Blacksburg, go. (AP) – Chucky Hepburn scored 15 points to lead N ° 19 Louisville to a 71-66 victory against Virginia Tech on Tuesday evening.
Hepburn connected only 5 out of 12 on the ground, but struck his four attempts at free throws and added six assists for the cardinals (22-6, 15-2 conference on the Atlantic coast), which won their sixth consequence and for the 16th time in 17 games.
Brandon Rechsteiner led Virginia Tech (12-16, 7-10) with 18 points.
Louisville, who led by 11 to 11 in the second period and never followed, saw Virginia Tech reduced the advance to 67-66 on a rider run by rearching with 1:49 to play. But the Hokies have not scored again, overthrowing the ball in two of their last three goods.
The cardinals used a Dunk by James Scott and two Francs de Reyne Smith throws in the last minute to keep the Hokies.
Scott and Terrence Edwards Jr. each finished 13 points for the cardinals, who forced 22 reversals.
Take -out
Louisville: No doubt the ACC surprise team, the cardinals have recorded their ninth victory on the road to the season and still have an external shot at the head of the ACC tournament. They have three winning games – all at home – to close the regular season.
Virginia Tech: The Hokies have lost three of their last four games, and less than a end of season race, will undergo their first season of loss in 10 years.
Key
With Louisville leading 67-66, Scott caught a failed shot by Hepburn and drenched the ball with 59 seconds to play.
Key statistics
The 22 reversals of the Hokies were their second highest level of the season, and Louisville took advantage of it, marking 26 points of these reversals.
The next
Louisville is at home against Pittsburgh on Saturday, while Virginia Tech welcomes Syracuse on Saturday.
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