2020-21 VMI BASKETBALL TEAM

FRONT ROW (L TO R) – Kamdyn Curfman, Louis Tang, Ta’Vonne Bond, Greg Parham, Myles Lewis, Trajen Fahl, Sean Conway, Tray Bonham. BACK ROW (L TO R) – Logan Dahms - Assistant Basketball Coach, Tom Kiely - Director of Basketball Operations, – Head Basketball Coach, Devin Butler, Caleb Moss, DJ Nussbaum, Jake Stephens, Sam Wolfe, Connor Ar- nold, Tanner Mans, Ander Galfsky – Assistant Basketball Coach, Austin Kenon – Assistant Basketball Coach, Andrew Weir – Assistant Director of Basketball Operations. 2020-21 BASKETBALL 2020-21 VMI KEYDETS ROSTER: ROSTER BREAKDOWN: NUMERICAL ROSTER: KEYDETS BY CLASS: No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Prev School) 0 Louis Tang G 6-4 195 So. Kaohsiung, Taiwan (St. Mary’s Ryken) Seniors - 3 (Bond, Fahl, Lewis, Parham) 1 Tragen Fahl F 6-8 195 Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. (Atlantic Shores Christian) 2 Trey Bonham G 6-0 170 Fr. Mobile, Ala. (UMS-Wright) Juniors - 2 (Arnold, Stephens) 5 Greg Parham G 6-4 170 Sr. Richmond, Va. (Monacan) Sophomores - 4 (Conway, Curfman, 10 Kamdyn Curfman G 6-1 186 So. North Bethesda, Md. (Georgetown Prep) Tang, Wolfe) 11 Devin Butler G 6-2 195 Fr. Ridgeland, S.C. (Ridgeland-Hardeeville) 12 Ta’Vonne Bond G 6-0 177 Sr. Columbia, S.C. (Irmo/Mount Zion Christian Academy) Freshmen - 5 (Bonham, Butler, Mans, 14 Sam Wolfe F 6-8 214 So. Charlotte, N.C. (United Faith) Moss, Nussbaum) 15 Myles Lewis G 6-5 186 Sr. Ashburn, Va. (Middleburg Academy/Victory Rock Prep) 21 Connor Arnold F 6-7 206 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. (Beckley Prep/Grace Christian) 24 Tanner Mans G 6-6 187 Fr. Wichita, Kan. (Bishop Carroll) KEYDETS BY STATE/COUNTRY: 30 Sean Conway G 6-4 200 So. Fairfield, Conn. (Fairfield Warde/Cushing Academy) Virginia - 4 (Fahl, Lewis, Parham, Moss) 32 Caleb Moss F 6-7 200 Fr. Dillwyn, Va. (Fork Union MIlitary Academy) North Carolina - 2 (Wolfe) 34 Jake Stephens C 6-9 266 Jr. Bunker Hill, W.Va. (Musselman) South Carolina - 2 (Bond, Butler) 42 DJ Nussbaum C 6-9 230 Fr. Houston, Texas (Episcopal) Alabama - 1 (Bonham) Head Coach...... Dan Earl (Penn State ‘97), Sixth Season Connecticut - 1 (Conway) Assistant Coach...... Austin Kenon (VMI ’11), Fourth Season Kansas - 1 (Mans) Assistant Coach...... Ander Galfsky (Birmingham-Southern ‘15), Second Season Maryland - 1 (Curfman) Assistant Coach...... Logan Dahms (Texas A&M ’13), Second Season Tennessee - 1 (Arnold) Basketball Operations...... Tom Kiely (Seton Hall ‘18), Third Season Texas - 1 (Nussbaum) Asst. Basketball Operations...... Andrew Weir (Erskine ‘20), First Season Taiwan - 1 (Tang) West Virginia - 1 (Stephens)

