2012-13 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Keydets Try to Build on Comeback Win, Travel to Longwood First VMI/Longwood Meeting Since LU Joined the Big South VMI basketball is back on the road Wednesday, closing out a stretch of four road games in five contests by taking on the Longwood Lancers in Farmville, Va. Game time is set for 7 p.m., and the contest can be heard in the VMI (10-10, 5-3 Big South) Lexington area on 96.7 3WZ, as well as on WREL.com and VMIKeydets.com. Live stats can be accessed through at Longwood (3-20, 0-9 BSC) VMIKeydets.com, and fans can see the game on ESPN3.com free of charge with proper access, as well as on the Big Wednesday, Feb. 5 - 7 p.m. ET South Network Presented by State Farm (www.bigsouthsports.com, $4.95 fee). Willett Hall Farmville, Va. VMI comes off perhaps its most stirring comeback in recent years, a dramatic 70-69 win over Radford a week ago RADIO- 96.7 3WZ Lexington Wednesday. VMI trailed by eight with 1:18 left and six with 51 seconds to go, but Stan Okoye scored the Keydets’ INTERNET- Live Audio and last 16 points, including 13 in the last 1:11 and the game-winner with 3.4 seconds to go to lead his team to the stats online at www.wrel.com comeback victory. The game-winning margin was VMI’s first lead of the second half. Okoye finished with 23 points, and www.VMIKeydets.com. 21 in the second half, and added 15 rebounds as well, tied for the third-most in his career. TV/VIDEO - Streaming at ESPN3.com and Last Meeting with Longwood (12/12/2011): www.bigsouthsports.com The Longwood Lancers shot 50 percent from three-point range, making 20 treys overall, and Tristan Carey’s 30 Tale Of The Tape points led six players in double figures as Longwood bested the VMI Keydets, 110-89 on Dec. 12, 2011 at VMI LU Longwood’s Willett Hall in Farmville, Va. 77.6 Points Per Game 65.5 Longwood made its first five shots, including three by Carey, to race out to a 13-2 lead in the opening 75.3 Points Allowed 81.9 moments. VMI responded with a 7-0 spurt, cutting the lead to 13-9 with the game still less than three minutes old, but the homestanding Lancers came back with a 8-2 push, giving them a 10-point lead. Longwood would lead by 43.5% Field Goal % 43.1% double digits for the remainder of the contest, as the Lancers earned their first win over VMI since Nov. 30, 1982. 43.8% FG % Allowed 49.5% 9.1 3-Pt. FG Per Game 4.7 A VMI win against Longwood would: 63.9% Free Throw % 66.1% Give VMI a 4-2 lead in the all-time series. 15.1 Assists Per Game 13.5 Move to the Keydets to 3-2 on the year in road conference games. 13.9 Turnovers Per Game 17.8 Give VMI its first win in Farmville since Dec. 8, 2004. 8.4 Steals Per Game 7.3 Probable Starters *=Blocks Per Game Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Rodney Glasgow Jr. 5-10 170 11.0 2.8 4.5 1.3 15 points at Radford (1/30), 6 for 9 on three-pointers over the last two games G 3 Brian Brown So. 5-11 185 8.4 2.2 1.2 0.7 Team’s leading three-point shooter, VMI just 3-7 when he scores 7 pts or less F 11 Stan Okoye Sr. 6-6 215 20.4 9.1 2.9 1.5 23 points at Radford (1/30), 21 in second half and 13 in final 1:11 in comeback W C 24 D.J. Covington Jr. 6-9 235 12.9 7.0 2.9* 0.9 Equaled career-high with 13 rebounds at Radford (1/30) F 32 Phillip Anglade Fr. 6-5 210 3.4 3.1 0.7* 0.5 Made his first career start at RU (1/30), six points, four rebounds and two blocks Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 4 Christian Burton So. 5-10 170 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.1 Career-high six points vs. Virginia University of Lynchburg (12/3) G 5 Drew Absher Jr. 5-10 170 0.4 0.6 0.4 -- Scored his first point of the season 12/3 vs. Va. Univ. of Lynchburg (12/3) G 12 Gavin Stephenson Fr. 6-3 185 2.7 1.7 1.0 0.9 Seven