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Mark Berman back here at College Park, where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team rallied to beat Maryland 69-65.

The Hokies won at Maryland for the first time since 1951, snapping a five-game skid in College Park. Tech swept the regular-season series and snapped a three-game losing streak.

The Hokies evened their ACC mark at 6-6 and now have three straight home games to look forward to.

Tech went on an 8-0 run to take its first lead of the game on an AD Vassallo trey with 3:32 left. Vassallo had 19 points.

Greivis Vasquez (25 points) made a trey to give Maryland a 54-53 lead, but Jeff Allen (14 points, 14 rebounds) made a jumper to give Tech the lead for good at 55-54 with 3:04 left.

It began an 8-0 run. Hank Thorns and Vassallo made back-to-back treys for a 61-54 lead with 1:28 left.

There will be a game story with quotes from Seth Greenberg and the players in Thursday's paper and online Thursday. There will be a follow-up story with even more quotes in Friday's paper and online Friday.

Mark Berman back here in College Park, where Maryland leads Virginia Tech 31-29 at halftime.

The Terrapins jumped to a 16-4 lead with 14:19 left in the half. Greivis Vasquez, who was 2-of-14 from the field in Maryland's loss at Tech last month, had three baskets for the Terps in the run.

Seth Greenberg picked up his third technical of the season with 10:08 left in the half. The foul shots extended the lead to 24-14.

The Hokies went on an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 28-25 with 4:38 to go.

Tech's Dorenzo Hudson vomited on the court with abouta minute to go, causing Md. to bring out the mops and causing quite a delay. Hudson left the court.

Tech is shooting 40.7 percent from the field to Maryland's 44.8. Tech has outrebounded Maryland 21-16. Tech has nine turnovers.

AD Vassallo has eight points for Tech; Deron Washington has seven points.

Vasquez has 14 points, four more than he had in the entire first meeting.

Mark Berman here from College Park, Md., where the Virginia Tech men's basketball team will tip off against the Terrapins at 9 p.m.

J.T. Thompson won't be making his third straight start, though. The freshman forward suffered a sprained ankle Monday in practice and will miss this game. He might be back for Saturday's game against Georgia Tech.

Back with more at halftime.

Snow in Tazewell County on Tuesday forced the postponement of the first round of the Southwest District boys and girls basketball tournaments.

Three boys games -- Richlands at Marion, Tazewell at Carroll County, and Graham at Grundy -- have been reset for Wednesday. Also postponed until Wednesday were three girls games -- Grundy at Graham, Marion at Tazewell and Richlands at Abingdon.

The Mountain Empire District girls game between Pocahontas and Bland County at Rocky Gap High School was postponed until Wednesday with a new start time -- 4:30 p.m.

The Southwest District postponements also forced the Hogoheegee District to change the site of Wednesday's girls semifinals from Marion High School to Northwood High School.

The Blue Ridge District has moved its third-place game to Thursday at 7 at Lord Botetourt High School. The game was moved because of parking problems at the original site, Northside High School.

Piedmont District
First round, at Basset High School
Tunstall 57, Patrick County 51

Southern Valley District
Semifinals
Robert E. Lee 48, Stuarts Draft 43
Waynesboro 37, Rockbridge County 34

Hogoheegee District
First round
Northwood 54, Holston 50
PH-Glade Spring 51, Rural Retreat 28

Mountain Empire District
First round
Narrows 68, Grayson County 57
**Bland County and Pocahontas now play at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rocky Gap

Three Rivers District
First round
Giles 75, Floyd County 62
Glenvar 66, Eastern Montgomery 60

VIC Division 1
First round
Hargrave Military at Virginia Episcopal
Liberty Christian 39, Carlisle 37
Roanoke Catholic 77, Holy Cross 21

VIC Division 2
Quarterfinals
North Cross 80, Timberlake Christian 49
Roanoke Valley Christian School at Covenant
Eastern Mennonite 66, Grace Christian 52
Fishburne Military 93, Westover Christian 66

VACA South
First round
Dayspring Christian 75, Faith Christian-Hurt 26
Christian Heritage 58, Faith Christian 48
SWVA Home School 58, Pathway Christian 29

Western Valley District
Semifinals, at George Washington H.S.
Franklin County 46, William Fleming 39
George Washington 68, Patrick Henry 51

Blue Ridge District
Semifinals, at Lord Botetourt H.S.
Lord Botetourt 70, Alleghany 35
Northside 45, William Byrd 40

River Ridge District
Semifinals, at Salem Civic Center
Hidden Valley 49, Blacksburg 34
Pulaski County 68, Christiansburg 55

Seminole District
Semifinals, at Brookeville H.S.
Brookville 42, Jefferson Forest 30
Staunton River 58, Liberty 33

Three Rivers District
First round
Radford 61, Eastern Montgomery 42
Glenvar 58, Giles 29

