BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Erick Green scored a career-high 27 points to help Virginia Tech pull away from Appalachian State 87-76 on Friday.
Virginia Tech, which is off to a 5-0 start for the first time since the 1984-85 season, put the game away with a 13-2 run late in the second half. Green scored six points in the run, including a one-handed slam with 4:51 remaining that capped the run and gave the Hokies a 73-60 lead.
Appalachian State (1-4) got no closer than 11 points the rest of the game. Jay Canty led the Mountaineers with 21 points.
Green made 8 of 15 from the floor and all 11 of his free-throw attempts. He has made 31 consecutive free throws. The Hokies made 30 of their 39 free-throw attempts.
Jarell Eddie added 23 points for the Hokies and Marshall Wood had 13.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Appalachian State (1-4) | 38 | 38 | 76 |
| Virginia Tech (5-0) « | 41 | 46 | 87 |
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| Appalachian State Mountaineers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Healy, F | 39 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| M. Obacha, F | 22 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Canty, G | 40 | 8-16 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| J. Trice, G | 40 | 5-15 | 6-7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| T. Hamilton, G | 27 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Baskin | 13 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| C. Burgess | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Spagnolo | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| F. Eaves | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Gilbert | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-60 | 12-21 | 35 | 6 | 26 | 76 | |
| 46.7% | 57.1% | ||||||
| Virginia Tech Hokies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Eddie, F | 35 | 7-9 | 5-6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| C. Barksdale, F | 25 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Raines, F | 18 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| E. Green, G | 36 | 8-16 | 11-11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 27 |
| R. Brown, G | 25 | 2-8 | 5-6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Wood | 25 | 4-8 | 4-7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Rankin | 20 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Van Zegeren | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| W. Johnston | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Beyer | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-52 | 30-39 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 87 | |
| 50% | 76.9% | ||||||
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