Hokies down UVA in overtime

Delaney's 27 lead Hokies past Virginia 76-71 in OT

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Malcolm Delaney scored 27 points and Virginia Tech beat Virginia 76-71 in overtime Thursday night after a desperation 3-pointer forced the OT.

The Hokies (16-3, 3-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) trailed 62-52 with 3:44 left in regulation before scoring the next 13 points. Sammy Zeglinski made a contested 25-footer for Virginia (12-6, 3-2) as the clock raced toward 0:00 in regulation, tying the game.

Dorenzo Hudson added 18 points and J.T. Thompson 17 for the Hokies. Thompson scored all but two of his points in the second half and overtime, and also made a key defensive play.

Mike Scott led Virginia with 21 points and Sylven Landesberg had 18.

In the overtime, Delaney hit an 18-footer and a free throw, Thompson scored on a bank and, after Zeglinski hit a 3-pointer for Virginia, Thompson scored inside again. He then knocked the ball away from Zeglinski for a turnover, was fouled and made another free throw.

The Hokies appeared to have the game won in regulation, leading 65-62 in the final seconds, but Zeglinski hit his long shot over Delaney with about 1 second left to tie it.

It was Zeglinski's first field goal in two games, the point guard having missed all five of his shots in a loss at Wake Forest on Saturday and his first three against the Hokies.

The shot canceled a spectacular comeback by the Hokies. They trailed 62-52 with 3:44 to play, but outscored Virginia 13-0 over the next 3:43 before Zeglinski's bomb went in. Delaney had six in the rally, and J.T. Thompson four, including the shot that gave them the lead.

But the Hokies never flinched, and took it to the Cavaliers again in the OT.

Virginia scored 12 straight points to take a 44-34 lead with 13 minutes left, with Scott capping the burst by making a 3-pointer -- his first long-range attempt of the season.

The run also came as the Hokies lost Jeff Allen, their No. 3 scorer and leading rebounder, after he was called for a flagrant foul for elbowing Jeff Jones in the scramble for a loose ball. Allen missed the Hokies game at John Paul Jones Arena last year after the school suspended him for making an obscene gesture to fans in their previous game.

The Hokies managed only six points in a span of nearly 10 1/2 minutes in the first half, but Virginia hardly capitalized, scoring just 14 points in that time to open a 22-10 advantage.

After Erick Green ended the Hokies' drought with their first 3-pointer, Landesberg went to the Virginia bench with his second foul and Virginia Tech took the lead with an 18-4 run.

Hudson had seven points in the burst and Delaney had four.

Mustapha Farrakhan's reverse layup at the buzzer pulled the Cavaliers within 28-27.

The Hokies coaching staff wore maroon ribbons in remembrance of Morgan Harrington, a Virginia Tech student who disappeared from outside John Paul Jones Arena while attending a Metallica concert on Oct. 17. Her remains were found Tuesday about 10 miles away.

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