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2008-09 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES VMI Challenges First-Place Radford On Senior Day Keydets Look to Remain In Race For Big South Championship’s Top Seed VMI Last Time Out: Using its deliberate style of play, Presbyterian held VMI to its lowest scoring output of the year and defeated the Keydets, 63-57, Monday night at Templeton Arena. The Keydets lost back-to-back games for the first time this year after falling to Coastal Carolina on Saturday. VMI also fell two games behind Radford in the race for the regular season championship as the Highlanders knocked off Charleston Southern Radford (16-110, 13-22 Big South) Monday night in North Charleston. at VMI (20-66, 11-44 Big South) Forward Chase Holmes scored 24 points and hit 10 of 17 shots from the field to lead Presbyterian to its eighth conference win against seven losses. Saturday, February 21; 4 p.m. Last Meeting with Radford: In a crucial battle for first place in the Big South, VMI knocked off Radford, 87-72, on Cameron Hall; Lexington, Va. Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Dedmon Center. TELEVISION- Broadcast on MASN VMI forced 22 turnovers on the night, and converted those Radford miscues into a crucial 30 points, helping the visitors RADIO- WREL-AAM 1450 Lexington overcome a 13-0 game-opening run. The Keydets answered with a 50-19 run over the final 16 minutes of the first half in the and WRIS-AAM 1410 Roanoke first game back at the revamped Dedmon Center. INTERNET- Live Audio and Stats This season marks the first time in school history that VMI has appeared on the CollegeInsider.com’s Mid-Major Top 25 Poll. The Keydets are rated 15th in the most recent poll, down from their peak at 11th three weeks ago. (Full poll on page 3) In other online at www.VMIKeydets.com. rankings news, the Washington Post has ranked VMI fifth on their Atlantic 11 poll this week, comprised of Mid-Atlantic Division I LIVE VIDEO- Broadcast on the schools. The Keydets have also received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 in four different times this season. Big South Edge at By forcing 23 turnovers and committing only 15 against the Blue Hose, VMI continued a pair of impressive streaks. The www.BigSouthSports.com. Keydets have caused at least 17 miscues while also not committing more turnovers than their opponents in each game this sea- Tale Of The Tape son. The Keydets are 18-3 this season when scoring more points off turnovers than their opponents. VMI RU VMI boasts a pair of players, Chavis (21.9 ppg) and Travis (19.6 ppg) Holmes, who are each averaging over 19 points per 94.4 Points Per Game 73.0 game. That makes VMI the only team in the nation to make that claim. 86.5 Points Allowed 68.7 In 2008-09, the Keydets are trying to become the third school in Division I history to lead the nation in scoring for three straight seasons. Furman did so from 1953-55, while Loyola Marymount followed suit from 1988-90. (Page 5 for more info) 44.8% Field Goal % 45.7% A VMI win against Radford would: 51.3% FG % Allowed 39.7% Improve the Keydets’ record to 13-2 at Cameron Hall this season. The last time VMI began a season that well at home was 36.5% 3-Point FG % 35.0% 1976-77, when the Keydets went 15-0 at The Pit. 13.5 3-Pt. FG Per Game 5.1 Tie the third-most wins in a single season in school history. The 1977-78 team went 21-7, while a win against the 73.9% Free Throw % 67.9% Highlanders would move VMI to 21-6. 