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#HOKIES Virginia Tech vs. Lamar Game Notes • Page 1 2015-16 Virginia Tech Basketball Virginia Tech - (6-3, 0-0) Schedule vs. - (5-3, 0-0 SLC) Date Opponent Time TV Lamar Emerald Coast Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) Dec. 13, 2015 - 3 p.m. 11/14 ALABAMA STATE# (ESPN3) L 82-85 Cassell Coliseum (9,567) 11/18 JACKSONVILLE STATE# (ESPN3) W 71-62 11/21 VMI (ESPN3) W 76-52 Blacksburg, Va. 11/24 NORTH CAROLINA A&T (ESPN3) W 90-60 Emerald Coast Classic (Destin, Fla.) 11/27 vs. Iowa State# (CBSSN) L 77-99 11/28 vs. UAB# W 82-77 OT Top Topics Media Notes Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Blacksburg, Va.) 12/ 1 NORTHWESTERN (ESPNU) L 79-81 OT v This is the first meeting in the series About Today’s Game 12/ 5 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (ESPN3) W 80-45 v Seth Allen came off the bench to score The Hokies enter today’s game 6-3 on 12/ 9 at Radford W 74-65 12/13 LAMAR 3 p.m. ESPN3 17 points in the win at Radford on the season ... Lamar is 5-3 on the season, Wednesday night following a 73-58 win at Liberty on 12/19 GRAMBLING STATE 6 p.m. ESPN3 v Kerry Blackshear Jr. scored a career- 12/22 vs. St. Joseph’s (Barclays Center) 1 p.m. ESPN3 Saturday. 12/30 WEST VIRGINIA noon ESPNU high 13 points at Radford 1/ 2 NC STATE* 2 p.m. RSN v The Hokies lead the nation in free Last Time Out: VT 74, Radford 65 1/ 4 VIRGINIA* 9 p.m. ESPN2 throw attempts The Hokies picked up their first true 1/ 9 at Duke* noon ACCN v 1/13 WAKE FOREST* 9 p.m. RSN The Dec. 22nd game vs. St. Joseph’s in road win of the season, with a 74-65 1/16 at Georgia Tech* noon RSN Brooklyn is now set for a 1 p.m. tip. victory at Radford on Wednesday night 1/20 at Notre Dame* 7 p.m. RSN ... Tech jumped out to a 28-8 lead in the 1/24 NORTH CAROLINA* 6:30 p.m. ESPNU first 10 minutes and never trailed in the 1/27 LOUISVILLE* 8 p.m. ACCN 1/31 at Pittsburgh* 6:30 p.m. ESPNU win ... Seth Allen came off the bench 2/ 2 at Syracuse* 8 p.m. ACCN Broadcast to score 17 points to lead four Hokies in 2/ 6 CLEMSON* 4 p.m. RSN double figures ...Kerry Blackshear Jr., 2/ 9 at Virginia* 8 p.m. ACCN Radio 2/17 at Miami* 9 p.m. RSN had a career-high with 13 points and tied 2/20 FLORIDA STATE* 3 p.m. ACCN Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network a career-high with eight rebounds. 2/23 at Boston College* 9 p.m. ESPNU Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop 2/28 at Wake Forest* 6:30 p.m. ESPNU 3/ 2 PITTSBURGH* 7 p.m. ESPN3 Also available on: Series Against The Cardinals 3/ 5 MIAMI* 4 p.m. ACCN Satellite: Sirius: 119 XM: 193 This is the first meeting in the series Digital: Hokies Xtra & TuneIn between the two schools … The Hokies 3/ 8- ACC Tournament ACCN/ESPN/ESPN2 (free on downloaded apps) are 2-0 all-time against current members 12 (Verizon Center, Washington D.C.) of the Southland Conference. Television/Internet CAPS denote home games * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games ESPN3 A Hokie on the Cardinal Bench Andrew Allegretta & Mack McCarthy # - Emerald Coast Classic When the Lamar Cardinals enter All times are EST and are subject to change Cassell Coliseum today, you won’t have Follow us on Twitter Note - All conference games carried on an ESPN network will to show their head coach the way to the also be available on WatchESPN. All conference games carried @VT_MBall game floor … Lamar head coach, George on the ACC Network or a regional sports network will also be “Tic” Price, was a standout player for the available on ESPN3. Hokies in the late 70s … Price, a native of SOCIAL MEDIA Danville, Virginia, is in his second season Twitter: @hokiesports & @VT_MBBall as the Cardinals’ head coach … He led Virginia Tech Strategic Communications Instagram: vthokiembb the Hokies in field goal percentage in the Primary Contact Snapchat: VTMBBall 1977-78 season … Another connection Bill Dyer - Associate Director between these two schools which have [email protected] #Hokies (o) - 540-231-8853 #LUvsVT never met on the hardwood is current (c) - 540-998-5906 Hokie assistant coach Steve Roccaforte, Secondary Contact who is a graduate of Lamar and was the Kelsey Appleton - Assistant Director head coach of the Cardinals from 2006- [email protected] (o) - 540-231-2228 Game 10 2011. (c) - 