BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team concludes the home stand at the Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum on Sunday afternoon, hosting the South Carolina State Bulldogs. The game will tip-off at 1 p.m. and will be shown on ACC Network Extra.
GAME INFORMATION
#15/14 Virginia Tech vs. South Carolina State
Dec. 9, 2018, 1 p.m.
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
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Sirius: 205 XM: 193 Internet: 955
BROADCAST: ACC Network Extra/ESPN app
Andrew Allegretta & Mack McCarthy
About Today's Game
The Hokies enter the game 7-1 on the season and the Bulldogs are 2-8 this season … The Hokies are ranked 15th in the AP poll and 14th in the USA Today Coaches poll.
Last Time Out: VT 89, VMI 68
The Hokies defeated VMI, 89-68, in Cassell Coliseum on Wednesday night … Four Hokies scored in double figures, led by Justin Robinson with 18 points … Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 15 points, Isaiah Wilkins came off the bench with 13 points and P.J. Horne scored a season-high 12 points … Ty Outlaw had nine points and a career-high 11 rebounds … Tech shot 51.7 percent from the floor and made 11 three-pointers in the win.
Vs. South Carolina State
The Hokies are 2-0 all-time against South Carolina State … Both games were played in Blacksburg in the early 1980s … Tech is 31-0 all-time against schools currently in the MEAC … This is the first of three games this season against MEAC schools.
Lots to Get To
In the win over Central Connecticut State, the Hokies had quite the game … The Hokies set a new school record by making 18 three-point field goals in the game … It surpassed the former mark of 17 three-pointers made at Louisville on Feb. 8, 2017 … The 94-40 final score marks the 11th time a Buzz Williams-coached Virginia Tech team has scored at least 94 points and the first time this season and the first time since defeating Radford, 95-68, in Cassell Coliseum on Dec. 6, 2017 … The 54-point margin of victory is the most for the Hokies under Williams and the most since Tech defeated Mount St. Mary's, 99-34 (65 points) on Jan. 2011 in Cassell Coliseum.
Now Boarding
Ty Outlaw missed his first career double-double in the win over VMI by one point … The sixth-year player grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds, the most boards by a Tech player this season … Outlaw, who missed last season with a knee injury, averaged 2.8 rebounds per game in the 2016-17 season, but has doubled that to 5.6 boards per game this year.
