BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – Virginia Tech dropped to 17-9 and 6-7 in conference play after Florida State\u2019s second-half offensive barrage led to a 92-69 loss inside Cassell Coliseum. <\/p>\n
The Hokies could not recover from a 13-0 run by FSU in the second half, led by Martin Somerville, who ended with 23 points on 82% shooting. <\/p>\n
Ben Hammond<\/a> and Tobi Lawal<\/a> kept Tech within striking distance of the lead for most of the second half, scoring 16 each, but the Seminoles\u2019 three-point attack and pressure defense halted any momentum the Hokies gained. <\/p>\n GAME NOTES\u2022 The starters for Virginia Tech were Neoklis Avdalas<\/a>, Ben Hammond<\/a>, Jailen Bedford<\/a>, Tobi Lawal<\/a> and Amani Hansberry<\/a> for the fifth straight game.\u2022 Ben Hammond<\/a> was on point from beyond the arc, hitting four threes in as many attempts.\u2022 Every starter hit double figures: Hammond (16), Lawal (16), Bedford (13), Avdalas (10) and Hansberry (10).\u2022 Avdalas\u2019 three three-pointers were the most since Virginia on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 WDBJ. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) – Virginia Tech dropped to 17-9 and 6-7 in conference play after Florida State\u2019s second-half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-156602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}