0 - 0 Virginia Tech 65 Gardner Webb 62
We'll let the guys from TechHoops.com let you know what happened...
After coming out like gangbusters in the first half with an explosive, up-tempo, three-point chucking offense and a 14-point halftime lead, the Hokies limped through the second half and barely held on to win 65-62. gardner-webb, who never led in the game, went on a 9-0 run late in the second half to close the VT lead to 63-62.
The Hokies went over 5 minutes without scoring late in the second half before Malcolm Delaney finally broke the ice with 2 free throws with 23 seconds left. After a gwu timeout, the runnin’ bulldogs best player, Grayson Flittner, missed a three to tie the game. gwu grabbed the rebound (their third offensive rebound in the final 90 seconds) and fired to Flittner for another three that was blocked by Terrell Bell with 5 seconds left. Malcolm Delaney, Tech’s best free throw shooter, promptly missed the front end of a one-and-one but Aaron Linn missed a desparation three at the buzzer.
Jeff Allen and AD Vassallo led the Hokies with 19 points each in the win, although Allen scored 17 of his 19 in the first half.
The final seconds of the game...
Closing Seconds of the Hokies Season-Opener from Gary Cope on Vimeo.
Maryland 81 Bucknell 52
Maryland took care of Bucknell pretty easily, despite not playing as efficiently as Gary Williams would like on offense. The Terps shot just 43% from the field in the win.
Landon Milbourne led the way with 16 points, while Cliff Tucker (14 pts, 5 rebs), Greivis Vasquez (13 pts, 6 asts, 6 rebs), and Adrian Bowie (12 pts) also added double-figures. Vasquez took 16 shots to get his 13 points, and most of the shots came early in his 29 minutes of action.
The factor of the game was all about turnovers for Maryland. They finally opened up the game when they stopped turning the ball over late in the first half. In all, the Terps turned the ball over 11 times compared to Bucknell's 20 turnovers.
Georgia Tech 92 Winston-Salem State 47
Gani Lawal made his first 7 field goal attempts on his way to 18 points and 12 rebounds, while Maurice Miller added a near triple-double with 17 points, 10 assists, and 7 rebounds.
Georgia Tech held WSSU to just 26% shooting from the floor and outrebounded their opponent by 21 (53-32).
Paul Hewitt limited his rotation to virtually 7 players for most of the game, despite the lopsided score.
The factor of the game came from outside the paint but inside the 3 point line. WSSU only made 5-27 2 point shots, while Georgia Tech made a very strong 14-24 from the field.
Clemson 98 Hofstra 69
Our friends at The OP should post a recap of this one soon.
