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Virginia Tech - (4-1, 0-0 ACC) HOKIE NOTES TOP TOPICS vs. About Today’s Game v The Hokies lead the nation in field goal Morehead State - (1-3, 0-0 OVC) The Hokies enter the game 4-1 on the percentage and three-point field goal season … The Eagles are 1-3 on the season. percentage v Justin Bibbs scored 25 points on Last Time Out: VT 99, HBU 73 11-of-13 from the field in the win over The Hokies defeated Houston Baptist, 99- Houston Baptist 73, on Tuesday night in Cassell Coliseum in the v Ahmed Hill was named to the all- Nov. 25, 2017 final game of the 2K Classic … Justin Bibbs tournament team of the 2K Classic scored 25 points on 11-of-13 from the field v The Hokies made 16 three-pointers in 1 p.m. … Ahmed Hill added 19 points and Justin the win over HBU, one off the school Cassell Coliseum (9,275) Robinson had 15 points and seven assists … record Wabissa Bede scored a career-high 13 points Blacksburg, Virginia in 11 minutes … Tech made 16 three-pointers in the game and shot 64 percent from the field and 61.5 percent from beyond the arc. SOCIAL MEDIA The Hokies vs. Morehead State Twitter: @hokiesports & Tech won the only previous meeting @HokiesMBB 2017-18 between the two schools, 112-71, in Cassell Instagram: HokiesMBB Coliseum back in 1975 …Tech is 11-7 all-time SCHEDULE against schools currently in the Ohio Valley Snapchat: HokiesMBB (4-1, 0-0) Conference. #Hokies Date Opponent Time TV #BeatMSU Hoops 4 Hurricane Relief Exhibition Ahmed is En Fuego 11/ 5 at South Carolina (SECN+) W 86-67 2K Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) Ahmed Hill curently leads the ACC in 11/10 DETROIT MERCY# (ACCNX) W 111-79 scoring, at 21.4 points per game … He is BROADCAST 11/12 THE CITADEL (ACCNX) W 132-93 shooting 60.6 percent from three-point range 2K Classic (New York, N.Y., MSG) … In Madison Square Garden, Hill made 11 of Radio 11/16 vs. Saint Louis# (ESPN2) L 71-77 his 15 three-points attempts, for 73.3 percent Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network 11/17 vs. Washington# (ESPN2) W 103-79 …He followed that with a 5-of-8 performance Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop 2K Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) against Houston Baptist … He is 40.5 percent 11/21 HOUSTON BAPTIST# (ACCNX) W 99-73 Television/Internet in his career from three-point territory … Hill ACC Network Extra 11/25 MOREHEAD STATE 1 p.m. ACCNX is making 62.3 percent of his field goals this Jay Burnham & Mack McCarthy Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Blacksburg, Va.) season and 78.6 percent of his free throws. 11/28 IOWA 9 p.m. ESPN2 12/ 2 at Ole Miss 2 p.m. SECN+ Continuing to Climb 12/ 6 RADFORD 6 p.m. ACCNX In the Hokies’ 91-75 win at Boston College 12/10 UMES 3 p.m. ACCNX last season, Justin Bibbs scored his 1,000th 12/16 at Kentucky 2 p.m. ESPN2 12/19 PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. ACCNX career point … He became the 45th Hokie to 12/28 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 4 p.m. ACCN score 1,000 career points and currently has 12/31 at Syracuse* 6 p.m. ESPNU 1,116 points, 37th on the list, after passing 1/ 3 VIRGINIA* 9 p.m. ACCN Brian Chase in the win over Houston Baptist 1/ 6 PITTSBURGH* Noon ACCN 1/10 at Wake Forest* 7 p.m. RSN … Since his return to the line-up three games 1/13 at Louisville* 4 p.m. ESPN/2 ago, Bibbs is averaging 23.3 points per game, 1/20 FLORIDA STATE* Noon ESPN/2 shooting 73.0 percent from the floor, 53.3 Virginia Tech 1/22 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. ESPN 1/27 at Notre Dame* 8 p.m. ESPN2 percent from three-point range and 88.9 Strategic Communications Primary Contact 1/31 at Boston College* 9 p.m. RSN percent from the free throw line. Bill Dyer - Associate Director 2/ 3 MIAMI* 2 p.m. ESPN/2 [email protected] 2/ 7 NC STATE* 9 p.m. RSN 10+11+13=Lotsa Minutes (o) - 540-231-8853 2/10 at Virginia* 6 p.m. ESPN/2 Two Hokie players are two of the most (c) - 540-998-5906 2/14 at Duke* 7 p.m. ESPN/2 Social Media Contact 2/17 at Georgia Tech* Noon ESPN/2 experienced ACC players in the league this Kelsey Appleton - Associate Director 2/21 CLEMSON* 7 p.m. RSN season … Justin Bibbs has played a total [email protected] 2/24 LOUISVILLE* 1 p.m. CBS of 3,130 minutes at Virginia Tech and Devin (o) - 540-231-2228 2/26 DUKE* 7 p.m. ESPN (c) - 540-739-0002 3/ 3 at Miami* Noon ESPN/2 Wilson has played 2,856 minutes as a Hokie … Tech has another player, Ahmed Hill, who has * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games played 2,114 in just two-plus seasons at Virginia # - 2K Classic Tech. All times are EST and are subject to change GAME 5 Sharing is Good Bede Steps Up Buzz Williams In the win over The Citadel, the Hokies In the Hokies’ 99-73 Buzz Williams is 57-49 in his fourth year recorded 36 assists … That sets a new school win over Houston Baptist, as the Hokies’ head coach and an overall record for assists in a game, breaking the freshman Wabissa Bede record of 210-135 record in 10-plus seasons old mark of 31, set against South Carolina took every advantage of as a collegiate head coach … He won his State on Dec. 18, 1982 … The Hokies assisted his time on the court … 200th career game last season against Boston on 75 percent of their made baskets in The Playing 11 minutes, all College on Jan. 29 in Cassell Coliseum. Citadel victory … In the win over Washington, in the second half, Bede He Earned It the Hokies assisted on 23 of their 30 made scored a career-high 13 Wabissa Bede Nick Fullard transferred baskets, good for 76.7 percent and in the win points on 3-of-4 from the from Division II Belmont over Houston Baptist, Tech assisted on 21 of field, including making his only three-point Abbey College in North its 32 made baskets, for 65.6 percent … For attempt … He also was a perfect 6-of-6 from Carolina to Virginia Tech the season, Tech has 113 assists on 173 made the free throw line … All three true freshmen and joined the program as field goals, for 65.3 percent … So far this on this year’s squad have nowscored in a walk-on … Due to NCAA season, the Hokies’ three point guards are a double figures at least once in the first five transfer rules, Fullard was combined 51 assists and 19 turnovers … Tech games. forced to sit out last season has 15 players with at least double figures in Nick Fullard … Earlier this school year, assists this season. Lots of Options So far this season, the Hokies have had nine head coach Buzz Williams awarded Fullard a Century Marks players record double figures in at least one scholarship … Tech currently has 12 players The Hokies defeated Washington, 103-79, of the five games played … One more player on scholarship. in MSG on Nov. 17 … The 103 points is the has scored nine points in two separate games 579 in the Cassell most points Tech has scored against a current … Last season, Tech had eight players score The Hokies have a 579-190 overall record Power 5 school in a regulation game since a in double figures at least one … Tech has four in Cassell Coliseum, for a .753 winning 109-68 victory over South Carolina on Jan. players with at least 20 points in a game and percentage … The win over Florida State in 25, 1985 in Cassell Coliseum … It is the first Justin Bibbs scored 30 points in the win over 2011 was the 500th victory in the building time that have acheived that feat away from Washington. Cassell Coliseum since a 106-75 win over the … Tech has had just one break-even home Gamecocks in Salem, Virginia on Dec. 22, Making Points About Points season and two losing seasons … Tech is 3-0 1960, the only other time Virginia Tech defeated Detroit Mercy, 111- in Cassell Coliseum this season … Tech was this has occurred … Tech 79, in the season opener this season … That is 15-2 in Cassell last season, 7-2 in ACC games. has scored more than 100 the most points for the Hokies since defeating McNeilly has a Golden Summer points in three of its first The Citadel, 113-71, on Dec. 17 of last season Virginia Tech assistant coach Jamie four games for the first time … The 111 points is the most in a season- McNeilly has some new in school history … Tech opener for the Hokies since Tech defeated swag, a FIBA gold medal has scored 100-or-more Johns Hopkins, 116-64 in the 1981-82 season … In July, McNeilly was points three times this opener in Cassell Coliseum … Tech followed an assistant coach on the season for the first time that with a 132-93 win over The Citadel … The Canadian team that won since 1988-89. 132 points is the most points for a Virginia Justin Bibbs the gold medal in the Tech team in a non-overtime game and is the FIBA U19 Basketball World Plenty of Points second-highest point total of all time.