Virginia Tech basketball vs. Virginia: Dorenzo Hudson hits clutch baskets to push Hokies past Cavaliers Virginia Tech (12-7, 1-4 ACC) called a timeout to set up a play, and with 16.5 seconds remaining, Hudson struck again with a three-pointer from the corner. The shot put the Hokies up by four and all but sealed their victory. Hudson, who came off the bench for the second straight game, finished with 12 points. Virginia Tech guard Erick Green tallied a game-high 15 points. The win marks the Hokies" first in ACC play this season, while Virginia fell to 15-3 overall, 2-2 in conference play. Three Cavaliers scored in double figures, but none tallied more than 10 points. Virginia shot 32.6 percent from the field and made 1 of 14 three-point attempts. During a media timeout just less than five minutes into the second half, Virginia Coach Tony Bennett made a strategic switch that proved critical to the contest's outcome. Using the traditional three-guard, two-forward lineup the Cavaliers have employed much of the season, Virginia had struggled mightily on the offense to that point. The Cavaliers shot 25 percent from the field in the first half and had settled repeatedly for long jump shots to start the second. But Bennett implemented a four-guard lineup out of that timeout and stuck with it for much of the rest of the night. Virginia went on an 8-0 run that pushed the Cavaliers back into the lead. Sophomore guard Joe Harris - who, at 6 feet 6, essentially moved into the power forward position - fought for rebounds over several Virginia Tech defenders, and he and Virginia's other guards began making a concerted effort to penetrate into the lane. Using four guards was the approach Virginia was forced to take during the latter part of last season, when forward Mike Scott was out with an ankle injury. After senior center Assane Sene suffered an ankle injury Thursday that will keep him out for approximately six weeks, the Cavaliers discovered Sunday such an adjustment might be necessary once again. With Sene sidelined, Virginia had done almost exactly what it needed to do in the first half defensively against the Hokies. With only three scholarship players available taller than 6-6, the Cavaliers needed their front-court trio of Scott, Akil Mitchell and Darion Atkins to stay out of foul trouble, and it did. Rather, it was Virginia guards Jontel Evans and Malcolm Brogdon that picked up two fouls each before the break. The Cavaliers also had to remain true to the defensive principles that largely have carried them to the program's best start in three decades without the services of Sene, whose familiarity with and ability to execute his assignments in Bennett's system was easy to underappreciate in the season's first few months. And indeed, Virginia successfully forced Virginia Tech to take contested attempts late in the shot clock. That enabled the Cavaliers to maintain a slim lead for most of the first half, but the Hokies finally got some shots to start falling and went on a 10-4 run to close the opening period. Virginia Tech led by four at the break.