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A.D. Vassallo (jr.) became the 39th player in school history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark in a career as he led the Hokies to a 92-84 win over the georgia tech yellow jackets. A.D. scored a season- and team-high 27 points and is now in 37th place on Tech’s all-time scoring list with 1,026 points, passing Shawn Good (1,008). The Hokies’ 92 points was a season-high, surpassing the 89 points Tech scored in a win over florida state, as well as the most points the Hokies have ever scored in an ACC game.
A win is a win, and I’ll take a win any time, but in terms of watchability, this game was just plain… unwatchable. The refs were calling everything, as evidenced by the Hokies’ season-high 49 free throw attempts (VT made 36/49 – 73.5 percent). The jackets went to the line 34 times (they made 28/34). The teams combined for 83 free throw attempts… that is absurd. Granted, many of those came in the final two minutes, but three players fouled out (2 for gt, 1 for VT), four players had four fouls (3 for gt, 1 for VT), and a total of 60 … six – oh … personal fouls were called in this game. I don’t even know what to say except travishamockery, people. You know what I’m talkin’ about.
On to the game…
As is VT’s modus operandi, they started off very slow, going nearly six minutes before scoring from the field. Jeff Allen played only three minutes in the first half because of two quick and silly fouls, but we’ve come to expect that of Allen. Disappointing, but not surprising. This game reminded me of the previous game against maryland in that both the terps and jackets jumped out to quick leads as the Hokies struggled, but neither the twerps or the bees could put Tech away.
Instead, just as the jackets started going cold, the Hokies began heating up and came roaring back from a 12-2 deficit to take a 42-34 lead with one minute to play in the first half. A.D. led the charge with 13 points, but it was Deron Washington’s wicked dunk with 1:25 to play that put the exclamation point on the rally and brought the Hokie faithful, decked out in red and black “Hokies for Huskies” shirts, to their feet with a roar of approval.
The Hokies gave up some cheap buckets at the end of the first half, but still led by four at the break, 42-38. The 42 points marked just the fifth time this season the Hokies scored more than 40 in the first half. In fact, it was the first time in the last five games that the Hokies were able to score more than 29 points in the first half.
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