Trevor Cooney scored 18 points and Rakeem Christmas posted 17 points and 9 rebounds as Syracuse held on to a 19-point halftime lead to take down Virginia Tech 68-66 in Cassell Coliseum. Justin Bibbs scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Hokies second-half comeback effort. Virginia Tech had a shot to win at the buzzer but Malik Muller’s three-pointer from the corner fell short.
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Virginia won, somehow, 28-25, in front of maybe 1,000 people there at the end, in a rainy, and energy-depleted, Scott Stadium on Saturday night.
West Virginia fans didn’t like me writing and saying after WVU beat Virginia that their team would be lucky to win six games this year.
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