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#HOKIES Virginia Tech vs. Pittsburgh Game Notes • Page 1 2015-16 Virginia Tech Basketball Virginia Tech - (16-13, 8-8 ACC) Schedule vs. Date Opponent Time TV Pittsburgh - (20-8, 9-7 ACC) Emerald Coast Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) March 2, 2016 - 7 p.m. 11/14 ALABAMA STATE# (ESPN3) L 82-85 11/18 JACKSONVILLE STATE# (ESPN3) W 71-62 Cassell Coliseum (9,567) 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. #4 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 The Panthers lead the all-time series, About Tonight’s Game 12/ 5 ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF (ESPN3) W 80-45 7-4, and won the first meeting this The Hokies enter tonight’s game 12/ 9 at Radford W 74-65 season between the two schools 16-13 overall and 8-8 in ACC action … 12/13 LAMAR (ESPN3) W 88-53 Pittsburgh is 20-8 on the season and 9-7 12/19 GRAMBLING STATE (ESPN3) W 87-52 v The Hokies defeated Wake Forest, 81- 12/22 vs. St. Joe’s (ESPN3) L 62-79 74, in Winston-Salem on Sunday night in league play … Pitt defeated the Hokies, 12/30 #19 WEST VIRGINIA (ESPNU) L 63-88 v Justin Bibbs scored 22 points to lead 90-71, in Pittsburgh on Jan. 31. 1/ 2 NC STATE* (RSN) W 73-68 OT 1/ 4 #4 VIRGINIA* (ESPN2) W 70-68 four Hokies in double figures in the win 1/ 9 at #14 Duke* (ACCN) L 58-82 over Wake Forest Last Time Out: VT 81, WFU 74 The Hokies earned their third ACC road 1/13 WAKE FOREST* (RSN) W 93-91 v Tonight begins a two-game homestand 1/16 at Georgia Tech* (RSN) W 78-77 win of the season with an 81-74 victory to close out the 2015-16 regular season 1/20 at Notre Dame* (RSN) L 81-83 at Wake Forest on Sunday night … Justin 1/24 #2 UNC* (ESPNnews/ESPNU) L 70-75 v Howard Pardue has been named Bibbs led all scorers with 22 points and 1/27 #16 LOUISVILLE* (ACCN) L 83-91 Virginia Tech’s ACC Legend for 2016 1/31 at arv/#23 Pittsburgh* (ESPNU) L 71-90 Zach LeDay added 17 points and eight 2/ 2 at Syracuse* (ACCN) L 60-68 OT rebounds … Seth Allen and Justin 2/ 6 CLEMSON* (RSN) W 60-57 Robinson scored 14 points each. 2/ 9 at #7/7 Virginia* L 49-67 Broadcast 2/17 at #11/10 Miami* (RSN) L 49-65 2/20 FLORIDA STATE* (ACCN) W 83-73 Series Against the Panthers 2/23 at Boston College* (ESPNU) W 71-56 Radio The Panthers lead the all-time series, 2/28 at Wake Forest* (ESPNU) W 81-74 Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network 7-4 … Pitt won the last meeting, 90-71, 3/ 2 PITTSBURGH* 7 P.M. ESPN3 Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop in Pittsburgh in January … Tech is 3-1 3/ 5 MIAMI* 4 p.m. ACCN Also available on: in home games in the series, all being 3/ 8- ACC Tournament ACCN/ESPN/ESPN2 Satellite: Sirius: 93 XM: 193 played in Cassell Coliseum … Tech won 12 (Verizon Center, Washington D.C.) Digital: Hokies Xtra & TuneIn the last game played in Cassell, 70-67, in (free on downloaded apps) overtime in 2015 … Tech is 1-2 in ACC CAPS denote home games games against the Panthers. * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games Television/Internet # - Emerald Coast Classic All times are EST and are subject to change ESPN3 Getting It Done In The Classroom Adam Witten, Mack McCarthy & Morgan Conklin Devin Wilson and Jalen Hudson Note - All conference games carried on an ESPN network will have been named to the 2016 All-ACC also be available on WatchESPN. All conference games carried Follow us on Twitter on the ACC Network or a regional sports network will also be Academic team … This is Wilson’s second available on ESPN3. @VT_MBall year on the team and Hudson makes it for SOCIAL MEDIA the first time. Twitter: @hokiesports & @VT_MBBall Virginia Tech Strategic Communications Primary Contact Instagram: vthokiembb Bill Dyer - Associate Director Snapchat: VTMBBall [email protected] (o) - 540-231-8853 #Hokies (c) - 540-998-5906 #UPvsVT Secondary Contact Kelsey Appleton - Assistant Director [email protected] (o) - 540-231-2228 Game 30 (c) - 540-739-0002 Devin Wilson Jalen Hudson Virginia Tech vs. Pittsburgh Game Notes • Page 2 #HOKIES Hi! Bye Wrapping Up the Wake Forest Game Close Encounters With the win at Wake Forest on Sunday, The game was Tech’s final ACC road game So far this season, the Hokies are 6-4 in the Hokies have clinched a first round bye in of the season ... Kerry Blackshear Jr., led the games decided by four points or less, or in the upcoming ACC Tournament ... This is the Hokies in assists, with three, a new career- overtime ... The 10 total games are the most fifth time since joining the ACC in the 2004-05 high ... Tech is now 32-30 all-time against the by any ACC team this season. season that Tech has earned an off-day during Demon Deacons and in those 62 games, the the first round of the tournament. point differential is 34 points in the Hokies’ From 3! favor ... Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Famer The Hokies made 11-of-19 three-point Getting Them Both Bobby Stevens was in attendance at the field goal attempts in the win over Florida Virginia Tech swept the season series with game. State ... That ties a season-high for Tech Wake Forest, winning 93-91, in Blacksburg on (Tech was 11-of-21 from beyond the arc at Jan. 13 and 81-74, in Winston-Salem on Feb. To The Point Pittsburgh) ... The 57.9 percent from three- 28 ... That marks Tech’s first regular season Virginia Tech allowed Boston College 56 point range is also a season high ... Tech made sweep of an ACC opponent since Tech swept points in their 71-56 victory in Chestnut Hill 12 three-pointers against Duke last season then defending ACC champion Miami in the on Feb. 23 ... The 56 points is the fewest points and last shot better than 57.9 percent from 2013-14 season. Tech has allowed in an ACC road victory since three-point range in a game against VMI defeating No. 15 Virginia, 47-45, in John Paul two seasons ago, making 11-of-17, for 64.7 Bibbs Likes the Deacs Jones Arena on Jan. 22, 2012. percent ... The last time the Hokies shot better In Virginia Tech’s regular than 57.9 percent from three-point range in season sweep of the Gimme That! an ACC games was on Feb. 22, 2011, when Demon Deacons, Justin Virginia Tech had 11 steals in the win over Tech made 8-of-12 three-point attempts in a Bibbs had two standout Boston College ... That is the most steals in win at Wake Forest. performances ... Bibbs an ACC game this season and the most since averaged 27 points per Tech had 11 steals against UAPB in December Cassell Heated Up in February game in the two games, ... It is the most steals for the Hokies in an The Hokies enjoyed their fourth sellout of highlighted by a 32-point Justin Bibbs ACC game since recording 13 steals at North the season in the win over Florida State on performance in the home Carolina on Jan. 18, 2015 ... Tech followed that Saturday ... This is the first time the Hokies win over Wake Forest ... The “other” Justin also with 10 steals in the win at Wake Forest. have had four sellouts in a season since the stood out ... Justin Robinson averaged 15.5 2011-12 season ... The Clemson game on Feb. points per game in the two games. The News on 5 6 was the first February sellout against a team In the win over Florida other than Virginia, Duke or North Carolina Road Ws State, Justin Robinson since Feb. 18, 2012, a sellout against Georgia The Hokies’ 81-74 victory at Wake Forest on scored 13 points, his third Tech ... Tech sold out Cassell Coliseum later Sunday night was Tech’s third ACC road win consecutive double-figure that season on March 4 against NC State. of the season, the first time that Tech has won game ... All 13 points cam three conference games on the road since in the second half and 10 All the Way Back wining three ACC road games in the 2010-11 points came in the final 3:44 In the win over NC State on Jan. 2, the season ... Tech finished the ACC road slate at of action ... He had a lay-up Hokies rallied from a 16-point deficit ... That 3-6. and back-to-back three- Justin Robinson is the largest comeback of the season and pointers to give Tech a six-point lead and in the first time the Hokies had rallied from a Not Marginal the final minute, grabbed a big defensive double-digit deficit since coming back from Since Virginia Tech joined the Atlantic Coast rebound and made both free throws to a 10-point deficit to defeat Georgia Tech last Conference in the 2004-05 season, the Hokies secure the win ... In the last three games, season ..