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Virginia Tech - (7-1, 0-0 ACC) HOKIE NOTES TOP TOPICS vs. About Tonight’s Game v The Hokies lead the nation in field goal Radford - (4-3, 0-0 BSC) The Hokies enter the game 7-1 on the percentage and are second in scoring season … The Highlanders are 4-3 on the offense and assists per game season. v Kerry Blackshear Jr., led five Hokies in double figures in the win at Ole Miss Last Time Out: VT 83, Ole Miss 80, OT v Chris Clarke recorded his second The Hokies fought back from a 16-point double-double of the year with 16 Dec. 6, 2017 second half deficit and defeated Ole Miss, points and 12 rebounds at Ole Miss 83-80, in overtime on Saturday at the Pavilion v The Hokies’ Dec. 28th game vs. North 6 p.m. ET at Ole Miss … Kerry Blackshear Jr., led five Carolina A&T will now tip at 1 p.m. to Carilion Clinic Court Hokies in double figures with 17 points and better accommodate fans Chris Clarke added 16 points and 12 rebounds at Cassell Coliseum (9,275) for his second double-double of the season … Blacksburg, Virginia Tech held the Rebels to just two, three-point field goals after the intermission after Ole Miss madeseven threes in the first half. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: @hokiesports & The Hokies vs. Radford @HokiesMBB 2017-18 The Hokies are 7-2 all-time against the Instagram: HokiesMBB SCHEDULE Highlanders … Tech is 6-2 in home games against Radford … The Hokies won the last Snapchat: HokiesMBB (7-1, 0-0) meeting, 74-65, in Radford in 2015 … Tech is #Hokies Date Opponent Time TV 46-6 all-time against teams currently in the #BeatRadford Hoops 4 Hurricane Relief Exhibition 11/ 5 at South Carolina (SECN+) W 86-67 Big South … Tech will play Big South member 2K Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) Presbyterian on Dec. 19. 11/10 DETROIT MERCY# (ACCNX) W 111-79 BROADCAST 11/12 THE CITADEL (ACCNX) W 132-93 Call It a Comeback 2K Classic (New York, N.Y., MSG) The Hokies defeated Ole Miss in Oxford on Radio 11/16 vs. Saint Louis# (ESPN2) L 71-77 Saturday, 83-80, in overtime … In doing so, the Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network 11/17 vs. Washington# (ESPN2) W 103-79 Hokies fought back from a 16-point second Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop 2K Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) half deficit … The 16 point comeback is the 11/21 HOUSTON BAPTIST# (ACCNX) W 99-73 Internet 11/25 MOREHEAD STATE (ACCNX) W 96-63 largest for Tech game since coming back from ACC Network Extra a 16 point deficit to defeat NC State in the first Andrew Allegretta & Mack McCarthy Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Blacksburg, Va.) 11/28 IOWA (ESPN2) W 79-55 conference game of the 2015-16 season … Tech’s ACC record for largest comeback victory 12/ 2 at Ole Miss (SECN+) W OT 83-80 is 18 points, in a 91-87 overtime win over NC 12/ 6 RADFORD 6 p.m. ACCNX State on Feb. 8, 2009 in Cassell Coliseum. 12/10 UMES 3 p.m. ACCNX 12/16 at Kentucky 2 p.m. ESPN2 12/19 PRESBYTERIAN 7 p.m. ACCNX Sharing is Good 12/28 NORTH CAROLINA A&T 1 p.m. ACCNX In the win over The Citadel, the Hokies 12/31 at Syracuse* 6 p.m. ESPNU recorded 36 assists … That sets a new school 1/ 3 VIRGINIA* 9 p.m. ACCN record for assists in a game, breaking the old 1/ 6 PITTSBURGH* Noon ACCN 1/10 at Wake Forest* 7 p.m. RSN mark of 31, set against South Carolina State 1/13 at Louisville* 4 p.m. ESPN/2 on Dec. 18, 1982 … The Hokies assisted on 75 1/20 FLORIDA STATE* Noon ESPN/2 percent of their made baskets in The Citadel Virginia Tech 1/22 NORTH CAROLINA* 7 p.m. ESPN 1/27 at Notre Dame* 8 p.m. ESPN2 victory … In the win over Washington, the Strategic Communications Media Relations Contact 1/31 at Boston College* 9 p.m. RSN Hokies assisted on 23 of their 30 made baskets, Bill Dyer - Associate Director 2/ 3 MIAMI* 2 p.m. ESPN/2 good for 76.7 percent … For the season, Tech [email protected] 2/ 7 NC STATE* 9 p.m. RSN has 166 assists on 254 made field goals, for (o) - 540-231-8853 2/10 at Virginia* 6 p.m. ESPN/2 (c) - 540-998-5906 2/14 at Duke* 7 p.m. ESPN/2 65.4 percent … So far this season, the Hokies’ Social Media Contact 2/17 at Georgia Tech* Noon ESPN/2 three point