BLACKSBURG, Va. – Toibu Lawal scored 23 points and Mylyjael Poteat scored 14 points and Virginia Tech beat Delaware State 83-60 in the season opener for both teams Monday night.

Jaydon Young added 13 points for the Hokies.

Martaz Robinson scored 30 points for Delaware State on 16-of-17 shooting from the foul line.

Raymond Somerville made a jump shot with 14:19 remaining and Robinson followed with a pair of free throws and Delaware State cut its deficit to 49-43.

But Ben Burnham, Poteat and Patrick Wessler each made back-to-back free throws and Tyler Johnson converted a layup and Virginia Tech extended the lead to 57-43 with 10:08 to play. The Hokies led by double digits the rest of the way.

Virginia Tech pushed the lead to 20 – 71-51 – for the first time when Poteat made 1 of 2 free throws with 5:02 left.

The Hokies took a 21-6 lead in the first 6:50 of the game before the Hornets came back and cut the lead to 40-32 at halftime.