Ariana Moorer hit 13 of 13 from the foul line and Virginia was near perfect on free throws to rout the Hokies. Moorer grabbed a game-high eight rebounds and handed out seven assists.
Virginia Tech shot 19 percent (4 of 21) in the first half and was never closer than 12 in the second half. Virginia can clinch the sixth seed in the ACC tournament with a win over Wake Forest on Friday night.
VIRGINIA (19-9, 7-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) — Shine 5, Egwu 6, Gerson 4, Moorer 17, Franklin 11, Thompson 0, Wolfe 7, Pitts 10, McCall 6. Totals 19 24-25 66.
VIRGINIA TECH (7-20, 3-11) — Hadley 5, Hines-Allen 2, Wilson 13, Fenyn 9, Conyers 0, Sarver 0, Nichols 0, Evans 2, Montgomery 1, Hall 5, Tellier 3. Totals 13 9-15 40.
3-point goals — UVa.: Franklin 3, McCall; VT: Wilson 3, Fenyn, Tellier.
Halftime — Virginia 30-16.
RICHMOND 63, FORDHAM 50: Abby Oliver hit 8 of 13 from the field and grabbed nine rebounds and the Spiders swept aside the Rams to keep pace with Saint Joseph's for fourth place and the final bye in the Atlantic 10 tournament. Richmond outrebounded Fordham 37-24 with Genevieve Okoro grabbing 13 boards.
FORDHAM (11-16, 2-10 A-10) — Collins 11, Stoddart 14, Gaskin 0, Peters 8, Corning 13, Durant 2, Tapio 2. Totals 19 2-2 50.
RICHMOND (21-6, 8-4) — Oliver 23, S. Bilney 0, R. Bilney 12, Wann 7, Brown 6, King 2, Dannelly 0, Okoro 13. Totals 25 10-13 63.
3-point goals — F: Collins 3, Corning 3, Stoddart 2, Peters 2; R: Oliver, R. Bilney, Wann.
Halftime — Richmond 32-24.
VCU 67, OLD DOMINION 56: Courtney Hurt had 14 points and 11 rebounds in the second half and Andrea Barbour added 12 second-half points and the Rams surged past the Monarchs. Hurt finished with 21 points, 20 rebounds and three blocks. Christina Carter had nine assists for VCU.
VCU (15-11, 8-7 Colonial Athletic Association) — Hurt 21, Snyder 10, Hobson 6, Barbour 16, Carter 8, Lane 0, Green 0, McRae 4, Parks 2. Totals 27 10-19 67.
OLD DOMINION (9-18, 6-9) — Buchan 2, Cook 12, Lewis 4, Betz-White 5, Guilford 13, Allison 2, Hall 6, Campbell 0, Washington 4, Minor 4, Richards 4. Totals 18 15-15 56.
3-point goals — V: Hobson 2, Hurt; O: Cook 2, Betz-White, Guilford, Hall.
Halftime — Old Dominion 26-24.
NORTHEASTERN 61, JAMES MADISON 50: Deanna Kerkhof led everyone with 23 points and the Huskies (6-20, 4-11 CAA) stifled the Dukes (20-6, 11-4) for the upset.
UNC WILMINGTON 78, WILLIAM AND MARY 71: Tawana Lee made four 3-pointers and the Seahawks (16-10, 9-6 CAA) tied a school record with 11 3-pointers to hold off the Tribe (10-16, 3-12).
GEORGE MASON 70, GEORGIA STATE 68: Taleia Moton hit two foul shots with 1:32 left to force overtime than hit two more with .1 seconds left in the extra session to give the Patriots (13-13, 7-8 CAA) a thrilling win over the Panthers (7-19, 1-14).
SATURDAY
VIRGINIA UNION 85, LINCOLN (PA.) 76: Vicki Collier's career-high 26 points and Ashle Freeman's 24 points carried the Panthers past the Lions (7-20, 3-6 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association North). VUU (10-13, 5-3) can take control of the North Division if they beat Bowie State tonight.
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NO. 8 MARYLAND 63, NO. 5 DUKE 61: Tianna Hawkins scored 19 points, including the tiebreaking basket with 14 seconds left, and Maryland defeated visiting Duke to end the Blue Devils' bid to go unbeaten in the ACC.
Laurin Mincy had 17 points for the Terrapins (23-5, 10-4). Allysa Thomas grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked a last-second shot by Haley Peters to secure the victory.
The game drew a crowd of 15,150, eighth-largest in school history. It was also the eighth-largest crowd to watch an ACC regular-season game.
Elizabeth Williams scored 19 points and Chelsea Gray had 16 for Duke (22-4, 13-1).
NO. 6 MIAMI 67, FLORIDA STATE 60: Riquna Williams scored 24 points and Miami moved into a tie atop the ACC standings by beating visiting Florida State.
Shenise Johnson added 23 points for the Hurricanes, who took advantage of 24 turnovers by Florida State. They scored 21 points off turnovers to four for the Seminoles.
The Hurricanes (24-3, 13-1) pulled into a tie for the league lead with No. 5 Duke, which lost at Maryland. Miami plays at Duke on Friday.
Florida State (13-15, 5-9) has lost four games in a row for the first time since 2003-04.
NO. 10 DELAWARE 40, DREXEL 39: Elena Delle Donne's leaner from the wing with 2 seconds left lifted visiting Delaware to a victory over Drexel and clinched the CAA regular-season title.
The Blue Hens (24-1, 15-0) have 14 straight wins since their lone loss of the season to then-No. 5 Maryland.





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