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2013-14 VMI BASKETBALL t KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES t KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES t KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES t Keydets Battle Ohio Bobcats in CIT Quarterfinals Winner Advances to Weekend’s Semifinals t VMI basketball is back in action Wednesday night, contesting the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) in Athens, Ohio versus the Ohio Bobcats. Fans can watch the game via a free video stream at VMI at Ohio collegeinsider.com, while the audio broadcast will also be available at VMIKeydets.com. The game will also be Wednesday, March 26 - 7 p.m. broadcast locally on 96.7 3WZ, and live stats will be available. The winner of Wednesday’s game advances to the Convocation Center CIT Semifinals, to be contested April 1. Athens, Ohio RADIO- 96.7 3WZ in Lexington area, VMIKeydets.com Last Time Out (vs. IPFW - 3/22/14): INTERNET- Live Audio and t D.J. Covington scored a career-high and CIT single-game record 41 points, propelling his VMI Keydets past stats online at www.3wzfm.com the Mastadons of IPFW in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament Saturday afternoon at and www.VMIKeydets.com. TV/VIDEO - Accessible at Lexington’s Cameron Hall. Covington is now averaging 39 points a game in the tournament and he moved into www.collegeinsider.com VMI’s all-time lead in field goal percentage, passing Dave Montgomery ‘78. In the victory, VMI tied a school record Tale Of The Tape with its 14th home win of the year. VMI OHIO 88.9 Points Per Game 71.0 Last Meeting With Ohio (2/1/1972): t VMI and Ohio have not played since their only meeting, a 98-60 Ohio win in Athens on Feb. 1, 1972. 82.6 Points Allowed 66.3 44.6% Field Goal % 45.6% A VMI Win Would: 43.5% FG % Allowed 40.9% t Send the Keydets to the CIT’s semifinals, to be contested April 1 at sites to be determined. 9.1 3-Pt. FG Per Game 7.4 t Be VMI’s third postseason win of the year and 11th victory in the team’s past 14 games overall. 71.2% Free Throw % 71.4% t Move Duggar Baucom over the .500 mark as VMI’s head coach - No Keydet head coach since 1922 has fin- 14.1 Assists Per Game 15.0 ished with a career winning percentage at the Institute. 10.7 Turnovers Per Game 12.9 7.3 Steals Per Game 6.4 Probable Starters *=Blocks Per Game Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Rodney Glasgow Sr. 5-10 170 18.5 4.1 5.8 1.2 Currently 193 assists this year, bidding to become 9th BSC player to go over 200 G 3 Brian Brown Jr. 5-11 185 6.7 1.9 1.7 0.5 Double figures in four straight games 1/31 - 2/12 G 22 QJ Peterson Fr. 6-0 170 19.8 5.5 2.1 1.7 Averaging 26.5 points per game in first two games of CIT C 24 D.J. Covington Sr. 6-9 235 19.9 9.3 3.1* 1.0 Averaging 39 PPG in CIT, including tournament record 41 against IPFW F 32 Phillip Anglade So. 6-5 210 3.5 4.3 1.2* 0.7 Nine points, 10 rebounds in win over Campbell 2/18 Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 4 Christian Burton Jr. 5-10 170 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 Scored in double figures for the first time with 12 points vs. Washington Coll. (1/4) G 5 Drew Absher Sr. 5-10 170 1.4 0.6 1.4 -- Made his first career start 2/22 on Senior Day against Radford G 12 Ot Elmore Fr. 6-3 190 -- -- -- -- Son of Gay Elmore ‘86, #2 on VMI’s all-time scoring list F 15 Trey Chapman Fr. 6-6 205 4.1 3.0 0.9 0.4 Six points, four rebounds in first round win over Canisius G 21 Tyrell Mason Fr. 6-3 190 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.2 Scored first points 11/16 against Bluefield State G 23 Tim Marshall So. 6-3 185 4.3 1.3 0.6 0.5 12 points, three rebounds in second round win over IPFW F 25 Craig Hinton Fr. 6-7 195 2.8 2.0 0.4* 0.1 Had seven points in win over IPFW 3/22 C 34 Jarid Watson Jr. 6-7 215 1.0 1.6 0.6* 0.3 6 points, 7 rebounds vs. Citadel (11/8), 4 pts., 6 rebounds vs. Va. - Lynchburg (12/9) G 35 Julian Eleby Fr. 6-3 190 2.7 2.1 0.5 0.5 Nine points, five rebounds against Presbyterian (1/31) F 40 Jordan Weethee R-So. 6-6 210 6.8 3.9 0.9 0.5 Had three straight double figure scoring games end with 9 points vs. Radford (2/22) Media Schedule/Results (21--12, 11-5 Big South) Information Date Opponent (Television) Time/Result Record Key Stats Nov. 8 The Citadel - ESPNU W, 82-71 1-0 Peterson 25 in first collegiate game, Keydets rally from down 13 VMI Basketball Nov. 9 Air Force - ESPN3 W, 71-63 2-0 Peterson/Glasgow/Covington combine for 55 as Keydets win AMC Contacts Nov. 12 at Wake Forest - ESPN3 L, 71-98 2-1 16-3 run late in first breaks open close game Nov. 16 Bluefield State W, 121-80 3-1 Peterson (25) and Weethee (20) lead five Keydets in double figures Wade Branner, Associate Nov. 18 at Virginia Tech - ESPN3 L, 92-105 3-2 Furious rally comes up just short at VT scores last seven pts A.D./Athletic Communications Nov. 20 Bridgewater College W, 112-86 4-2 Peterson’s 38 includes 28 in first half (Basketball Contact) Nov. 27 at William & Mary L, 67-97 4-3 Chapman scores career-high 16 in loss Office (540) 464-7515 Dec. 3 at Elon L, 70-87 4-4 All five starters in double figures in loss Dec. 7 Wright State W, 94-74 5-4 17 of 31 effort from 3-point range sparks Keydets Cell (540) 319-1271 Dec. 9 Virginia Univ. of Lynchburg W, 110-78 6-4 Glasgow’s career-high 33 leads second-half rout Fax (540) 464-7583 Dec. 19 at East Carolina L, 94-103 6-5 11 total players score in double figures, including five Keydets Email [email protected] Dec. 30 at Clemson - ESPN3 L, 50-80 6-6 Keydets within four until 32-6 CU run in second half Web www.VMIKeydets.com Jan. 4 Washington College W, 128-54 7-6 New school records for margin of victory and career blocked shots Press Row Phone (540) 463-6725 Jan. 8 Longwood* W, 95-72 8-6, 1-0 VMI takes most free throws since ‘11 in win Jan. 11 Liberty* L, 80-85 8-7, 1-1 Glasgow’s 27 and 5 not enough in loss Brad Salois, Associate Athletic Jan. 15 at Radford* W, 101-88 9-7, 2-1 Glasgow career-high 36, Covington 28 and 11 Communications Director Jan. 18 at Campbell* L, 93-97 (OT) 9-8, 2-2 Keydets fall in first OT game of season (Secondary) Jan. 22 High Point* W, 82-80 (OT) 10-8, 3-2 Glasgow’s shot with less than a second left in OT wins it Office (540) 464-7015 Jan. 25 at Winthrop* - ESPN3 L, 57-58 10-9, 3-3 Basket with less than two seconds left costs VMI Cell (940) 642-9865 Jan. 28 at UNC Asheville W, 109-105 11-9, 4-3 Peterson (37/15) and Glasgow (35/10 asts.) lead Keydets Email [email protected] Jan. 31 Presbyterian* W, 107-93 12-9, 5-3 Keydets go over 100 for 2nd straight conference game Feb. 5 at Gardner-Webb* W, 108-104 (4 OT) 13-9, 6-3 VMI wins longest Division I game this season John Stark, Assistant Athletic Feb. 8 Charleston Southern* W, 92-84 14-9, 7-3 Covington’s 26 and 12, 11th double-double lead VMI Communications Director Feb. 12 Coastal Carolina* L, 78-83 14-10, 7-4 Keydets squander 18-point lead in loss Office (540) 464-7514 Feb. 15 at Liberty* - LFSN W, 77-70 15-10, 8-4 Late run sends Keydets to third straight road win Cell (570) 809-1946 Feb. 19 Campbell* W, 84-81 16-10, 9-4 Covington’s career-high 33 leads Keydets Email [email protected] Feb. 22 Radford* W, 88-76 17-10, 10-4 Covington and Glasgow combine for 55 on Sr. Day Feb. 26 at High Point* L, 67-70 17-11, 10-5 Comeback from down 16 in 2nd half falls just short VMIKeydets.com Mar. 1 at Longwood* W, 86-66 18-11, 11-5 Covington’s 33 and 14 lead the way The official website of VMI athletics, Mar. 7 vs. #3 South Gardner-Webb W, 90-77 19-11, 11-5 Keydets advance to BSC Semis for sixth time in eight yrs VMIKeydets.com, includes pregame Mar. 8 at #1 South Coastal Carolina L, 62-66 19-12, 11-5 VMI held to just 28.3% from the floor notes, game and season statistics, Mar. 18 at Canisius - CIT First Round W, 111-100 20-12 Covington’s 37 pace VMI to first postseason win in 37 yrs Mar.