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Hammond, Young lead Virginia Tech to come-from-behind 101-95 OT win over Syracuse

AP
Mar 01, 2025

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) Freshman Ben Hammond had a career-high 21 points off the bench, he and Jaydon Young combined for 15 points in overtime, and Virginia Tech outlasted Syracuse 101-95 on Saturday.

The Hokies scored 19 points in the extra period. Hammond scored seven, including a big 3-pointer for the Hokies' final lead, and Young, who finished with a game-high 26 points, scored eight in overtime. Hammond had a career-high seven rebounds to go with seven assists and three steals. He averages 5.1 points per game and has only one other game of 10-plus points in ACC play.

Jaden Schutt's layup with 1:22 remaining in regulation put Virginia Tech ahead 78-77 lead, the Hokies' first lead since it was 4-2. After a Syracuse turnover, Mylyjael Poteat's turnaround jumper put the Hokies up by three with 27 seconds left but twice in the final seconds the Hokies made only one of two free throws. Trailing by three with four seconds left, Syracuse's Jaquan Carlos took advantage, hitting a 3-pointer from about 25 feet to force overtime.

Jyare Davis led Syracuse (12-17, 6-12 ACC) with 21 points and Eddie Lampkin Jr. added 16 points and 12 rebounds. J.J. Starling scored 16 points, Kyle Cuffe Jr. 13 and Chris Bell 11.

Schutt had 20 points off the bench for the Hokies (13-16, 8-10 ACC). Poteat had 14 points and Tyler Johnson 10.

Syracuse wraps up the regular season with two games this coming week: at SMU on Tuesday and home against Virginia on Saturday.

Virginia Tech plays at home against North Carolina on Tuesday then visits No. 13 Clemson on Saturday.

The ACC Tournament begins on March 11.

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1st Half
SYR
Orange
47
VT
Hokies
38

