GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Miami 92, Virginia Tech 83
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Nigel Pack scored 17 points in a 5-minute span late in the second half, and No. 23 Miami stayed unbeaten at home this season by topping Virginia Tech 92-83.
Norchad Omier led Miami with 21 points, while Isaiah Wong had 18 and Jordan Miller finished with 14 for the Hurricanes (17-5, 8-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).
Hunter Cattoor and Sean Pedulla each scored 20 for Virginia Tech, while Grant Basile each added 17 and Justyn Mutts finished with 10 for the Hokies (13-9, 3-8).
The Hurricanes improved to 12-0 at home this season. The last time Miami lost on its home floor was Feb. 26 — to Virginia Tech, which hasn't won a road game since.
And for much of Tuesday night, the Hokies looked like they'd leave Coral Gables with another victory. They led by five with 8:20 left, when Miami — led by Pack — hit its best stride of the night.
Pack was scoreless for the game's first 32-1/2 minutes. But his 3-pointer with 7:35 left tied the game at 68 and started an absolute barrage from the sophomore guard from Indianapolis.
He made six consecutive shots in a span of 5:07, five of them 3-pointers, the last of them putting Miami up 84-76 with 2:28 remaining.
It seemed to inspire Miami on the defensive end as well. Virginia Tech shot 29 for 44 — a 66% clip — over the first 35 minutes, then missed its final seven shots from there as the Hurricanes did just enough to prevail. The last shot was a dunk try by Mutts that was blocked by Omier, and Wooga Poplar finished off the win with a dunk on the other end.
BIG PICTURE
Virginia Tech: The Hokies have now lost eight of their last 10, after an 11-1 start to the season. They're 0-3 on the road against ranked teams. ... Virginia Tech was outscored 22-4 in fast-break points.
Miami: Former Hurricanes football players David Njoku (Cleveland) and Braxton Berrios (New York Jets) were at the game. ... Miami shot 58% and Omier had eight rebounds for the Hurricanes.
January 31, 2023
| Virginia Tech | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| G. Basile | F | 30 | 7-15 | 1-2 | 2-5 | 1-7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| J. Mutts | F | 27 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| S. Pedulla | G | 40 | 6-10 | 6-6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| H. Cattoor | G | 39 | 6-10 | 5-5 | 3-6 | 1-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| M. Collins | G | 31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Kidd | 14 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| J. Camden | 13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| M. Poteat | 8 | 2-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Totals | 202 | 29-51 (.569) |
18-20 (.900) |
7-17 (.412) |
2-21 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 83 | |
| Miami (FL) | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Omier | F | 29 | 9-12 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3-8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| I. Wong | G | 36 | 5-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| J. Miller | G | 35 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| W. Poplar | G | 33 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| N. Pack | G | 23 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| B. Joseph | 18 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| H. Beverly | 10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| A. Walker | 9 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| A. Casey | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 35-60 (.583) |
14-17 (.824) |
8-19 (.421) |
7-27 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 92 | |