2020-21 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE: DATE: OPPONENT: LOCATION: TIME: DATE: OPPONENT: LOCATION: TIME: 11/25 vs. St. Andrews Lexington, Va. 7 PM 1/30 at UNCG* Greensboro, N.C. TBA 11/28 at Penn State University Park, PA 1 PM 2/3 at Wofford* Spartanburg, S.C. 7 PM 12/3 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 8 PM 2/10 at Western Carolina* Cullowhee, N.C. TBA 12/7 vs. Regent# Lexington, Va. 7 PM 2/13 vs. Samford* Lexington, Va. 1 PM 12/10 vs. Mercer* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 2/17 vs. UNCG* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 12/13 vs. Hampton Lexington, Va. 1 PM 2/20 at The Citadel* Charleston, S.C. TBA 12/15 vs. Campbellsville-Harrodsburg Lexington, Va. 7 PM 2/24 vs. ETSU* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 12/18 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 2 PM 2/27 at Chattanooga* Chattanooga, Ten. 7 PM 12/21 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 7 PM 12/30 at Samford* Birmingham, Ala. 8 PM 1/2 vs. Chattanooga* Lexington, Va. 1 PM 1/6 at ETSU* Johnson City, Tenn. TBA 1/9 at Furman* Greenville, S.C. TBA 1/13 vs. Wofford* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 1/16 vs. The Citadel* Lexington, Va. 1 PM 2020-21 SOCON BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1/20 vs. Furman* Lexington, Va. 7 PM March 5-8, 2020 / Asheville, N.C. / Times TBD 1/23 at Mercer* Macon, Ga. TBA 1/27 vs. Western Carolina* Lexington, Va. 7 PM All home and games are on ESPN Family of Networks or SoCon Digital Network. * - Southern Conference Game / # - indicates Keydet Classic

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Now in his sixth season at As a starting point guard under head coach Bruce Parkhill and VMI, Dan Earl continues to then assistant coach Ed DeChellis, Earl battled injuries through- build VMI basketball with out his career but finished six years later with 1,256 points a steady process based (15th all-time at the time), 574 assists (no. 2 all time), 194 career on sound fundamentals three-pointers (7th all-time) and 491 3-point attempts (7th all- and execution. Having time). He totaled two of the top season school marks in assists. spent the early part of his tenure transitioning VMI During his college playing career, Earl helped Penn State to per- basketball to a new style haps the best five-year stretch in school history as the Nittany Li- of play, Earl now has a ros- ons posted a record of 73-46 that including a 48-13 home mark. ter that is familiar with his He served as team captain three times and helped Penn State to system and is seasoned the 1995 NIT and a 1996 NCAA Tournament appearance from a with valuable experience squad that went 21-7 and earned a top 10 national ranking. Earl that has been tested and earned All-Big Ten honors twice and was a two-time Academic tempered in the SoCon All-American. hardwood battles. Earl received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Dan Earl was named head Penn State in December, 1997 and earned a master’s degree in VMI basketball coach on April 12, 2015. Earl came to VMI from the business logistics at Penn State in 2007. United States Naval Academy where he was Associate Head Coach since the 2011-12 season. His duties included serving as recruiting Following graduation, Earl played professionally in Germany, director, scheduling, scouting of opponents, game preparation Poland, Portugal, and also played stateside in the Continental and player development. Basketball Association and NBA’s Development League with the Roanoke (Va.) Dazzle in 2001-02. Earl participated in two New While at Navy, Earl used his experience as a dynamic recruiter to Jersey Nets NBA pre-seasons in 2001-02 and 2002-03. draw several talented student-athletes to Annapolis that were instrumental in the Midshipmen doubling conference wins in The Earl family has deep roots in basketball as father Denny was each of the first four seasons under head coach Ed DeChellis. Navy a starting forward for Rutgers in the mid 60’s where he played posted eight Patriot League wins in 2014-15 and defeated rival under head coach Bill Foster and alongside the late Jim Valvano. Army three times which included a conference tournament victory Dan’s younger brother, Brian, started for Princeton from 1996- over the Cadets. 99 and helped the Tigers to 95 wins – the most of any player in school history. Brian currently serves as the Head Coach at Earl directed the Navy offensive sets and played a vital role in in- Cornell University. creasing scoring output of key offensive players. On the defensive side, Navy ranked 57th in the country in scoring defense in 2013- Dan and his wife, Sheila, were married in the summer of 2008 14 and had the second lowest turnover total in school history. and have two daughters, Mila and Alyssa.

