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2011-12 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Keydets to Face Liberty in Key Conference Matchup VMI Looks to Rebound Following Difficult Road Trip VMI basketball is back in action Tuesday, taking on the Liberty Flames in a Big South matchup in Lynchburg, Va. Game time is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on ESPN3.com. Patrick Kinas will call the play-by- VMI (12-13, 7-8 Big South) play and Nate Ross will be the color commentator. vs. Liberty (11-16, 6-9 BSC) Tuesday, February 14 - 7 p.m. ET VMI enters after two difficult losses on this past road trip, dropping contests to Presbyterian College and Vines Center Gardner-Webb. Brian Brown had a career-high 15 points Saturday against the Runnin’ Bulldogs, but Stan Okoye Lynchburg, Va. missed the contest due to a concussion. Thursday’s loss to Presbyterian saw Keith Gabriel lead VMI with 18 points, RADIO- 96.7 3WZ Lexington and Michael Sparks move past the 1,000 career point plateau. INTERNET- Live Audio and Stats online at www.wrel.com and www.VMIKeydets.com. Last Meeting with Liberty (1/10/2012) TV/Video- ESPN3.com Stan Okoye had 18 points, 16 in the second half, and the VMI Keydets held the Liberty Flames to the lowest point total for an conference opponent in nearly seven years as VMI defeated Liberty, 71-57, in Big South basket- Tale Of The Tape ball action Tuesday night, Jan. 10 at Cameron Hall. VMI LU The junior's 16 second half points fueled his team's 55.2% shooting (16 for 29) in that period, and the strong 82.2 Points Per Game 69.3 defensive effort continued as well, as the Keydets held the Flames' Jesse Sanders, last year's Big South Player of the 84.0 Points Allowed 72.1 Year, to a season-low three points and season-low equaling three assists en route to pulling away for the win. 45.3% Field Goal % 45.0% A Win over Liberty Would: 49.4% FG % Allowed 46.5% Give Coach Duggar Baucom his 100th win at VMI, making him just the second Keydet hoops coach to hit that 31.7% 3-Point FG % 30.5% plateau (see page 2). 8.7 3-Pt. FG Per Game 3.7 70.8% Free Throw % 72.0% Mark the Keydets’ third straight win over Liberty. 13.7 Assists Per Game 14.0 Would end a two-game losing streak. 13.0 Turnovers Per Game 11.9 8.4 Steals Per Game 5.1 Would move the Keydets back to the .500 mark, both overall and in conference play. Probable Starters *=Blocks Per Game Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes F 2 Quinton Upshur Fr. 6-5 210 4.9 2.4 0.8 1.5 Equaled career highs with 15 pts., six rebs. against Asheville (2/2) F 11 Stan Okoye Jr. 6-5 205 17.3 6.7 2.0 1.5 Missed 2/11 GWU game due to injury, team’s leading rebounder (6.7 RPG) F 15 Ron Burks Sr. 6-4 215 9.7 3.9 3.1 1.1 19 points, eight rebounds vs. Gardner-Webb (1/2) G 21 Keith Gabriel Sr. 6-4 185 18.4 3.7 2.1 1.8 32 points in win over WU (2/4), has top five scoring games by VMI this year F 30 Nick Gore Jr. 6-6 220 4.8 2.6 1.4 0.6 14 points against Asheville (2/2), started last four games Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 3 Brian Brown Fr. 5-11 185 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.2 Career-high 15 points against Gardner-Webb (2/11), led team in scoring G 4 Christian Burton Fr. 5-10 170 1.0 0.3 - 0.4 Five points in win over Milligan College (12/10) G 5 Drew Absher So. 5-10 170 0.5 0.5 0.3 - Grabbed two rebounds at Ohio State (11/23) G 31 Michael Sparks Sr. 6-4 195 8.6 2.4 0.5 0.4 Surpassed 1,000 career points in 2/9 game at Presbyterian C 32 Wayne Whiting Sr. 6-7 240 1.6 0.7 0.3 0.2* Made his second start of the year 2/11 at Gardner-Webb C 34 Jarid Watson Fr. 6-7 210 1.7 2.3 0.3 0.5* Eight points, four rebounds at UNC Asheville (1/5); seven boards at GWU (2/11) F 40 Jordan Weethee Fr. 6-6 220 6.5 2.3 0.6 0.3 Scored 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting at Presbyterian on Feb. 9 G 1 Rodney Glasgow So. 5-10 170 7.0 