Virginia Tech takes down another ranked opponent
ACC men
Virginia Tech 66, No. 24 Clemson 60
BLACKSBURG — Just three weeks into the season, Virginia Tech has established itself as a surprise team.
Tyrece Radford scored 15 points and the Hokies beat No. 24 Clemson 66-60 late Tuesday night.
Radford shot 5 for 11 from the floor and 5 for 6 from the free-throw line for the Hokies (5-1, 1-0 ACC), who beat a ranked opponent for the second time in six games. On Nov. 29, Virginia Tech — picked to finish 11th in the ACC — downed then-No. 3 Villanova 81-73 in overtime.
“I think it’s premature to say we’re for real,” Virginia Tech coach Mike Young said. “We’re better … A good night for the Hokies. I’m really proud of our team. I thought we took some legitimate steps forward, and we needed to after getting our tail fanned against the Nittany Lions (last Tuesday).”
Keve Aluma and Nahiem Alleyne each added 13 points for Virginia Tech, which won its conference opener for the fifth time in six seasons.
VIRGINIA TECH 66, CLEMSON 60 CLEMSON (5-1) Baehre 2-62-27, Simms 4-66-615, Dawes 6-141-218, Honor 1-60-03, Trapp 3-71-29, Newman 0-12-22, Hunter 2-50-04, Hall 1-40-02, Prosper 0-10-00, Hemenway 0-00-00. Totals 19-5012-1460.
VIRGINIA TECH (5-1)
Aluma 2-49-1213, Mutts 1-62-24, Alleyne 4-72-213, Bede 2-51-25, Radford 5-115-615, Cattoor 3-53-411, Pemsl 1-3 3-35, Cone 0-20-00, N’Guessan 0-10-00. Totals 18-4425-31 66.
Halftime_Virginia Tech 32-27. 3-Point Goals_Clemson 10-25(Dawes 5-11, Trapp 2-3, Simms 1-1, Baehre 1-2, Honor 1-3, Hunter 0-1, Newman 0-1, Prosper 0-1, Hall
0-2), Virginia Tech 5-16(Alleyne 3-5, Cattoor 2-4, Bede 0-1, Cone 0-1, Aluma 0-2, Mutts 0-3). Rebounds_Clemson 23 (Dawes 4), Virginia Tech 29(Cattoor 6). Assists_Clemson 10(Honor 4), Virginia Tech 9(Mutts 3). Total Fouls_Clemson 24, Virginia Tech 17. A_250(10,052).
No. 15 Florida State 74, Georgia Tech 61
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Freshman guard Scottie Barnes had 16 points and six rebounds, and Florida State (4-0, 1-0) pulled away midway through the second half to beat Georgia Tech.
Michael Devoe had 21 points for Georgia Tech (2-3, 0-1).
Top 25 men
No. 10 Tennessee 79, Appalachian State 38
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Victor Bailey had 13 points and Tennessee put its stifling defense on full display.
The Volunteers (3-0) held Appalachian State scoreless for the first 6:22 while jumping out to a 13-0 lead. The margin was 36-8 before the Mountaineers scored the last five points of the first half.
No. 12 Wisconsin 77, Loyola Of Chicago 63
MADISON, Wis. — Brad Davison and D’Mitrik Trice each scored 17 points as Wisconsin (5-1) used sizzling 3-point shooting to beat Loyola of Chicago.
No. 13 Illinois 92, Minnesota 65
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Kofi Cockburn scored a career-high 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in only 25 minutes to lead Illinois (5-2) past Minnesota in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
Top 10 women
No. 3 Connecticut 92, Seton Hall 65
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — Paige Bueckers scored 25 points in her second game for UConn, and the Huskies beat Seton Hall in their return to the Big East.
WEDNESDAY
ACC men
Pittsburgh 70, Miami 55
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Ithiel Horton scored 18 points and the Panthers (5-1, 1-0) ran away from the Hurricanes (3-2, 0-1) in the second half.
Top 10 women
No. 7 Baylor 86, Southern 52
WACO, Texas — Queen Egbo recorded her second double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, NaLyssa Smith scored 16 points and Baylor (5-1) extended the nation’s longest active home winning streak to 59 games.
No. 24 DePaul 86, No. 9 Kentucky 82
CHICAGO — Sonya Morris scored 23 points and Deja Church added 18 to help DePaul (3-2) knock off Kentucky (6-1).
State women
William & Mary 48, George Mason 43
FAIRFAX — Sydney Wagner scored a career-high 27 points, including six 3-pointers, to lead the Tribe (2-2).
Three days ago, Wagner had posted a then-career-high 23 points in a win over Navy.
William & Mary will visit Norfolk State at 2 p.m. Sunday.