Buzzketball Central: NC A&T Aggies (0-5) at Virginia Tech Hokies (2-1) 7PM ESPN3

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All right Hokies fans, if there ever should be a laugher on our schedule, this is the game. No way you slice this game should Tech come out on the losing end unless they absolutely sleep walk through the game. The North Carolina Agriculture and Technology Aggies come in 0-5, with double digit losses in three games and a loss to Division III Roanoke College. Their latest loss was the closest as they fell by one to Niagara in the last seconds.
A bit of a change of pace though for the Hokies, as this is a team that actually likes to employ "big" men rather than running four and five guard sets. Tech should still have a size advantage at every position.


The Aggies are led by Senior forward Bruce Beckford, (#32) 6'7, 215 Lbs that is putting up 18.4 PPG, with 8.4 RPG while shooting better than 50% from the field. The only problem is that he is the only Aggies player scoring in double figures.


Sam Hunt, (#2) Sophomore guard 6'2, 175 Lbs, is their "point guard" but is only contributing a team leading 2.8 APG while scoring 9.5 PPG


After these two the scoring drops off dramatically, with five players ranging from 6.6 PPG down to 4.3 PPG. Based on minutes alone, we likely will see Senior guard Ahmad Abdullah, (#12) 6'0, 175 lbs and Senior forward Joshea Singleton, (#1) 6'4, 211 Lbs. Both are averaging about 22 MPG so far this season.

Holding down the center for the Aggies will be Junior Steven Burrough, (#44) 6'9, 245 lbs. The first man off the bench to back up the bigs should be Senior forward Ede Egharevba, (#3) 6'6, 210 lbs or Sophomore forward Jamin Lackey, (#5) 6'8, 200 Lbs. These three gentlemen are bringing a combined 14 PPG and 9 RPG.

The Hokies need to play solid defense, for the first time being able to concentrate on defending the lane rather than the perimeter. Abdullah and Beckford can shoot from outside, the rest of the team not so much. This game should be a good chance to get everyone involved and hopefully kick start Pierce and Hudson out of whatever funk they are in. Johnny Hamilton could end up having a field day against these guys. I would expect to see at least six Hokies reach double figures in this game. Hopefully those same Hokies play defense and make this a fun way to go into Thanksgiving.


To give you an idea of how well Tech defended against VMI, they held the Keydets to 25.6% shooting for the game. That is the lowest percentage under Buzz Williams thus far.

I would say Tech by 30 points, but inevitably this team does something that draws them in closer. I am going to still go ahead and give Tech the victory in this one, 78 – 60.

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