In just one inning, Florida got back up on the scoreboard. With players on third and second base, Echols doubled deep to center field, running in both fifth year Hannah Adams and redshirt junior Skylar Wallace. Going into the bottom of the fifth down a run, Florida successfully got on base and found itself in a game-defining setup. Virginia Tech climbed back into the game, taking a 2-1 lead over the Gators with a walk in the top of the fourth inning for Hokies’ graduate student Ally Repko and a run in the top of the fifth as junior Morgan Overaitis took Delbrey for yard, doubling to deep-right field to score junior Jayme Bailey. Florida took advantage of that and scored freshman Kendra Falby. Senior Charla Echols smacked the ball straight to Virginia Tech's second baseman sophomore Cameron Fagan, who made an infield error, dropping the ball to the clay. UF struck first in the bottom of the third with two Gators on third and second base. The Bainbridge, Georgia, native was poised at the start, grabbing a pair of strikeouts in the first inning.įlorida, not backing down, followed Delbrey as it kept the Hokies scoreless through three innings. 2 Michigan in the West Region on Thursday night a victory that set up an intriguing Elite Eight. Texas will be trying to reach the Sweet 16 for the first time since a 2008 regional final appearance when it faces Purdue on Sunday.Starting for the Gators in the circle was freshman Lexie Delbrey. Jarett Culver's 22 points were a mere subplot in third-seeded Tech's 63-44 takedown of No. In the second half, the Hokies had nine turnovers and allowed Texas to shoot 64% from the floor. Virginia Tech: This marks the second straight first-round NCAA Tournament loss for the Hokies, who fell to Florida in overtime last season. Jones shot 5 of 7 from 3-point range and had 17 points by halftime. But it was a holdover from former coach Shaka Smart’s tenure who led the team in scoring. Creighton transfer Bishop scored 11 points.
Texas: Beard overhauled his roster by bringing in plenty of transfers, and those newcomers made an impact Friday.
Yet the Longhorns outscored the Hokies 30-12 from beyond the arc as Virginia Tech went 4 of 12 on 3-point attempts. Heading into this game, Virginia Tech was ranked third in 3-point percentage (.393), while Texas was ranked 250th (.323). The relationships we take away from this, growing as humans, I’ll be forever grateful for it.” “The relationships we build with each other and the coaching staff, it’s more about life, it’s not all about basketball. “At the end of the day when you look at the big picture, when you look back, we’re the first team at Virginia Tech to ever be ACC champs, so no one will ever be able to take that away from us,” Cattoor said. The 11th-seeded Hokies (23-13) had played their way into the NCAA field by winning their first Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament title last week. Keve Aluma had 15 and Cattoor added 12 as Virginia Tech lost for just the third time in 16 games. Virginia Tech’s Sean Padulla scored 19 points, with 13 coming in the last 4 1/2 minutes. We’ll have to go through several teams like this.”
“So this will be a confidence builder as the tournament goes on because I do think we just beat one of the best teams in the tournament. “We basically set it up for our guys as we’ve got to go beat one of the best teams in the country in the first round,” Beard said. They were seeking to improve those postseason fortunes last year when they hired Beard, a former Texas student manager who led Texas Tech to the national championship game in 2019.īeard improved to 5-0 in NCAA Tournament first-round games. The Longhorns ended a five-game NCAA Tournament losing streak. Commanders We decided that one special in May is not enough and prepared a whole army of. Timmy Allen had 14, Christian Bishop 11 and Courtney Ramey 10 to go along with Carr’s 15. Virginia Tech’s Hunter Cattoor sank a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left to cut Texas’ lead to 76-69, but the Hokies couldn’t get any closer.Īndrew Jones scored 21 points to lead five Texas players in double figures as the Longhorns shot 10 of 19 from 3-point range. Texas built on the momentum and led by 17 with 5 1/2 minutes left. He can make one out of five from that area.” “It’s not a 50% shot, but for Marcus that might be a 20% shot. “He was able to get two dribbles and get a pretty high-percentage shot,” Beard said. “It wasn’t really a surprise when it went in.” From the album 'Songs of the Ramblin Wrecks', recorded 1953. “Anybody who knows me knows I shoot that shot a lot,” said Carr, who had 15 points, nine assists and only one turnover. The Georgia Tech Band and Glee Club perform the Tech Victory march. Post players having big impact on women's NCAA TournamentĬarr had taken just a couple of steps beyond the 3-point arc on the opposite end of the floor and hadn’t even reached the “S” on the “March Madness” logo when he launched his shot.
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