2020-21 VMI BASKETBALL 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: DATE: OPPONENT: LOCATION: TIME: 11/25 vs. St. Andrews Lexington, Va. 7 PM 1/30 at UNCG* Greensboro, N.C. TBA 11/28 at Penn State University Park, PA 1 PM 2/3 at Wofford* Spartanburg, S.C. 7 PM 12/3 at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. 8 PM 2/10 at Western Carolina* Cullowhee, N.C. TBA 12/7 vs. Regent# Lexington, Va. 7 PM 2/13 vs. Samford* Lexington, Va. 1 PM 12/10 vs. Mercer* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 2/17 vs. UNCG* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 12/13 vs. Hampton Lexington, Va. 1 PM 2/20 at The Citadel* Charleston, S.C. TBA 12/15 vs. Campbellsville-Harrodsburg Lexington, Va. 7 PM 2/24 vs. ETSU* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 12/18 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. 2 PM 2/27 at Chattanooga* Chattanooga, Ten. 7 PM 12/21 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 7 PM 12/30 at Samford* Birmingham, Ala. 8 PM 1/2 vs. Chattanooga* Lexington, Va. 1 PM 1/6 at ETSU* Johnson City, Tenn. TBA 1/9 at Furman* Greenville, S.C. TBA 1/13 vs. Wofford* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 1/16 vs. The Citadel* Lexington, Va. 1 PM 2020-21 SOCON BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1/20 vs. Furman* Lexington, Va. 7 PM March 5-8, 2020 / Asheville, N.C. / Times TBD 1/23 at Mercer* Macon, Ga. TBA 1/27 vs. Western Carolina* Lexington, Va. 7 PM 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 (1-1 Overall, 0-0 SoCon) vs. Longwood University (0-1 Overall, 0-0 Big South)

