Canes Upset By Hot Hokies, Fall 77-62
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BLACKSBURG, Va. (The Sports Xchange) -- Virginia Tech was down early on Saturday, 3-0, but that deficit lasted about two minutes and the Hokies never looked back.
From then on, it was all Hokies and Virginia Tech upset No. 7 Miami 77-62 on Saturday afternoon at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
Guard Justin Bibbs led the Hokies (18-13, 10-8 ACC) with 19 points and forward Zach LeDay chipped in with 16 points. Guards Justin Robinson and Seth Day also added 15 and 14 points, respectively.
Miami had won eight of nine to climb inside the Top 10. The Hurricanes were coming off perhaps their best road performance of the season, a 68-50 rout of Notre Dame. But on Saturday, the Hurricanes never were in the game.
Guard Davon Reed led Miami (24-6, 13-5) with 19 points and fellow guard Sheldon McClellan added 17 to pace Miami.
The Hurricanes entered the game allowing only 65.7 points per game, ranking them 41st in the country. But the Hokies blitzed the vaunted Hurricane defense from outside and inside.
Virginia Tech shot a sizzling 52.9 percent on 27 of 51 from the field, including making nine of 17 from beyond the arc.
NOTES: Miami had won 17 straight games when McClellan has reached double figures. ... The Hurricanes held Zach LeDay and Seth Allen to 11 points in a 65-49 win on Feb. 17. ... Ten ACC wins is more than double what the Hokies managed the past two seasons combined, when they finished 2-16 in league play. ... The Hurricanes played without Ja'Quan Newton, who was sitting out the third game of his three-game suspension for a violation of team rules. Newton averages 10.9 points per game.
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