2020-21 VMI 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/RESULT: DATE: OPPONENT: LOCATION: TIME: 11/25 vs. St. Andrews Lexington, Va. W, 90-63 1/27 vs. Western Carolina* Lexington, Va. W, 87-61 11/28 at Penn State University Park, PA L, 65-86 1/30 at UNCG* Greensboro, N.C. L, 59-76 12/1 vs. Longwood Lexington, Va. W, 84-71 2/3 at Wofford* Spartanburg, S.C. W, 84-80 (OT) 12/3 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. L, 57-64 2/10 at Western Carolina* Cullowhee, N.C. L, 72-74 12/8 vs. Greensboro College# Lexington, Va. W, 100-65 2/13 vs. Samford* Lexington, Va. W, 85-56 12/10 vs. Mercer* Lexington, Va. PPD 2/17 vs. UNCG* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 12/13 vs. Hampton# Lexington, Va. W, 79-64 2/20 at The Citadel* Charleston, S.C. 1 PM 12/15 vs. Campbellsville-Harrodsburg Lexington, Va. W, 106-72 2/24 vs. ETSU* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 12/18 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. L, 77-88 2/27 at Chattanooga* Chattanooga, Ten. 7 PM 12/21 at George Mason Fairfax, Va. L, 66-68 12/30 at Samford* Birmingham, Ala. L, 71-84 1/2 vs. Chattanooga* Lexington, Va. W, 84-79 1/9 at Furman* Greenville, S.C. PPD 1/13 vs. Wofford* Lexington, Va. L, 78-80 1/16 vs. The Citadel* Lexington, Va. W, 110-103 2020-21 SOCON BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1/18 at ETSU* Johnson City, Tenn. L, 81-92 March 5-8, 2020 / Asheville, N.C. / Times TBD 1/20 vs. Furman* Lexington, Va. W, 74-73 1/23 at Mercer* Macon, Ga. L, 80-83 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 (11-10 Overall, 6-6 SoCon) vs. UNCG Spartans (15-6 Overall, 10-3 SoCon)

Wednesday, February 17- Lexington, Va. - - 7 p.m. VMI Keydets 2020-21 Schedule and Results # Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 11/25 St. Andrews ...... W 90-63 0 Louis Tang G 6-4 195 So. Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1 Tragen Fahl F 6-8 195 Sr. Virginia Beach, Va. 11/28 at Penn State ...... L 65-86 2 Trey Bonham G 6-0 170 Fr. Mobile, Ala. 12/1 Longwood ...... W 84-71 5 Greg Parham G 6-4 176 Sr. Richmond, Va. 12/3 at Virginia Tech...... L 57-64 10 Kamdyn Curfman G 6-0 186 So. North Bethesda, Md. 11 Devin Butler G 6-2 195 Fr. Ridgeland, S.C. 12/8 Greensboro College %...... W 100-65 12 Ta’Vonne Bond G 6-0 177 Sr. Columbia, S.C. 12/10 Mercer*...... Postponed 14 Sam Wolfe F 6-8 214 So. Charlotte, N.C. 15 Myles Lewis G 6-5 186 Sr. Ashburn, Va. 12/13 Hampton % ...... W 79-64 21 Connor Arnold F 6-7 206 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. 12/15 Campbellsville-Harrodsburg .....W 106-72 24 Tanner Mans G 6-6 187 Fr. Wichita, Kan. 12/18 at Gardner-Webb ...... L 77-88 30 Sean Conway G 6-5 215 So. Fairfield, Conn. 32 Caleb Moss F 6-7 200 Fr. Dillwyn, Va. 12/21 at George Mason...... L 66-68 34 Jake Stephens C 6-10 266 Jr. Bunker Hill, W.Va. 12/30 at Samford*...... L 71-84 42 DJ Nussbaum C 6-9 230 Fr. Houston, Texas 1/2 Chattanooga* ...... W 84-79

