2007-08 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES VMI Begins In-State Big South Road Swing at Radford Keydets Seeking Out Revenge for Overtime Loss at Cameron Hall Against Highlanders Keydets Last Time Out: The Winthrop Eagles placed five in double-figures scoring and held VMI to 37% shooting from the floor in an 80-70 win over VMI Wednesday night at Cameron Hall. VMI saw its three-game conference winning streak snapped and fell to 13-12, 5-6 Big South Conference. Winthrop claimed its ninth straight in the series and won its fourth straight conference game, moving to 18-9 and 9-3 in the Big South. VMI (13-112, 5-66 Big South) at Two significant records fell on the night as VMI senior forward Reggie Williams scored 27 points and moved past Gay Elmore Radford (9-117, 3-77 Big South) (1983-87) for the top spot on the VMI career scoring list. Now with 2,430 points, Williams surpassed Elmore’s 2,423 points. Winthrop senior guard Chris Gaynor became the Big South’s all-time steals leader registering eight thefts against the Keydets to Saturday, Feb. 23; 4 p.m. move past Campbell’s Brad Childress (243). Gaynor now has 246 for his career. Dedmon Center VMI, which came in averaging 12.3 three-point goals a game, suffered its third worst shooting night of the season beyond the arc Radford, Va. going 7 for 36 (19.4%). RADIO- VMI Sports Network: Senior forward Reggie Williams has averaged 26.3 pts. and 9.0 rebounds since returning to action after missing four games with WREL-AAM 1450 Lexington; a deep thigh bruise. Williams became VMI’s career leading scorer with his 27 points against Winthrop, as he surpassed Gay Elmore’s total of 2,423 pts. Williams now has 2,430 points in his stellar career, and has also moved into the school’s top five in career rebounds, WRIS-AAM 1410 Roanoke currently with 778. Williams, who was selected as one of 50 preseason nominees for the John Wooden Award, ranks second in the INTERNET- Live Audio and Stats nation in scoring with 27.1 points per contest entering Friday’s play. Williams, who was also voted to the Big South Conference’s online at www.VMIKeydets.com. Preseason All-Conference team, is also the leading scorer in Big South history, while topping both the VMI and Big South scoring average charts at 22.5 ppg for his career. Williams has also scored in double-figures in 46 straight games, the third-longest streak in school history. TELEVISION- The contest will be carried on MASN. Junior guard Chavis Holmes became the 32nd member of VMI’s 1000-point club earlier this season, while his twin brother Travis joined him in the club just a month later. The Holmes’ are the fourth set of twins to each reach 1,000 points in NCAA Division I history, Tale Of The Tape joining VMI’s Damon and Ramon Williams on the prestigious list. Chavis currently sits at 16th on the VMI career scoring chart with VMI RU 1,284 points, while Travis ranks 20th with 1,180 career points. They sit as the fifth-highest scoring set of twins in NCAA Division I histo- ry, currently with 2,464 points, after passing Jarvis and Jonas Hayes (2,460 pts.) against Winthrop. (Page 6 for more info) 92.4 Points Per Game 72.0 A season after leading the nation in points (100.9), steals (14.8), assists (20.6), and three-pointers (13.4) per game, the Keydets once 86.5 Points Allowed 79.4 again lead the nation with 92.4 points scored, 12.9 steals and 12.1three-pointers made per contest, while ranking fourth (tied) with 18.6 44.5% Field Goal % 44.8% assists per game. (All stats rankings entering Thursday’s play). 49.3% FG % Allowed 43.9% A VMI win against Radford would: Push the Keydets’ record to 14-12. It would mark the first time winning at least 14 games in back-to-back seasons since the 1976-77 33.0% 3-Point FG % 33.1% and 1977-78 seasons. 12.1 3-Pt. FG Per Game 5.6 Mark VMI’s sixth win in an opposing gym this season. That would tie the school record for most such wins, as the 1977-78 team went 68.6% Free Throw % 67.8% 6-3 on the road, not including neutral site games. 