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Virginia Military Institute Basketball 2006-007 Game Notes Sports Information Director: Wade Branner | Phone: 540-464-7514 | Email: [email protected] | Fax: 540-464-7583 | Website: www.VMIKeydets.com 2006-007 Schedule Games 9/10: VMI (3-55) at W&M Tip-OOff Classic Nov. 10 at Ohio State ! L, 69-107 Kaplan Arena at William & Mary Hall Nov. 11 vs. Princeton ! L, 68-73 Nov. 12 vs. South Dakota State ! W, 104-89 Dec. 1: vs. Cornell (3-33); 6 p.m. Nov. 15 Virginia Intermont W, 156-95 Dec. 2: vs. Jacksonville St. or at W&M; 6/8 p.m. Nov. 20 Southern Virginia W, 144-127 Keydets on the Air: served apprenticeships at Northwestern State, Mars Nov. 22 at James Madison L, 87-89 Tonight’s game will be broadcast on Lexington’s Hill College and North Mecklenburg High School. At Nov. 25 at Howard L, 111-116 WREL 1450 AM, as well as on Roanoke’s WRIS the Institute, Baucom is 10-25. Nov. 28 at Army L, 72-79 1410 AM. Fans around the world can tune in to hear the broadcast on www.vmikeydets.com, as Last Time Out: Dec. 1 vs. Cornell % 6 p.m. Wade Branner calls the play-by-play live from court- An 8-0 run at the midway point of the second side. Airtime is 6:45 p.m. half gave Army the lead for good, as VMI dropped Dec. 2 vs. Jacksonville St. or W&M % TBD its third consecutive road contest by a 79-72 margin Dec. 6 Lees-McRae 7 p.m. Head Coach Duggar Baucom: on Tuesday night at Christl Arena. Playing without its second-leading scorer, Chavis Dec. 9 Mercer 1 p.m. Entering his second season at the helm of the VMI Basketball program is head coach Duggar Holmes, VMI struggled to get into a rhythm offensive- Dec. 11 South Carolina State 7 p.m. Baucom. A 1995 graduate of Charlotte, Baucom ly, shooting only 33% from the field (23-of-70). Meanwhile, the Black Knights got 24 points from jun- Dec. 20 at Richmond 7 p.m. returns to the sidelines following a tumultuous first season in Lexington. He was sidelined for seven con- ior guard Jarell Brown and 23 from freshman for- Dec. 30 at Penn State 4 p.m. ference games last January due to a surgical proce- ward Chris Walker. The Keydets were paced by career-high efforts Jan. 6 at Winthrop* 7 p.m. dure, but is back at 100% for this year’s campaign. He will look to get back to the winning ways he in both points and rebounds from sophomore for- Jan. 10 High Point* 7 p.m. enjoyed as head coach at Tusculum, when he ward Willie Bell, who scored 14 and grabbed seven rebounds in the loss. He was one of four Keydets in Jan. 13 Charleston Southern* 1 p.m. accrued a 37-19 record in two seasons with the Pioneers, including the program’s first NCAA double figures, as he was joined by Travis Holmes Jan. 15 Coastal Carolina* 7 p.m. Tournament berth. (12), Fred Robinson (11) and Carl Josey's career- high 10. Meanwhile, junior forward Reggie Williams, Jan. 18 Bridgewater 7 p.m. However, Baucom was no stranger to the Keydets when he took over the head coaching job in the nation's third-leading scorer, was limited to only Jan. 22 at UNC Asheville* 7 p.m. April, 2005. He served two tours of duty in the nine points on 2-of-12 shooting, as he and Holmes combined to shoot 5-of-26 from the field. Jan. 25 Radford* 7 p.m. Southern Conference when the Institute was also a member, as he coached at Davidson in 1995-96, as Jan. 27 at Liberty* (TV-FTN) 8:30 p.m. well as at Western Carolina from 2000-03. He also Jan. 31 Winthrop* 7 p.m. Feb. 3 at Coastal Carolina* 2 p.m. Probable Starters Pos. # Player Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes Feb. 5 at Charleston Southern* 7 p.m. G 1 Adam Lonon Fr. 2.5 1.9 4.8 11 ast. vs. Va. Intermont (11/15); 10 pts. vs. SVU (11/20) Feb. 10 UNC Asheville* (TV-SS,CSN) Noon F 22 Matt Murrer Sr. 15.5 4.8 *1.0 Career-high 25 pts. vs. So. Va. (11/20) G 24 Jack Castleberry Sr. 2.3 3.0 1.6 4 pts., 6 reb., 4 ast., 3 stl. vs. Virginia Intermont (11/15) Feb. 14 at Radford* 7 p.m. G 32 Carl Josey Fr. 3.4 1.1 0.6 Career-high 10 pts. in first career start at Army (11/28) F 55 Reggie Williams Jr. 25.1 8.3 4.0 6th in nation in scoring; Four 30+ pt. games this