Hokies look forward to Boston College
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CANCUN, Mexico – Dorenzo Hudson shattered his career high with 41 points in Virginia Tech’s 103-94 overtime victory over Seton Hall in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday night.
Hudson’s 41 points is the most by a Hokie since Bimbo Coles scored 42 points in 1990. The Hokies played the contest without the ACC’s leading scorer, Malcolm Delaney, who missed the game after spraining his left ankle in the Hokies’ win over Longwood on Wednesday.
Tech held the lead throughout much of the contest and took a 37-33 lead into intermission. The lead seesawed through the later stages of regulation. Tech took an 80-78 lead on a pair of free throws by junior Jeff Allen with 36 seconds remaining, but Eugene Harvey made a lay-up with 15 seconds left to tie the game at 80-80 and send it into overtime.
In the five minute overtime period, the Hokies outscored the Pirates, 23-14 to claim the win. Tech made eight of 10 free throws in the extra session and made seven of nine shots in overtime, including a big three-pointer by freshman forward Manny Atkins.
Hudson led all scorers with a career-high 41 points and tied a school record with 20 made free throws (on 21 attempts). He also dished out five assists and made three of seven three-point attempts. Allen recorded his fourth double-double of the season with 23 points and 12 rebounds. With his 23 points, Allen becomes the 41st Hokie to record 1,000 career points and joins teammate Delaney on the selective list. Jeremy Hazell led five Pirates in double figures with 24 points.
SHU outshot the Hokies, 49.3 percent to 47.0 percent, but Tech won the battle of the boards, 40-36 and had eight steals of 14 Pirate turnovers.
With the win, the Hokies are now 12-1 on the season, while Seton Hall falls to 9-4 overall. Tech has now won nine straight games, their most since the 1995-96 season. The 12-1 start is the best at Virginia Tech since the Hokies opened the 1982-83 season 14-1.
The Hokies will return to Blacksburg and will have the next eight days off before opening ACC play on Jan. 10 at defending national champion North Carolina.
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Virginia Tech vs JMU 2010
BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Jim Weaver announced Tuesday that Tech has added James Madison University to its 2010 football schedule after pushing back a scheduled 2010 date with Western Michigan to 2016. The move allowed Western Michigan to accept an offer to play at Notre Dame next fall.
The Hokies and Dukes are scheduled to meet at Lane Stadium/Worsham Field on Sept. 11, 2010. It will mark the seventh football meeting between the two schools, dating back to 1980.
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Brown Recap
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Malcolm Delaney scored 21 points and Jeff Allen added 17 as the Virginia Tech Hokies opened the 2009-10 season with a 69-55 victory over Brown in an opening round match-up of the Philly Hoop Group Classic played Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum.
With the victory, the Hokies moved to 7-0 in season openers under head coach Seth Greenberg. Brown, an Ivy League school, fell to 1-1 overall on the season.
Tech, which never trailed in the game, broke open a close contest late in the first half with a 16-5 run, taking a 34-19 lead on a free throw by Victor Davila with 1:08 remaining. Five different players scored in that run and Davila led the way with seven of the 16 points.
The Bears cut the lead to five points on two occasions in the second half, the time last coming on an Andrew McCarthy basket with 11:39 left in the game that made the score 45-40. But a Dorenzo Hudson jumper with 10:29 to go gave the Hokies a seven-point lead and Brown got no closer than six the rest of the game.
“There are certain games where you just have to go out and play and win, and then learn from it and move on,” Greenberg said. “We’ll play better. I was happy with what we did on offense. We moved the ball, we were unselfish and we made the extra pass. We were good in transition. There are some positives, for sure. But our post defense was not what I would have expected.”
Offensively, Delaney and Allen both paced the Hokies in the second half. Delaney scored 11 of his 21 in the final 20 minutes, including seven in the final seven minutes, and Allen scored 13 of his 17 in the second half. The two combined to go 14-for-26 from the floor, including 4-of-11 from beyond the 3-point arc, for the game.
“We’ve got a new lineup from last year,” Delaney said. “We’ve got some work to do defensively. I think we were a little confused at times on what we wanted to do, and at times, we were trying to do too much. But we’ll be fine for the next game.”
McCarthy led Brown with 14 points, while Matt Mullery added 13 – the two post players hit 12-of-21 from the floor. The Bears shot a respectable 44.7 percent from the floor and hit 7-of-17 from beyond the 3-point arc, but turned the ball over 17 times.
The Hokies have a quick turnaround before their next game. They’ll take on UNC Greensboro on Tuesday night at Cassell Coliseum. The tip-off is slated for 7 p.m.
