"This time of the year, you're going to see scores like this," Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg said. "I'm not embarrassed by this."
UNC-Greensboro tied the game at 38 on a basket by Kyle Randall with 10:48 remaining. But Allen and Malcolm Delaney sparked Virginia Tech's 11-0 run, with Delaney scoring seven of those points.
Delaney's 3-pointer with 6:39 left gave the Hokies a 49-38 lead and the Spartans got no closer than nine points the rest of the way.
There are areas that I'm disappointed in," Greenberg said. "But as we grow, if continue to win games, that's fine. Let's learn from this. That's what we're trying to do. If we were where we needed to be today, then we wouldn't have anything to look forward to."
Allen finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds for his 20th career double-double. Delaney added 17 points for Virginia Tech (2-0) despite going just 6-for-16 from the floor. The Hokies shot just 37.5 percent and made just 1 of 13 from beyond the 3-point arc.
"We played good on defense," Delaney said. "I wasn't disappointed in our defense. We just couldn't hit shots and we missed a lot of free throws (10-of-18 from the line). That was disappointing, but we'll be fine."
Randall and Mikko Koivisto paced the Spartans (0-2) with 10 points each. Koivisto scored all of his 10 in the first half, but in the second half, Virginia Tech's Dorenzo Hudson blanketed him. Koivisto didn't get a shot attempt in the final 20 minutes.
UNC-Greensboro shot 35.3 from the field and had 23 turnovers.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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