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Jyare Davis vs. Mylyjael Poteat (Ben Burnham gains possession)
19:39	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point jump shot (Brandon Rechsteiner assists)	0-2
19:08	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup	2-2
18:54		Lucas Taylor shooting foul (Jaydon Young draws the foul)
18:54	+1	Jaydon Young makes regular free throw 1 of 2	2-3
18:54	+1	Jaydon Young makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-4
18:31		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
18:30		Hokies defensive rebound
18:14		Brandon Rechsteiner misses three point jump shot
18:12		Lucas Taylor defensive rebound
18:02	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point dunk (Jaquan Carlos assists)	4-4
17:42		Brandon Rechsteiner turnover (bad pass)
17:42		Ben Burnham personal foul
17:19		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
17:17		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
17:10		Brandon Rechsteiner misses two point jump shot
17:08		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
16:54	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup (Jyare Davis assists)	6-4
16:34		Jaydon Young misses two point layup
16:32		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
16:21		Mylyjael Poteat shooting foul (Eddie Lampkin Jr. draws the foul)
16:21	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	7-4
16:21	+1	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	8-4
16:03	+2	Patrick Wessler makes two point jump shot (Jaden Schutt assists)	8-6
15:45	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point jump shot	10-6
15:16		Jump ball. Jaden Schutt vs. Lucas Taylor (Lucas Taylor gains possession)
15:16		Jaden Schutt turnover (lost ball) (Lucas Taylor steals)
15:16		TV timeout
14:47	+2	Jaquan Carlos makes two point jump shot	12-6
14:17		Jaydon Young misses two point jump shot
14:15		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
14:11		Jaquan Carlos turnover (lost ball)
13:59	+3	Ben Hammond makes three point jump shot	12-9
13:29		Jaquan Carlos misses three point jump shot
13:27		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
13:21		Jaden Schutt turnover (out of bounds)
13:02	+2	Chris Bell makes two point jump shot	14-9
12:45	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point jump shot (Ben Hammond assists)	14-11
12:23	+3	Petar Majstorovic makes three point jump shot (J.J. Starling assists)	17-11
12:02		Ben Hammond turnover (lost ball)
11:58		Ben Burnham shooting foul (Chris Bell draws the foul)
11:58		TV timeout
11:58	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	18-11
11:58	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	19-11
11:45		Ben Burnham offensive foul
11:45		Ben Burnham turnover (offensive foul)
11:32	+3	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes three point jump shot (Petar Majstorovic assists)	22-11
11:10		Kyle Cuffe Jr. personal foul
10:59	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point jump shot	22-13
10:48		Chris Bell turnover (bad pass) (Mylyjael Poteat steals)
10:45	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point layup	22-15
10:28		Tyler Johnson personal foul
10:14		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
10:12		Orange offensive rebound
10:07	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	24-15
9:42	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point jump shot	24-17
9:18		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (bad pass)
9:11		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
9:11		Jyare Davis personal foul
9:07		Jaden Schutt misses three point jump shot
9:05		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
8:53	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	26-17
8:22	+3	Tyler Johnson makes three point jump shot (Ben Hammond assists)	26-20
8:11		Ben Hammond shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
8:11	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	27-20
8:11		J.J. Starling misses regular free throw 2 of 2
8:11		Mylyjael Poteat defensive rebound
7:57	+3	Jaden Schutt makes three point jump shot (Mylyjael Poteat assists)	27-23
7:40	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	29-23
7:23	+2	Jaden Schutt makes two point layup	29-25
6:57		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point jump shot
6:55		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
6:42		Tyler Johnson misses three point jump shot
6:40		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
6:17		Jyare Davis turnover (lost ball) (Tyler Johnson steals)
6:13	+3	Jaden Schutt makes three point jump shot (Ben Hammond assists)	29-28
6:12		Orange 30 second timeout
6:12		TV timeout
6:00	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	31-28
5:30		Brandon Rechsteiner misses three point jump shot
5:28		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
5:18	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup (J.J. Starling assists)	33-28
4:41		Jaydon Young turnover (lost ball) (Jaquan Carlos steals)
4:35		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
4:31		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
4:31		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
4:31		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
4:31	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup	35-28
4:31		Hokies 30 second timeout
4:18		Lucas Taylor personal foul
4:07		Naheem McLeod shooting foul (Jaden Schutt draws the foul)
4:07	+1	Jaden Schutt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	35-29
4:07	+1	Jaden Schutt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	35-30
3:56		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
3:54		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
3:49	+2	Tyler Johnson makes two point dunk (Ben Hammond assists)	35-32
3:30		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses two point layup
3:29		Orange offensive rebound
3:29		TV timeout
3:15	+2	Naheem McLeod makes two point dunk (Jaquan Carlos assists)	37-32
2:44	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point layup	37-34
2:28	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup	39-34
2:10	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point jump shot	39-36
1:58	+2	Naheem McLeod makes two point dunk (Jaquan Carlos assists)	41-36
1:37		Ben Hammond misses three point jump shot
1:35		Jyare Davis defensive rebound
1:24		Jaquan Carlos misses three point jump shot
1:24		Mylyjael Poteat personal foul (Naheem McLeod draws the foul)
1:24	+1	Naheem McLeod makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-36
1:24		Naheem McLeod misses regular free throw 2 of 2
1:24		Patrick Wessler defensive rebound
1:07		Jaydon Young misses two point jump shot
1:05		Tyler Johnson offensive rebound
1:03		Tyler Johnson misses two point jump shot
1:01		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
0:53	+3	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	45-36
0:18	+2	Patrick Wessler makes two point layup (Jaden Schutt assists)	45-38
0:00	+2	Eddie Lampkin Jr. makes two point layup (Kyle Cuffe Jr. assists)	47-38
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
SYR
Orange
35
VT
Hokies
44