guards are a combined 73 assists Kelsey Appleton - Associate Director 2/21 CLEMSON* 7 p.m. RSN and 29 turnovers … Tech has six players with [email protected] 2/24 LOUISVILLE* 1 p.m. CBS (o) - 540-231-2228 2/26 DUKE* 7 p.m. ESPN at least double figures in assists this season … (c) - 540-739-0002 3/ 3 at Miami* Noon ESPN/2 The Hokies are second nationally in assists per game. * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games # - 2K Classic All times are EST and are subject to change GAME 9 OT, Baby They Are Free, After All P.J. Comes Through in the Clutch The 83-80 overtime win at Ole Miss on The Hokes made 67 of their first 100 When Kerry Blackshear Jr., picked up his Saturday was Tech’s first overtime game of the free throw attempts, for 67.0 percent … second foul just five minutes into the Iowa season … This was the Hokies’ first overtime Since then (beginning with the win over game, freshman P.J. Horne stepped up and game since defeating No. 12 Virginia, 80-78, Washington) Tech has made 119 of their last came through with the best performance of in double overtime on Feb. 12, 2017 … Tech 151 free throw attempts (78.8 percent) … his young career to date … Horne scored a is now 66-49 overall in overtime games and Tech is currently shooting 74.1 percent from career-high 16 points, including 12 points in 6-3 in overtime games under Buzz Williams the line for the season. 14 minutes of action in the first half … He was … Tech is 30-11 in home overtime games 6-of-7 from the floor and made four of his six Home is Where the Wins Are and 16-8 in overtime in ACC games … Tech is free throw attempts … The front court duo With the Hokies’ win over Iowa, Tech is 28-25 in road overtime games …The Ole Miss combined for 23 points and 12 rebounds in now 5-0 at home this season … Tech was 15-2 victory was Tech’s first over an SEC school in the win and made eight of their 10 shots. in Cassell last season, 7-2 in ACC games … an overtime game (Tech is now 1-2 against Since Buzz Williams arrived at Virginia Tech SEC schools in overtime). Continuing to Climb for the 2014-15 season, Tech is 43-16 (.729) in In the Hokies’ 91-75 win at Boston College It Was a Big Week Cassell Coliseum and is 34-7 (.829) since the last season, Justin Bibbs scored his 1,000th The Hokies defeated Ole Miss of the SEC beginning of the 2015-16 season. career point … He became the 45th Hokie to 83-80, in overtime on Saturday after defeating score 1,000 career points and currently has Not Marginal at All Iowa of the Big Ten, 79-55, on Nov. 28 in the 1,145 points, 36th on the list, after passing The 24-point winning margin against Iowa Big Ten/ACC Challenge in Blacksburg … Coleman Collins in the win over Iowa … marks the second time in as many games This marked the first time since the 2012- Bibbs is averaging 18.3 points per game this this season that Tech has defeated a Power 13 season that Tech played back-to-back season, shooting 56.5 percent from the floor, 5 conference opponent by 24 points … Tech games against Power 5 competition in less 41.2 percent from three-point range and downed Washington, 103-79 in Madison than a calendar week not part of an exempt 94.7 percent from the free throw line … He Square Garden earlier in the month … The tournament … In that season, the Hokies has scored in double figures in all six games 24-point margin of victory is the largest ever defeated Iowa, 95-79, in Cassell Coliseum in … Bibbs is currently shooting 40.3 percent for Tech in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 27 and from three-point range for his career, which is followed that with an 81-71 home win over Lots of Minutes second on the Virginia Tech all-time list. No. 15 Oklahoma State … The last time Tech Two Hokie players played such teams in which one of the games are two of the most Less Than a Third was a road game was the 2011-12 season, experienced ACC players The Hokies held Iowa to just 33.3 percent when Tech lost at Minnesota, 58-55, in the in the league this season from the field on Nov. 28 … That is the lowest Big Ten/ACC Challenge and lost at home to … Justin Bibbs has played opponent field goal percentage of the season Kansas State, 69-61, five days later.