Region/state roundup: Virginia Tech lands offensive lineman from Georgia

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Web Davidson, a 3-star offensive lineman from Macon, Georgia, became Virginia Tech’s 17th football commitment among the senior class of 2024. The 6-foot-6, 280-pounder from Tatnall Square Academy announced his decision on Twitter, becoming Tech’s third offensive lineman in the class.

According to 247 Sports, he also has scholarship offers from Georgia Tech, Mississippi State, Michigan State, Arkansas, James Madison and Liberty, among others.

TENNIS

Ex-ODU star reaches final of $60K tourney

Former Old Dominion All-American Yuliia Starodubtseva continued her surge at the $60,000 Dallas Open indoor hard-court pro tournament.

Unseeded in the singles field of 32, she won for the third time in the event — not counting a second-round walkover — by rallying past Yexin Ma of China 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. The triumph advanced the Ukraine native to Sunday’s championship match against second-seeded Yafan Wang of China, who is 182nd in the Women’s Tennis Association computer rankings.

Starodubtseva has climbed to 260th in the world. Her most notable victory of the week was a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 quarterfinal triumph against top-seeded Madison Brengle, 33, who is ranked 103rd and has been as high as 35th (in 2015).

BASKETBALL

Ex-Hokie’s 3-pointer brings TBT victory

Former Virginia Tech player Jarell Eddie banked in a 3-pointer from the right wing to reach the Elam Ending target score of 64 and give the Gutter Cats a stunning 64-62 victory over The Ville in a round-of-16 game of The Basketball Tournament.

The champion team in the winner-take-all event will split $1 million; it features mostly pros without current NBA contracts.

The Ville, mostly a collection of former Louisville Cardinals, was playing before a favorable crowd at Freedom Hall. Russ Smith’s basket put The Ville ahead 62-56, but his team never scored again, missing five shots and committing two turnovers.

Eddie’s game-winner capped a closing 8-0 run. The 31-year-old finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds, and former VMI player QJ Peterson had 16 points and nine rebounds for the Gutter Cats, who overcame 24 turnovers.

They advanced to a Monday night quarterfinal at Freedom Hall against Bleed Green, a North Texas alumni squad.

Chane Behanan led The Ville with 18 points. One of The Ville competitors who isn’t a former Cardinal, former William & Mary guard Omar Prewitt, played about seven minutes in reserve but went scoreless.

Herd That, mostly a Marshall alumni team, defeated the Sideline Cancer squad 73-64 in Wheeling, West Virginia, behind Jon Elmore’s 17 points. J.P. Tokoto, a former North Carolina player, hit the winning basket for Herd That and ended with 12 points.

Sideline Cancer got 20 points from Richmond-area native Tyrese Rice and seven points, five rebounds and three assists from ex-Hokie Keve Aluma.

Herd That will stay in Wheeling to face Boeheim’s Army, a mostly Syracuse alumni squad, in a 4 p.m. quarterfinal Sunday.