season Feb. 21 Liberty* 7 p.m. Feb. 24 at High Point* 7 p.m. Off The Bench Feb. 27 at Big South First Round TBD Pos. # Player Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes F 2 Willie Bell So. 9.0 6.0 1.0 Career-high 14 pts., 7 reb., 2 blk. at Army (11/28) Mar. 1 at Big South Semifinals TBD G 3 Chavis Holmes So. 19.1 3.6 *2.7 Led team with 20 pts vs. JMU (11/22) C 4 Lucas Jones Fr. 2.4 1.6 0.6 5 pts., 3 stl., 2 blk vs. Virginia Intermont (11/15) Mar. 3 at Big South Finals TBD G 5 Fred Robinson Sr. 13.1 2.5 *2.9 T-6th in nation steals; Career-high 24 pts. vs. SDSU (11/12) G 21 Levar Joseph R-Sr. 2.0 0.0 *1.0 Saw first action of season vs. SVU (11/20)- 2pts.,10 mins. G 23 Travis Holmes So. 14.3 4.0 *3.6 Leads in nation in steals; 24 pts., 6 3-PT vs. Howard (11/25) !- SportsTime Ohio BCA Classic G 25 Dusty Pflugner So. 2.3 1.0 2.3 9 pts., 7 ast. vs. Virginia Intermont (11/15) %- William & Mary Tournament C 42 Justin Jarman Jr. --- --- --- 11 starts last yr., Career-high 16 pts. vs. Radford (1/26/06) F 44 J.T. Piribek Fr. 0.5 0.0 0.3 Scored first two career points vs. Virginia Intermont (11/15) *- Big South Opponent *- Steals Per Game Keydets Vs. Tournament Opponents: rently rank among the nation’s leaders in sever- Team Almanac VMI & Cornell have met only once on the al categories. Among the marks (Rankings as Longest Winning Streak . .3 hardwood, with that coming on December 7, of Nov. 27): Longest Losing Streak . .3 (Current) 1990 at the U.S. Air Cornell Classic in Ithaca, Team Points Per Game . .101.4 (1st) Most Points Scored . .156, vs. Virginia Intermont N.Y. In that game, also the first game of a two- 3-FG Made Per Game . .14.6 (1st) day, four-team tournament, the Keydets Fewest Points Scored . .68, vs. Princeton FG Made Per Game . .37.9 (1st) dropped a 93-80 decision to the Big Red. Most Points Allowed . .127, vs. Southern Virginia Individual The Keydets and Tribe have played 114 FG Made Per Game . .9.5, Reggie Williams (3rd) Fewest Points Allowed . .73, vs. Princeton times, with William & Mary holding a 76-38 Points Per Game . .25.1, Reggie Williams (6th) Average Points Scored . .101.4 advantage in the series. All-time, the Tribe are Steals . .29, Travis Holmes (1st) Average Points Allowed . .96.9 tied with Virginia for the third-most common . .23, Fred Robinson (T-6th) opponent in VMI basketball history, as the series . .20, Reggie Williams (T-9th) . .19, Chavis Holmes (T-15th) The Keydets dates back to a meeting in 1915, when VMI 3-FG Made . .26, Fred Robinson (T-10th) claimed a 45-18 victory. The teams last met on Record When.... Rebounds . .66, Reggie Williams (8th) Jan. 17, 1996 in Williamsburg, as the Keydets Leading at the Half . .3-1 Assists . .38, Adam Lonon (T-25th) fell 90-49. Trailing at the Half . .0-3 The Keydets have never played against 156?!?!?: Tied at the Half . .0-1 Jacksonville State in any sport. When VMI tipped off against Virginia Leading with 5:00 Left . .3-0 Intermont on Wednesday, Nov. 15, there is no Trailing with 5:00 Left . .0-4 Tourneys Make Mark On Schedule: doubt that neither team nor the fans in atten- The 2006-07 VMI Basketball schedule will Tied with 5:00 Left . .0-1 dance had any idea what they were in for. be the first time that a VMI Basketball team has When the final horn sounded, no less than 24 Playing Overtime . .0-0 played in two regular season tournaments in the records had fallen for VMI, including points in a Playing Games Decided by 5 pts. or less . .0-3 since the 1977-78 season when the Keydets game by an individual and team, points in a Playing Games Decided by 10 pts. or less . .0-4 played in three tournaments. half, and several field goal marks. Each of the Playing Games Decided by 20 pts. or more . .2-1 The eight-team BCA Classic marked the records listed below were both a new Cameron earliest season opener for a VMI basketball Outrebounding Opponent . .1-0 Hall record, as well as a new VMI school team in its 96-year basketball history, as the record. Outrebounded by Opponent . .2-5 Keydets took on #4 Ohio State on Nov. 10, TEAM RECORDS Teams Tie in Rebounds .