No. 15 Miami visits Virginia Tech after Basile's 22-point showing
Miami Hurricanes (22-5, 13-4 ACC) at Virginia Tech Hokies (16-11, 6-10 ACC)
Blacksburg, Virginia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Virginia Tech hosts the No. 15 Miami Hurricanes after Grant Basile scored 22 points in Virginia Tech's 79-72 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers.
The Hokies have gone 12-3 at home. Virginia Tech has a 2-4 record in one-possession games.
The Hurricanes are 13-4 against ACC opponents. Miami leads the ACC scoring 79.7 points per game while shooting 48.7%.
TOP PERFORMERS: Basile is scoring 16.7 points per game with 5.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists for the Hokies. Sean Pedulla is averaging 14.7 points and 3.7 rebounds while shooting 39.0% over the last 10 games for Virginia Tech.
Isaiah Wong is averaging 16.4 points, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals for the Hurricanes. Jordan Miller is averaging 15.6 points over the last 10 games for Miami.
LAST 10 GAMES: Hokies: 5-5, averaging 75.6 points, 28.5 rebounds, 17.7 assists, 5.2 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 75.2 points per game.
Hurricanes: 8-2, averaging 82.2 points, 32.1 rebounds, 15.9 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 74.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.