Head Coach: Dan Earl (Penn State, ’97), Sixth Season 1/13 Wofford* ...... L 78-80 Assistant Coach: Austin Kenon (VMI, ’11), Fourth Season 1/16 The Citadel* ...... W 110-103 Assistant Coach: Ander Galfsky (Birmingham-Southern, ‘15), Second season 1/18 at ETSU* ...... L 81-92 Assistant Coach: Logan Dahms (Covenant College, ‘11), Second season Director of Ops.: Tom Kiely (Seton Hall, ’18), Third Season 1/20 Furman* ...... W 74-73 Asst. Dir. of Ops: Andrew Weir (Erskine, ‘20), First Season 1/23 at Mercer* ...... L 80-83 1/27 Western Carolina* ...... W 87-61 UNCG Spartans 1/30 at UNCG* ...... L 59-76 # Player Pos.Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 Keyshaun Langley G 6-1 175 So. High Point, N.C. 2/3 at Wofford* ...... W 84-80 OT 1 Isaiah Miller G 6-0 190 Sr. Covington, Ga. 2/10 at Western Carolina* ...... L 72-74 2 A.J. McGinnis G 6-3 180 Fr. Huntsville, Al. 3 Kobe Langley G 6-1 180 So. High Point, N.C. 2/13 Samford* ...... W 85-56 4 Mohammed Abdulsalam F 6-9 255 Jr. Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria 2/17 UNCG* ...... 7 p.m. 11 J.C. Tharrington G 6-1 180 So. Charlotte, N.C. 2/20 at The Citadel* ...... 1 p.m. 12 Khyre Thompson F 6-6 200 So. Kernersville, N.C. 13 Angelo Allegri F 6-7 215 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. 2/22 at Furman*...... 7 p.m. 15 Dericko Williams F 6-8 220 So. Kinston, N.C. 2/24 ETSU* ...... 7 p.m. 20 Reggie Raynor G 6-5 205 Fr. Fayetteville, N.C. 2/27 at Chattanooga* ...... 7 p.m. 25 Hayden Koval C 7-1 220 Sr. Prosper, Tx 30 Ryan Tankelewicz G 6-1 190 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. 3/5-8 at SoCon Tournament^...... All Day 32 Jarrett Hensley F 6-8 205 Fr. Merriam, Kan. 33 Bas Leyte F 6-10 220 So. Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands 44 Kaleb Hunter G 6-4 190 R-Jr. Louisburg, N.C. * - Southern Conference Game % - Keydet Classic Head Coach: Wes Miller ^ - Presented by General Shale (Asheville, .... Assistant Coach: Kyle Bankhead Assistant Coach: Andre Gray N.C.) Harrah’s Cherokee Center Assistant Coach: Chris LePore Director of Ops: Tom Tankelewicz Dir. of Player Development: Asad Lemot Schedule is subject to change. Please check vmikeydets.com for the latest updates. 2020-21 Southern Conference Standings Institution SoCon Record Overall UNCG 10-3 15-6 ETSU 8-4 12-8 Wofford 9-5 12-8 Around the Southern Conference Furman 7-4 13-7 Chattanooga 7-5 16-5 Wednesday: VMI 6-6 11-10 *Mercer at ETSU 7 p.m. Mercer 5-7 12-8 *Samford at Furman 7 p.m. The Citadel 4-8 11-8 *Western Carolina at Chattanooga 7 p.m. Samford 2-8 6-11 * T h e C i t a d e l a t W o ff o r d 7 p . m . Western Carolina 2-10 9-12

2020-21 Southern Conference Stats Leaders Team Individual Scoring Offense 3Pt Percentage Points Per Game Percentage 1. The Citadel 83.7 1. VMI .391 1. Hayden Brown-CIT 20.2 1. Stefan Kenic-UTC .868 2. VMI 80.4 2. The Citadel .386 2. Kaiden Rice-CIT 18.4 2. Storm Murphy-WOF .859 3. Furman 80.3 3. Mercer .375 3. Isaiah Miller-UNCG 18.4 3. Jake Stephens-VMI .832 4. Mercer 79.1 4. Chattanooga .367 4. Greg Parham-VMI 18.3 4. Mike Bothwell-FUR .819 5. Samford 78.6 5. ETSU .354 5. Storm Murphy-WOF 17.7 5. Malachi Smith-UTC .814

