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2011-12 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Keydets Face #3 Ohio State in Columbus Wednesday Third Meeting All-Time With Buckeyes VMI basketball will face one of its marquee opponents of the 2011-12 campaign Wednesday, when the Keydets travel to Columbus, Ohio to face the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes. It will mark the third meeting all-time between the programs, with Ohio State having won in both 2006 and 2007, with the latter being a season that VMI (3-1) saw OSU advance to the Final Four at season’s end. vs. #3 Ohio State (4-0) Wednesday, Nov. 23 - 7 p.m. ET The Keydets enter off an 84-79 win over UMBC, a victory that moved VMI’s record to 3-1 on the season. Stan Value City Arena Okoye scored 16 second-half points, including 14 in a game-breaking 23-6 Keydet run, and Keith Gabriel had 23 Columbus, Ohio points as the Keydets beat UMBC for the second consecutive season. It also marked the third time in four years that RADIO- 96.7 3WZ Lexington VMI was at least 3-1 following the season’s fourth game. INTERNET- Live Audio and Stats online at This will mark the first ranked team VMI has played since Nov. 10, 2006, when the Keydets faced then-#4 Ohio www.wrel.com and State in Columbus and dropped a 107-69 decision. The Buckeyes were not ranked in 2007, nor were Kentucky www.VMIKeydets.com. (2008) and West Virginia (2010), two other marquee programs VMI has played over the past several seasons. TV/Video- Big 10 Network, also online at ohiostatebuckeyes.com Last Meeting with Ohio State (11/25/2007) Ohio State had five double figures scorers and used a key scoring stretch over the last five minutes of the first Tale Of The Tape half to break open a tight game and pulled away to post a 90-57 win Sunday, Nov. 25, 2007 before 6,670 spec- VMI OSU tators at St. John Arena. Freshman 7-0 forward Kosta Koufos led the Buckeyes by hitting nine of 13 shots for the floor on his way to a game-high 22 points and 14 rebounds. 88.2 Points Per Game 81.0 Also in double figures for Ohio State were Jamar Butler (12), David Lightly (11), and Evan Turner and Matt 82.0 Points Allowed 51.8 Terwilliger each with 10 points. Senior forward Reggie Williams led VMI in scoring with 17 points and eight rebounds but was held to four points after intermission. Freshman guards Austin Kenon and Christian Hunter each 44.6% Field Goal % 46.8% hit three 3-pointers and finished with 13 and 11 points, respectively. 49.0% FG % Allowed 38.0% Four future NBA players - Turner, Williams, Jon Deibler and Koufos, played in that contest. 29.6% 3-Point FG % 26.2% A VMI win against Ohio State would: 10.0 3-Pt. FG Per Game 4.0 Move the Keydets to 4-1 on the year, and mark VMI’s first win against a team from Ohio under head coach Duggar Baucom. 71.4% Free Throw % 68.7% 17.0 Assists Per Game 17.3 Be VMI’s second win over a school currently in the Big 10, with the other victory being a Dec. 14, 1997 win over Penn State, 71-68, in Lexington. 11.3 Turnovers Per Game 11.0 7.3 Steals Per Game 10.8 Probable Starters *=Blocks Per Game Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Rodney Glasgow So. 5-10 170 10.0 3.5 4.5 0.8 17 points, four assists vs. Citadel (11/11) G 21 Keith Gabriel Sr. 6-4 185 19.3 2.8 2.0 2.0 24 points in win over UMBC (11/19), 17 points vs. Citadel (11/11) F 11 Stan Okoye Jr. 6-5 205 16.3 5.3 2.0 1.5 24 points, 16 in second half, versus UMBC (11/19), scored 19 vs. Citadel (11/11) F 15 Ron Burks Sr. 6-4 215 10.0 4.8 4.0 - Nine points, seven assists, six boards vs. Alice Lloyd (11/15) F 30 Nick Gore Jr. 6-6 220 10.0 4.5 1.5 0.8 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 2.3 2.0 0.8 1.8 Had a VMI season-high five steals versus Alice Lloyd (11/15) G 3 Brian Brown Fr. 5-11 185 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.3 Scored his first career basket vs. Alice Lloyd (11/15) G 4 Christian Burton Fr. 5-10 170 1.0 1.0 - - Saw the first action of his career against Alice Lloyd (11/15) G 5 Drew Absher So. 5-10 170 0.0 - - - Shot 63% from the field last year in limited duty (10 of 16) C 24 D.J. Covington So. 6-9 235 1.0 3.0 0.5* 0.5 Missed each of last two games due to injury G 31 Michael Sparks Sr. 6-4 195 6.8 3.3 0.3 - 13 points on 5 of 5 shooting vs. AFA (11/12), seven rebs. vs. Citadel (11/11) C 32 Wayne Whiting Sr. 6-7 240 0.0 0.5 0.5* 0.0 Had 1 block, 1 rebounds vs. AFA (11/12) C 34 Jarid Watson Fr. 6-7 210 2.0 2.3 0.8 0.5* Saw significant action at All-Military Classic, scored seven total points F 40 Jordan Weethee Fr. 6-6 220 10.3 2.8 1.0 - 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 (3-11) 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 7 p.m. Cell (540) 319-1271 Dec. 1 at Coastal Carolina* 7 p.m. Dec. 3 at Charleston Southern* 5:30 p.m. 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. Okoye Closing in on 1,000: VMI on Television: After scoring 16 points in the second half against VMI Basketball will appear six times on X Big South Network UMBC, and 24 in the game, Stan Okoye moved his television/national broadband during the 2011-12 cam- Fans can view live video of all the career total to 998 points scored. With his first field goal paign. That schedule started Nov. 11 with The Citadel Keydets’ home games and all Big South against Ohio State, he will become just the 36th player in game, and will continue Nov. 23 when the Keydets face Conference contests, including tourna- school history to hit the 1,000-point plateau. Keith Ohio State on the Big 10 Network. VMI at Pitt (Dec. 6, ment action, online via The Big South Gabriel was the last player to accomplish the feat, doing Pitt Panther TV), Radford at VMI (MASN, Jan. 14) and Network at www.BigSouthSports.com. so in the fifth game last season. the two games with Liberty, both Jan. 10’s matchup in Season passes are available for the bas- Lexington and Feb. 14’s game at Liberty (Flames Sports) ketball season, while fans can watch a Six in a Row?: round out the scheduled regular season TV appearances.