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 Game 30: VMI (12-117, 5-88 Big South) Nov. 10 at Ohio State ! L, 69-107 at High Point (20-99, 10-33 Big South), Feb. 24, 7 p.m. Nov. 11 vs. Princeton ! L, 68-73 Nov. 12 vs. South Dakota State ! W, 104-89 Series Versus High Point: High Point Leads 7-11 Nov. 15 Virginia Intermont W, 156-95 Keydets on the Air: the first time in a week, fell to 12-17 and 5-8 in the League. Nov. 20 Southern Virginia W, 144-127 Tonight’s game will be broadcast on Lexington’s WREL With 28 points, LU senior Larry Blair became the all- 1450 AM, as well as on Roanoke’s WRIS 1410 AM. Fans time leading scorer in Big South history and now has 2,177 Nov. 22 at James Madison L, 87-89 around the world can tune in to hear the broadcast on pts., surpassing Tony Dunkin of Coastal Carolina (1990-93). VMI junior forward Reggie Williams led the Keydets Nov. 25 at Howard L, 111-116 www.vmikeydets.com, as Wade Branner calls the play-by- play live from courtside. with 34 points and set a new VMI season scoring record with Nov. 28 at Army L, 72-79 The game will also be streamed with live video begin- 831 points. Williams overtook Jason Conley, who had 820 ning at 6:55 p.m. on “The Edge” presented by Aeropostale. points in 2001-02 campaign. Dec. 1 vs. Cornell % L, 94-99 The cost is $3.95 and viewers can sign up at www.bigsouth- The Flames shot an efficient 64.4% from the game, sports.com. going 69% from the field in the opening half and an even Dec. 2 vs. Jacksonville St. L, 85-87 60.0% in the second half. Keydets vs. High Point: The Keydets also had double figures scoring efforts Dec. 6 Lees-McRae W, 135-75 from Chavis Holmes, who scored 23 second-half points to This will be the ninth meeting between the schools. The finish with 26, and senior Fred Robinson, who nailed four Dec. 9 Mercer L, 103-105 series began three years ago when VMI joined the Big South treys on his way to a 19-point effort in his final home game Conference. HPU won the first four meetings before VMI sal- Dec. 11 South Carolina State W, 99-87 at Cameron Hall. Matt Murrer, also a senior, added 16 vaged a win versus the Panthers at Cameron Hall in the points for VMI. Dec. 20 at Richmond W, 93-84 2004-05 season. High Point leads the series 7-1 after taking a 115-104 victory last month at Cameron Hall. Dec. 30 at Penn State (ESPN360) L, 111-129 A VMI win tonight would: Last Time Out: Give VMI six conference wins, adding to the most Big Jan. 6 at Winthrop* L, 76-108 South wins in a season, a mark that has already been The Liberty Flames spoiled VMI's Senior Night and attained this year. It would also be the most conference wins locked up the final home seed in the Big South Tournament Jan. 10 High Point* L, 104-115 in a season by a VMI basketball team since 1998-99 when with a 118-108 win over the Keydets Wednesday night VMI posted a 9-7 mark in the SoCon North Division. Jan. 13 Charleston Southern* W, 116-83 before 3,217 spectators at Cameron Hall. Mark the most wins in a season by a VMI team since Junior forward Alex McLean scored a career-high 40 the 1997-98 campaign, when the team went 14-13. Jan. 15 Coastal Carolina* L, 97-99 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead the Flame attack. Be VMI’s fourth road win of the season, the most The Keydets fell behind by as much as 24 points in the Jan. 18 Bridgewater W, 125-95 since winning four road games in the 1998-99 campaign. first half but rallied after halftime behind the scoring of soph- Jan. 22 at UNC Asheville* W, 102-97 omore guard Chavis Holmes and pulled within four points at the 12-minute mark of the second half. But a 61-22 rebound- Milestone Watch: Jan. 25 Radford* W, 103-94 ing disadvantage on the boards was too much for the With five three-pointers, VMI will break the NCAA Keydets to overcome as the Flames pounded out a 72-38 Division I record for most three’s in a season. In 2000-01, Jan. 27 at Liberty* (TV-FTN) L, 117-122 count in points in the paint for the game. Duke sunk 407 threes in 39 