Tuesday, December 1 - Lexington, Va. - - 5 p.m. VMI Keydets 2020-21 Schedule and Results # Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown 0 Louis Tang G 6-4 195 So. Kaohsiung, Taiwan 11/25 St. Andrews ...... W 90-63 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 ...... 5 p.m. 5 Greg Parham G 6-4 176 Sr. Richmond, Va. 10 Kamdyn Curfman G 6-0 186 So. North Bethesda, Md. 12/3 at Virginia Tech...... 7 p.m. 11 Devin Butler G 6-2 195 Fr. Ridgeland, S.C. 12/7 Regent %...... 7 p.m. 12 Ta’Vonne Bond G 6-0 177 Sr. Columbia, S.C. 14 Sam Wolfe F 6-8 214 So. Charlotte, N.C. 12/10 Mercer*...... 7 p.m. 15 Myles Lewis G 6-5 186 Sr. Ashburn, Va. 12/13 Hampton % ...... 1 p.m. 21 Connor Arnold F 6-7 206 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. 12/15 Campbellsville-Harrodsburg .... 7 p.m. 24 Tanner Mans G 6-6 187 Fr. Wichita, Kan. 30 Sean Conway G 6-5 215 So. Fairfield, Conn. 12/18 at Gardner-Webb ...... 7 p.m. 32 Caleb Moss F 6-7 200 Fr. Dillwyn, Va. 12/21 at Wake Forest...... 7 p.m. 34 Jake Stephens C 6-10 266 Jr. Bunker Hill, W.Va. 42 DJ Nussbaum C 6-9 230 Fr. Hoston, Texas 12/30 at Samford*...... 8 p.m. (EST) 1/2 Chattanooga* ...... 1 p.m. Head Coach: Dan Earl (Penn State, ’97), Sixth Season Assistant Coach: Austin Kenon (VMI, ’11), Fourth Season 1/6 at ETSU* ...... TBA Assistant Coach: Ander Galfsky (Birmingham-Southern, ‘15), Second season 1/9 at Furman*...... TBA Assistant Coach: Logan Dahms (Covenant College, ‘11), Second season 1/13 Wofford* ...... 7 p.m. Director of Ops.: Tom Kiely (Seton Hall, ’18), Third Season Asst. Dir. of Ops: Andrew Weir (Erskine, ‘20), First Season 1/16 The Citadel* ...... 1 p.m. 1/20 Furman* ...... 7 p.m. Longwood University Lancers # Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown 1/23 at Mercer* ...... TBA 0 Leslie Nkereuwem F 6-7 225 So. Lawrenceville, Va. 1/27 Western Carolina* ...... 7 p.m. 1 Christian Wilson F 6-6 195 Jr. Queens, N.Y. 1/30 at UNCG* ...... TBA 2 Nate Lliteras G 6-7 210 R-Fr. Seward, Neb. 3 DeShaun Wade G 6-2 200 Jr. Virginia Beach, Va. 2/3 at Wofford* ...... 7 p.m. 4 Zac Watson F 6-7 215 Jr. Plano, Texas 2/10 at Western Carolina* ...... TBA 5 Bennett Mohn F 6-6 185 Fr. Austin, Texas 2/13 Samford* ...... 1 p.m. 10 Ilija Stefanovic F 6-10 215 Sr. Novi Sad, Serbia 11 Justin Hill G 6-0 185 Fr. Houston, Texas 2/17 UNCG* ...... 7 p.m. 13 Heru Bligen G 6-3 180 So. Prince George’s Co., Md. 2/20 at The Citadel* ...... TBA 14 Abraham Deng F 6-11 230 So. Juba, South Sudan 2/24 ETSU* ...... 7 p.m. 23 Jermaine Drewey G 6-2 190 Jr. Houston, Texas 24 Cameron O’Conner G 6-5 185 G Roanoke, Va. 2/27 at Chattanooga* ...... 7 p.m. 30 C.J. Williams G 6-0 180 R-Jr. Chester, Va. 3/5-8 at SoCon Tournament^...... All Day 31 Dean Lockley G 6-2 185 Fr. Charlottesville, Va. 34 Lorenz Boykin G 6-0 185 Fr. Richmond, Va. 35 Jesper Granlund F 6-6 210 Fr. Helsinki, Finland * - Southern Conference Game 55 Juan Munoz G 6-0 170 R-Jr. Morrisville, N.C. % - Keydet Classic Head Coach: Griff Aldrich (Hampden-Sydney, ’96) Third Season ^ - Presented by General Shale (Asheville, .... Assistant Coach: Marty McGillan (UNC Wilmington, ’90) Third Season N.C.) Harrah’s Cherokee Center Assistant Coach: Austin Shaver (Virginia, ‘07) Second Season Assistant Coach: Donovan Williams (Park ‘08) Second Season Program Dev. Dir Ronnie Thomas (Guilford ‘14) First Season Schedule is subject to change. Please check Director of Ops: Riley McGillan (Clemson, ‘17) Second Season vmikeydets.com for the latest updates. 2020-21 Southern Conference Standings Institution SoCon Record Overall Wofford 0-0 2-0 Furman 0-0 2-0 Mercer 0-0 2-0 Around the Southern Conference Chattanooga 0-0 1-0 Tuesday: The Citadel 0-0 1-0 UNCG vs. Prairie View A&M 3 p.m. UNCG 0-0 1-0 Covenant at Samford 8 p.m. Western Carolina 0-0 2-1 Wednesday: VMI 0-0 1-1 UNCG vs. Duquesne 1 p.m. ETSU 0-0 1-2 Southern Wesleyan at Furman 7 p.m. Samford 0-0 0-1

2020-21 Southern Conference Stats Leaders Team Individual Team Scoring Offense Field Goal Percentage Points Per Game Field Goal Percentage 1. Wofford 99.5 1. Wofford .594 1. Kaiden Rice-CIT 27.0 1. Garrett Hien-FUR .923 2. Chattanooga 99.0 2. Furman .534 2. Isaiah Miller-UNCG 24.0 2. Logan Dye-SAM .889 3. Furman 93.0 3. Chattanooga .481 3. Mike Bothwell-FUR 22.0 3. Isaiah Miller-UNCG .769 4. The Citadel 89.0 4. Mercer .472 3. Christian Guess-SAM 22.0 4. Greg Parham-VMI .750 5. Western Carolina 81.7 5. VMI .467 3. Hayden Brown-CIT 22.0 5. Christian Guess-SAM .714

