ATLANTA — Michael Devoe scored 14 points off the bench as Georgia Tech rolled to a 72-44 win over Texas Rio Grande Valley on Wednesday night in a game that saw the visiting Vaqueros miss their final 19 shots of the first half.
Jose Alvarado added 13 points, also coming off the bench, and Tech (3-1) had no problems turning back UTRGV.
Lesley Varner II paced the Vaqueros (3-3) with 11 points and seven rebounds.
The game was all but decided as Tech raced to a 42-11 halftime lead while making 14 of 26 shots. The Vaqueros went scoreless from the field over the final 16:32 of the first half after Terry Winn scored a layup to pull UTRGV within 7-5.
The visitors made just 2 of 24 shots before halftime, and the closest they came in their dry spell to scoring came when Jordan Jackson went for a dunk with nine seconds remaining. Tech's Moses Wright blocked it.
Tech helped itself with active defense as Haywood had four steals, Abdoulaye Gueye added three and the Yellow Jackets scored 19 points off UTRGV's 12 turnovers in the first half.
Other than Winn's layup, the Vaqueros' only points from the field before halftime came on a 3-pointer by Varner.