Time		Play	Score
19:44	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point layup	47-40
19:23		Lucas Taylor turnover (lost ball) (Tyler Johnson steals)
19:20		Lucas Taylor shooting foul (Tyler Johnson draws the foul)
19:20	+1	Tyler Johnson makes regular free throw 1 of 2	47-41
19:20	+1	Tyler Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	47-42
18:59		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Rechsteiner steals)
18:55		Jaquan Carlos personal foul
18:45		Brandon Rechsteiner misses two point jump shot
18:43		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
18:40		Mylyjael Poteat shooting foul (Chris Bell draws the foul)
18:40	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	48-42
18:40	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	49-42
18:22		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
18:20		Jaquan Carlos defensive rebound
18:14		Jaquan Carlos misses two point layup
18:12		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
17:54		Patrick Wessler misses two point jump shot
17:52		Chris Bell defensive rebound
17:41	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup	51-42
17:26	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point layup (Patrick Wessler assists)	51-44
17:13		Jaydon Young personal foul
16:59	+3	Chris Bell makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	54-44
16:42		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
16:37		Ben Burnham offensive rebound
16:36		Jyare Davis blocks Ben Burnham's two point layup
16:31		Patrick Wessler offensive rebound
16:26	+2	Patrick Wessler makes two point jump shot	54-46
16:08		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive foul
16:08		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (offensive foul)
15:44		J.J. Starling shooting foul (Tyler Johnson draws the foul)
15:44		TV timeout
15:44		Tyler Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 2
15:44	+1	Tyler Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 2	54-47
15:21		Chris Bell turnover (lost ball) (Ben Burnham steals)
15:18		Jaquan Carlos personal foul
15:12	+3	Jaden Schutt makes three point jump shot (Ben Burnham assists)	54-50
14:48		Petar Majstorovic misses two point jump shot
14:46		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
14:36		Jump ball. Ben Hammond vs. Eddie Lampkin Jr. (Orange gains possession)
14:36		Ben Hammond turnover (lost ball)
14:23		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
14:23		Patrick Wessler personal foul
14:22		Ben Hammond shooting foul (Kyle Cuffe Jr. draws the foul)
14:22	+1	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	55-50
14:22	+1	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	56-50
14:07	+2	Jaden Schutt makes two point jump shot (Jaydon Young assists)	56-52
13:37		Jaquan Carlos misses three point jump shot
13:35		Jaquan Carlos offensive rebound
13:31	+3	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes three point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	59-52
13:21		Brandon Rechsteiner turnover (lost ball) (J.J. Starling steals)
13:09	+2	Kyle Cuffe Jr. makes two point layup (Jaquan Carlos assists)	61-52
12:59		Hokies 30 second timeout
12:59		TV timeout
12:47		Naheem McLeod blocks Mylyjael Poteat's two point layup
12:45		Naheem McLeod defensive rebound
12:33		Naheem McLeod offensive foul
12:33		Naheem McLeod turnover (offensive foul)
12:17		Ben Burnham misses three point jump shot
12:15		Jyare Davis defensive rebound
11:52		Jyare Davis misses two point layup
11:51		Orange offensive rebound
11:51		TV timeout
11:48	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point jump shot (Jaquan Carlos assists)	63-52
11:26		Jaden Schutt turnover (bad pass) (Jaquan Carlos steals)
10:59		Tyler Johnson shooting foul (Jyare Davis draws the foul)
10:59	+1	Jyare Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	64-52
10:59	+1	Jyare Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-52
10:41	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point jump shot	65-54
10:21		Kyle Cuffe Jr. misses three point jump shot
10:19		Tyler Johnson defensive rebound
10:12		Naheem McLeod shooting foul (Mylyjael Poteat draws the foul)
10:12	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-55
10:12	+1	Mylyjael Poteat makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-56
9:56		Jyare Davis misses two point layup
9:54		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
9:47		Tyler Johnson misses three point jump shot
9:45		Orange defensive rebound
9:27	+2	Jaquan Carlos makes two point layup (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	67-56
9:09		Ben Burnham misses two point jump shot
9:07		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
8:45	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	69-56
8:30	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point layup (Patrick Wessler assists)	69-58
8:30		J.J. Starling shooting foul (Jaydon Young draws the foul)
8:30	+1	Jaydon Young makes regular free throw 1 of 1	69-59
8:14		J.J. Starling turnover (bad pass)
7:57	+2	Ben Burnham makes two point jump shot	69-61
7:29		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point layup
7:29		Petar Majstorovic offensive rebound
7:29		Ben Burnham shooting foul (Petar Majstorovic draws the foul)
7:29		TV timeout
7:29		Petar Majstorovic misses regular free throw 1 of 2
7:29	+1	Petar Majstorovic makes regular free throw 2 of 2	70-61
7:08	+3	Jaydon Young makes three point jump shot (Tyler Johnson assists)	70-64
6:39		Jaquan Carlos misses two point layup
6:37		Eddie Lampkin Jr. offensive rebound
6:34		Eddie Lampkin Jr. misses two point jump shot
6:31		Jaquan Carlos offensive rebound
6:17		Mylyjael Poteat blocks J.J. Starling's two point layup
6:15		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
6:06	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point jump shot	70-66
5:54		Orange 30 second timeout
5:32		Ben Hammond shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
5:32		J.J. Starling misses regular free throw 1 of 3
5:32		J.J. Starling misses regular free throw 2 of 3
5:32		J.J. Starling misses regular free throw 3 of 3
5:32		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
5:19	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point jump shot	70-68
4:48		J.J. Starling turnover (lost ball) (Ben Hammond steals)
4:42	+2	Tyler Johnson makes two point layup (Ben Hammond assists)	70-70
4:41		Orange 30 second timeout
4:22		Tyler Johnson personal foul (Jyare Davis draws the foul)
4:22	+1	Jyare Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-70
4:22	+1	Jyare Davis makes regular free throw 2 of 2	72-70
4:09		Jaydon Young misses two point jump shot
4:07		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
3:51		Jyare Davis turnover (lost ball) (Ben Hammond steals)
3:47	+2	Ben Hammond makes two point layup (Tyler Johnson assists)	72-72
3:47		Lucas Taylor shooting foul (Ben Hammond draws the foul)
3:47		TV timeout
3:47		Ben Hammond misses regular free throw 1 of 1
3:47		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
3:21		Tyler Johnson shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
3:21	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-72
3:21	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	74-72
3:05	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point layup (Jaydon Young assists)	74-74
2:47	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	76-74
2:47		Mylyjael Poteat shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
2:47	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 1	77-74
2:19	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point jump shot	77-76
1:52		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
1:50		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
1:28		Jaydon Young misses two point jump shot
1:28		Hokies offensive rebound
1:22	+2	Jaden Schutt makes two point layup (Ben Hammond assists)	77-78
0:51		Eddie Lampkin Jr. turnover (lost ball)
0:27	+2	Mylyjael Poteat makes two point jump shot (Ben Hammond assists)	77-80
0:27		Hokies 60 second timeout
0:15		Jaquan Carlos misses three point jump shot
0:13		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
0:13		J.J. Starling personal foul (Ben Hammond draws the foul)
0:13		Ben Hammond misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:13	+1	Ben Hammond makes regular free throw 2 of 2	77-81
0:06		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
0:06		J.J. Starling offensive rebound
0:05	+2	J.J. Starling makes two point layup	79-81
0:05		Orange 60 second timeout
0:04		Lucas Taylor personal foul (Jaden Schutt draws the foul)
0:04		Jaden Schutt misses regular free throw 1 of 2
0:04	+1	Jaden Schutt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	79-82
0:04		Hokies 30 second timeout
0:01	+3	Jaquan Carlos makes three point jump shot	82-82
0:00		End of period

