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#HOKIE#NCSvsVTPROUD #HOKIEPROUD Virginia Tech vs. NC State GameGame Notes • Page26 1 2013-14 VIRGINIA TECH GAME NOTES SCHEDULE & RESULTS HOKIE HOOPS (9-16, 2-11 ACC) Date Opponent Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) 11/ 9 USC UPSTATE (ESPN3) L 63-64 #VTMBBTweets#VTMBBTweets 11/12 WEST VIRGINIA (ESPN) W 87-82 Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic (Blacksburg, Va.) About Today’s Game 11/15 WESTERN CAROLINA (ESPN3) W 79-61 The Hokies are 9-16 on the season and 2-11 in ACC 11/18 VMI (ESPN3) W 105-92 action. Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic (Brooklyn, N.Y.) Virginia Tech The Wolfpack is 16-10 overall and 6-7 in the ACC 11/22 vs. #1 Michigan State# (truTV) L 77-96 (9-16, 2-11) after a 73-56 loss at Clemson on Tuesday. 11/23 vs. Seton Hall# (truTV) L 67-68 The Wolfpack leads the all-time series, 37-14. 11/26 FURMAN (ESPN3) W 75-54 11/29 RADFORD (ESPN3) W 81-56 vs. Virginia 57, VT 53 12/ 3 WINTHROP (ESPN3) W 81-63 The Hokies dropped a heart-breaker to Virginia, 57- 12/ 8 at Miami* (ESPNU) W 61-60 (OT) 53, in Cassell Coliseum on Tuesday night. Governor’s Holiday Hoops Classic (Richmond, Va.) Devin Wilson and Joey van Zegeren led the 12/21 vs. VCU% (NBCSN) L 52-82 Hokies with 13 points each. Tech led throughout much of the game and 12/28 UNC GREENSBORO (ESPN3) L 52-55 outshot and outrebounded the Cavaliers in the 12/31 UMES (ESPN3) W 82-66 loss. 1/ 7 #2/2 SYRACUSE* (ACCN) L 52-72 NC State 1/11 BOSTON COLLEGE* (RSN) L 59-62 Setting a New Standard 1/15 CLEMSON* (RSN) L 49-56 (16-10, 6-7) 1/19 at Notre Dame* (ESPNU) L 63-70 Devin Wilson set a new Virginia Tech freshman 1/22 WAKE FOREST* (RSN) L 77-83 record in Tuesday’s loss to Virginia. He now has 1/25 at Virginia* (ACCN) L 45-65 114 assists this season, the most ever for a Tech 1/29 at Boston College* (RSN) L 52-76 freshman, breaking the old mark of 113, set by 2/ 1 MARYLAND* (ACCN) L 60-80 Hokies conclude Hank Thorns in the 2007-08 season. 2/ 5 at Florida State* (RSN) L 50-70 2/ 8 at #25/22 Pittsburgh* (RSN) L 57-62 (2OT) Playing Good D 2/15 MIAMI* (RSN) W 52-45 homestand The Hokies held Miami to 25.9 percent from the 2/18 #14/16 VIRGINIA* (ACCN) L 53-57 field in last Saturday’s win. That is the lowest 2/22 NC STATE* 2 p.m. RSN on Saturday opponent’s field goal percentage for the Hokies 2/25 at Duke* 7 p.m. ESPNU in ACC play since joining the league in the 2004- 3/ 1 NORTH CAROLINA* 2:30 p.m. ACCN 05 season. 3/ 4 at Maryland* 8 p.m. ACCN afternoon 3/ 8 at Georgia Tech* 2 p.m. ESPN/2 Scoring 1,100 ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) Jarell Eddie currently has 1,106 points at Virginia 3/12- ACC Tournament ACCN/ESPN/ESPN2 against NC State Tech and is 38th in career scoring for the Hokies. 3/16 (Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C.) Sat., Feb. 22, 2014 • 2 p.m. Injury Update * - Atlantic Coast Conference Games Cassell Coliseum (9,847) Adam Smith (left calf strain) is out for today’s # - Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic game. % - Governor’s Holiday Hoops Classic Blacksburg, Va. All times are EST and are subject to change Series vs. NCSU: NCSU, 37-14 ACC Legend Series Streak: NCSU, three Bobby Stevens has been named Virginia Tech’s “ACC Legend” for 2014. Last Meeting vs. the Wolfpack: Television/Internet NCSU, 80-63, 3-14-13, Greensboro Coliseum Up Next The ACC Network Live Stats: hokiesports.com The Hokies hit the road on Tuesday night, as they Tom Werme & Dan Bonner Sirius: 108 XM: 191 travel to Durham to face Duke. The game, to be Virginia Tech broadcast televised by ESPNU, will tip-off at 7 p.m. Radio Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network Bill Roth & Mike Burnop Hokie starters from last game F 32 Trevor Thompson Fr. 6-11 Indianapolis, Ind. Virginia Tech Athletics Communications Tied a career-high with 12 rebounds in home win over Miami Primary Contact F 2 Joey van Zegeren r-So. 6-10 Hoogeveen, The Netherlands Bill Dyer - Associate Director Scored career-high 13 points vs. UVa [email protected] F 31 Jarell Eddie Sr. 6-7 Charlotte, N.C. (o) - 540-231-8853 Led Hokies with 15 points at Pittsburgh (c) - 540-998-5906 G 15 Ben Emelogu Fr. 6-5 Grand Prairie, Texas Secondary Contact Scored 21 points against