Final
Virginia Tech opens with 69-55 win over Brown
Nov 15, 2009 - 11:16 PM BLACKSBURG, Va.(AP) -- Malcolm Delaney scored 21 points and Jeff Allen added 17 as Virginia Tech opened the season with a 69-55 victory over Brown on Sunday.The Hokies are 7-0 in season openers under coach Seth Greenberg.
Virginia Tech, which never trailed in the opening game of the Philly Hoop Group Classic, broke open a close contest late in the first half with a 16-5 run. The Hokies took a 34-19 lead on a free throw by Victor Davila with 1:08 remaining.
Five different players scored in the run, with Davila leading the way with seven of the 16 points.
The Bears (1-1) cut the lead to five points on two occasions in the second half, but got no closer.
Andrew McCarthy led Brown with 14 points and Matt Mullery added 13.
- NCAA BB
FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
--- --- -----
BROWN 23 32 55
VIRGINIA TECH 34 35 69 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: BROWN - ANDREW MCCARTHY 14, MATT MULLERY 13,
MATT SULLIVAN 11
VIRGINIA TECH - MALCOLM DELANEY 21, JEFF ALLEN 15, THREE
PLAYERS WITH 8
Nov 15 6:00 PM - NCAA BB
BROWN 23
VIRGINIA TECH 34 HALFTIME
Nov 15 4:51 PM
Related News
- Virginia Tech basketball: Lynn Kidd is in some elite company this season Dec 23
- Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball Tops the William & Mary Tribe: 76-43 Dec 21
- Virginia Tech Hokies Women’s Basketball Runs by Rutgers: 84-59 Dec 17
- Virginia Tech Hokies Men’s Basketball Blows by the Vermont Catamounts: 73-51 Dec 17
- Virginia Tech Hokies Dominate the Radford Highlanders: 85-40 Dec 11
- Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies defeat Valparaiso 71-50 Dec 9
- Virginia Tech Hokies Defeat the Long Island U Sharks: 98-50 Dec 7
- Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies take down Louisville 75-68 in ACC opener Dec 3
- Virginia Tech Hokies Suffer a Tough Loss to LSU: 82-64 Dec 1
- Virginia Tech Hokies Women’s Basketball Takes Down Tulane: 76-70 Nov 25
- Virginia Tech basketball: Hokies with impressive win over Iowa State to advance in ESPN Invitational Nov 25
- Virginia Tech Hokies Defeat Kansas in the Cayman Islands in a Close One: 59-58 Nov 24