Among the dozens of items on Virginia Tech basketball coach Seth Greenberg’s mental checklist before this season were two that emerged—one positively, the other less so—in yesterday’s first game, a 69-55 win over Brown at Cassell Coliseum. Greenberg wanted to find a scorer, or two or three, to complement his main offensive options, point guard Malcolm Delaney and forward Jeff Allen. To that end, his other three starters—guard Dorenzo Hudson, forward Terrell Bell and forward Victor Davila—each scored eight points and combined to shoot 9 of 20.

The ACC’s leading scorer, battling a head cold, didn’t make a field goal and finished with a season-low four points last night. Against Brown, the University of Virginia men’s basketball team didn’t need a big game from freshman swingman Sylven Landesberg.