Earl became the 28th head coach in VMI program history that dates back to 1908-09.

Earl starred on the basketball court at Penn State where he helped the Nittany Lions to one of the most prolific winning periods in the mid- 90’s before spending six years from 2006-11 on the staff at Penn State as an assistant coach.

While coaching at his alma mater, Earl helped the Nittany Lions to a NCAA Tournament berth in 2011 – the program’s first in 10 years – and the 2009 NIT Championship squad that posted wins over national powers Florida, Notre Dame, and Baylor. The 2009 Penn State team won a school record 27 games and the program also attained an NIT berth in 2007.

As an assistant coach at Penn State, Earl played a key role in recruiting outstanding talent that fueled the program’s success as he served as lead recruiter on all-Big 10 guard Tim Frazier. Earl also helped develop All-Big 10 selection Talor Battle who became the first player in Big 10 history to eclipse 2,000 points, 500 re- bounds, and 500 assists.

2020-21 VMI Keydets Basketball VMI Keydets (0-0 Overall, 0-0 SoCon) vs. St. Andrews Knights (1-2 Overall, 0-2 AAC)

Wednesday, November 25 - Lexington, Va. - - 7 p.m. VMI Keydets 2020-21 Schedule and Results # Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 11/25 St. Andrews ...... 7 p.m. 0 Louis Tang G 6-4 195 So. Kaohsiung, Taiwan 11/28 at Penn State ...... 1 p.m. 1 Tragen Fahl F 6-8 195 Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. 2 Trey Bonham G 6-0 170 Fr. Mobile, Ala. 12/3 at Virginia Tech...... 7 p.m. 5 Greg Parham G 6-4 176 Sr. Richmond, Va. 12/7 Regent %...... 7 p.m. 10 Kamdyn Curfman G 6-0 186 So. North Bethesda, Md. 12/10 Mercer*...... 7 p.m. 11 Devin Butler G 6-2 195 Fr. Ridgeland, S.C. 12/13 Hampton % ...... 1 p.m. 12 Ta’Vonne Bond G 6-0 177 Sr. Columbia, S.C. 12/15 Campbellsville-Harrodsburg .... 7 p.m. 14 Sam Wolfe F 6-8 214 So. Charlotte, N.C. 15 Myles Lewis G 6-5 186 Sr. Ashburn, Va. 12/18 at Gardner-Webb ...... 7 p.m. 21 Connor Arnold F 6-7 206 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. 12/21 at Wake Forest...... 7 p.m. 24 Tanner Mans G 6-6 187 Fr. Wichita, Kan. 12/30 at Samford*...... 8 p.m. (EST) 30 Sean Conway G 6-5 215 So. Fairfield, Conn. 1/2 Chattanooga* ...... 1 p.m. 32 Caleb Moore F 6-7 200 Fr. Dillwyn, Va. 34 Jake Stephens C 6-10 266 Jr. Bunker Hill, W.Va. 1/6 at ETSU* ...... TBA 1/9 at Furman*...... TBA Head Coach: Dan Earl (Penn State, ’97), Sixth Season 1/13 Wofford* ...... 7 p.m. Assistant Coach: Austin Kenon (VMI, ’11), Fourth Season 1/16 The Citadel* ...... 1 p.m. Assistant Coach: Ander Galfsky (Birmingham-Southern, ‘15), Second season 1/20 Furman* ...... 7 p.m. Assistant Coach: Logan Dahms (Covenant College, ‘11), Second season Director of Ops.: Tom Kiely (Seton Hall, ’18), Third Season 1/23 at Mercer* ...... TBA Asst. Dir. of Ops: Andrew Weir (Erskine, ‘20), First Season 1/27 Western Carolina* ...... 7 p.m. 1/30 at UNCG* ...... TBA 2/3 at Wofford* ...... 7 p.m. St. Andrews Knights # Player Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown 2/10 at Western Carolina* ...... TBA 0 Martaye Sembly JR G 6-1 170 Goldsboro, NC 2/13 Samford* ...... 1 p.m. 1 Garrett McRae FR G 5-10 190 Laurinburg, NC 2/17 UNCG* ...... 7 p.m. 2 Ahmed Gustave SR G 6-1 178 San Juan, Puerto Rico 3 Myron Williams JR F 6-6 210 Fayetteville, NC 2/20 at The Citadel* ...... TBA 4 Gabriel Harbison JR G 6-3 192 Fayetteville, NC 2/24 ETSU* ...... 7 p.m. 5 XZavier McFadden JR G 5-9 160 Durham, NC 2/27 at Chattanooga* ...... 7 p.m. 10 Ma’Nas Drummond FR G 5-10 155 Fayetteville, NC 11 Isaac Clay SR G 5-10 160 Newport News, VA 3/5-8 at SoCon Tournament^...... All Day 12 Travis Thompson Jr. SO F 6-4 210 Columbia, SC 13 Damian Bruce FR G 5-10 160 Rockingham, NC 14 Seth Smith FR G 6-1 160 Charlotte NC * - Southern Conference Game 15 Andrew Metcalf SO F 6-4 182 Charlotte, NC % - Keydet Classic 21 Kenny Scott JR F 6-8 215 Fayetteville, NC ^ - Presented by General Shale (Asheville, .... 23 Jamaan Bailey JR G 6-4 175 Southern Pines, NC 24 Allan Taylor FR F 6-7 239 Lillington, NC N.C.) Harrah’s Cherokee Center

