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2011-12 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Keydets Face Second Ranked Team of 2011-12, Take on No. 17 Pitt First Meeting Between the Programs VMI basketball continues its four-game road swing Tuesday, traveling to Pittsburgh, Pa. to take on the No. 17 Pitt Panthers. The contest is set for a 7 p.m. start, and will be broadcast on Pitt Panther TV, available via the Comcast VMI (3-4) Network in various areas of the Northeast. An audio broadcast can also be heard on wrel.com or via 96.7 3WZ. vs. #17 Pitt (7-1) Tuesday, December 6 - 7 p.m. ET The Keydets enter after suffering a 114-81 loss to the Charleston Southern Buccaneers on Saturday evening in Petersen Events Center North Charleston, S.C. CSU broke open a six-point game with a 19-6 run early in the second half and went on to Pittsburgh, Pa. victory. Stan Okoye led VMI with 18 points, while Ron Burks added 13 and Nick Gore had 11. RADIO- 96.7 3WZ Lexington INTERNET- Live Audio and Stats online at The meeting with Pitt is the first meeting between the two programs, but it will be VMI’s second against a ranked www.wrel.com and opponent this season. The Keydets also faced then-#3 Ohio State on Nov. 23, falling 107-74. www.VMIKeydets.com. TV/Video- Available via Pitt Panther TV, This game wraps up VMI’s current road trip, as after this contest, the Keydets return home for a pair of home shown on The Comcast Network games on Thursday and Saturday. The Pitt game will be VMI's first against a Big East foe since facing West Virginia last year. Tale Of The Tape VMI PITT The current four-game road trip is VMI’s longest of the season, as the Keydets play three straight away from 83.7 Points Per Game 78.0 Cameron Hall on just one other occasion this year. 90.9 Points Allowed 67.9 Last Meeting with Pittsburgh 43.9% Field Goal % 44.8% VMI and Pittsburgh have never faced one another. 54.3% FG % Allowed 32.7% 29.1% 3-Point FG % 44.8% A VMI win against Pittsburgh would: Be VMI’s first win over a team currently in the Big East in school history. 8.9 3-Pt. FG Per Game 8.6 67.5% Free Throw % 67.9% 13.9 Assists Per Game 18.8 12.6 Turnovers Per Game 12.0 7.7 Steals Per Game 4.4 Probable Starters *=Blocks Per Game Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Rodney Glasgow So. 5-10 170 7.3 2.1 3.3 0.7 17 points, four assists vs. Citadel (11/11) G 21 Keith Gabriel Sr. 6-4 185 17.0 2.7 1.7 1.7 24 points in win over UMBC (11/19), 21 points at Ohio State (11/23) F 11 Stan Okoye Jr. 6-5 205 17.1 5.4 2.0 1.4 25 points, including 21 in the second half, at Coastal Carolina (12/1) F 15 Ron Burks Sr. 6-4 215 12.0 4.6 3.0 0.6 Season-high 19 pts. at OSU (11/23), averaging 14.7 PPG over last 3 games F 30 Nick Gore Jr. 6-6 220 8.4 4.0 1.3 0.7 One rebound shy (14 pts., 9 rebounds) of a double-double vs. Citadel (11/11) Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes F 2 Quinton Upshur Fr. 6-5 210 2.6 1.4 0.4 1.4 Had a VMI season-high five steals versus Alice Lloyd (11/15) G 3 Brian Brown Fr. 5-11 185 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.1 Season-high four points against Charleston Southern (12/3) G 4 Christian Burton Fr. 5-10 170 0.3 0.7 - 0.3 Saw the first action of his career against Alice Lloyd (11/15) G 5 Drew Absher So. 5-10 170 0.7 0.7 0.3 - Grabbed two rebounds at Ohio State (11/23) C 24 D.J. Covington So. 6-9 235 1.5 1.5 0.5* 0.3 Returned from injury against Coastal, played nine minutes on road trip G 31 Michael Sparks Sr. 6-4 195 6.0 2.7 0.3 0.2 10 points at Charleston Southern (12/3) C 32 Wayne Whiting Sr. 6-7 240 2.8 1.2 0.4 0.4* Four points, three rebounds in 20 minutes at Coastal (12/1) C 34 Jarid Watson Fr. 6-7 210 1.3 1.7 0.5 0.2 Saw significant action at All-Military Classic, scored seven total points F 40 Jordan Weethee Fr. 6-6 220 7.9 2.6 0.7 0.1 Double figure scoring vs. Citadel (15 pts.) and Alice Lloyd (17 pts.) G 14 Joe Carr Jr. 6-3 195 - - - - Out for season due to injury Media Schedule/Results (3-44) 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 Pittsburgh 7 p.m. Email [email protected] Dec. 8 Central Pennsylvania 7 p.m. Web www.VMIKeydets.com Dec. 10 Milligan 1 p.m. Press Row Phone (540) 463-6725 Dec. 12 at Longwood 7 p.m. Dec. 22 at Old Dominion 7 p.m. Brad Salois, Associate Athletic Dec. 31 Presbyterian College* 1 p.m. Communications Director (Secondary) Jan. 2 Gardner-Webb* 7 p.m. Office (540) 464-7015 Jan. 5 at UNC Asheville* 7 p.m. Cell (940) 642-9865 Jan. 7 at Winthrop* 4 p.m. Email [email protected] Jan. 10 Liberty* 7 p.m. Jan. 14 Radford* 8 p.m. Jan. 19 High Point* 7 p.m. John Stark, Assistant Athletic Jan. 21 at Campbell* 3:30 p.m. Communications Director Jan. 26 at Radford* 7 p.m. Office (540) 464-7514 Feb. 2 UNC Asheville* 7 p.m. Cell (570) 809-1946 Feb. 4 Winthrop 1 p.m. Email [email protected] Feb. 9 at Presbyterian College* 7 p.m. Feb. 11 at Gardner-Webb* 7 p.m. X VMIKeydets.com Feb. 14 at Liberty* 7 p.m. The official website of VMI athletics, Feb. 18 ESPN BracketBuster TBA 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. VMI Falls to Charleston Southern: points and 15 rebounds, en route to an 87-78 win over The Charleston Southern Buccaneers broke open a the VMI Keydets in Big South men’s basketball action X Big South Network six-point game with a 19-6 run to start the second half Thursday night in Conway, S.C. The game was the Big Fans can view live video of all the and went on to beat the VMI Keydets, 114-81, in Big South opener for both schools. Keydets’ home games and all Big South South men’s basketball action Saturday night, Dec. 3, at VMI (3-3, 0-1 Big South) junior Stan Okoye had a Conference contests, including tourna- CSU Field House in North Charleston, S.C. game-high 25 points, but Coastal (6-1, 1-0 BSC), led by ment action, online via The Big South After CSU (5-2, 2-0 Big South) controlled much of McLaurin’s efforts, held a 16-4 edge in second chance Network at www.BigSouthSports.com. the first half, leading by as many as 19, VMI (3-4, 0-2 points and a 54-28 advantage in points in the paint. Season passes are available for the bas- BSC) closed the half strong and cut the margin to eight, Keith Gabriel and Ron Burks were also in double figures Thursday, scoring 16 and 12 points apiece. ketball season, while fans can watch a 58-50, at halftime. Keith Gabriel scored to open the sec- Anthony Raffa led Coastal with 23 points, while Chris single game for a cost of $4.95. ond period, cutting the lead to six, but Buc guard Saah Nimley answered with the first of his five second-half Gradnigo added 22. three-pointers, launching the game-breaking run that X Twitter would eventually send CSU to the victory.