BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Malcolm Delaney scored 23 points to lift Virginia Tech past Longwood 70-52 on Saturday night.
The Hokies (13-5), who won for the ninth time in the past 10 games, closed the first half with a 19-4 run, erasing a five-point deficit to take a 29-19 lead at halftime.
The Lancers missed 10 of their final 11 attempts from the floor in the first half.
Longwood (7-15) got as close as five in the second half, 38-33, on a basket by Aaron Mitchell with 12:37 remaining. But the Hokies outscored the Lancers 29-9 over the next 8 minutes to take control, with Delaney scoring 10 in that stretch.
Delaney connected on just 6 of 14 from the floor, but hit 10 of 12 from the free-throw line. Erick Green added 14 points and five assists for Virginia Tech, which shot 44.6 percent from the floor (25 of 56).
Mitchell and Antwan Carter paced Longwood with 14 points each.
