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The Miami Hurricanes will pay a visit to the Virginia Tech Hokies on Tuesday at Cassell Coliseum. Tip-off from Blacksburg, VA, is at 7:00 p.m. ET. The Hurricanes are 2.5-point favorites and the game total is 153 points.
Miami (22-5 SU, 17-10 ATS) defeated Wake Forest on Saturday. The Canes are 5-0 straight-up in their past five and 13-4 in Atlantic Coast Conference competition.
Virginia Tech (16-11 SU, 11-16 ATS) defeated Pitt on Saturday. The Hokies are 3-2 straight-up in their past five and 6-10 in ACC play.
Miami beat VT 92-83 on January 31. The Hurricanes only led by one point at halftime but held off the Hokies with a 47-point second-half performance. Both teams shot the ball over 55 percent from the field, over 40 percent from three-point range, and over 80 percent at the foul line, but the Canes won the rebounding and turnover battl es.
Miami leads the series 26-20.
Miami has won six consecutive and seven of its past eight overall. It's only a half-game behind conference leader Virginia with three regular-season games left.
The Hurricanes nearly scored 100 points in their nine-point home win over the Demon Deacons over the weekend. They shot nearly 59 percent from the field and 50 percent (8-of-16) from beyond the arc. Wake Forest also shot the ball efficiently — 55.2 percent overall and 15-for-35 (42.9%) from three — but committed too many turnovers (19) to beat a ranked team on the road. Miami junior guard Isaiah Wong led all scorers with 27 points.
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— Canes Men's Basketball (@CanesHoops) Febr uary 19, 2023
Miami scores 79.7 points per game (26th) and shoots 48.7 percent from the field (14th), including 36.9 percent from three (50th). It converts 77.7 percent of its free-throw attempts (11th) and averages 31.8 rebounds (184th) with a +2.5 rebounding margin. The Hurricanes are 6th in schedule-adjusted offensive efficiency, per KenPom.
Miami gives up 71.1 points per game on defense (223rd), and its opponents shoot 44.4 percent from the floor (234th), including 32.6 percent from long range (115th). It's 124th in adjusted defensive efficiency this season.
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