Ben Hammond scored 17 points off the bench to lead lots of offense as Virginia Tech snapped a six-game losing streak by defeating visiting North Carolina A&T 95-67 on Thursday night in Blacksburg, Va.
Patrick Wessler and Rodney Brown Jr. each supplied 13 points, Mylyjael Poteat had 11 points and Tobi Lawal contributed 10 for the Hokies (4-6).
Virginia Tech wiped away offensive doldrums by bolting to a 52-32 halftime lead -- shooting 51.3 percent from the field in the opening half. The Hokies outshot the Aggies 50 percent to 37.9 percent overall.
North Carolina A&T's Landon Glasper poured in 19 points. Jahnathan Lamothe and Ryan Forrest had 14 points apiece, with Lamothe adding a game-high 11 rebounds, and Nikolaos Chitikoudis notched 13 points for the Aggies (3-7), who lost their fifth game in a row.
North Carolina A&T, playing its seventh road game of the season, hit three of its first five attempts from 3-point range after going 3-for-23 in Saturday's home loss to UNC Greensboro. But the Aggies couldn't keep up, getting dominated in the lane and on the boards.
Ben Burnham's 3-pointer capped Virginia Tech's 16-0 run late in the first half. North Carolina A&T scored the last six points of the half.
The Hokies didn't reach the 65-point mark in any game during their skid, but on Thursday night an 11-0 run made it 65-41 with 13:48 still to play. Virginia Tech slowed down late, posting only nine points in the last seven minutes.
Virginia Tech finished with a 48-30 edge on the glass. Burnham added nine rebounds to his eight points.
Hammond and Brown each sank three of the Hokies' 14 baskets from beyond the 3-point arc.
Glasper, who missed the previous game because of a disciplinary reason, posted 11 of North Carolina A&T's first 18 points.
The Hokies have won all eight meetings between the teams. They hadn't met since 2018.
--Field Level Media
North Carolina A&T | Virginia Tech | |
Landon Glasper 19 | Scoring | Ben Hammond 17 |
Jahnathan Lamothe 3 | Assists | Tyler Johnson 5 |
Jahnathan Lamothe 11 | Rebounds | Ben Burnham 9 |
Ryan Forrest 8 | Free Throws Made | Mylyjael Poteat 3 |
Jahnathan Lamothe 3 | Steals | Ben Hammond 5 |
Nikolaos Chitikoudis 2 | Blocks | Ben Burnham 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
North Carolina A&T | 67 | 37.9 | 5-18 | 18-28 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
Virginia Tech | 95 | 50.0 | 14-36 | 11-16 | 24 | 44 | 5 | 7 | 16 |