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2006-2007 GAME-BY-GAME
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Virginia Tech 94, Coppin State 43
Nov. 10, 2006 • Blacksburg, Va.
The Virginia Tech men’s basketball team jumped
out to a 16-2 lead and never looked back in to earn a
94-43 non-conference victory at Cassell Coliseum in the
season opener for both teams. With the win, the Hokies
improved to 4-0 in openers under head coach Seth
Greenberg.
Tech used its talent and a deep, athletic bench to
overwhelm Coppin State. The Hokies took a 16-2 lead
on a 3-pointer by A.D. Vassallo with 13:16 left in the first
half, and ended up leading by 30, 44-14, at halftime.
Greenberg played his entire roster in the first half, and
held Coppin State to just 14 points - the fewest a Tech
team has allowed in a half under Greenberg.
And the second half was pretty much the same. For
the game, the Hokies shot 48.6 percent from the floor,
made 12 3-pointers and out-rebounded Coppin State 51-
32. But more impressively, Tech amassed 23 assists, with
guards Zabian Dowdell and Jamon Gordon dishing out
seven and six, respectively.
Dowdell paced five Tech players in double figures
with 16 points, hitting 6-of-15 from the floor and 2-of-6
from beyond the arc. Vassallo added 15 points on 5-of-8
shooting (three 3-pointers) despite playing just 12
minutes. , Coleman Collins chipped in 11 and 10 boards,
Deron Washington had 12, and Gordon 10 for the Hokies.
Eleven of the 12 players on Tech’s roster played
at least 10 minutes, and every player scored with the
exception of sophomore Cheick Diakite, who did pull
down 10 rebounds, dish out two assists and block a shot
in 19 minutes.
Tywain McKee led Coppin State with 10 points. He
was the lone Coppin State player in double figures.
Virginia Tech 95, West Florida 47
Nov. 14, 2006 • Blacksburg, Va.
For the second straight game, Virginia Tech jumped
out to a huge first-half lead and never looked back,
dismantling West Florida 95-47 in a non-conference
game at Cassell Coliseum. With the win, the Hokies
moved to 2-0 on the season, scoring more than 90
points for the second straight game.
The Argonauts stayed with the Hokies for the first
six minutes of the game and only trailed by two, 15-13,
after Daniel Alcorn’s 3-pointer with 14:14 left in the first
half. But the Hokies went on a 9-1 run after that to take
a 24-14 lead, and then they closed the first half with a
13-0 run that put them up 53-26 at the break.
A portion of the second half was delayed when the
lights went out in Cassell Coliseum. After a 10-minute
delay, workers got the lights to come back and the
game resumed, with the Hokies picking up where they
left off. The final margin turned out to be the Tech’s
biggest lead of the night.
A.D. Vassallo led the Hokies with 26 points and six
rebounds in 22 minutes. It marked the second time in
as many games that Vassallo has scored more points
than minutes played. He hit 8-of-14 from the floor,
5-of-7 from beyond the arc, and 5-of-5 from the freethrow
line.
Vassallo paced four Tech players in double figures.
Deron Washington added 18 points, six boards and four
assists, while Zabian Dowdell scored 17. Jamon Gordon
chipped in 11 points and nine assists.
As a team, Tech shot 50 percent from the floor and
out-rebounded the Argonauts 40-32. Tech also forced
29 turnovers.
Western Michigan 71, Virginia Tech 68
Nov. 23, 2006 • Orlando, Fla.
Virginia Tech fought back from an eight-point
second half deficit, but was unable to hold off Western
Michigan at the end, falling to the Broncos, 71-68, in
the opening round of the Old Spice Classic at the Milk
House at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Lake Buena
Vista, Fla., on Thursday evening.
The Hokies suffered their first loss of the season,
falling to 2-1 overall, while WMU is now 2-2 on the
season.
The Hokies took a 34-29 lead into the intermission,
but Western Michigan opened the second period on a
31-18 run and took a 60-52 lead with 7:33 remaining in
the game. Tech then scored 16 of the game’s next 23
points and took a 68-67 lead with 1:22 remaining on
a jump shot by A.D. Vassallo. WMU reclaimed the lead
on a pair of free throws by Michael Redell and pushed
the lead to three points on free throws by Andrew Ricks
with fifteen seconds remaining in the contest. Tech
missed a pair of three-point attempts to tie the game
and the Broncos held on for the three-point victory.
Jamon Gordon led the Hokies with 19 points and
Deron Washington added 17 points. Zabian Dowdell
scored 16 points and had three steals and three assists.
Redell and Joe Reitz led the Broncos with 17 points
each. Twenty-nine of WMU’s 71 points came from
non-starters.
WMU outrebounded the Hokies, 34-29, including
17-12 in the second half. Tech outshot WMU, 45.8
percent to 42.3 percent and forced the Broncos into 18
turnovers, but Western Michigan hit seven of 20 threepoint
shots and 20 of 26 free throw attempts, while
Tech had just three three-point baskets and made 11 of
16 shots from the charity stripe.
