Who's Playing
SC Upstate Spartans @ Va. Tech Hokies
Current Records: SC Upstate 1-1, Va. Tech 1-0
How To Watch
- When: Friday, November 8, 2024 at 7 p.m. ET
- Where: Cassell Coliseum -- Blacksburg, Virginia
- TV: ESPN Plus
- Follow: CBS Sports App
- Online Streaming: Catch select College Basketball matches on Fubo (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
What to Know
The Va. Tech Hokies will face off against the SC Upstate Spartans at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday at Cassell Coliseum. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Va. Tech is looking to give their home crowd another W after opening their season at home on Monday. They blew past Delaware State 83-60. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Hokies have posted since February 19th.
Toibu Lawal and Mylyjael Poteat were among the main playmakers for Va. Tech as the former went 6 for 9 en route to 23 points plus eight rebounds and two steals and the latter went 5 for 7 en route to 14 points plus five assists and five rebounds. Those five assists gave Poteat a new career-high.
Va. Tech was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Delaware State only posted eight.
Meanwhile, SC Upstate humbled Piedmont with a 103-70 smackdown. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-31.
Va. Tech took their victory against SC Upstate in their previous matchup back in November of 2019 by a conclusive 80-57. Does Va. Tech have another victory up their sleeve, or will SC Upstate turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Series History
Va. Tech won the only game these two teams have played in the last 5 years.
- Nov 13, 2019 - Va. Tech 80 vs. SC Upstate 57
