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Game Notes: Larry Bird got off to a slow start due to his thumb injury, going without a rebound over the first seven minutes, but still ended up with a solid showing as the Sycamores rolled off 20 unanswered points during a seven minute stretch to turn an 18-14 deficit into a 34-18 lead.177 “I just didn’t know how [Bird] would rebound,” Bill Hodges said after the game. “But he didn’t shy away from the ball and after a couple of minutes I knew everything was going to be all right.”178 Dale Solomon, who had scored 24 points including shooting 10 for 14 from the floor in Virginia Tech’s 70-53 victory over Jacksonville in the first round, was kept in check... Indiana State had earned a first-round bye in the 40-team NCAA tourney field.