The #12/11 Virginia Tech men's basketball team travels to Raleigh, North Carolina to take on the #23/22 NC State Wolfpack in PNC Arena. Tip is at noon on Saturday and the game will be broadcast on Raycom Sports.
GAME INFORMATION
#12/11 Virginia Tech at #23/22 NC State
Feb. 2, 2019 – Noon
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 81 XM: 81 Internet: 81
BROADCAST: Raycom Sports/ESPN app
Evan Lepler & Brian Oliver
About Today's Game
The Hokies enter the game 17-3 on the season and 6-2 in ACC play … The Wolfpack is 16-5 this season and 4-4 in the ACC … The Hokies are ranked 12th in the AP poll and 11th in the USA Today Coaches poll and NC State is 23rd in the AP and 22nd in the coaches poll.
Last Game: #12/11 VT 82, Miami 70
The Hokies evened their ACC road record at 2-2 with an 82-70 win at Miami on Wednesday night … Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 25 points to lead the Hokies to their first win in Coral Gables since December of 2013 … Ahmed Hill added 19 points, Justin Robinson had 17 points and Ty Outlaw had 11 points off the bench … The Hokies shot 68.0 percent from the floor in the second half, including 6-of-9 from beyond the arc … Tech out rebounded the taller Canes, 28-27 and forced UM into 17 turnovers.
Vs. NC State
The Hokies are 16-40 all-time against NC State … Tech won the last meeting with the Wolfpack, 85-75, in Cassell Coliseum last season … Tech is 4-22 in road games against the Pack, including a 2-6 mark in PNC Arena … Tech is 2-2 against NC State under Buzz Williams … Tech has dropped its last three in Raleigh.
A New All-Time Leader
In the win over Syracuse, Justin Robinson dished out eight assists, and in doing so, became the all-time leader in career assists at Virginia Tech, passing Malcolm Delaney and former leader Bimbo Coles … He now has 551 career assists … Robinson averages 4.6 assists per game in his career and is averaging 5.5 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.
5 is Honored
Justin Robinson has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, for the week ending Jan. 27, 2019 … This is the first time Robinson has been honored by the ACC … This is the second time this season that a Hokie has received the honor … Nickeil Alexander-Walker was honored for the week ending Nov. 18, 2018.