Scoring Defense Assists Per Game Rebounds Per Game Three Point FG Percentage 1. ETSU 65.8 1. Mercer 17.3 1. Hayden Brown-CIT 11.0 1. Greg Parham-VMI .465 2. UNCG 66.9 2. Furman 17.2 2. Malachi Smith-UTC 9.0 2. Ross Cummings-MER .444 3. Wofford 68.4 3. The Citadel 16.8 3. Felipe Haase-MER 7.8 3. Kamdyn Curfman-VMI .418 4. Furman 68.6 4. VMI 16.0 4. Damari Monsanto-ETSU 7.6 4. David Jean-Baptiste-UTC .416 5. Chattanooga 69.8 5. Samford 15.6 5. Jake Stephens-VMI 7.4 5. Sean Conway-VMI .410 6. Myles Lewis-VMI 7.0 Three Pointers Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game Free Throw Percentage 1. The Citadel 11.4 Assists Per Game 1. Hayden Koval-UNCG 2.4 1. VMI .785 2. VMI 11.2 1. Tyler Moffe-CIT 4.8 2. Stephen Clark-CIT 2.1 2. Chattanooga .780 3. Wofford 10.4 2. Neftali Alvarez-MER 4.7 3. Jake Stephens-VMI 1.7 3. Furman .725 4. Furman 9.8 3. Mason Faulkner-WCU 4.6 4. Xavier Cork-WCU 1.5 4. Western Carolina .720 5. Mercer 8.9 4. David Sloan-ETSU 4.4 5. Jalen Slawson-FUR 1.4 5. The Citadel .694 5. Storm Murphy-WOF 4.3 5. Maciej Bender-MER 1.4 Tale of the Tape VMI UNCG 11-10 Overall, 6-6 SoCon, 1-0-1 Home UNCG Leads the Series 20-8 15-6 Overall, 10-3 SoCon, 8-2 Away 80.4------Points Per Game------72.1 75.3------Scoring Defense------66.9 .467------Field Goal Percentage------.422 .391------3-Point Field Goal Percentage------.292 11.2------3-Point Field Goals Per Game------7.3 274-349------Free Throws Made-Attempted------228-333 .785------Free Throw Percentage------.685 803------Rebounds------833 38.2------Rebounds Per Game------39.7 +2.4------Rebounding Margin------3.3 336------Assists------264 16.0------Assists Per Game------12.6 279------Turnovers------253 13.3------Turnovers Per Game------12.0 -2.3------Turnover Margin------+3.4 1.2------/Turnover Ratio------1.0 120------Steals------157 5.7------Steals Per Game------7.5 64------Blocks------84 3.0------Blocks Per Game------4.0 818/861/10------Score By Periods (1st/2nd/All OTs)------708/822/0

VMI Leaders UNCG Leaders Points/Game Assists (Total) Points/Game Assists (Total) 18.3 - Greg Parham 79 - Greg Parham 18.4 - Isaiah Miller 76 - Keyshaun Langley 14.6 - Jake Stephens 69 - Jake Stephens 9.2 - Keyshaun Langley 70 - Isaiah Miller 12.6 - Kamdyn Curfman 50 - Kamdyn Curfman 8.9 - Angelo Allegri 30 - Kobe Langley

Minutes/Game Rebounds/Game Minutes/Game Rebounds/Game 33.0 - Kamdyn Curfman 7.4 - Jake Stephens 30.0 - Isaiah Miller 6.9 - M. Abdulsalam 32.7 - Greg Parham 7.0 - Myles Lewis 27.9 - Kaleb Hunter 6.6 - Isaiah Miller

3-Pointers (Total) Blocks (Total) 3-Pointers (Total) Blocks (Total) 59 - Greg Parham 35 - Jake Stephens 38 - Angelo Allegri 51 - Hayden Koval 59 - Kamdyn Curfman 12 - Myles Lewis 31 - Keyshaun Langley 6 - Isaiah Miller

FT Percentage Steals (Total) FT Percentage (Season) Steals (Total) .917 - Sean Conway 24 - Trey Bonham .841 - Keyshaun Langley 50- Isaiah Miller .875 - Kamdyn Curfman 22 - Greg Parham .750 - Hayden Koval 24 - Keyshaun Langley Upcoming Events at VMI Saturday, Feb. 20 Men’s and Women’s Rifle Hosts North Georgia (8 a.m.) - Kilbourne Hall Saturday, Feb. 20 Men’s Soccer Hosts Marymount (3 p.m.) - Wednesday, Feb. 24 Men’s Basketball hosts ETSU (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Fri-Sun, Feb. 26-28 Baseball hosts NJIT (3 p.m./noon/1 p.m.)- Gray-Minor Stadium Saturday, Feb. 27 Football hosts Furman (1:30 p.m.) - Foster Stadium Sat.-Sun., Feb. 27-28 Track & Field Hosts SoCon Championships - CPTF Schedule is subject to change. Please check vmikeydets.com for the latest updates.

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