steals against Central Penn (11/13), most by a Keydet since 2009 G 14 Joe Carr Sr. 6-3 190 1.5 1.7 1.3 0.7 Six points, six rebounds at Radford (1/30) F 23 Dorian Albritton Fr. 6-4 210 4.4 1.5 0.6 0.1 5 of 6 from field, four three-pointers and career-high 14 points vs. WU (1/12) F 30 Nick Gore Sr. 6-6 215 5.6 4.2 2.3 1.3 10 points vs. LU (1/9), career-high eight assists vs. WU (1/12) C 34 Jarid Watson So. 6-7 215 1.7 1.5 0.3 0.3* Career-high 10 points and added five boards vs. Shenandoah (1/2) G 35 Tim Marshall Fr. 6-3 185 6.8 1.5 0.5 0.7 14 points vs. GWU (1/26); 10 points at RU (1/30), 9 3’s last three games Media Schedule/Results (10-110, 5-33 Big South) Information Date Opponent (Television) Time/Result Record Key Stats Nov. 3 Frostburg State (Exhibition) W, 115-60 VMI Basketball Nov. 10 at The Citadel L, 76-84 0-1 Brown career-high 22 points and seven three-pointers Contacts Nov. 11 vs.Army L, 74-80 0-2 Okoye career-high 31 points in setback Nov. 13 Central Penn College W, 116-81 1-2 VMI puts six players in double figures, Covington and Brown 20 pts. Nov. 15 at Virginia Tech - ESPN3 L, 80-95 1-3 Covington career-high 23 points in loss Wade Branner,Associate Nov. 21 at Old Dominion W, 76-71 2-3 Inside play keys first win over ODU since 1978 A.D./Athletic Communications Nov. 24 Elon W, 90-81 3-3 Okoye 30 points, 16 rebounds, four assists and three steals (Basketball Contact) Nov. 28 at West Virginia - Root Sports L, 69-94 3-4 WVU scores 60 points in the paint Office (540) 464-7515 Dec. 1 Morgan State L, 80-81 3-5 Buzzer-beater layup costs Keydets victory Cell (540) 319-1271 Dec. 3 Virginia - Lynchburg W, 102-61 4-5 Covington 26 (career-high) and 10 in VMI win Fax (540) 464-7583 Dec. 8 at Wright State L, 59-92 4-6 WSU uses 23-5 first half run to take lead for good Email [email protected] Dec. 22 at George Washington L, 67-76 4-7 Neither team leads by more than 10 in tight battle Web www.VMIKeydets.com Jan. 2 Shenandoah W, 110-54 5-7 Keydets use 52-0 bench scoring advantage in rout Press Row Phone (540) 463-6725 Jan. 5 at Presbyterian College* W, 86-77 6-7, 1-0 Okoye career-high 39, Okoye/Covington/Glasgow score 74 pts Jan. 9 Liberty* - Flames Sports/ESPN3 W, 82-69 7-7, 2-0 Season-low seven TO’s, Okoye notches 4th double-double Brad Salois,Associate Athletic Jan. 12 Winthrop* W, 72-54 8-7, 3-0 Okoye’s double-double leads VMI to 3-0 Big South start Jan. 16 Campbell* W, 76-57 9-7, 4-0 49-24 second half sparks Keydets Communications Director Jan. 19 at Coastal Carolina* - ESPNU L, 49-72 9-8, 4-1 Keydets post lowest point total since ‘08 in 1st BSC loss (Secondary) Jan. 23 at High Point* L, 69-96 9-9, 4-2 32.4% at FT line (11 of 34) dooms Keydets in loss Office (540) 464-7015 Jan. 26 Gardner-Webb* L, 49-63 9-10, 4-3 VMI held to 49 points for 2nd time in past three games Cell (940) 642-9865 Jan. 30 at Radford* W, 70-69 10-10, 5-3 Okoye keys rally from down eight with 1:11 to play Email [email protected] Feb. 6 at Longwood* - ESPN3 7 p.m. Feb. 8 UNC Asheville* - ESPNU 7 p.m. John Stark,Assistant Athletic Feb. 13 Radford* 7 p.m. Communications Director Feb. 16 at Campbell* - MASN 2 p.m. Office (540) 464-7514 Feb. 19 High Point* 7 p.m. Cell (570) 809-1946 Feb. 21 at Charleston Southern* 7:30 p.m. Email [email protected] Feb. 23 at Marist - BracketBusters TBA Feb. 26 at Liberty* - Flames Sports/MASN 7 p.m. Mar. 2 Longwood* 1 p.m. VMIKeydets.com March 5-10 - Big South Championship - Conway, S.C. The official website of VMI athletics, VMIKeydets.com, includes pregame notes, game and season statistics, VMI to Face Marist in BracketBusters Event: R.J. Price, who had burned the Keydets for 18 sec- postgame notes and quotes and rel- Virginia Military Institute will travel to ond half points, missed the last two of those attempts.