540-739-0002 Virginia Tech vs. Lamar Game Notes • Page 2 #HOKIES Ending the Road Blues Bibbs Leads the Way B-2-B OT When the Hokies defeated Radford, 74-65, Justin Bibbs leads the ACC in three-point The Hokies lost to Northwestern, 81-79, in at the Dedmon Center on Dec. 9, it marked field goal percentage, at 64.5 percent ... He overtime on Dec. 1 and defeated UAB, 81-77 the first win for the Hokies on an opponent’s has made 20 of his 31 attempts this season in overtime on Nov. 28 in Destin ... Prior to home court for the first time in more than and now shoots 46.4 percent from three for that, the last time the Hokies played back-to- two calendar years ... The last true road win his Virginia Tech career ... He falls just under back OT games was Feb. 8, 2006, when the for Tech was on Dec. 8, 2013, when the Hokies the NCAA minimum in order to be ranked Hokies won at Clemson, 75-74, in overtime defeated Miami, 61-60, in the BankUnited nationally. and lost at Virginia, 81-77, in overtime on Feb. Center to open ACC play in the 2013-14 11, 2006. season. Good Point on Low Points The Hokies held UAPB to just 45 points Another Point on Points Bibbs’ Summer in the win on Saturday ... That is the lowest The 35-point margin of victory for the USA Basketball has point total by a Tech opponent since Feb. 15, Hokies in the 80-45 win over Arkansas-Pine named the 2015 USA 2014, when the Hokies held defending ACC Bluff is the most for Tech since they defeated Basketball Men’s and Champion Miami to just 45 points in a 52-45 Monmouth, 91-46, on Nov. 14, 2011 in Cassell Women’s U19 World Virginia Tech victory. Coliseum. Championship Teams as co-recipients of the 2015 A Freshman Double Wilson Starts and Dishes USA Basketball Team of Chris Clarke recorded In the win at Radford, Devin Wilson his second consecutive earned his first start of the season for the the Year Award ... Virginia Justin Bibbs Tech sophomore Justin double-double with 11 Hokies ...The junior point guard is no stranger Bibbs was a member of the men’s gold medal points and 13 rebounds in to starting games at Virginia Tech, as he winning team. the Northwestern game ... has started 60 of the 70 games in which he It’s the first time a Virginia has played ... In those 70 starts, Wilson has Hudson Racking Up the Steals Tech freshman recorded recorded five-or-more assists in 30 of them, Last season, Jalen consecutive double- Chris Clarke including five in the Radford win. Hudson recorded 17 steals doubles since Jeff Allen in in 32 games ... This season, the 2007-08 season ... Allen had 11 points and Doubling Our Pleasure he already has 11 steals in 12 rebounds in the regular season finale at With his 13 point, 10 the first nine games of the Clemson and 10 points and 10 rebounds in rebound performance in season, including eight the first round of the ACC Tournament against the win over UAPB, Zach steals in the last two games Miami. LeDay recorded his fifth combined ... His 17 steals double-double of the last season was third on the 20-Plus for Allen season, in just nine games team and the 11 steals this Seth Allen scored 25 ... The last Hokies to record Jalen Hudson season is tied for the team points in the Northwestern five double-doubles in a lead with Chris Clarke. game ... That marks the first single season was Jeff Allen, time a Hokie has scored with 15 double-doubles in Zach LeDay Gimme That! 20-or-more points in the 2010-11 season. In the Hokies’ win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff, consecutive games since Jalen Hudson earned the start and then Adam Smith had 26 points Really Young Again This Season posted a career-high five steals in the contest against Miami of Ohio and Seth Allen The Hokies once again this season field ... That is the most steals in a game by a Hokie 22 points against Morgan State last season ... one of the youngest teams in the nation ... since Erick Green had five steals in a win over Allen had 23 points in the win over UAB on According to kenpom.com, Tech is 327 out of Mount St. Mary’s in Cassell Coliseum on Jan. 2, Nov. 28. 350 NCAA Division I teams in experience, at 2011 ... Hudson also led the Hokies in scoring just 1.14 years per player ... Tech is 14th out of with 15 points against the Golden Lions. It Is Better to Give, A Lot 15 ACC teams in experience ..