18.6 Assists Per Game 13.5 Return the Keydets’ Conference record to .500 at 6-3, as the team pushes for a first-ever Big South Conference Tournament home game. A win would push VMI into a four-way tie for third place Liberty, Coastal Carolina and High Point with games remaining against 16.4 Turnovers Per Game 17.8 both the Flames and Panthers. 1.1 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.8 Improve VMI’s all-time record against the Highlanders to 13-14. The teams first met on Dec. 11, 1975, when VMI took a 112-65 deci- 12.9 Steals Per Game 6.0 sion. Saturday’s meeting marks the 27th meeting in the series, while Radford holds a 6-3 advantage since VMI joined the Big South four years ago. 2.6 Blocks Per Game 3.5 KEYDETS AT A GLANCE Probable Starters Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Adam Lonon So. 5-11 175 4.5 1.5 3.6 2.3 Averaging 5.7 pts., 3.8 assts., 1.3 assist/turnover ratio, 1.7 stls. in Conference F 2 Willie Bell Jr. 6-7 205 9.0 6.1 1.8 1.6 Five-game stretch avg. 14.6 pts., 7.2 reb. ended with 3 pts., 1 reb. vs. WU (2/20) G 3 Chavis Holmes Jr. 6-4 195 17.3 4.2 2.5 2.2 16th in VMI career points; Averaging 17.9 pts., 3.3 asst., 36% 3-PT in Conference G 23 Travis Holmes Jr. 6-4 195 16.7 6.0 2.9 2.3 Avg. 19.0 pts., 6.7 reb., 37% 3-PT in Conf.; 24 pts., 9 reb., 8 asst. vs. CCU (2/9) F 55 Reggie Williams Sr. 6-6 195 27.1 9.5 4.0 2.1 2nd in DI in scoring (27.1 ppg); Became VMI Career Scoring Leader vs. WU (2/20) Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 4 Joey Cantafio Fr. 5-6 180 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.2 4 reb., 5 assists vs. Col. Union (11/28); Son of Former VMI Head Coach Joe Cantafio F 11 Quinn Brownfield Fr. 6-7 195 2.4 1.2 0.3 0.2 Career-high 9 points, 3 steals against Columbia Union (11/28) G 12 Nick Matson Jr. 6-4 190 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.3 Has not played since Dec. 8 vs. Howard G 20 Tim Maypray So. 5-8 160 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 Joined team prior to Coastal Carolina game (2/9); 1st Tm. All-Big South KR (FB) G 22 Christian Hunter Fr. 6-2 180 7.0 2.0 2.5 1.1 Career-best 17 pts. and 5 3-pt. FG vs. Radford (2/5) G 32 Carl Josey So. 6-5 195 1.4 2.8 0.8 0.2 Career-high 9 rebounds (tied) in 12 minutes against Charleston Southern (2/11) F 34 Hunter Houston Fr. 6-6 195 3.1 1.9 0.4 0.4 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists against West Virginia Wesleyan (11/14) Media Schedule/Results (13-112 Overall/5-66 Big South) Information Date Opponent (Television) Time/Result Record Key Stat Nov. 9 vs. Northern Colorado & L, 97-104 0-1 Northern Colorado 68% FG X VMI Basketball Contacts Nov. 10 vs. Dartmouth & L, 87-98 0-2 VMI 5-for-26 3-PT (19.2%) Nov. 14 West Virginia Wesleyan W, 135-81 1-2 VMI School-Record 84 pts. in 1st half Nov. 21 James Madison W, 90-83 2-2 VMI 34 points off of 26 JMU TO’s Wade Branner, Assistant AD/SID Nov. 25 at Ohio State (Big Ten Network) L, 57-90 2-3 VMI 57 points lowest since 2/18/06 (Basketball Contact) Nov. 28 Columbia Union W, 156-91 3-3 VMI 53 points off of 44 CUC turnovers Office (540) 464-7515 Dec. 1 Army L, 69-71 3-4 Army 9-for-11 (82%) 3-PT Cell (540) 319-1271 Dec. 4 at South Carolina State L, 88-89 3-5 SCSU 12-for-24 (50%) 3-PT Fax (540) 464-7583 Dec. 8 Howard W, 95-59 4-5 HU 59 pts.; fewest allowed by VMI since 2/18/06 Dec. 10 Newport News Apprentice W, 112-96 5-5 VMI season-high 29 Free Throws Made (29-39, 74%) Email [email protected] Dec. 20 at William & Mary W, 83-72 6-5 VMI 23 steals, most vs. Div. I opponent since 1/13/07 Web www.VMIKeydets.com Dec. 30 at Richmond L, 69-71 6-6 VMI season-low FG attempts, rebounds & TO’s forced Press Row Phone (540) 463-6725 Jan. 2 at Mercer W, 102-99 7-6 VMI 65 2nd half points; season-high vs. DI opponent Jan. 8 Southern Virginia W, 123-85 8-6 VMI 59 rebounds, +20 margin a season-high Christian Hoffman, Assistant SID Jan.