Head Coach: Randy Hernandez, 6th season Assistant Coaches: Kortez Smith (4th), Randall Johnson (4th), Schedule is subject to change. Please check Volunteer Assistant: Travis Buckhanon vmikeydets.com for the latest updates. 2019-20 Final Southern Conference Standings Institution SoCon Record Overall ETSU 16-2 30-4 Furman 15-3 25-7 UNCG 13-5 23-9 Around the Southern Conference Mercer 11-7 17-15 Wednesday: Western Carolina 10-8 19-12 ETSU vs. Abilene Christian 11 a.m. Chattanooga 10-8 20-13 North Georgia at Mercer 1 p.m. Western Carolina at UNCW 1 p.m. Wofford 8-10 19-16 Piedmont at The Citadel 3 p.m. Samford 4-14 10-23 Tusculum at Furman 4 p.m. VMI 3-15 9-24 Brewton-Parker at Wofford 6 p.m. The Citadel 0-18 6-24

2019-20 Southern Conference Stats Leaders Team Individual Team Scoring Offense Assist/Turnover Ratio Points Per Game Steals Per Game 1. Western Carolina 78.8 1. Furman 1.3 1. Josh Sharkey-SAM 18.0 1. Isaiah Miller-UNCG 2.8 2. Furman 76.8 2. VMI 1.3 2. Isaiah Miller-UNCG 17.8 2. Josh Sharkey-SAM 2.7 3. ETSU 76.3 3. Chattanooga 1.2 3. Mason Faulkner-WCU 17.7 3. Djordje Dimitrijevic-MER 1.5 4. The Citadel 74.8 4. ETSU 1.1 4. Djordje Dimitrijevic-MER 16.8 4. Clay Mounce-FUR 1.5 5. Samford 74.2 5. Wofford 1.1 5. Jordan Lyons-FUR 16.4 5. Tray Boyd III-ETSU 1.5

Scoring Defense Assists Per Game Rebounds Per Game Three Pointers Per Game 1. ETSU 63.1 1. VMI 16.0 1. Carlos Dotson-WCU 9.7 1. Matt Ryan-UTC 2.7 2. UNCG 63.1 2. Furman 14.8 2. James Dickey-UNCG 9.3 1. Fletcher Abee-CIT 2.7 3. Furman 66.3 3. Western Carolina 14.6 3. Ethan Stair-MER 9.3 3. Kaiden Rice-CIT 2.6 4. Chattanooga 68.5 4. The Citadel 14.4 4. Jalen Dupree-SAM 7.4 4. Onno Steger-WCU 2.6 5. Wofford 68.5 5. Mercer 14.4 5. Robert Allen-SAM 7.0 5. Kamdyn Curfman-VMI 2.5

