Conference loss of the season. SMU visits East Carolina on Saturday at 6 p.m. … Dunn Area Sports has received its 227,000th view. Thank you! … Clemson hosts No. 7 Duke tonight (ACC Network, 8 p.m.). … The Phoenix Open gets underway today at the TPC-Stadium Course in Scottsdale, Arizona (Golf Channel, 3 p.m.).