18.0 Assists Per Game 13.5 Cut Radford’s all-time advantage in the series to 15-14. VMI’s win over the Highlanders earlier this season snapped a three- 14.4 Turnovers Per Game 16.0 game winning streak by RU in the series. VMI leads the all-time series in Lexington, 10-6, including a 7-6 record at Cameron Hall. 1.3 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.8 Mark VMI’s first-ever season sweep of an in-state conference opponent since joining the Big South. It would also be the 14.0 Steals Per Game 7.0 Keydets’ first season sweep of an in-state conference opponent since taking all three meetings against Richmond in 1975-76. 3.4 Blocks Per Game 4.2 KEYDETS AT A GLANCE Probable Starters Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes F 2 Willie Bell Sr. 6-6 205 9.0 5.5 3.2 2.5 16 pts., 9 reb., 5 asts., 3 stls. vs. UNCA; 22 pts., 12 reb., 6 asts., 3 stls. vs. PC G 3 Chavis Holmes Sr. 6-4 195 21.9 4.7 3.1 3.3 33 pts., 12 reb., 4 asts., 2 stls., 11-12 FT vs. CSU; 2nd Straight Double-Double G 10 Austin Kenon So. 5-11 180 16.2 3.2 2.6 1.4 24 pts., 7 3-pts. vs. Radford (1/21); 29 pts., 7 3-pts. vs. CCU (1/10) F 15 Ron Burks Fr. 6-4 205 4.8 3.8 2.8 0.8 Career-high 15 pts., 9 reb., 4 3-pt. at PC (2/16); 12.0 pts., 4.7 reb. last 3 gms. F 23 Travis Holmes Sr. 6-4 195 19.6 5.3 4.4 3.3 Career-best 37 pts., 5 stls. vs. UNCA (2/2); 21.9 pts., 5.9 asts., 3.3 stls. in Conf. Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Adam Lonon Jr. 5-11 175 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.3 Played first game this season vs. Richmond, playing 13 minutes G 4 Joey Cantafio So. 5-6 150 4.0 0.8 1.0 0.3 6 pts., 3 ast. vs. Maryland Bible (11/18); 5 pts. at Jacksonville St. (11/29) F 11 Quinn Brownfield So. 6-7 195 1.7 0.8 0.2 0.3 8 pts., 6 reb., 2-3 3-pt. vs. SVU (1/29); 10 pts., 3 reb., 2 3-pt. vs. PC (1/12) G 20 Carl Josey Jr. 6-5 195 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.4 4 pts., 2 reb., 2-2 FG vs. Campbell (12/9); 3 pts., 4 reb. in 7 mins. vs. SWU G 21 Keith Gabriel Fr. 6-2 180 14.1 2.5 0.9 1.7 Sixth Man; 34 pts., 7 3-pt. at GWU (1/3); 20 pts., 8 stls. vs. HPU (1/24) G 31 Michael Sparks Fr. 6-4 195 7.2 2.4 1.0 0.7 23 pts., 5 reb., 3 3-pt., 2 stls. at Winthrop (2/4); 12 pts., 3 reb.vs. SWU (12/13) C 32 Wayne Whiting Fr. 6-7 240 1.9 0.7 0.2 0.1* 10 pts., 1 reb., 1 ast., 1 blk.vs. Stevenson; 9 pts., 4 reb. vs. Maryland Bible F 34 Hunter Houston So. 6-6 195 4.3 1.3 0.4 0.5 18 pts., 5 3-pt., 2 reb. at CSU (1/5); 20 pts., 4-6 3-pt., 2 asts. vs. SVU (1/29) F 35 Aaron Blosser Fr. 6-3 205 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 3 pts., 1 stl. in 3 minutes vs. Stevenson (11/20) C 50 Stephen Sargent R-Fr. 7-0 245 2.6 0.4 0.4 0.6* 6 pts., 2 blks., 1 reb., 1 ast. in 7 minutes vs. Stevenson (11/20) *- Blocks Per Game Media Schedule/Results (20-66 Overall/11-44 Big South) Information Date Opponent (Television) Time/Result Record Key Stats Nov. 14 at Kentucky (FSN South/BBSN) W, 111-103 1-0 VMI 7-of-8 3-Pt. to begin game, 14-31 3-Pt. in game X VMI Basketball Contacts Nov. 16 at Virginia (Comcast SportsNet) L, 97-107 1-1 UVa 27 2nd Chance Pts.; Outrebounded VMI 50-36 Nov. 18 Maryland Bible W, 118-72 2-1 VMI 57 pts. off 37 MBC TO; VMI 89% FT Nov. 20 Stevenson W, 133-72 3-1 VMI 48% 3-Pt., 33 asts.; VMI 21 stls., 12 blks. Wade Branner, Associate A.D./Athletic Nov. 24 at Campbell W, 97-92 4-1 VMI 48% (19-40) 3-Pt.; 10 3-Pt. off bench Communications (Basketball Contact) Nov. 29 at Jacksonville State L, 67-95 4-2 VMI 21% (7-34) 3-Pt.; JSU 61% FG% Office (540) 464-7515 Dec. 3 Winthrop* (MASN) W, 92-74 5-2, 1-0 VMI 16 3-Pt.; Turnovers: WU 25, VMI 10 Cell (540) 319-1271 Dec. 6 at UNC Asheville* W, 114-105 6-2, 2-0 VMI 56% (15-27) 3-Pt.; Turnovers: UNCA 20, VMI9 Fax (540) 464-7583 Dec. 9 Campbell W, 88-76 7-2 VMI 16-0 run after halftime; CU 26 Turnovers Email [email protected] Dec. 13 Southern Wesleyan W, 113-94 8-2 VMI 41 pts. off turnovers; Turnovers: SWU 26 VMI 12 Web www.VMIKeydets.com Dec. 21 at Army W, 62-55 9-2 VMI 1st Half FG%: 18.2%, 2nd Half FG%: 51.9% Dec. 31 Richmond (MASN) W, 73-70 10-2 VMI 15-5 run to close out game, all pts by C.