Maryland Rachel Perreault - Assistant Director [email protected] G 11 Devin Wilson Fr. 6-4 McKees Rocks, Pa. (o) - 540-231-2228 Scored 13 points vs. Virginia Virginia Tech vs. NC State Game Notes • Page 2 #HOKIEPROUD The Series vs. NC State Accomplishing A Lot with A Little Games Missed The Wolfpack lead the all-time series, Virginia Tech’s 52-45 victory over Miami It has been well-documented that the 37-14 … State has won the last three marks the fewest points the Hokies have Hokies have suffered a slew of injuries and meetings, most recently an 80-63 win in the scored in a victory since a 47-45 win over illnesses, so here’s a note on games missed first round of the 2013 ACC Tournament in No. 15 Virginia on Jan. 22, 2012 in JPJA ... It ... So far this season, scholarship players at the Greensboro Coliseum … Tech is 7-11 in is just the third Tech victory when scoring Virginia Tech have missed a total of 23 game home games in the series, and 3-4 in Cassell less than 53 points since joining the Big East appearances due to either illness or injury Coliseum … The Hokies are 5-9 against the Conference in the 2000-01 season. and 17 of those games have come against Pack since joining the ACC and 5-7 in ACC ACC competition ... These numbers do not regular season games … Tech is 6-29 against Putting a Lid on the Basket include the fact that Marquis Rankin left NC State in all conference games, including In Tech’s 52-45 win over Miami, the Hokies the team at the semester break, having not Southern Conference games … Along with allowed the Hurricanes just 15 points in the appeared in a game this season. Blacksburg and Raleigh, the two teams first half ... That is the lowest point total for a have met in Richmond, Lynchburg, Durham, Virginia Tech ACC opponent since Tech joined A Dynamic Duo Charlotte, Greensboro, N.C., and Tampa, Fla. the league in the 2004-05 season ... The The Hokies have started previous low was 19 points, which occured a pair of freshmen in the Last Time Out: #14/16 UVa 57, VT 53 three times, most recently by No. 15 Virginia backcourt for most of this The Hokies dropped another heart-breaker in the first half of the Hokies’ 47-45 victory in season, Ben Emelogu and on Tuesday night, as they fell to No. 14/16 JPJA on Jan. 22, 2012. Devin Wilson ... The pair UVa, 57-53, in Cassell Coliseum ... The Hokies is averaging 20.0 points led for most of the game, but the Cavaliers Sweeping the Champ per game this season, the made three consecutive three-pointers in the With the Hokies’ 52-45 win over Miami, second-highest average for Ben Emelogu waning minutes to claim the win ... Devin Tech has swept the season series against any freshman duo in the ACC Wilson and Joey van Zegeren each scored the defending ACC Champion ... Over the this season ... Only the duo of Jabari Parker 13 points to lead the Hokies, who outshot and last two seasons, Tech is 3-0 against the ACC and Matt Jones of Duke, who are averaging outrebounded the Wahoos. champion from the previous season ... It 21.4 points per game, is ahead of Wilson and marks the first time that Tech has swept a Emelogu ... NC State’s duo of Anthony Barber Devin Sets a Standard two-game season series from the defending and Kyle Washington is third at 14.4 points In the loss to Virginia ACC champion. per game. on Feb. 18, Devin Wilson dished out five assists, Welcome Back, C.J. Getting There A Lot upping his season total to After missing the four Devin Wilson leads all ACC freshmen in 114 … That mark sets a new previous games due to a free throw attempts this season ... Wilson is school record for assists in a groin injury, C.J. Barksdale averaging 6.0 free throw attempts per game single season by a freshman returned to the Virginia this season, sixth-best among all ACC players … It eclipses the old mark Devin Wilson Tech line-up in Tech’s 52-45 this season ... He has shot more free throws of 113, set by Hank Thorns in win over Miami on Saturday (150) than the next two Hokies on the list the 2007-08 season. night ... Coming off the (130) ... The Virginia Tech record for free throw bench, Barksdale led the C.J. Barksdale attempts by a freshman is 163, set by Dale Clamping Down on the Glass Hokies with 12 points and grabbed seven Solomon in the 1978-79 season. In Tuesday’s loss to No.