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Mark Berman here in the city of champions, where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team surprisingly leads Boston College 41-33 at halfitme.

Tech is 0-6 at Conte Forum, is playing its 2nd game in 3 days against a team that hasn't played since last Saturday and is minus suspended forward Jeff Allen.

Deron Washington has 12 points for Tech, while Malcolm Delaney and JT Thompson each have eight points.

BC took a 31-29 lead on back-to-back treys by Tyrese Rice, but the Hokies finished the half on a 12-3 run.

Rice has 16 points for BC. The Eagles are shooting 41.9 percent from the field to Tech's 48.6 percent and Tech is leading the battle of the boards 22-20.

Back with more after the game.

Timesland top 10
BOYS
1. Hidden Valley, 14-1
2. William Fleming, 12-3
2. Pulaski County, 12-3
4. Franklin County, 10-5
5. Blacksburg, 13-3
6. George Wythe, 10-2
7. Salem, 8-7
8. Rockbridge County, 11-5
9. Bassett, 9-5
10. Roanoke Catholic, 11-7

GIRLS
1. Pulaski County, 12-2
2. Hidden Valley, 12-4
3. Christiansburg, 13-3
4. Bassett, 15-1
5. Floyd County, 13-2
6. Carlisle, 10-1
7. Patrick Henry, 11-3
8. Blacksburg, 10-6
9. Staunton River, 13-3
10. Chilhowie, 13-2

Mark Berman back here in Blacksburg, where Duke beat the Virginia Tech men's basketball team 81-64.

Duke led just 42-38 at halftime and just 42-41 early in the second half but built a 67-50 lead with 9:44 left.

So, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, do you feel your team did certain things better in the second half, I asked.

"Obviously," he said. "What do you think we did?"

"What certain things did you like better?" I say.

"What did you like?" he replied.

"Well, I'm not getting paid the money you're [paid], so I want to hear you," I said.

"I'm not getting paid money to answer your question, so then we're both just friends talking, right? Unless you're going to give me a few bucks," he said.

"No, for free," I say.

"For free? Just me and you? OK.

"Well, obviously we played better defense. And we were strong. I thought our offensive execution was really good. And we rebounded the ball defensively where they didn't get multiple opportunities in the second half."

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Mark Berman here in snowy Blacksburg, where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team trails fourth-ranked Duke 42-38 at halftime.

Turnovers, missed layups and missed free throws have hurt the Hokies. Virginia Tech is playing without suspended power forward Jeff Allen, who averages 12.8 points and 8.1 rebounds.

Duke scored seven straight points to build a 21-10 lead with 10:52 left in the first half.

Down 34-24 with 4:56 to go in the half, Tech went on a 14-5 run to cut the lead to 39-38 with 52 seconds left. But Duke's Taylor King buried a 3-pointer with 34 seconds left.

Duke has shot 53.6 percent from the field and is 5-of-11 from 3-point range.

Tech has shot 42.4 percent from the field and is 1-of-5 from 3-point range. Tech is 9-of-13 from the free-throw line. The Hokies have committed 10 turnovers.

DeMarcus Nelson has nine points and Greg Paulus eight for Duke. AD Vassallo has nine points for Tech, with Deron Washington and JT Thompson adding seven points each.

Tech went with a small starting lineup. Thompson and Dorenzo Hudson started in place of center Cheick Diakite and the suspended Allen.

Malcolm Delaney went to the bench with two fouls with 17:46 left in the half, but after a Hank Thorns turnover, coach Seth Greenberg put Delaney back in with 14:52 left. Delaney played nine minutes in the half.

Back with more after the game.

The Virginia men's basketball team has now lost three games by either one or two points after dropping a 69-67 decision Wednesday night at Florida State.

Virginia (11-6 overall, 1-3 ACC) led 60-53 before Florida State's Ryan Reid hit a pair of free throws with 5:28 left and ignited a 9-0 FSU run.

Senior guard Toney Douglas had a team-high 19 points for the Seminoles (13-7, 2-3) and shut down two-time All-ACC guard Sean Singletary, who had 11 points for the Cavaliers.

Singletary needed a 3-pointer at the buzzer to extend his double-figure scoring streak to 39 games and he had five turnovers, two coming in the final 2:40.

Mamadi Diane had a season-high 21 points for the Cavaliers, who are now tied for last in the conference.

"Sean wasn't Sean today," UVa coach Dave Leitao said.

Virginia got a command performance from senior point guard Sean Singletary on Saturday night and avoided a four-game losing streak with an 84-66 victory over Boston College at John Paul Jones Arena.

Singletary had 19 points and tied career highs with 10 assists and six steals. It was the fourth double-double of his college career and the second in succession. Junior Mamadi Diane had a season-high 20 points for UVa (11-5 overall, 1-2 ACC) and senior Adrian Joseph had 17 points, all in the second half.

It was the first conference loss for the Eagles (12-5, 3-1). Boston College was hurt by its 11-for-24 performance at the free-throw line. The Eagles got 20 points from Richmond product Tyrese Rice, but Rice was only 6-for-16 from the field.

Mark Berman back here in Atlanta, where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team lost to Georgia Tech 81-70.

The Hokies had 24 turnovers, incluidng seven by AD Vassallo and four by Hank Thorns. They also missed 12 of their 36 free throws. Ga. Tech shot 47.3 percent from the field.

