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The Virginia Tech men's basketball team completed its third three-game win streak of 2008 Tuesday evening with a 67-48 victory over the Boston College Eagles.
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"We probably got them at the right time," said Virginia Tech head coach Seth Greenberg. "They had to go to Tallahassee to go back to Boston and then come back here. That's hard to do back-to-back."
The Hokies (17-11, 8-6) also completed their third series sweep in Atlantic Coast Conference play. The Eagles join the Virginia Cavaliers and Maryland Terrapins in the bird feed category.
"You're not going to win any basketball games scoring 48 points," said Boston College head coach Al Skinner. "It's just that simple. You have to be able to score - period. That's what the game's all about."
Once again the Hokies started out at a snail's pace offensively. Deron Washington scored the first Hokie point at the 16:27 mark, but Tech would not register its first field goal until a Malcolm Delaney fast-break lay-up at the 15:52 mark gave the Hokies a 3 point lead.
"(Coach) wants us to start off quicker," said Jeff Allen who scored 13 points and snagged 10 rebounds. "We're working on it."
Fortunately for the Hokies, the Eagles got off to an even slower start. Boston College didn't register its first point until a Tyrese Rice lay-up fell at the 14:47 mark.
"I thought we were active and alert (defensively)," Greenberg said. "We helped each other great. We contested shots. That's a hard offense to defend and I thought we did a very good job of pressuring the basketball and pushing them out on their catches."
Tech's buckets were few and far between in the early going. The home-standing Hokies did not break double-figures until an Allen turn-around one-hander gave Tech an 11-10 lead at the 8:36 mark.
Whatever offensive plague the Hokies had, the Eagles caught. Boston College went through a period of nearly four-and-one-half minutes in which it couldn't buy a bucket.
The Hokies were able to get their offensive game somewhat on track and finished the first half shooting 40.7 percent, which was good enough for a 25-20 lead at the break.
Both the Hokies and Eagles handled the ball at a su-par level in the first half. The Eagles committed nine turnovers and the Hokies 10 with Tech committing the majority of its early, while Boston College gave the rock away late.
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