BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team continues the Holiday home stand at the Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum on Friday night, as it hosts the Hawks from Maryland Eastern Shore. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. and will be shown on ACC Network Extra.
GAME INFORMATION
#10/10 Virginia Tech vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
Dec. 28, 2018, 7 p.m.
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 134 XM: 194 Internet: 956
BROADCAST: ACC Network Extra/ESPN app
Andrew Allegretta & Mack McCarthy
About Tonight's Game
The Hokies enter the game 10-1 on the season and the Hawks are 1-12 this season … The Hokies are ranked 10th in the AP poll and the USA Today Coaches poll.
Last Time Out: VT 82, NC A&T 60
The Hokies defeated North Carolina A&T, 82-60, on Dec. 19 in Cassell Coliseum … Tech fought off a slow start and took a 36-23 lead into the intermission and never trailed in the second half … Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored a game-high 20 points to lead five Hokies in double figures … Kerry Blackshear Jr., had 17 points and nine rebounds and Justin Robinson had 14 points and six assists … P.J. Horne came off the bench with 14 points and Ahmed Hill added 11 points in the win … Tech out rebounded the Aggies, 42-20.
Vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
The Hokies are 8-0 all-time against Maryland-Eastern Shore … All eight games have been played in Blacksburg … Tech is 33-0 all-time against schools currently in the MEAC … This is the final of three games this season against MEAC schools.
Joining an Elite Group
In the win over Washington, Justin Robinson became just the fourth Virginia Tech men's basketball player to record 500 career assists and 1,200 career points … He now joins Bimbo Coles, Malcolm Delaney and Jamon Gordon on that list … Robinson is just seven assists behind Gordon for third place in career assists at Virginia Tech.
NAW on the List
Virginia Tech guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker has been named to the Oscar Robertson Trophy Midseason Watch List … Alexander-Walker is one of 20 players on the list and one of five ACC players on the watch list … The trophy is given annually by the USBWA to the nation's top player.
Home Streak
Virginia Tech has won 23 consecutive home non-conference regular season games, tying the school record … This is the third time the Hokies have won 23 consecutive home non-conference regular season games … The others were between Jan. 29, 1981 and Jan. 7, 1984 and from Nov. 13, 2005 and Nov. 26, 2009.