OT
SYR
Orange
13
VT
Hokies
19

Time		Play	Score
5:00		Jyare Davis vs. Mylyjael Poteat (Orange gains possession)
4:37	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup	84-82
4:37		Mylyjael Poteat shooting foul (Jyare Davis draws the foul)
4:37	+1	Jyare Davis makes regular free throw 1 of 1	85-82
4:26	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point layup	85-84
4:26		Eddie Lampkin Jr. shooting foul (Jaydon Young draws the foul)
4:26	+1	Jaydon Young makes regular free throw 1 of 1	85-85
3:59		Jaquan Carlos misses three point jump shot
3:57		Ben Burnham defensive rebound
3:37	+3	Jaydon Young makes three point jump shot	85-88
3:04	+2	Jyare Davis makes two point layup (Eddie Lampkin Jr. assists)	87-88
2:46		Jaydon Young misses three point jump shot
2:44		Chris Bell defensive rebound
2:42		Patrick Wessler personal foul (Chris Bell draws the foul)
2:42	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 1 of 2	88-88
2:42	+1	Chris Bell makes regular free throw 2 of 2	89-88
2:23	+2	Ben Burnham makes two point jump shot	89-90
1:52		Patrick Wessler blocks Jyare Davis's two point layup
1:50		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
1:37	+3	Ben Hammond makes three point jump shot (Jaydon Young assists)	89-93
1:28		Orange 30 second timeout
1:17		Jaquan Carlos turnover (bad pass) (Ben Hammond steals)
1:12		Chris Bell blocks Jaydon Young's two point dunk
1:09		Eddie Lampkin Jr. defensive rebound
1:01	+2	Chris Bell makes two point layup (J.J. Starling assists)	91-93
0:45	+2	Jaydon Young makes two point jump shot	91-95
0:34		Jaydon Young shooting foul (J.J. Starling draws the foul)
0:34	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 1 of 2	92-95
0:34	+1	J.J. Starling makes regular free throw 2 of 2	93-95
0:23		Petar Majstorovic personal foul (Ben Hammond draws the foul)
0:23	+1	Ben Hammond makes regular free throw 1 of 2	93-96
0:23	+1	Ben Hammond makes regular free throw 2 of 2	93-97
0:17		J.J. Starling misses two point layup
0:17		Hokies defensive rebound
0:17		Jaden Schutt offensive foul
0:17		Jaden Schutt turnover (offensive foul)
0:11		J.J. Starling misses three point jump shot
0:11		Ben Hammond defensive rebound
0:11		Jaquan Carlos personal foul (Ben Hammond draws the foul)
0:11	+1	Ben Hammond makes regular free throw 1 of 2	93-98
0:11	+1	Ben Hammond makes regular free throw 2 of 2	93-99
0:06	+2	Jaquan Carlos makes two point layup	95-99
0:03		Jyare Davis personal foul (Jaden Schutt draws the foul)
0:03	+1	Jaden Schutt makes regular free throw 1 of 2	95-100
0:03	+1	Jaden Schutt makes regular free throw 2 of 2	95-101
0:00		End of period

+ 1

Jaden Schutt makes regular free throw 2 of 2