STATS
PROJECTED STARTERS
G 11 Erick Green (6-4, Sr.) 25.2 ppg, 3.9 apg
G 01 Robert Brown (6-5, So.) 8.9 ppg, 2.6 rpg
F 13 Jarrell Eddie (6-7, Jr.) 12.8 ppg, 6.0 rpg
F 42 C.J. Barksdale (6-8, So.) 4.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg
F 04 Cadarian Raines (6-9, R-Jr.) 7.0 ppg, 6.7 rpg
STAR WATCH
Erick Green -- Green is the best scorer in the ACC right now, and it isn't even close. He puts up points in a variety of ways and even though Virginia Tech has struggled this year he is the type of talent that can win a game anytime he takes the court.
Virginia Tech Notables
Last Time Out
Virginia 73, VT 55
The Hokies lost at Virginia, 73-55, on
Tuesday night in JPJA ... Erick Green was
the only Hokie in double figures, scoring 22
points, 21 of which came in the second half
... Tech turned the ball over just nine times
and rebounds were even at 33 each, but Tech
shot just 34.6 percent from the field and 57.9
percent from the line in the loss.
Leading the Way
Erick Green enters today’s game leading
the nation in scoring, averaging 25.2 points
per game ... Only one other ACC player has
led the nation in scoring, South Carolina’s
Grady Wallace led the nation in scoring (31.2
ppg) in the 1956-57 season ... Green is also
leading the ACC in scoring ... Only one Hokie,
Malcolm Delaney, has ever led the ACC in
scoring ... Delaney averaged 20.2 ppg in the
2010 season ... The last ACC player to average
more than 25 points per game in a season
was J.J. Redick of Duke, who averaged 26.8
ppg as a senior in 2006 ... Green is the leading
active career scorer in the ACC at this point.
The Series vs. NC State
The Wolfpack lead the all-time series, 35-14
… NC State won the last meeting, 70-58, in
Cassell Coliseum last season … Tech is 4-19 in
road games in the series and 2-3 in the PNC
Arena … The Hokies are 5-7 against NC State
since joining the ACC and 5-6 in ACC regular
season games ... Tech is 6-28 against NCSU
in all conference games, including Southern
Conference games.
Low Board Totals
In the Hokies’ loss to Virginia, Tech outrebounded
the Cavaliers, 32-24 ... The 56
total rebounds is a season low ... The 24 total
rebounds by UVa are the fewest rebounds
allowed by the Hokies since Tech allowed the
Cavaliers 24 rebounds in the Hokies’ home
loss to UVa last season ... The last time Tech
allowed less than 24 rebounds in a game was
on Feb. 12, 2012, when the Hokies allowed
Boston College 19 rebounds in a home win
over the Eagles.
Four Doubles is Rare
When C.J. Barksdale
recorded his first career
double-double in the
overtime win at Georgia
Tech, he became the fourth
Hokie to record a double-double
this season (and
the third to record his first career double-double
this season) ... This is the first season
since the 2007-08 season that four different
Hokies have recorded a double-double (J.T.
Thompson, Jeff Allen, A.D. Vassallo and Deron
Washington) ... That season was the third-consecutive
year that the Hokies had four
players record double-doubles.
Interesting Free Throw Note
In the Hokies’ win over Wake Forest, Tech
made eight of 16 free throw attempts, for 50
percent from the line ... The last time Tech
shot 50 percent or worse from the line and
won that basketball game came on Feb. 26,
2011 in Cassell Coliseum, when the Hokies
made just eight of 19 attempts from the line
and defeated No. 1 Duke, 64-60.
Hokies’ All-Time Record
Virginia Tech is now 1355-1121 all-time in
collegiate basketball, good for a .547 winning
percentage ... This is the Hokies’ 104th season
of men’s basketball.
Hokies vs. Ranked Teams
With the loss to No. 14/15 Miami, the
Hokies are 13-40 against nationally ranked
teams since joining the ACC for the 2004-05
season ... Tech is 30-148 all-time against teams
ranked in the AP poll ... Tech is 1-1 against
ranked teams this season ... These numbers
are only for teams ranked in the AP poll.
Virginia Tech athletics contributed to this report.