Duncan Powell scored a season-high 23 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to a 71-64 win over visiting Virginia Tech in Atlantic Coast Conference play on Wednesday in Atlanta.

A six-point first quarter and a three-minute scoreless streak to end the game doomed the Virginia Cavaliers to a 75-62 loss versus Georgia Tech.

Already 20 points behind and unable to match the seemingly endless three-point shots from No. 18 Georgia Tech, Virginia floundered on the court. But, like waking up from a dream, the Cavaliers (11-9,