2012-13 VMI BASKETBALL KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES KEYDET BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Keydets to Face Mountaineers in Morgantown VMI’s First Game in Morgantown Since Winter of ‘68-’69 VMI basketball is back on the court Wednesday, traveling to Morgantown, W. Va. to face the West Virginia Mountaineers. Tip time is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast on both the Root Sports (Pittsburgh) tele- vision network and ESPN3 (available only in areas not covered by Root Sports). As always, a radio broadcast can be heard in the Lexington area on 96.7 3WZ and on www.wrel.com, while live stats will be linked on www.vmikey- VMI (3-33) dets.com. vs. West Virginia (1-33) Wednesday, Nov. 28 - 7 p.m. ET The Keydets come off a 90-81 win over Elon Saturday at Cameron Hall, VMI’s 27th straight home non-confer- ence win. Stan Okoye led the way with one of his best collegiate games, posting 30 points and 16 rebounds, WVU Coliseum including 11 boards in the second half. The Big South Preseason Player of the Year also had four assists, three Morgantown, W. Va. steals and two blocks as the Keydets outscored the Phoenix 47-35 in the second half en route to the victory. RADIO- 96.7 3WZ Lexington INTERNET- Live Audio and Stats With his stellar outing Saturday, Okoye moved into a tie for 10th on VMI’s all-time scoring list (see page five). He also surpassed Charlie Schmaus, former VMI player and coach, for seventh on the Institute’s all-time rebounding online at www.wrel.com and list. Next up on the scoring chart are Ramon (eighth) and Damon (ninth) Williams, whom Okoye would pass with www.VMIKeydets.com. 25 points against WVU, and Karl Klinar ‘54 on the rebounding listing, who is 35 boards ahead of Okoye. TV/VIDEO - Broadcast on Root Also on a roll for the Keydets is D.J. Covington, the junior center. In fact, since shooting 1 for 8 in the first half Sports/Pittsburgh and ESPN3 against Central Penn (Nov. 13), Covington has hit 28 of 45 shots from the field, a 62.2 percent clip. He is also on Tale Of The Tape a four-game double-figure scoring streak, just the second time in his career he has done that. VMI WVU Last Meeting with West Virginia (11/27/2010): 85.3 Points Per Game 66.8 Casey Mitchell had 25 points, Kevin Jones had 22 and the West Virginia Mountaineers broke open a close game over the final seven minutes, en route to an 82-66 win over the VMI Keydets Saturday night, Nov. 27, 2010 82.0 Points Allowed 67.0 in Charleston, W. Va. VMI suffered its first loss of the season and fell to 5-1 while West Virginia improved to 4-1. The Keydets were paced in scoring by junior guard Keith Gabriel and freshman point guard Rodney Glasgow 45.2% Field Goal % 39.8% who each scored 18 points while senior guard Austin Kenon added 10 points. 45.6% FG % Allowed 43.9% A VMI win against West Virginia would: 9.5 3-Pt. FG Per Game 4.0 Be VMI’s first win over West Virginia since Jan. 15, 1969, an 87-84 win in Morgantown. This is VMI’s first 69.4% Free Throw % 65.6% game in Morgantown since that day, as the 2010 matchup was played in Charleston, W. Va., officially recorded as a neutral site. 17.8 Assists Per Game 11.0 14.7 Turnovers Per Game 12.8 Move the Keydets to 4-3 on the year, and mark their fourth win in the past five games. 9.3 Steals Per Game 10.3 Probable Starters *=Blocks Per Game Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 1 Rodney Glasgow Jr. 5-10 170 11.8 2.8 5.0 1.7 Has scored in double figures with at least 4 assists in four games this season G 3 Brian Brown So. 5-11 185 10.8 1.5 1.5 0.7 Career-high 22 points at Citadel (11/10), 16 points vs. Elon (11/24) F 11 Stan Okoye Sr. 6-6 215 21.0 8.8 2.7 1.7 Career-high 31 points against Army (11/11), 30 pts, 16 rebs. vs. Elon (11/24) C 24 D.J. Covington Jr. 6-9 235 15.5 6.3 3.0* 1.0 Career-high 23 pts. at Va. Tech (11/15), double-double, 7 blocks at ODU (11/21) F 30 Nick Gore Sr. 6-6 215 7.8 6.0 3.2 1.5 Posted first double-double since 2010 on 11/13 against Central Penn Off The Bench Pos. # Player Yr. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. Stl. Notes G 4 Christian Burton So. 5-10 170 3.0 -- 1.0 -- Scored three points against Central Penn (11/13) G 5 Drew Absher Jr. 5-10 170 -- -- -- -- Played four minutes against Central Penn for first action of the season G 12 Gavin Stephenson Fr. 6-3 185 4.7 2.3 1.0 1.5 Seven steals against Central Penn (11/13), most by a Keydet since 2009 G 14 Joe Carr Sr. 6-3 190 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.0 Scored four points against Central Penn, first points since 2010-11 F 23 Dorian Albritton Fr. 6-4 210 5.8 2.0 1.0 -- Nine points on three three-pointers at ODU (11/21) F 32 Phillip Anglade Fr. 6-5 210 4.2 3.5 1.0* 0.3 5 points, 4 rebounds vs. Elon (11/24); Six points, 11 rebounds vs. Army (11/11) C 34 Jarid Watson So. 6-7 215 1.0 1.3 0.8* 0.3 Averaging 5.8 minutes per game so far this season G 35 Tim Marshall Fr. 6-3 185 3.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 Seven points against Army at All-Military Classic (11/11) Media Schedule/Results (3-33) Information Date Opponent (Television) Time/Result Record Key Stats Nov. 3 Frostburg State (Exhibition) W, 115-60 X VMI Basketball Contacts Nov. 10 at The Citadel L, 76-84 0-1 Brown career-high 22 points and seven three-pointers Wade Branner, Associate A.D./Athletic Nov. 11 vs. Army L, 74-80 0-2 Okoye career-high 31 points in setback Communications (Basketball Contact) Nov. 13 Central Penn College W, 116-81 1-2 VMIputs six players in double figures, Covington and Brown 20 pts. Office (540) 464-7515 Nov. 15 at Virginia Tech - ESPN3 L, 80-95 1-3 Covington career-high 23 points in loss Cell (540) 319-1271 Nov. 21 at Old Dominion W, 76-71 2-3 Inside play keys first win over ODU since 1978 Nov. 24 Elon W, 90-81 3-3 Okoye 30 points, 16 rebounds, four assists and three steals Fax (540) 464-7583 Nov. 28 at West Virginia - Root Sports/ESPN3 7 p.m. Email [email protected] Dec. 1 Morgan State 1 p.m. Web www.VMIKeydets.com Dec. 3 Virginia - Lynchburg 7 p.m. Press Row Phone (540) 463-6725 Dec. 8 at Wright State 7 p.m. Dec. 22 at George Washington 3 p.m. Brad Salois, Associate Athletic Jan. 2 Shenandoah 7 p.m. Communications Director (Secondary) Jan. 5 at Presbyterian College* 7 p.m. Office (540) 464-7015 Jan. 9 Liberty* - Flames Sports 7 p.m. Cell (940) 642-9865 Jan. 12 Winthrop* 1 p.m. Email [email protected] Jan. 16 Campbell* 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at Coastal Carolina* - ESPNU 11 a.m. Jan. 23 at High Point* 7 p.m. John Stark, Assistant Athletic Jan. 26 Gardner-Webb* 1 p.m. Communications Director Jan. 30 at Radford* 7 p.m. Office (540) 464-7514 Feb. 6 at Longwood* 7 p.m. Cell (570) 809-1946 Feb. 8 UNC Asheville* - ESPNU 7 p.m. Email [email protected] Feb. 13 Radford* 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Campbell* - MASN 2 p.m. X VMIKeydets.com Feb. 19 High Point* 7 p.m. The official website of VMI athletics, Feb. 21 at Charleston Southern* 7:30 p.m. VMIKeydets.com, includes pregame Feb. 23 at ESPN BracketBuster TBA notes, game and season statistics, Feb. 26 at Liberty* - Flames Sports 7 p.m. postgame notes and quotes and rele- Mar. 2 Longwood* 1 p.m. March 5-10 - Big South Championship - Conway, S.C. vant news releases to the VMI Basketball program. The website is updated daily. The Resumption of History: Notable Facts from Stan Okoye vs. Elon: This will be the 49th meeting between VMI and Stan Okoye had one of the best games of his colle- X Big South Network West Virginia, with only one of those having come since giate career on Nov. 24 against Elon, propelling VMI to Fans can view live video of all the 1969. Both the Keydets and Mountaineers were longtime victory with 30 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, three Keydets’ home games and all Big South members of the Southern Conference, and thus, were fre- steals and a pair of blocks. Here are notable facts about Conference contests, including tourna- quent opponents during the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. WVU Okoye’s performance in that game: ment action, online via The Big South holds a 43-5 edge in the all-time series. It was his second 30-plus point game this season Network at www.BigSouthSports.com.