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| On Court | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Washington * | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| N. Munson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Tucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Sailes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Travis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On Bench | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Gordon * | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Z. Dowdell * | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| C. Collins * | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| A. Vassallo * | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| L. Witcher | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Krabbendam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Vinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Diakite | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Appleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Stats | |
| Stat | Total |
| Points | 48 |
| Field Goals | 19-46, 41% |
| Free Throws | 8-16, 50% |
| 3-pointers | 2-13, 15% |
| Off. Rebounds | 5 |
| Def. Rebounds | 23 |
| Total Rebounds | 28 |
| Assists | 3 |
| Blocks | 2 |
| Fouls | 21 |
| Steals | 3 |
| Turnovers | 11 |
| Complete Box Score | |
| 0.0 End of game. |
| VATECH 6.0 Deron Washington made Driving layup |
| VATECH 8.0 Defensive Rebound by Deron Washington |
| SIL 13.0 Dion Coopwood missed Jump Shot |
| SIL 38.0 30-second Timeout |
| Final - |
| The Southern Illinois Salukis are headed to the Sweet Sixteen to face the winner of tonight's Kansas vs. Kentucky game. Virginia Tech's season has come to an end in a game in which they were never really able to make Southern Illinois sweat. |
| 2nd Half - 0:48.6 |
| Munson drained the official dagger to give the Salukis a 17-point lead as the game comes to a close. All the starters for both teams are being taken out so that their supporters can give them a nice round of applause. |
| 2nd Half - 1:28 |
| Many of the fans in the stands have begun to head for the exits andthe Hokies have taken out some of their starters as the ugly truth starts to set in for Virginia Tech. |
| 2nd Half - 2:52 |
| Nigel Munson had his layup blocked as well by a Salukis defender and Deron Washington was forced to pick up his fourth foul the other way. The Hokies find themselves down 13 with just under three minutes left and don't seem to have the resources to pull off a miracle. |
| 2nd Half - 3:04 |
| With a chance to cut the defecit to six points, Virginia Tech had a layup blocked and picked up a foul. Luckily for the Hokies, Mullins was only able to hit one of the two. |
| On Court | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Armstrong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Bone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Coopwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Acquah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| On Bench | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Tatum * | 21 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Young * | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| B. Mullins * | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| R. Falker * | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| W. Clemmons | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Shaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Boyle * | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Cornelius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Green | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Team Stats | |
| Stat | Total |
| Points | 63 |
| Field Goals | 19-43, 44% |
| Free Throws | 13-23, 56% |
| 3-pointers | 12-21, 57% |
| Off. Rebounds | 6 |
| Def. Rebounds | 23 |
| Total Rebounds | 29 |
| Assists | 11 |
| Blocks | 3 |
| Fouls | 19 |
| Steals | 5 |
| Turnovers | 9 |
| Complete Box Score | |