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2016-17 Virginia Tech - (4-0, 0-0 ACC) vs. SCHEDULE Date Opponent Time TV Texas A&M - (3-1, 0-0 SEC) 11/11 MAINE (ACCNExtra) W 80-67 Nov. 25, 2016 11/15 HIGH POINT (ACCNExtra) W 99-73 11/19 VMI (ACCNExtra) W 88-72 5:30 p.m. ET Wooden Legacy (Fullerton, Calif.) Titan Gym (4,000) 11/24 vs. New Mexico# (ESPN) W 92-72 Fullerton, California 11/25 vs. Texas A&M# 5:30 p.m. ESPN2 Wooden Legacy (Anaheim, Calif.) 11/27 Consolations/Final# TBD ESPN/U TOP TOPICS HOKIE NOTES Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Ann Arbor, Mich.) 11/30 at Michigan 7 p.m. ESPNU v Texas A&M leads the all-time series, 2-1 About Today’s Game v The Hokies defeated New Mexico, 92- The Hokies enter the game 4-0 on the 12/ 7 UMES 8:30 p.m. ACCNExtra 72, on Thursday in the first round of the season … Texas A&M is 3-1 this season 12/11 MISSISSIPPI Noon ESPNU 12/17 THE CITADEL 1 p.m. ACCNExtra Wooden Legacy following their 95-73 win over Cal. State 12/20 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 9 p.m. ESPNU v Justin Robinson led the Hokies with a Northridge in the tournament’s first 12/28 UMBC 7 p.m. ACCNExtra career-high 22 points and a career-high game. 12/31 DUKE* Noon ESPN2 tying eight assists 1/ 4 at NC State* 9 p.m. ACC Network 1/ 7 at Florida State* 2 p.m. ACC Network v Ahmed Hill added 18 points in the win Last Time Out: VT 92, UNM 72 1/10 SYRACUSE* 7 p.m. ESPNU v The Hokies had 20 assists, the third The Hokies defeated New Mexico, 1/14 NOTRE DAME* 2 p.m. ACC Network consecutive time Tech had at least 19 92-72, on Thursday in the first round of 1/18 GEORGIA TECH* 9 p.m. RSN the Wooden Legacy ... Justin Robinson 1/22 at Clemson* 6:30 p.m. ESPNU assists in a game 1/26 at North Carolina* 8 p.m. ESPN v Buzz Williams was an assistant at Texas had a career-high 22 points and tied a 1/29 BOSTON COLLEGE* 6:30 p.m. ESPNU A&M from 2004-2006 career-high with eight assists in the win ... 2/ 1 at Virginia* 8 p.m. ACC Network v The attendance Thursday was 3,816, Ahmed Hill added 18 points ... Tech shot 2/ 8 at Miami* 9 p.m. RSN 2/12 VIRGINIA* 6:30 p.m. ESPNU fourth-best in tournament history 50 percent from the field and had assists 2/14 at Pittsburgh* 7 p.m. ESPN/e2 on 20 of their 31 made baskets. 2/18 at Louisville* 1 p.m. ACC Network 2/21 CLEMSON* 7 p.m. ESPNU Series Against the Aggies 2/25 at Boston College* 4 p.m. RSN SOCIAL MEDIA This is just the fourth all-time meeting 2/27 MIAMI* 9 p.m. ESPN2 3/ 4 WAKE FOREST* 4:30 p.m. RSN Twitter: @hokiesports & @VT_MBBall between the two schools ... Texas A&M holds a 2-1 edge in the previous meetings 2017 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament Instagram: vthokiembb ... The last time the two school met was 3/ 7- ACC Tournament ACCN/ESPN/ESPN2 3/11 (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.) Snapchat: HokieSports on Dec. 20, 1980, as the Aggies defeated #Hokies Tech, 55-52, in the Virginia Tech Classic CAPS denote home games * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games #BeatTAMU in Cassell Coliseum ... Tech’s only win in # - Wooden Legacy the series was in the first game played All times are EST and are subject to change Follow us on Twitter between the two schools, a 101-74 Tech @VT_MBall win in 1965 in the All College Tournament in Oklahoma City ... Tech is 51-56 all-time BROADCAST against schools currently in the SEC. What A Day! Radio Justin Robinson had, perhaps, his Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network best-ever performance for the Hokies John Ramey in their win over New Mexico ... The Also available on: Virginia Tech Strategic Communications Satellite: Sirius: 81 XM: 81 Internet: 81 sophomore point guard Primary Contact had a career-high 22 Bill Dyer - Associate Director Television/Internet points, to go along [email protected] ESPN with a career-high- (o) - 540-231-8853 Steve Quis, Adrian Branch & Jeff Goodman tying eight assists ... (c) - 540-998-5906 Secondary Contact - Social Media Contact Robinson also played a Kelsey Appleton - Associate Director career-high 40 minutes, [email protected] GAME 5 but did not commit a (o) - 540-231-2228 turnover in the game. Justin Robinson (c) - 540-739-0002 Virginia Tech vs. Texas A&M Notes • Page 1 Balance Hokie