BLACKSBURG - The Virginia Tech men's basketball team travels to the Upstate of South Carolina, as they take on the Clemson Tigers on Saturday afternoon. The game will tip-off at noon and will be shown on ESPN2.
GAME INFORMATION
#11/10 Virginia Tech at Clemson
Feb. 9, 2019, Noon
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RADIO: Virginia Tech IMG Sports Network
Jon Laaser & Mike Burnop
Sirius: 84 XM: 84 Internet: 84
BROADCAST: ESPN2/ESPN app
Doug Sherman & Cory Alexander
About Today's Game
The Hokies enter the game 18-4 on the season and 7-3 in ACC play … The Tigers are 14-8 this season and 4-5 in the ACC … The Hokies are ranked 11th in the AP poll and 10th in the USA Today Coaches poll.
Last Game:
#16/17 Louisville 72, #11/10 VT 64
The Hokies dropped their first home game of the season, as they fell to #16 Louisville, 72-64, on Monday night … Kerry Blackshear Jr., led the Hokies with 21 points … Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 17 points and Ty Outlaw had 12 points and a team-high seven rebounds … The game was part of ESPN's "Big Monday" package.
Vs. Clemson
The Hokies are 19-15 all-time against Clemson and have won the last four meetings with the Tigers … Tech won the last meeting in Littlejohn Coliseum, 82-81 on Jan. 22, 2017 … Tech is 6-9 on the road against the Tigers … Tech is 4-1 against Clemson under Buzz Williams … Tech is 10-10 against Clemson in ACC regular season games and 11-11 in all conference games, including Southern Conference games … Tech is 0-1 against Clemson when the Hokies have been ranked.
Being Ranked
The Hokies are currently ranked 11th in the AP poll … Tech is ranked for the 14th consecutive week (including the preseason poll), the second-longest streak in school history … The longest is 17 consecutive weeks in the 1995-96 season.
NAW is Honored
Nickeil Alexander-Walker has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, for the week ending Feb. 3, 2019 … This is the second time this season that Alexander-Walker has been honored by the ACC … This is the first time that the Hokies have won back-to-back ACC Player of the Week honors, as Justin Robinson was the honoree last week.
NAW on More Lists
Nickeil Alexander-Walker has been named to the John R. Wooden Award presented by Wendy's Men's Late Season Top 20 Watch List … He has also been named to the Jerry West Award 10 finalist list.