Bowden, whose 388 career victories trail only Penn State’s Joe Paterno as college football’s winningest coach

The play materialized perfectly. Virginia Tech guard Malcolm Delaney took the inbounds pass with 6 seconds left last night, drove down the court, cut right and dished the ball to Hank Thorns, who dribbled toward the top of the key and passed to A.D. Vassallo.Delaney was the first shooting option on the play -- a logical choice with the Hokies trailing by two points. He looked like his old self all evening while snapping a four-game shooting slump.