Odds & Ends Lotsa Points Entering today’s game, the Hokies have The Hokies have not had a player foul out Four games into the 2016-17 season and five players averaging in double figures and a of a game this season ... Only two players the Hokies have scored 359 points so far ... sixth, Justin Bibbs, averaging 9.8 points per have committed as many as 10 fouls ... That is the most points scored by a Virginia game ... The Hokies have played 10 players Ahmed Hill, who is averaging 28.5 minutes Tech men’s basketball team in the first four this season and nine have scored at least 10 per games, has committed just one turnover games of a season since the 1988-89 season, points so far. ... Justin Robinson has better than a 3:1 assist when Tech scored 376 total points in home to turnover ratio ... As a team, the Hokies have wins over Wofford, William & Mary and James They Are Free almost a 2:1 assist to turnover ratio. Madison and a road loss at Alabama ... The The Hokies made 19 of 20 free throws 1988-89 team featured Tech’s all-time leading in the win over New Mexico, good for 95.0 A Fine Start scorer Bimbo Coles and sharp-shooter Wally percent from the line ... That is the Hokies’ Khadim Sy made his Lancaster. second-best free throw percentage in a collegiate debut in the win game with at least 20 attempts of all time ... over Maine ... The freshman Making Points on Points vs. High Point The only better performance with at least 20 post earned the start and In the Hokies’ win over High Point, the attempts was a 95.7 percent night against had a solid six points, four Hokies scored 99 points, the most points by Dayton on Dec. 17, 1976 ... In that game, the rebounds and team-high a Virginia Tech team since a 105-92 win over Hokies made 22 of 23 from the line. three blocked shots in the VMI on Nov. 18, 2013 in Cassell Coliseum ... In win ... In the win over High Khadim Sy the High Point win, Tech scored 60 points in Strong Start for LeDay Point, Sy recorded his first the first half, the most for a Tech team since Senior Zach LeDay double-figure scoring game of his career, scoring 61 points in the second half of the started the 2016-17 season with 14 points on 6-of-9 from the field ... He afore mentioned VMI game ... The 60 points right where he ended last also had a team-high six rebounds ... Sy took is the most points scored in a first half since season, on a hot note ... it a step further in the win over New Mexico, Tech joined the ACC in the 2004-05 season. LeDay led the Hokies with as he grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds, the 20 points and 12 rebounds most for the freshman this season. Hit the Road, Jack in the win over Maine ... It Beginning on Nov. 21, the Hokies have marked his 13th double- Zach LeDay Hot from the Field embarked on a 10-day, four game road double at Virginia Tech and In the win over High Point, the Hokies shot trip against top-level competition ... Tech the fifth double-double with at least 20 points 56.1 percent from the field, the most in a is competing in the Wooden Legacy, being ... It also marks his third consecutive double- game since shooting 61.0 percent in the win played on the campus of Cal. State Fullerton double and his fourth in his last five games ... over Liberty on Nov. 19, 2014 ... In the win and the Honda Center in Anaheim ... Tech The performance is the first Hokie to have a over VMI, the Hokies shot 60.0 percent ... This opened play on Thanksgiving Day against 20-point double-double off the bench since marks the first time that the Hokies have shot New Mexico and then will play Texas A&M on Jeff Allen had 24 points and 13 rebounds off 55 percent or better from the field in back-to- Friday, in Fullerton ... The final game will be the bench in a win over VMI on Dec. 9, 2009 back games since Jan. 23 and 28, 2007, when held in Honda Center, home of the Anaheim ... LeDay followed that with 12 points in the Tech shot 58.1 percent at Miami and 59.9 Ducks, on Sunday ... Tech then heads off to win over High Point ... In the win over VMI, percent at Georgia Tech. Ann Arbor, Michigan, to play the Wolverines LeDay had his second double-double of the in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Wed., Nov. season with 23 points and 12 rebounds ..