Dayton committed 18 turnovers.
The Flyers will play Brigham Young in the seventh-place game at 3:30 p.m. Friday. BYU lost 75-70 to Butler.
First-half recap
Key player for Dayton: DaRon Holmes II scored 10 points on 5-of-8 shooting but left the game after picking up his second foul and did not play in the last four minutes.
Key player for N.C. State: Terquavion Smith scored 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting.
Key stat: The Wolfpack made 4 of 12 3-pointers. Dayton made 1 of 5.
Biggest run: Dayton led 19-9 after a layup by Malachi Smith with 11:58 to play. N.C. State outscored Dayton 14-3 over the next six minutes.
Other scores: No. 3 Kansas will play Tennessee in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game at 7:30 p.m. Friday on ESPN.
Kansas beat Wisconsin 69-68 in overtime on a last-second putback layup by Bobby Pettiford Jr. Tennessee also won in overtime, beating Southern California 73-66.
Butler will play Brigham Young in the final game of the day Thursday after the Dayton-N.C. State game.
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