FT Percentage Three Pointers Per Game Assists Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game 1. Samford .744 1. VMI 10.9 1. Josh Sharkey-SAM 7.2 1. Kyrin Galloway-UNCG 1.7 2. Mercer .722 2. Western Carolina 9.7 2. Mason Faulkner-WCU 6.1 2. James Dickey-UNCG 1.7 3. Wofford .712 3. Wofford 9.6 3. Tyson Batiste-CIT 5.3 3. Robert Allen-SAM 1.3 4. Chattanooga .712 4. Furman 9.4 4. Djordje Dimitrijevic-MER 3.7 4. Lucas N’Guessan-ETSU 1.1 5. Western Carolina .710 5. The Citadel 9.3 5. Alex Hunter-FUR 3.7 7. Jake Stephens-VMI 1.0 Tale of the Tape VMI - (2019-20) St. Andrews 9-24 Overall, 3-15 SoCon, 5-10 Home 1-2 Overall, 0-2 AAC, 0-2 Away 72.1------Points Per Game------76.7 71.1------Scoring Defense------87.7 .428------Field Goal Percentage------.467 .355 ------3-Point Field Goal Percentage------.324 10.9------3-Point Field Goals Per Game------7.3 317-448------Free Throws Made-Attempted------24-43 .708------Free Throw Percentage------.558 1183------Rebounds------114 35.8------Rebounds Per Game------38.0 -0.3------Rebounding Margin------+3.0 528------Assists------45 16.0------Assists Per Game------15.0 417------Turnovers------48 12.6------Turnovers Per Game------16.0 +0.3 ------Turnover Margin------1.0 1.3------Assist/Turnover Ratio------0.94 222------Steals------19 6.7------Steals Per Game------6.3 83------Blocks------6 2.5------Blocks Per Game------2.0 1117/1221/42------Score By Periods (1st/2nd/All OTs)------120/110/N/A

2019-20 VMI Leaders (returnees) St. Andrews Leaders (2020-21) Points/Game Assists (Total) Points/Game Assists (Total) 10.0 - Kamdyn Curfman 90 - Greg Parham 11.7 - Isaac Clay 8 - Andrew Metcalf 9.4 - Greg Parham 67 - Jake Stephens 11.0 - Garrett McRae 7 - XZavier McFadden 7.6 - Myles Lewis 54 - Kamdyn Curfman 11.0 - Myron Williams 5 - Two Players

Minutes/Game Rebounds/Game Minutes/Game Rebounds/Game 29.9 - Kamdyn Curfman 4.6 - Jake Stephens 27.0 - Garrett McRae 5.0 - Andrew Metcalf 23.7 - Greg Parham 3.6 - Myles Lewis 25.0 - Myron Williams 4.3 - Allan Taylor

3-Pointers (Total) Blocks (Total) 3-Pointers (Total) Blocks (Total) 84 - Kamdyn Curfman 34 - Jake Stephens 7 - Clay Isaac 3 - Seth Smith 45 - Greg Parham 10 - Myles Lewis 4 - Jamaan Bailey 2 - Allan Taylor

FT Percentage Steals (Total) FT Percentage (Season) Steals (Total) .775 - Jake Stephens 28 - Myles Lewis 1.000 - Clay Isaac 4 - Isaac Clay .730 - Greg Parham 26 - Kamdyn Curfman .714 - Ahmed Gustave 3 -Two Players Upcoming Events at VMI Monday, Dec. 7 Basketball hosts Regent (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Thursday, Dec. 10 Basketball hosts Mercer (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Sunday, Dec. 13 Basketball hosts Hampton (1 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Thursday, Dec. 15 Basketball hosts Campbellsville-Harrodburg (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall

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