BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team opens play in the Charleston Classic on Thursday morning against Ball State. The game will tip-off at 11:30 a.m. and will be shown on ESPN2.
GAME INFORMATION
#16/17 Virginia Tech vs. Ball State
Nov. 15, 2018 – 11:30 a.m.
Charleston Classic
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 137 XM: 193 Internet: 955
BROADCAST: ESPN2/ESPN app
Doug Sherman & Sean Farnham
About This Morning's Game
The Hokies enter the game 1-0 on the season and the Cardinals are 1-1 this season … The Hokies are ranked 16th in the AP poll and 17th in the USA Today Coaches poll.
Last Time Out: VT 87, G-W 59
The Hokies defeated Gardner-Webb in the season opener Friday night at Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum … Nickeil Alexander-Walker and Isaiah Wilkins each scored 21 points in the win … Kerry Blackshear Jr. added 14 points and Ahmed Hill and Justin Robinson had 11 points each … Tech out rebounded G-W 33-24 and forced the Bulldogs into 29 turnovers … Tech shot 50.8 percent from the floor for the game.
Vs. Ball State
This is the first-ever meeting between the two schools … Tech is 21-14 all-time against schools currently in the Mid-American Conference.
Preseason Rankings
Virginia Tech was ranked No. 15 in the AP Top 25 preseason poll … The Hokies made the AP preseason poll for the first time since the beginning of the 2010-11 season when Tech was ranked No. 21 to open the season … The No. 15 ranking tied the Hokies' best ever preseason ranking … Tech was ranked 15th entering the 1984-85 season, while coming off a 22-13 season that saw Tech reach the semifinals of the 1984 NIT … Tech is currently ranked 16th in the AP poll and 17th in the USA Today/Coaches poll.
Ah, Youth
Isaiah Wilkins is the 10th-youngest player in Division I basketball this season and the fourth-youngest among Power 6 players … Wilkins was born on September 29, 2000.
More About Wilkins
Isaiah Wilkins was 5-7 from three-point range … That is the most three-pointers in a game by a Virginia Tech freshman since Justin Bibbs was 5-of-6 from three-point range in a win over Miami of Ohio in the 2014-15 season … The school record for three-pointers in a game by a freshman at Virginia Tech is six, by Carlos Dixon against High Point on Dec. 30, 2000 … The five made threes are the most for a freshman under Buzz Williams.
