BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech appeared to get its groove back in Charlotte, North Carolina on Friday, earning its largest win of the season (37 points) against St. Bonaventure.
Two Hokies – Hunter Cattoor and Storm Murphy – put up season highs in scoring. Cattoor's 21-point performance was a career high, while Murphy's 18 points were the most since he arrived at Tech.
M-V-THREE
- Cattoor tied his career high in three-point field goals made with five, although Friday's contest was the first time he shot 100-percent from three while doing so. His performance earned him MVP honors for the game.
- Keve Aluma, Cattoor and Murphy combined for 51 points, which surpassed St. Bonaventure's team tally of 49. The three of them together shot 64 percent from both the field and beyond the arc.
SEASON-HIGH SHOOTING
- Tech made 13 three-point field goals for the first time this season, marking the second time in two games that it set a new season-high in threes (12 vs. Cornell). Friday was the ninth time the Hokies have made at least 13 threes since 2019-20 and the first time since Feb. 27, 2021 against Wake Forest (13).
- Virginia Tech set a new high in free throws made – 17 on 23 attempts. Shooting 74 percent from the line was the second-highest number of the season with a minimum of 20 attempts (80 percent vs. Saint Francis).
COMPLETE PERFORMANCE
- Tech's efficient defense was at work again on Friday, as it held St. Bonaventure to 49 points – its lowest scoring performance since March 7, 2020 (49). The Bonnies' 18 field goals made was the second-lowest tally of any Tech opponent this season (Radford, 14). Virginia Tech forced a season-high 20 turnovers, the most since VMI on Dec. 12, 2019, and turned those turnovers into 16 points.
- For the second game in a row, the Hokies didn't allow a point before the first media timeout. St. Bonaventure didn't score until 13:43 remained in the first half, while Dayton didn't get a bucket until 14:13 was on the clock last Sunday.