games, while VMI enters the evening with 403 in only 29 games. Jan. 31 Winthrop* L, 96-109 Liberty won for only the second time in eight tries in Lexington and snapped a three-game losing streak to move With three blocks, VMI will break the school record Feb. 3 at Coastal Carolina* L, 99-108 to 13-16 and 7-6 in the Big South. The Keydets, playing for for single-season blocks, as they enter the evening with 105. Feb. 5 at Charleston Southern* W, 105-97 Probable Starters Feb. 10 UNC Asheville* W, 102-88 Pos. # Player Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes G 1 Adam Lonon Fr. 2.1 1.8 3.9 Sixth in Big South 3.93 apg; Career-high 12 pts. vs. WU Feb. 14 at Radford* L, 107-114 G 5 Fred Robinson Sr. 12.0 2.8 2.0 Career-high 31 pts., 9 3’s vs. Charleston Southern (1/13) Feb. 21 Liberty* L, 108-118 F 22 Matt Murrer Sr. 16.7 5.4 ^1.9 Avg. 22.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg & 3.0 bpg in last five games G 24 Jack Castleberry Sr. 1.6 2.5 *1.5 Ten starts on the season; 8 rebounds vs. Bridgewater (1/18) Feb. 24 at High Point* 7 p.m. F 55 Reggie Williams Jr. 28.7 7.9 4.4 Leads nation in scoring; 14 30+ pt. games this season Feb. 27 at Big South First Round TBD Off The Bench Mar. 1 at Big South Semifinals TBD Pos. # Player Yr. Pts. Reb. Ast. Notes Mar. 3 at Big South Finals TBD F 2 Willie Bell So. 6.3 4.7 *1.6 11 pts., 7 reb., 4 stl. at UNC Asheville (1/22) G 3 Chavis Holmes So. 19.9 3.2 *2.9 Scored 20-plus points in 15 games; 26 pts. vs. Liberty (2/21) G 23 Travis Holmes So. 14.4 4.7 *3.5 Leads NCAA in steals; 22 pts., 11 reb., 5 ast. at Radford (2/14) G 25 Dusty Pflugner So. 2.7 0.8 2.3 Avg. 14 min. per game; 2-for-2 3-pt. vs. CCU (1/15) !- SportsTime Ohio BCA Classic G 32 Carl Josey Fr. 2.1 1.9 0.4 Returned to lineup vs. Liberty (2/21) after missing 11 gm. %- William & Mary Tournament G 34 Nick Matson So. 1.1 0.6 0.0 Joined team over Holiday Break; 3 pts. vs. Bridgewater (1/18) F 44 J.T. Piribek Fr. 0.3 0.1 0.2 Scored first two career points vs. Virginia Intermont (11/15) *- Big South Opponent *- Steals Per Game; ^- Blocks Per Game Head Coach Duggar Baucom: has averaged 33.5 ppg to raise his average to 28.7 Team Almanac Head coach Duggar Baucom is currently in his ppg. Longest Winning Streak . .3 second season at the helm of the VMI Basketball pro- Jackson State’s Trey Johnson, who Williams had chased for most of the season, has scored 51 points Longest Losing Streak . .5 gram. A 1995 graduate of Charlotte, Baucom returns to the sidelines following a tumultuous first season in over his last two outings after he was held to 20 Most Points Scored . .156, vs. Virginia Intermont Lexington. He was sidelined for seven conference points against Texas Southern on Feb. 10 to lose the Fewest Points Scored . .68, vs. Princeton games last January due to a surgical procedure, but scoring lead. Johnson currently averages 28.1 ppg. Williams becomes the first VMI player to lead Most Points Allowed . .129, at Penn State is back at 100% for this year’s campaign. He will look to get back to the winning ways he enjoyed as the nation in scoring since Jason Conley became the Fewest Points Allowed . .73, vs. Princeton head coach at Tusculum, when he accrued a 37-19 first freshman in NCAA history to lead Division I in Average Points Scored . .103.0 record in two seasons with the Pioneers, including the scoring with a 29.3 average during the 2001-02 sea- program’s first NCAA Tournament berth. son. Average Points Allowed . .99.6 However, Baucom was no stranger to the Wednesday evening saw Williams became VMI’s Keydets when he took over the head coaching job in new record-holder for most points in a season, pass- The Keydets April 2005. He served two tours of duty in the ing Conley who scored 820 pts. that same season. That came one game after Williams became the Big Record When.... Southern Conference when the Institute was also a member, as he coached at Davidson in 1995-96, as South’s new record-holder for most points in a season, Leading at the Half .