ENTERTHESANDMAN
Four Hokies in double figures, Cayla King with 7 three pointers and 29 points and the Hokies outscore Pitt by 25 points in the second half. 63-63 tie after 3 quarters and Hokies finish on 25-8 tear to win 88-71.
The Lady Hokies(5-0) play Pitt(2-1) at 6PM on Dec 10 at Cassell. The game is on ACCNx. The Panthers have beaten George Mason (72-57) and Hofstra(71-58) and lost to Delaware(79-85). They shoot 43.8% from the field and 36.7% from 3. They have out rebounded their opposition by 8.3 rpg. They have a 1.4 turnover to assist ratio. Their two big players have been frequent foulers: Igbokwe 3+ fouls per game; Brown 4 fouls per game.
The Hokies will have a height advantage; but Igbokwe at 6'4 is a big body underneath.
Starters:
HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: PENN STATE (2-1) VS #15 VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (4-0) 9PM ESPNU
We move up one spot ✊1️⃣5️⃣#StoneByStone | #Hokies 🦃 pic.twitter.com/Ke8BQxqfOQ— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) December 7, 2020
The Hokies jumped six spots in the latest CBSports Top 25 and 1 to 10th. This is a higher ranking then during the entire Buzzketball era. Coach Mike Young has Penn State coming in tomorrow as part of the ACC/Big 10 challenge. This is the Hokies only game until December 15th when the Hokies open ACC play against Clemson. We are now 1 spot ahead of Villanova in the polls and only two spots behind Duke in terms of other ACC opponents.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/college-basketball-ran...
Lady Hokies improve to 5-0 after beating Gardner Webb 73-39. Kitley poured in 17 and 17. Sheppard also had 17 points. Amoore and Jones had 15 pts a piece. Obouh Fegue, Jones and Ennis had 8,7,6 rebounds respectfully.
Ladies were extremely sloppy with the ball though with 24 turnovers. Life soon gets very hard with ACC play looming.
The Lady Hokies play Gardner Webb at 2PM Sunday Dec 6 at Cassell. The game is on ACCNx. Gardner Webb is 0-3 with losses to Elon 60-88, Auburn 61-97 and Richmond 73-85. The Hokies beat Richmond in the season opener 85-64. Don't expect this game to be much of a challenge; but this is the last easy game, ACC schedule starts Thursday against Pitt at 6PM in Cassell.
GW will be much shorter than the Hokies:
The starters are:
Alasia Smith # 30, 5'10" Freshman G/F. 15 ppg, 9.7 rpg in 23 minutes. Shoots 47.2% overall and 33.3% from 3
Jhessyka Williams #2, 5'10" Junior G/F. 13 ppg, 6.7 rpg in 31 minutes
Well then, the second season of CMYball started with about as well an opening four game stretch as could have been hoped for. An opening night win against Radford, followed up by thrilling victories over Temple Villanova, and USF, and ended by a hard fought, ugly win over VMI.
So without further ado, how do things look for the Hokies?
Lady Hokies move to 4-0 after an 84-59 win over App St
Kitley finishes with 30 pts, 11 reb and 6 blocks
Sheppard and Jones also in double figures
Made it ugly, but a W is a W
The Ladies play Appalachian State at 4 PM on Dec 4 in Cassell Coliseum. The game will be available on ACCNx. App State is 2-0 with wins over Charlotte(74-68) and UNC Ashville(70-60).
Against Charlotte, Pre Stanley scored 20 points with 7 assists and 6 rebounds. Michaela Porter recorded the first double-double of her career with 13 pts and 11 rebounds. Lainey Gosnell also recorded a double-double. They out rebounded a taller Charlotte 51-48.
Against UNC Ashville, Pre Stanley was again the leading scorer with 25 pts to go with 7 rebounds. Michaela Porter recorded her second career double-double with 12 pts and 12 boards. App State again out rebounded their opponent; this time by 14(49-35).
HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: VMI (2-1) VS VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (3-0) 8PM ACCN 12/3/2020
So proud of Keve! He's a fine player, a tough dude, but he's also an exceptional young man. Way to go kid! https://t.co/LMLpFCXubf— Mike Young (@CoachMKYoung) November 30, 2020
GAME INFORMATION
Date/Time: Dec 3rd 2020 8 PM
Opponent: VMI
Site: Cassell Coliseum
Virginia Tech Sports Network - Jon Laaser (play-by-play) and Mike Burnop (analyst)
So proud of Keve! He's a fine player, a tough dude, but he's also an exceptional young man. Way to go kid! https://t.co/LMLpFCXubf— Mike Young (@CoachMKYoung) November 30, 2020
Super excited to see him continue to develop this season.
The Lady Hokies improved to 3-0 as they absolutely destroyed GW today 92-57. They tied a school record with 16 three pointers, led by Aisha Sheppard.
From Hokiesports.com post game:
Tech's 92 points were 17 more than the Colonials had given up in its first two contests combined.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•Tech owned the glass with a 48-19 margin
•The Hokies made a season-high 16 triples while the Colonials made just two
•GW was 50% from the free throw line (11-22)
•Tech's assist to turnover ratio was 1.0 (18-18)
""We actually gave them a free day away from us where we promised them as a staff we wouldn't talk to them about Virginia Tech," Wright said. "We wouldn't make them sit and watch film about Virginia Tech. We set up a walk outside. Dwayne wouldn't let me walk with them in fear that I might talk to them about Virginia Tech."
Living in their head rent-free.
Some high profile matchups this week in basketball.
#19 UNC about to tip off against UNLV, while not the matchup of old will be a good one on Monday night.
Tuesday though is the big night this week:
#17 Texas takes on Indiana
LolUVA takes on St Francis(PA)....normally you would just skip over this one but St Francis just beat Pitt by 10 and we all know what those Wahoos did
VMI plays Longwood on ESPN+ if you want to get an idea of who the Keydets have before Thursdays game with the Hokies.
#6 Duke vs #8 Michigan State
#7 Kansas vs #20 Kentucky, both of whom will be hungry after early season losses.
Wednesday brings
3-0 Army vs Florida
#11 WVU vs #1 Gonzaga
The Lady Hokies play George Washington, Tuesday at 5PM at Cassell. The game will be on ACCNx. GW is 2-0, beating Lincoln 53-38 and Old Dominion 55-37. They are obviously comfortable at a slower pace than VT likes to play. GW is only shooting 34.4% overall and 14.7% from 3 in their 2 games this year; so I may be wrong about the pace. They may just not be good on offense; and have played 2 teams that are worse. Tech will have a significant advantage inside with Kitley, Jones and Obouh Fegue. And VT is a much better team from beyond the arc. I don't see GW being able to slow the Ladies down much. Should be a game for Coach Brooks to get some playing time for everyone on the roster.
GW Roster:
Good to see but a long ways to go after only 3 games. VMI on Thursday night.
https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll?week=2
See you on Thursday when the basketball team ties the football team in wins.
HOKIES HOOPS CENTRAL: SOUTH FLORIDA (1-1) VS VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (2-0) 8PM ESPN2
It's gameday!We'll be back at it tonight vs. USF in Bubbleville#StoneByStone | #Hokies 🦃— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) November 29, 2020
I'm still pretty pumped up about the win over Villanova last night 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘 8pm can't get here soon enough!
