

#1 West Virginia (10-1) vs. Virginia Tech (7-3)
Cassell Coliseum
Blacksburg, VA
December 21st, 2036
No. 1 West Virginia (10-1) overcame a 14-point second half deficit to squeak by Virginia Tech (7-3) this evening 80-79 in Blacksburg.
The Hokies had a chance to win the game at the final buzzer, but senior guard Derek Tafo missed a three-pointer with three seconds left that would have given the Hokies the lead, and West Virginia was able to run out the clock before the Hokies were able to foul Carson Lavender on the rebound.
Lavender totaled 14 points, seven rebounds, and three blocks for West Virginia. Belton Mombollet and Stefon Hull each scored 15 points and Felipe Delgado bounced back from a rough game against Rice with 12 points and eight rebounds tonight.
Tomas Songcuacy scored a game-high 25 points for Virginia Tech and shot 11/17 from the floor, including 3/3 from three-point range. Point guard Branden Watkins paced the offense with 19 points and six assists and Derek Tafo added 16 points and four steals.
West Virginia struggled to shoot the ball early on, but the Mountaineers' three-point attempts began to fall during the latter stages of the second half after falling behind by 14 points early on. In the end, West Virginia shot 43% (17/40) on 40 attempts from three-point range. Virginia Tech also shot well from beyond the arc (40%), but did so on only 15 attempts.
Next, West Virginia hosts LSU next Saturday in both teams' final regular season nonconference game of the season.
West Virginia Mountaineers at Virginia Tech Hokies | |||
Dec 21, 2036 | 1ST | 2ND | SCORE |
#1 West Virginia (10-1) | 34 | 46 | 80 |
Virginia Tech (7-3) | 41 | 38 | 79 |
West Virginia Mountaineers | |||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
D. Pasco | 30 | 2-6 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
S. Hull | 29 | 5-13 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | |
F. Delgado | 26 | 4-10 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
B. Mombollet | 30 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | |
C. Lavender | 30 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
J. Wilkerson | 12 | 3-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
M. FIlipovic | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
B. Henning | 8 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
J. Riggs | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
G. Neale | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
K. Duncan | 10 | 2-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
B. Plummer | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | 30-70 | 17-40 | 3-4 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 80 |
Virginia Tech Hokies | |||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
B. Watkins | 31 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |
D. Tafo | 33 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 5-6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
T. Songcuacy | 30 | 11-17 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | |
N. Nahra | 32 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
M. Power | 32 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | |
W. Cannon | 13 | 2-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
K. McIntosh | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
T. Guy | 12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
S. Pettway | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
K. Newsom | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
W. Mulligan | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
K. Skrocki | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | ||||||||||
TEAM TOTALS | 31-66 | 6-15 | 11-13 | 34 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 79 |
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