BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Erick Green tied a career high with 25 points to lift Virginia Tech past Rhode Island 69-50 on Monday night.
Green scored 17 of his 25 in the first half, as the Hokies (2-0) jumped out to a 13-0 lead and never trailed. Rhode Island missed its first seven shots from the floor and didn't score in the first 5:08 of the game.
The Rams (0-2) cut the lead to 28-24 on a basket by Xavier Munford with 1:59 left in the first half. But the Hokies scored the last eight points of the half - six of those coming on two Green 3-pointers - to take a 36-24 lead at halftime. Rhode Island got no closer than 11 the rest of the game.
Green hit 8 of 15 from the floor, including four 3-pointers.
Munford led the Rams with 24 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Rhode Island (0-2) | 24 | 26 | 50 |
| Virginia Tech (2-0) « | 36 | 33 | 69 |
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| Rhode Island Rams | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Malesevic, F | 38 | 1-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Brooks, F | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| X. Munford, G | 38 | 11-22 | 1-5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| M. Powell, G | 36 | 1-12 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Malone, G | 26 | 2-6 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Aaman | 23 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Hare | 11 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Bigby | 10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Buchanan | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-59 | 9-16 | 37 | 4 | 18 | 50 | |
| 33.9% | 56.3% | ||||||
| Virginia Tech Hokies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Eddie, F | 35 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| C. Raines, F | 28 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| C. Barksdale, F | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| E. Green, G | 34 | 8-15 | 5-8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| R. Brown, G | 32 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Wood | 28 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Van Zegeren | 12 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| W. Johnston | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| M. Patrick | 6 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Beyer | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Racer | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-57 | 10-17 | 42 | 14 | 15 | 69 | |
| 45.6% | 58.8% | ||||||
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