Box Score MELBOURNE, Fla.  – Teana Muldrow recorded her third double-double of the season to lead the No. 11/13 West Virginia University women's basketball team to a 79-61 win over Virginia Tech as the Mountaineers claimed the Island Division of the 2017 Paradise Jam Tournament at Titan Field House in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday night.
 
The win was the Mountaineers' first over the Hokies since 2004 and put WVU at 3-0 at the tournament. West Virginia moved to 6-0 overall.
 
One of five starters in double figures, Muldrow had a team-high 23 points and 10 rebounds, averaging 22.0 points per game through the tournament to earn MVP honors. She also notched five assists and a trio of blocks on the night.
 
Chania Ray made a season-high five 3-pointers on her 17 points and five assists. She finished 6-of-10 from the field and 5-of-7 from beyond the arc and joined Muldrow on the all-tournament team.
 
Naomi Davenport tallied 15 points and eight rebounds to go with a trio of steals. Kristina King ended the night with 13 points, seven boards and a pair of blocks, while Katrina Pardee went 5-for-5 at the free-throw line on her way to 11 points and six rebounds. She also finished with three steals in the game as WVU totaled 10 in the contest.
 
WVU tied its season high with nine 3-pointers on the night, shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 36.0 percent from the perimeter and 70.6 percent from the free-throw line. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Hokies, 41-37, and outscored them in the paint, 38-34, and by 17-8 on second-chance points. WVU posted seven blocks in the win and limited Tech to 37.1 percent from the field.
 
Back-to-back treys from Muldrow started things off for the Mountaineers, who used layups from Ray and Davenport to build a 7-point advantage at 12-5 with 4:36 to play in the first quarter. The Hokies made consecutive layups to cut the deficit to two, but WVU scored eight in the paint to close the first with a 20-14 lead.
 
The Mountaineers struggled offensively to start the second, as a layup from Muldrow was the lone bucket for WVU in the first three minutes of the frame, allowing Tech to the cut the lead to two once again at 22-20 with 6:49 to play. Triples from Ray and Davenport pushed the Mountaineer lead to six once again at 28-22 before King went off for six in the paint to stretch the advantage to 12, with Ray hitting another trey to make it 15 at 41-26 entering the final minute of the first half.
The Hokies picked up a pair at the free-throw line, but West Virginia held a 41-28 lead at the half.
 
Tech started the third quarter with a successful 3-point play, but Ray countered with a triple of her own to keep the WVU lead at 13 early on.  A 7-0 Hokie run brought WVU's advantage down to single digits at 47-38 with just under eight to play in the third. The Mountaineers once again struck with a three, as Davenport sunk one to push WVU ahead by 12.
 
Muldrow hit four shots at the free-throw line before Virginia Tech put up five straight to once again cut into the WVU lead. Pardee was next at the charity stripe, shooting two then completing a 3-point play to pushed West Virginia in front by 16 at 59-3 with just over a minute to play in the third. Tech sunk a trey and added a free-throw, but a Davenport layup gave WVU the 61-47 advantage heading into the fourth.
 
The Mountaineers scored eight straight to start the final stanza, pushing the lead to 20 at 69-47 on a layup by Pardee. Muldrow added two in the paint soon after to make it 23, then scored once more from inside to give WVU the 73-52 advantage midway through the fourth quarter.
 
Virginia Tech sank a late 3-point shot to cut the deficit to 17, but Pardee scored on the fast break to push the lead back to 21. Muldrow scored once more in the final minute as West Virginia claimed the 79-61 triumph.
 
West Virginia hits the road once again on Dec. 3 when the Mountaineers travel to College Station, Texas, to face No. 19/25 Texas A&M in an 8 p.m. tip as part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.