US EditionAvdalas Scores 30 as Virginia Tech Pushes Past Western Carolina 96-74
Neoklis Avdalas scored 30 points with four 3-pointers as Virginia Tech improved to 6-0 at home, shooting 48% from beyond the arc.
- Thursday in Cassell Coliseum, Neoklis Avdalas scored 30 points to lead Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team to a 96-74 victory over Western Carolina Catamounts.
- With a 53-34 halftime lead, Avdalas took over offensively in the second half after scoring six in the first half, following Virginia Tech's 19-for-33 first-half shooting.
- The Hokies' long-range accuracy included 13-for-27 three-point shooting with Avdalas hitting four 3-pointers and Amani Hansberry adding 18 points, six assists and six rebounds, and Mike Young said, `This team has shot the ball well`.
- Virginia Tech will play Maryland Eastern on Dec. 14, with freshmen centers Antonio Dorn and Christian Gurdak splitting time for injured Virginia Tech center Tobi Lawal as rebounding remains a concern despite a 36-34 edge.
- Marcus Kell scored 22 points for Western Carolina, which shot 42% and went 18 for 30 at the free-throw line; the Catamounts travel to Georgia on Dec. 18.
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The Virginian Pilot
Daily PressGreek freshman’s 30 points propel Virginia Tech over Western Carolina
Neoklis Avdalas poured in 30 points to lead Virginia Tech past Western Carolina 96-74 Tuesday night, pushing the Hokies’ home start to 6-0 at Cassell Coliseum. Avdalas hit four 3-pointers and repeatedly stopped Western Carolina’s pushes, including a pair of early second-half buckets that stretched Virginia Tech’s lead to 59-37. His jumper and free throw at 12:50 held the margin at 67-46, and he later buried a 3 with 5:36 left to make it 80-58. W…
Jackson Progress-Argus
Neoklis Avdalas pours in 30 as Virginia Tech wallops WCU
Virginia Tech rode a 53-point first half, fueled by leading scorers Neoklis Avdalas and Amani Hansberry, to a 96-74 nonconference win over Western Carolina on Thursday in Blacksburg, Va.
Martinsville Bulletin
Bristol Herald CourierAvdalas helps Virginia Tech men thump Western Carolina
Avdalas had 30 points.
Neoklis Avdalas continues to impress in the US college championship with the Virginia Tech jersey, with the Greek forward recording 30 points in his last appearance.
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