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Game Recap | maryland (5-5) 60, Hokies (2-7) 55

Posted on07 February 2013. Tags: ,

Make it four straight moral victories for the Hokies and five straight losses.

Thursday night at Cassell Coliseum, Virginia Tech played the visiting maryland terrapins tough, but couldn’t pull it out in the final minutes (sound familiar) and lost 60-55, giving the terps their first ACC road win of the season.

This was a game of streaks. The Hokies fell behind early and trailed by 11 points, before storming back to take a 27-24 half-time lead courtesy of a 17-3 run to end the half.

The terps came out of the break on fire and jumped out to a 9-0 run to take a six-point lead. The Hokies kept it close thanks to Erick “It ain’t easy being” Green and his game-high 29 points.

For the third straight game, Cadarian Raines scored in double-figures, scoring 14 points tonight and played maryland’s Alex Len pretty tough. Do the math (challenging after a few Wild Turkeys) and Green and Raines combined for 43 of VT’s 55 points. Even more math reveals that the rest of the team combined for 12 points.

Jake Layman, who torched the Hokies in College Park earlier this season, earning him a spot in the TechHoops.com Opponent Hall of Fame, led the terps in the game, but with a mere 14 points.

This was an ugly game to watch. The Hokies were 2-of-18 from three-point range (11 percent). The terps were 10-of-23 from the free throw line. VT did manage to keep the turnovers in check, only giving it up seven times.

Though it was painful to watch for the most part, the game did have some exciting moments, including some BRRAAAAAHHHHH dunks by Raines.

As for the Opponent Hall of Fame, I’m not sure we have any worthy nominees. Tech’s defense

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  • Chris

    Raines played great tonight; probably the best game he’s had all year. Barksdale wasn’t bad either once he got in the game. Green had his usual great game, and JVZ wasn’t bad tonight either.

    But Eddie and Brown… wow. It seems like Eddie isn’t squaring up when he shoots anymore and everything he throws up just seems rushed. I have no idea what’s wrong with Brown. The kid isn’t this bad but I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen someone play this poorly over a stretch of games at VT. He’s lost. I’m sure he’ll figure it out sooner or later, but we’re not going to be winning any games until Eddie and/or Brown can take some pressure on Green.

    Another close loss… hooray.

  • Les

    Eddie had trouble getting his shot where he’s open. Maryland’s forwards are much taller and longer than Clemson’s.
    Green did a great job setting up Raines and Van Zegeren.
    Brown seems to have a soft floor game. He doesn’t really take the ball strong into the lane or even when completing a drive near the basket. As a result, his shot can get easily thrown off direction or come up short.

  • King

    http://blogs.roanoke.com/courtside/

    Green on the supporting cast is spot on. Also agree that the ball needs to be in Green’s hands at the end of the game…every game.


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2012-13 Schedule

November
11/10 Hokies 80, etsu 62
11/12 Hokies 69, rhode island 50
11/15 Hokies 95, vmi 80
11/19 Hokies 96, unc-g 87
11/23 Hokies 87, appalachian state 76
**ACC/BIG Ten Challenge**
11/27 Hokies 95, iowa 79
December
12/1 Hokies 81, #15 oklahoma state 71
12/8 wvu 68, Hokies 67
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/10 Hokies 70, mvsu 49
12/15 Georgia Southern 78, Hokies 73
12/22 Hokies 66, bradley 65, OT
12/23 colorado state 88, Hokies 52
**Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic**
12/29 byu 97, Hokies 71
January
1/5 maryland 94, Hokies 71
1/9 boston college 86, Hokies 75
1/12 Hokies 70, georgia tech 65
1/19 Hokies 66, wake forest 65
1/24 virginia 74, Hokies 58
1/27 clemson 77, Hokies 70
1/30 miami 73, Hokies 64
February
2/2 unc 72, Hokies 60, OT
2/7 maryland 60, Hokies 55
2/9 Georgia Tech 64, hokies 54
2/12 virginia 73, Hokies 55
2/16 nc state 90, Hokies 86
2/21 duke 88, Hokies 56
2/24 Hokies 80, fsu 70
2/27 miami 76, Hokies 58
March
3/2 Hokies 69, clemson 61
3/5 duke 85, Hokies 57
3/10 wake 90, Hokies 79
**ACC Tournament in Greensboro**
3/14 vs. nc state, 2:30 p.m.
3/15 Quarterfinals
3/16 Semifinals
3/17 Finals

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