Malcolm Delaney Leads Virginia Tech to Overtime Win Over Miami in ACC Men's Basketball

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 25 -- Malcolm Delaney scored a career-high 29 points to lead Virginia Tech to an 88-83 overtime victory over Miami on Sunday.

Delaney's three-pointer with 1 minute 49 seconds left in overtime gave the Hokies (14-5, 4-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) the lead for good at 84-83. A.D. Vassallo added 28 points.

Vassallo and Dorenzo Hudson each converted two free throws in the final 26 seconds to secure Virginia Tech's fifth straight victory.

Virginia Tech rallied from an 81-77 deficit early in overtime with field goals from Jeff Allen, who finished with 17 points, and Delaney.

After Dwayne Collins's two free throws gave the Hurricanes an 83-81 lead with 2 minutes 22 seconds left, Delaney answered with a go-ahead three-pointer over Miami's Lance Hurdle and Jimmy Graham.

"Every game I come out, I feel I have something to prove," said Delaney, whose previous career high was a 25-point performance against Seton Hall on Nov. 23. "But with our team, winning [is] our number one focus."

Collins scored 23 points to lead Miami (14-5, 3-3), while Brian Asbury and Jack McClinton finished with 21 and 20 points, respectively.

But McClinton shot only 6 of 21 from the field in the game, and missed on a possible game-tying three-point attempt with 30 seconds left in overtime.

"Malcolm [Delaney] did as a good a job as you can on McClinton," Virginia Tech Coach Seth Greenberg said. "When we had to get the stop in overtime, we got it."

Collins's short field goal with 7:03 remaining put the Hurricanes ahead 63-57, but Virginia Tech answered with a 9-0 run, including a pair of three-pointers from Vassallo.

Asbury's three-pointer with 25 seconds remaining in regulation tied the game at 77 for Miami. Delaney missed a possible game-winning jumper with two seconds left for Virginia Tech, sending the game into overtime.

"In overtime we gave up two offensive rebounds, which gave them life, and we needed to come up with the ball at that period of time," Miami Coach Frank Haith said.