Virginia Tech hosts Maryland-Eastern Shore following Avdalas’ 30-point game

Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks (4-10) at Virginia Tech Hokies (9-2)

Blacksburg, Virginia; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Virginia Tech faces Maryland-Eastern Shore after Neoklis Avdalas scored 30 points in Virginia Tech’s 96-74 victory against the Western Carolina Catamounts.

The Hokies have gone 6-0 in home games. Virginia Tech is 8-2 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 8.9 turnovers per game.

The Hawks are 1-9 in road games. Maryland-Eastern Shore ranks seventh in the MEAC with 8.4 offensive rebounds per game led by Zion Obanla averaging 1.7.

Virginia Tech scores 83.3 points, 11.7 more per game than the 71.6 Maryland-Eastern Shore gives up. Maryland-Eastern Shore averages 5.6 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.9 fewer made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Virginia Tech allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Amani Hansberry is shooting 50.0% and averaging 16.3 points for the Hokies. Avdalas is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.

Joseph Locandro is scoring 11.9 points per game with 3.9 rebounds and 0.6 assists for the Hawks. Justin Monden is averaging 9.3 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hokies: 8-2, averaging 81.8 points, 32.1 rebounds, 15.3 assists, 7.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.3 points per game.

Hawks: 3-7, averaging 65.5 points, 29.3 rebounds, 15.1 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.4 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.