National Basketball Association
Virginia Tech 70, Mississippi Valley State 49
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 10, 2012
Where: Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
Officials:
# Bernard Clinton, # William Humes, # Andrew Marotta
Attendance:
4926
By SportsDirect Inc.
Virginia Tech 70, Mississippi Valley State 49: Senior guard Erick Green scored 23 points as the host Hokies ran away from the winless Delta Devils.
Green, who entered the game as the nation's second leading scorer, went 8-of-13 and added five rebounds and four assists. Marquis Rankin added 10 points for the Hokies (9-1).
Davon Usher led three Delta Devils (0-6) in double figures with 19 points. Darius Tomlin added 15, and Matt Smith had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
The Hokies started the second half with an 8-2 run and put the game away with a 15-2 run for a 53-30 lead with 9:33 left.
Usher, the Delta Devils' leading scorer, did not start but hit three 3-pointers in the first half to erase an early deficit. Smith's dunk gave Mississippi Valley State a 22-20 lead with 6:31 left but Virginia Tech finished the half on a 10-2 run.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Green is the first Hokie to score at least 20 points in the first nine games of a season since Bimbo Coles (1989-90). ... Mississippi Valley State entered the game ranked last in the nation in field-goal percentage (31.8) and shot 25.7 percent (18-of-70) Monday. ... The Hokies outrebounded Mississippi Valley State 47-42 despite being minus-six in the first half.
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi Valley State |
|
Virginia Tech |
|
Davon Usher 19 |
Scoring |
Erick Green 23 |
|
Darius Tomlin 4 |
Assists |
Erick Green 4 |
|
Matt Smith 10 |
Rebounds |
Jarell Eddie 10 |
|
Darius Tomlin 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Erick Green 6 |
|
Cortland Henry 2 |
Steals |
Erick Green 2 |
|
Matt Smith 4 |
Blocks |
Joey van Zegeren 3 |
Team Stats Summary