BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team returns to Carilion Clinic Court at Cassell Coliseum on Saturday night, as it hosts Syracuse. The game will tip-off at 8 p.m. and will be shown on ESPN.
GAME INFORMATION
#10/8 Virginia Tech vs. Syracuse
Jan. 26, 2019, 8 p.m.
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 134 XM: 193 Internet: 955
BROADCAST: ESPN/ESPN app
Mike Couzens & Cory Alexander
About Tonight's Game
The Hokies enter the game 15-3 on the season and 4-2 in ACC play … The Orange are 14-5 this season and 5-1 in the ACC … The Hokies are ranked 10th in the AP poll and eighth in the USA Today Coaches poll .
Last Game: #11/12 UNC 103, #10/8 VT 82
The Hokies fell at No. 11/12 North Carolina, 103-82, in the Smith Center on Monday night … Tech got in early foul trouble and, after leading by as many as nine points in the first half, trailed by 14 points at the intermission … Tech assisted on 21 of 26 made baskets, but committed a season ACC-high 16 turnovers … Ahmed Hill led four Hokies in double figures with 20 points and Kerry Blackshear Jr., recorded his third double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds.
Vs. Syracuse
The Hokies is 3-9 all-time against Syracuse … Tech lost the last meeting with the Orange, 68-56, in the Carrier Dome last season … Tech won the last meeting in Cassell Coliseum, 83-73, on Jan. 10, 2017 … Tech is 2-2 at home against the Orange, with all four games being played in Cassell Coliseum … Tech is 1-4 against Syracuse under Buzz Williams … Tech is 1-5 against SU in ACC regular season games.
Getting REAL Close
In the win over Notre Dame, Justin Robinson moved past Jamon Gordon into third place in career assists at Virginia Tech … He and Gordon, along with Bimbo Coles and Malcolm Delaney, are the only Virginia Tech players with 500 career assists … He now has 540 career assists and trails Delaney by three assists for second place and Coles by seven assists for first place on the all-time list … Robinson averages 4.5 assists per game in his career and is averaging 5.4 assists per game this season … He is second in the ACC in assists this season and is first among active ACC players in career assists.
KJ Doubles
Kerry Blackshear Jr., had his best-ever collegiate game at North Carolina … KJ had 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in the loss, including 10 offensive rebounds … In the win over Central Connecticut State, he recorded his first double-double of the season, with 12 points and 13 rebounds … It was the first for the Hokies this season and the first by any Hokie since Justin Robinson had 10 points and 12 assists at Boston College on Jan. 31, 2018 … He had his second double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Georgia Tech.
More on KJ's Rebounds
Kerry Blackshear Jr., had 17 rebounds at North Carolina on Jan. 21 ... That is the third-highest rebounds in an ACC regular season game in school history … Jeff Allen had 19 rebounds at Boston College on Feb. 5, 2011 and Coleman Collins had 18 rebounds in a win over Duke on Feb. 17, 2005 in Cassell Coliseum … The 17 rebounds marks the first time a Hokie has had more than 15 rebounds in an ACC game in more than five years.
They are Free
The Hokies enter tonight's game having made 223 of 294 free throw attempts (75.9 precent) … Tech has made 162 of its last 204 attempts (79.4 percent) and is shooting 81.7 percent from the line in ACC competition … In the win over BC, the Hokies made 21 of 25 from the line, for 84.0 percent, season highs in all three categories … Tech exceeded the percentage in the game at North Carolina, when Tech was 15 of 16 from the line, for 93.8 percent … Two Hokies, Ahmed Hill (91.3 percent) and Justin Robinson (81.9 percent) are shooting better than 80 percent from the line … Tech has made better than 80 percent from the line in eight of 18 games so far this season and five of its six ACC games … The school record for three-point percentage in a season is 75.0 percent in the 1980-81 season … Tech is second in the ACC in free throw percentage and leads the league in free throw percentage in conference games.