1.8 3.1 1.0 Suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules C 24 D.J. Covington So. 6-9 235 4.6 2.6 0.6* 0.4 Suspended indefinitely for violation of team rules G 14 Joe Carr Jr. 6-3 195 - - - - Has not seen action this season due to injury Media Schedule/Results (12-113, 7-88 Big South) Information Date Opponent (Television) Time/Result Record Key Stats Nov. 11 vs. The Citadel (CBSSN) W, 103-100 1-0 Keydets put six players in double figures, led by Okoye’s 19 X VMI Basketball Contacts Nov. 12 at Air Force L, 65-75 1-1 AFA shoots 62.5% in first half en route to All-Military Classic title Wade Branner, Associate A.D./Athletic Nov. 15 Alice Lloyd W, 101-74 2-1 Keydets force 18 second half turnovers en route to win Communications (Basketball Contact) Nov. 19 UMBC W, 84-79 3-1 Okoye scores 16 in second half, 24 overall to lead VMI Office (540) 464-7515 Nov. 23 at #3 Ohio State L, 74-107 3-2 OSU shoots 67.6% en route to victory Cell (540) 319-1271 Dec. 1 at Coastal Carolina* L, 78-87 3-3 Okoye scores 21 in second half, but Coastal holds on Dec. 3 at Charleston Southern* L, 81-114 3-4 CSU blows open six-point game with second-half run Fax (540) 464-7583 Dec. 6 at #14 Pittsburgh L, 70-97 3-5 Weethee paces Keydets with 18 points Email [email protected] Dec. 8 Central Pennsylvania W, 109-86 4-5 22-5 second half run breaks game open Web www.VMIKeydets.com Dec. 10 Milligan W, 122-73 5-5 VMI shoots 64% and has 61 bench points in rout Press Row Phone (540) 463-6725 Dec. 12 at Longwood L, 89-110 5-6 Longwood hits 20 3’s, Weethee career-high 19 in loss Dec. 22 at Old Dominion L, 73-81 5-7 ODU pulls away late despite Gabriel’s 34 Brad Salois, Associate Athletic Dec. 31 Presbyterian College* W, 78-70 (OT) 6-7 Okoye 27 points, first OT win since 2009 Communications Director (Secondary) Jan. 2 Gardner-Webb* W, 76-72 7-7 Okoye and Burks combine for 44 of VMI’s 76 points Office (540) 464-7015 Jan. 5 at UNC Asheville* L, 85-94 7-8 Asheville puts five in double figures and leads wire-to-wire Cell (940) 642-9865 Jan. 7 at Winthrop* L, 84-91 7-9 Gabriel scores 26, but Winthrop holds off late Keydet rally Email [email protected] Jan. 10 Liberty* (Flames Sports) W, 71-57 8-9 Okoye 16 second-half points, best BSC defensive effort since ‘05 Jan. 14 Radford* (MASN) W, 80-76 9-9 Gabriel’s 28 pts (20 in 2nd half) helps Keydets hold off RU rally Jan. 19 High Point* W, 88-77 10-9 Okoye 25 points, nine rebounds - Gabriel 29 and five assists John Stark, Assistant Athletic Jan. 21 at Campbell* L, 73-80 10-10 Gabriel 33 points, Okoye career-high 18 rebounds Communications Director Jan. 26 at Radford* W, 65-60 11-10 Keydets break road drought with win, Okoye 23 pts. Office (540) 464-7514 Feb. 2 UNC Asheville* L, 86-89 11-11 Two late misses cost Keydets shot at win Cell (570) 809-1946 Feb. 4 Winthrop W, 86-79 12-11 Gabriel’s 32 points and second-half rally pace Keydets to win Email [email protected] Feb. 9 at Presbyterian College* L, 74-94 12-12 Coleman’s 26 and 12 paces Blue Hose Feb. 11 at Gardner-Webb* L, 61-77 12-13 Brown scores career-high 15, but VMIshoots just 6 of 34 from 3 X VMIKeydets.com Feb. 14 at Liberty* (ESPN3.com) 7 p.m. The official website of VMI athletics, Feb. 18 William & Mary - BracketBusters 1 p.m. VMIKeydets.com, includes pregame Feb. 23 Charleston Southern* 7 p.m. notes, game and season statistics, Feb. 25 Coastal Carolina 1 p.m. postgame notes and quotes and rele- Feb. 27 - March 3 - Big South Championship - Site TBA vant news releases to the VMI Basketball program. The website is updated daily. Baucom One Shy of 100: VMI record, having seen action in 119 contests. Should VMI head coach Duggar Baucom remains one win Gabriel and Sparks play in every remaining regular sea- X Big South Network away from his 100th career win at VMI, after logging his son game, they would break the all-time VMI mark in the Fans can view live video of all the 99th victory Feb.