With the score tied at 18-all, the Hokies (6-1) scored 10 straight to take a 28-18 lead and they never trailed again.
"This is a good win for us," Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg said. "We're making progress and finding a way to win. That's a good thing."
In the second half, Delaney - the ACC's leading scorer at 21.2 points per game entering the game - scored 12 of Virginia Tech's first 16 points, helping the Hokies build a 15-point lead.
Georgia (4-3) cut the lead to six on a free throw by Trey Thompkins with 7:56 left in the game, but got no closer.
"We've got a win against the Big Ten (Iowa) and the SEC (Georgia)," Greenberg said. "I really don't care where people pick them. Those guys beat Florida last year and they beat us, and we played a whole lot better in this game than we did against Delaware and Campbell."
Delaney was 10 of 19 from the floor as the Hokies hit a season-high 47.2 percent (25-for-53). He also grabbed five rebounds and dished out five assists.
"I thought he was aggressive at the right times," Greenberg said. "He shot it well and he finished in the lane. The only thing I was a little disappointed in was his four turnovers. Two of those aren't reflective of the way he can play, but I thought he had a magnificent game."
Virginia Tech was 18-for-19 from the foul line compared to Georgia, which hit 16 of 22 at the line.
Travis Leslie led the Bulldogs with 17 points and Ricky McPhee added 10. Thompkins, Georgia's leading scorer coming in at 15 points per game, scored just five and did not make a shot from the floor (0-for-6).
Delaney, who was the top scorer in the ACC last season and scored his 1,000th point in a Nov. 23 win at Campbell, scored more than 30 points for the second time in the past four games.
"Malcolm is a terrific player, and we had no answer for him," Georgia coach Mark Fox said. "I thought that was the biggest key of the game. He's a complete offensive player ... a hard matchup, and we knew that going in."
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