Cone gets 18 off bench as No. 24 Virginia Tech tops Longwood
Virginia Tech's Jalen Cone 15 shoots a 3-pint basket in the first half of the Longwood - Virginia Tech NCAA basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Monday December 21 2020. (AP Photo / MATT GENRTY, The Roanoke Times, Pool)BLACKSBURG, Va. โ Jalen Cone scored 18 points off the bench to lead No. 24 Virginia Tech over Longwood 84-58. Keve Aluma added 14 points and Joe Bamisile finished with 11, leading a balanced Virginia Tech offense as 10 players scored. The Hokies, though, scored on their next 13 possessions to pull away.
Second half surge pushes Highlanders past Longwood
Radford (3-4, 2-0 Big South) outscored Longwood 42-23 in the second half, but the final play of the first half is what ignited the spark. The Highlanders committed 11 first half turnovers but only five in the second half. Radford shot 48.1 percent in the second half and went 4-for-12 from long range. The Highlanders scored 19 points from the charity stripe and 12 came in the second half. As a team, Radford shot 92.3 percent from the free throw line in the second half.
Packages of dry dates distributed in Florida recalled
Shivam Distributors of Longwood, Florida, is recalling packages of Parivar brand dry dates because they contain high sulfite content, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday. (CNN) - Shivam Distributors of Longwood, Florida, is recalling packages of Parivar brand dry dates because they contain high sulfite content, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Wednesday. The recalled packages have the UPC number 879111001844 or 879111001226. In June, the 14-ounce packages of dry dates from the same company were recalled after random testing by Florida Department of Agriculture revealed high sulfite content. That recalled product had been distributed in parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.