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SMU (17-5, 8-3 ACC) at Virginia Tech (10-12, 5-6 ACC)
8 PM (Central time)
ACC Network

VaTech starters
G 2 Jaden Schutt
G 10 Tyler Johnson
G 11 Ben Hammond
F 1 Toni Lawal — 13.0 PPG
F 34 Mylyjael Poteat

SMU starters
G 0 B.J. Edwards
G 2 Boopie Miller
G 3 Chuck Harris
F 33 Matt Cross
C 24 Samet Yiğitoğlu

Hokies enter the game after back-to-back wins ... after losing the previous three.

Announcers just said VT forward Tobi Lawal has a 49-inch vertical.

For comparison, some guy named Michael Jordan's highest measured vertical jump — with a running start — was 48.

The bigs — VT's Poteat and SMU's Yiğitoğlu — trade short buckets to start the scoring

Ben Hammond and Jaden Schutt can back-to-back 3s to put the Hokies up, 8-2

Oquendo cans a corner 3 to pull SMU to within a point at 8-7

Oquendo runs through a forearm across the face — no foul — to put the Ponies up, 9-8

7-0 run for SMU

Slow start for our guys (or hot start for VT) but once again Oquendo provides the spark for a 7-0 run to give us the lead

Miller 3 stretches SMU run to 10-0

Ponies trail, 11-9, in rebounds, but lead, 14-11, on the scoreboard

Neither team shooting well but we haven't turned it over yet so that's encouraging. Just keep working for good shots

B.J. Edwards having his usual stellar defensive game with a steal and 3 defensive boards

Ponies have missed 4 of last 5 — lead, 21-18

Through the first 12:03, SMU has yet to turn the ball over