National Basketball Association
Virginia Tech 80, Louisville 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Where: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky
Officials:
# Lee Cassell, # Jeb Hartness, # Tony Henderson
Attendance:
10544
By Field Level Media
Sean Pedulla scored 15 points with seven assists, MJ Collins and Tyler Nickel each had 13 points and Virginia Tech picked up a rare road victory by getting past Louisville 80-64 on Tuesday.
Robbie Beran scored 12 points and Lynn Kidd had 11 points and nine rebounds for the Hokies (17-13, 9-10 ACC), who won for just the second time in a true road game all season. Virginia Tech made 13 baskets from 3-point range to tie a season high and shot 44.8 percent from distance.
Virginia Tech helped its cause for a single bye into the second round of next week's ACC tournament that goes to the top nine teams in the regular-season standings. The top four teams earn a double bye.
The Hokies have won consecutive games for the first time since a three-game winning streak in late January that included a victory at NC State.
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield overcame a first-half knee injury to score 19 points and Mike James added 16 for the Cardinals (8-22, 3-16), who lost their sixth consecutive game. Louisville already has clinched the second worst season in program history behind last year's 28-loss campaign.
Ty-Laur Johnson scored 10 points for the Cardinals, who led 28-18 in points in the paint.
Virginia Tech wasted little time establishing itself, taking a 7-0 lead just over two minutes into the game and grabbing its first double-digit lead at 14-4 less than five minutes into the contest.
The Hokies had their first lead of at least 20 points on a Beran 3-pointer with 4:05 remaining in the first half for a 44-22 advantage. Virginia Tech led 49-31 at halftime.
Louisville outscored Virginia Tech 33-31 in the second half but never pulled within single digits in the closing 20 minutes.
Louisville's Zan Payne, son of head coach Kenny Payne, made two 3-pointers in the first half, his first baskets from distance in six seasons as a lightly-used Division I player, including a redshirt season. Payne finished with six points.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Virginia Tech |
|
Louisville |
|
Sean Pedulla 15 |
Scoring |
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield 19 |
|
Sean Pedulla 7 |
Assists |
Ty-Laur Johnson 4 |
|
Lynn Kidd 9 |
Rebounds |
Kaleb Glenn 8 |
|
Sean Pedulla 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Brandon Huntley-Hatfield 2 |
|
Hunter Cattoor 2 |
Steals |
Skyy Clark 1 |
|
Robbie Beran 1 |
Blocks |
N/A |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Virginia Tech
|
80 |
48.2 |
13-29 |
13-19 |
15 |
33 |
1 |
10 |
8 |
| Louisville
|
64 |
45.5 |
9-23 |
5-11 |
11 |
31 |
0 |
4 |
14 |
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