Scoring Defense Assists Per Game Rebounds Per Game Three Pointers Per Game 1. Wofford 43.0 1. Furman 22.0 1. Hayden Brown-CIT 16.0 1. Kaiden Rice-CIT 9.0 2. ETSU 60.0 1. Mercer 20.5 2. Felipe Haase-MER 10.0 2. Kamdyn Curfman-VMI 4.0 3. Mercer 60.5 3. Wofford 17.5 2. Christian Guess-SAM 10.0 3. Matt Halvorsen-WCU 3.7 4. Furman 62.5 4. The Citadel 16.0 2. Malachi Smith-UTC 10.0 4. Tray Hollowell-WOF 3.5 5. Chattanooga 63.0 4. VMI 16.0 5. Messiah Jones-WOF 8.5 5. Greg Parham - VMI 3.0

Free Throw Percentage Three Pointers Per Game Assists Per Game Blocked Shots Per Game 1. Mercer .862 1. The Citadel 18.0 1. Neftali Alvarez-MER 7.5 1. Hayden Koval-UNCG 7.0 2. Furman .793 1. Chattanooga 13.0 2. Mike Bothwell-FUR 5.5 2. Brady Spence-CIT 4.0 3. Western Carolina .786 3. VMI 11.0 2. Alex Hunter-FUR 5.5 3. Xavier Cork-WCU 2.7 4. Samford .722 4. Mercer 10.5 4. Six Players 5.0 4. Maciej Bender-MER 2.0 5. VMI .679 5. Wofford 8.5 4. Noah Gurley-FUR 2.0 6. Jake Stephens-VMI 1.5 Tale of the Tape VMI Longwood 1-1 Overall, 0-0 SoCon, 1-0 Home VMI leads the series 9-3 0-1 Overall, 0-0 Big South, 0-1 Away 77.5------Points Per Game------60.0 74.5------Scoring Defense------71.0 .467------Field Goal Percentage------.512 .333 ------3-Point Field Goal Percentage------.357 11.0------3-Point Field Goals Per Game------5.0 19-28------Free Throws Made-Attempted------11-15 .679------Free Throw Percentage------.733 78------Rebounds------30 39.0------Rebounds Per Game------30.0 +1.5------Rebounding Margin------+9.0 32------Assists------8 16.0------Assists Per Game------8.0 42------Turnovers------24 21.0------Turnovers Per Game------24.0 -3.5 ------Turnover Margin------12.0 0.8------Assist/Turnover Ratio------0.3 20------Steals------6 10.0------Steals Per Game------6.0 3------Blocks------0 1.5------Blocks Per Game------0.0 89/66/0------Score By Periods (1st/2nd/All OTs)------34/26/0

VMI Leaders Longwood Leaders Points/Game Assists (Total) Points/Game Assists (Total) 17.0 - Greg Parham 7 - Greg Parham 13.0 - Juan Munoz 4 - Justin Hill 14.0 - Kamdyn Curfman 7 - Jake Stephens 11.0 - Justin Hill 1 - Four players 10.0 - Myles Lewis 3 - Four players 9.0 - Christian Wilson

Minutes/Game Rebounds/Game Minutes/Game Rebounds/Game 28.5 - Greg Parham 6.0 - Louis Tang 33.0 - Juan Munoz 7.0 - Juan Munoz 25.0 - Kamdyn Curfman 5.5 - Myles Lewis 32.0 - Jesper Granlund 5.0 - Christian Wilson

3-Pointers (Total) Blocks (Total) 3-Pointers (Total) Blocks (Total) 8 - Kamdyn Curfman 3 - Jake Stephens 2 - Juan Munoz 6 - Greg Parham 2 - Bennett Mohn

FT Percentage Steals (Total) FT Percentage (Season) Steals (Total) 1.000 - Kamdyn Curfman 3 - Five players 1.000 - Ilija Stefanovic 3 - Justin Hill 1.000 - Trey Bonham .750 - Munoz/Jermaine Drewey 1 - Three players Upcoming Events at VMI Monday, Dec. 7 Basketball hosts Regent (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Thursday, Dec. 10 Basketball hosts Mercer (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Sunday, Dec. 13 Basketball hosts Hampton (1 p.m.) - Cameron Hall Thursday, Dec. 15 Basketball hosts Campbellsville-Harrodburg (7 p.m.) - Cameron Hall

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