"Our immaturity really showed," Hokies coach Seth Greenberg said. "We just made some really bad decisions. We weren't strong with the ball. . . To win a game on the road you've got to execute for 40 minutes. You can't execute for about 15 or 17.

"I told them exactly what was going to transpire today and we did not understand that. The message was sent. I'm not sure the message was received. I told them this was going to be a physical game. I told them we had to be strong with the ball, that we had to be able to compete on the defensive end containing the basketball and we had to take care of the ball. I don't think we were as attentive to what we had to do as we needed to be. I told them a 1 o'clock game is a different game and you've got to be ready when the ball goes up."

Matt Causey, a reserve point guard who had not scored more than 11 points in a game this season and was averaging 4.9 ppg, had 30 points and seven 3-pointers for the Jackets.

"He kept on getting wide-open shots," Deron Washington said.

"Their focus on [Anthony Morrow and Lewis Clinch] opened up shots for me," Causey said.

Causey was 9-of-14 from the field, including 7-of-12 from 3-point range.

"The kid's got a lot of courage," Jackets coach Paul Hewitt said with a laugh. "Matt just made huge plays."

The Hokies could be headed for a 3-game skid, with Duke coming to town Thursday, followed by a visit to Boston College two days later.

"Are you Kreskin?" Greenberg said. "I didn't know you were Kreskin. You can predict the future? I'm not worried about predicting the future. ... You must be really smart because you must know the future. What's going to happen to the stock market on Monday?"

The turnovers included one on a shot-clock violation and two when the Hokies couldn't inbound the ball in time.

"We weren't strong with the ball. We didn't meet passes. We hung guys out to dry a little," Greenberg said. "We played too fast."

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BOYS
1. Hidden Valley, 12-0
2. William Fleming, 10-3
3. Pulaski County, 10-3
4. Franklin County, 9-5
5. Blacksburg, 11-3
6. George Wythe, 6-2
7. Salem, 7-6
8. Bassett, 9-3
9. Carlisle, 6-1
10. Patrick Henry, 8-7

GIRLS
1. Hidden Valley, 10 -2
2. Bassett, 14-1
3. Floyd County, 11-2
4 . Pulaski County, 10 -1
5. Carlisle, 9-1
5 . Christiansburg, 11-2
7 . Patrick Henry, 11-2
8 . Staunton River, 10-3
9 . Jefferson Forest, 11 -2
10. Chilhowie, 12-2

Mark Berman here in snowy Atlanta, where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team trails Georgia Tech 37-23 at halftime.

The Hokies have looked brutal on offense, even though the Yellow Jackets are the only ACC team with a losing overall record and rank last in the league in scoring defense and field-goal-percentage defense.

The Yellow Jackets, who threw a scare into North Carolina on Wednesday before falling 83-82, have led for most of the first half. They are shooting 50 percent from the field, making up for being 4-of-12 from the free-throw line.

The Hokies' shooting woes continue; they are shooting 33.3 percent from the field. Virginia Tech ranks next to last in the ACC in scoring offense and field-goal percentage.

Anthony Morrow has 12 points for the Yellow Jackets, as does backup Matt Causey. They have combined for 7 3-pointers.

Deron Washington is 1-of-5 from the field.

The Hpkies have turned the ball over eight times.

Seth Greenberg has picked up his second technical foul in ACC play this season.

The Hokies have won three straight games and the Yellow Jackets have lost three straight.

Back with more on the likely loss a few hours after the game.

POSTPONEMENTS
THURSDAY GAMES
BOYS
Northside at William Byrd, ppd., Friday
Jefferson Forest at Staunton River, ppd., Jan. 31
Richlands at Carroll County, ppd., Jan. 21
Eastern Montgomery at Auburn, ppd., Feb. 4
Giles at Radford, ppd., Feb. 4
Christian Heritage at SWVa Home School, Jan. 26
Faith Christian-Hurt at Dayspring Christian, ppd.
Covenant at North Cross, ppd.
Bonner Academy at Oak Hill Academy, ppd.
GIRLS
Blacksburg at Cave Spring, ppd., Friday
Pulaski County at Hidden Valley, ppd., Friday
Salem at Christiansburg, ppd., Saturday
George Wythe at Northwood, ppd., Feb. 12
Bath County at Highland, ppd.
Craig County at Parry McCluer, ppd., Feb. 12
James River at Covington, ppd., Feb. 4
Virginia Episcopal at Carlisle, ppd.
William Byrd at Franklin County, Jan. 26, 3:30 p.m.
Faith Christian-Hurt at Roanoke Valley Christian, ppd.

FRIDAY GAMES
BOYS
Patrick County at Bassett, ppd.
Waynesboro at Rockbridge County, ppd., Feb. 11
Narrows at Grayson County, ppd., Jan. 21
Parry McCluer at Craig County, ppd., Feb. 8
Glenvar at Floyd County, ppd., Feb. 4
Giles at Radford, ppd., Feb. 12
United Christian at Christian Heritage, ppd.

GIRLS
Bassett at Patrick County, ppd.
Rockbridge County at Waynesboro, ppd., Feb. 11
Narrows at Grayson County
Craig County at Parry McCluer, ppd., Feb. 12
Glenvar at Floyd County, ppd., Feb. 13
Radford at Giles, ppd., Feb. 12
United Christian at Christian Heritage