Blue Ridge Conference
Quarterfinals
Chatham Hall at Liberty Christian
Virginia Episcopal 61, Eastern Mennonite 42
Carlisle 85, North Cross 28
Roanoke Valley Christian School at Miller School

VACA South
First round
New Covenant 54, Temple Christian 51, OT

Western Valley District
First Round
Franklin County 82, E.C. Glass 49
Patrick Henry 50, Halifax County 47

River Ridge District
First Round
Salem 72, Cave Spring 58
Blacksburg 42, Christiansburg 34

Seminole District
First Round
Jefferson Forest 47, Heritage 43
Rustburg 57, Amherst County 47
Liberty 75, Staunton River 50

Pioneer District
First Round
Bath County 62, Craig County 38
Parry McCluer 56, Highland 24

VACA South
First Round
Faith Christian-Hurt 54, New Covenant 41
Quarterfinal
Gateway Christian 79, Temple Christian 43

Tournament games
Western Valley District
First Round
Franklin County 69, E.C. Glass 42
Patrick Henry 59, Halifax County 45

River Ridge District
First Round
Blacksburg 65, Cave Spring 47
Christiansburg 43, Salem 40

Piedmont District
First Round
Tunstall 46, Martinsville 43

Southern Valley District
First Round
Waynesboro 83, Rockbridge County 38
Robert E. Lee 65, Stuarts Draft 54

Hogoheegee District
First Round
PH-Glade Spring 43, Holston 12
Rural Retreat 53, Northwood 45

Mountain Empire District
First Round
Narrows 42, Galax 26
Bland County 73, Pocahontas 18

Pioneer District
First Round
Highland 60, Covington 25
Bath County 44, Craig County 30

Other Games

Nondistrict
Christian Heritage Academy 36, Dayspring Christian Academy 23

Mark Berman back here in Chapel Hill, where the Tar Heels blew out the Hokies 92-53 in front of Billy Packer and a national CBS audience.

"It's a little embarrassing," JT Thompson said.

"We didn't play well," coach Seth Greenberg said. "We haven't had a night like tonight very often. ... You're going to have some of those nights with this young team ... The thing that does hurt is some of our guys are not used to understanding the intensity every night, the collective burden of the league. ... This is worse than losing at the buzzer, I can tell you that much. .... I'm not going to show them the film..... I'm not sure John Wooden can get much out of this tape."

The Hokies trailed by 20 points at halftime and by 30 points with 12:12 to go. They trailed by as many as 47 points in the game.

"We didn't play together as a team. ... People just gave up," said Malcolm Delaney, who had 20 points. "There was a couple people that gave their all, but as a team, we played terrible."

The Hokies shot 25.9 percent from the field in each half en route to their third straight loss.

"There was times when we didn't have a sense of urgency obviously in terms of transition or communication," Greenberg said. "We didn't do a very good job of talking. ... That was disappointing. ... We missed a lot of shots early .. They were forcing us baseline off those ball screens."

"We didn't really get into our offense," Delaney said. "We could get in the lane whenever we wanted. We got open shots."

Tech had swept UNC last year.

"Last year they got the best of us, so coming in here and beating them, that takes the bad taste out of our mouth a little," UNC's Quentin Thomas said.

UNC entered the game leading Division I in rebounding margin (11.4 rpg). The Tar Heels outrebounded Tech 54-34, including 18-8 on the offensive glass.

"Second shots really helped us," Thomas said.

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Mark Berman here in Chapel Hill, where Virginia Tech has played abysmally in front of a nationwide CBS audience and trails 43-23 at halftime.

Tech has looked horrid on offense, missing shot after shot and making unforced turnovers. The Hokies are shooting 25.9 percent from the field and have 10 turnovers, one fewer than UNC.

The Tar Heels are shooting 47.2 percent from the field and are 8-of-8 from the line. Tech is 8-of-12 from the line and 1-of-9 from 3-point range.

The fifth-ranked Tar Heels took a 6-0 lead before the Hokies even took a shot. All-American Tyler Hansbrough had two baskets in that span. UNC led 16-5 with 14:31 left in the half.

Hansbrough has been frustrated with the physical way Tech has been playing him, but he still has 12 points and five rebounds.

Deron Washington, who has shaved off his mini-Mohawk, and Jeff Allen have had bad first halves. Deron has four points and is 1-of-4 from the field. Allen has four turnovers and two points in 10 minutes. He has two fouls

The Hokies have no bench points; UNC has 27 bench points. Alex Stephenson has eight points off the bench.

UNC has outrebounded Tech 30-11.

Tech started freshman J.T. Thompson for the second straight game. He is 0-for-4 from the field.

AD Vassallo and Malcolm Delaney have 17 points combined.

Ty Lawson is missing his fourth straight game. But Deon Thompson and Danny Green, who had both been questionable, are both playing.

Back with more after the game.