National Basketball Association
Virginia Tech 83, Morgan St. 63
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, November 30, 2014
Where: Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia
Officials:
# Sean Hull, # Ron Tyburski, # Clarence Armstrong
Attendance:
3996
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Virginia Tech 83, Morgan State
63: Adam Smith scored 22 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead
the Hokies to an easy home win over the Bears.
Joey van Zegeren added 13 points
and eight rebounds for Virginia Tech (4-2), which shot 56 percent
from the field and hit 12-of-18 from 3-point range. Ahmed
Hill added 12 points while Devin Wilson had 10 points, 11 assists and
seven rebounds.
Blake Bozeman led Morgan State
(1-6) with 21 points, hitting four 3-pointers, while Cedric Blossom
added 15 points and 11 rebounds. Jamar Redmond scored 13 points for
the Bears, who shot 31.6 percent from the field.
The game was back-and-forth in
the opening minutes before the Hokies went on a 14-5 run to take a
12-point advantage with just over six minutes left in the half. An 8-3 run
over less than a minute pulled the Bears within seven but Smith hit
three 3-pointers in the final 2:20 to push the Hokies to a 15-point
halftime edge.
The lead grew to 19 less than
three minutes into the second half, and a 9-0 run midway through the
stanza pushed the lead up to 24 on Smith's 3-pointer with just over 11 minutes to
play. Bozeman scored seven straight points to pull Morgan State
within 14 with five minutes go, and it was 12 with 3:55 to play before the
Bears went scoreless the rest of the way.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Virginia Tech won
the rebound battle 43-37, but Morgan State had 19 of its boards on
the offensive glass. … The Hokies turned the ball over 17 times,
compared to only eight for the Bears. … Tech had 19 assists on its
28 baskets.
Top Game Performances
Morgan St. |
|
Virginia Tech |
Blake Bozeman 21 |
Scoring |
Adam Smith 22 |
Donte Pretlow 5 |
Assists |
Devin Wilson 11 |
Cedric Blossom 11 |
Rebounds |
Joey Van Zegeren 8 |
Cliff Cornish 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Devin Wilson 5 |
Blake Bozeman 1 |
Steals |
Satchel Pierce 1 |
Cliff Cornish 2 |
Blocks |
Joey Van Zegeren 6 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Morgan St.
|
63 |
31.6 |
8-27 |
7-10 |
13 |
35 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
Virginia Tech
|
83 |
56.0 |
12-18 |
15-22 |
19 |
40 |
12 |
1 |
17 |