Coppin State (0-1)
Player MP FG FT R A PF TP
Conyers 22 2-5 0-0 2 0 2 5
Chesnut 20 1-2 1-2 4 0 0 3
Kennedy 11 1-7 0-0 3 0 3 2
Otis 10 1-1 3-4 0 0 1 5
McKee 20 3-9 3-4 2 0 1 10
Britt 19 1-2 0-0 2 0 3 3
Roberts 22 3-9 2-2 2 3 1 8
Bell 9 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0
Miller 1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 2
Woodlin 7 0-3 0-2 2 0 0 0
Norwood 14 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 0
Harrison 22 1-8 1-4 3 0 3 3
Pressey 23 0-0 2-4 8 0 3 2
Knight 0+ 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0
Team 1
Totals 200 14-50 12-22 32 3 19 43
VIRGINIA TECH (1-0)
Player MP FG FT R A PF TP
Washington 21 5-12 1-2 4 0 1 12
Collins 19 4-7 3-6 10 1 1 11
Krabbendam 16 1-3 0-0 3 0 0 2
Dowdell 23 6-15 2-2 5 7 2 16
Gordon 23 4-7 1-2 3 6 3 10
Munson 22 3-5 0-0 3 4 1 9
Witcher 17 3-7 1-2 6 0 2 7
Travis 6 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 3
Sailes 12 2-2 0-1 0 2 1 4
Diakite 19 0-1 0-4 10 2 0 0
Vassallo 12 5-8 2-2 2 1 2 15
Tucker 10 1-2 0-0 4 0 4 3
Team 1 2
Totals 200 35-72 10-21 51 23 18 94
Coppin State 14 29 — 43
Virginia Tech 44 50 — 94
Halftime: VT 44, CS 14. FG% VT 48.6%, CS 28%. 3FG% VT
41.4% (12-of-29), CS 16.7% (3-of-18). FT% VT 47.6%, CS
54.5%. Turnovers: VT 9, CS 17 (McKee 6). Blocked Shots: VT 3
(Dowdell, Gordon, Diakite 1), CS 1 (Norwood 1). Steals: VT 10
(Gordon 3), CS 4. Officials: Clark, Stryffeler, Quick.
Attendance: 9,847.
West Florida
Player MP FG FT R A PF TP
Durosier 25 1-9 4-4 1 0 2 7
Evangelista 26 5-9 0-0 4 0 3 11
Grant 30 2-6 2-4 11 2 3 6
Boynton 32 2-5 1-2 2 6 1 5
Batista 20 1-4 0-0 3 0 2 2
Alcorn 21 2-7 0-1 2 2 2 6
Fleming 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
Holmes 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Beauchamp 17 2-4 1-2 1 0 4 5
Maddux 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
Boccardo 18 1-3 3-4 0 0 5 5
Team 8
Totals 200 16-49 11-17 32 10 22 47
VIRGINIA TECH (2-0)
Player MP FG FT R A PF TP
Washington 20 6-12 6-9 6 4 0 18
Collins 21 3-4 2-4 3 2 0 8
Krabbendam 18 2-6 0-0 2 1 0 4
Dowdell 28 7-18 1-2 2 2 2 17
Gordon 30 5-8 1-2 2 9 1 11
Witcher 13 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 2
Travis 5 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0
Sailes 14 0-0 0-2 5 4 1 0
Diakite 15 0-1 3-5 6 0 4 3
Vassallo 22 8-14 5-5 6 1 2 26
Tucker 14 3-3 0-0 3 1 2 6
Team 2
Totals 200 35-70 18-29 40 24 15 95
West Florida 26 21 — 47
Virginia Tech 53 42 — 95
Halftime: VT 53, WF 26. FG% VT 50%, WF 32.6%. 3FG% VT
35% (7-of-20), WF 22.2% (4-of-18). FT% VT 62.1%, WF 64.7%.
Turnovers: VT 11, WF 29 (Grant 7). Blocked Shots: VT 10 (Collins
3), WF 3. Steals: VT 11 (Dowdell 3), WF 3. Officials: Styons,
Natili, Robinson.
Attendance: 9,847.
Western Michigan (2-2)
Player MP FG FT R A PF TP
Workman 16 1-5 0-0 2 0 0 3
Reitz 30 4-8 9-12 8 1 2 17
Fracalossi 17 0-4 0-0 2 1 4 0
Redell 27 3-8 2-4 2 0 2 17
Gary 24 2-4 0-0 1 0 3 5
Drews 21 3-5 0-0 3 1 3 9
Hershberger 24 3-6 0-2 5 1 2 6
Ricks 14 5-6 2-2 1 1 3 12
McLemore 12 0-5 0-0 3 0 2 0
Kool 5 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0
Lawson 10 1-1 0-0 3 0 0 2
Team 3
Totals 200 22-52 20-26 34 5 22 71
VIRGINIA TECH (2-1)
Player MP FG FT R A PF TP
Washington 25 5-9 7-10 2 0 2 17
Collins 31 2-5 1-1 5 1 3 5
Krabbendam 20 1-4 0-0 3 0 3 2
Dowdell 37 6-12 3-4 5 3 2 16
Gordon 32 9-11 0-0 5 1 3 19
Munson 12 0-3 0-0 0 0 3 0
Witcher 6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0
Sailes 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Diakite 9 1-2 0-0 2 0 2 2
Vassallo 18 2-10 0-1 3 1 4 5
Tucker 7 1-2 0-0 1 0 0 2
Team 3
Totals 200 27-59 11-16 29 6 23 68
Western Michigan 29 42 — 71
Virginia Tech 34 34 — 68
Halftime: VT 34, WM 29. FG% VT 45.8%, WM 42.3%. 3FG%
VT 23.1% (3-of-13), WM 35% (7-of-20). FT% VT 68.8%, WM
76.9%. Turnovers: VT 16, WM 18 (Reitz 5). Blocked Shots: VT
6 (Gordon 2), WM 2. Steals: VT 6 (Dowdell 3), WM 5. Officials:
Whitehead, Mathis, Moore.
Attendance: 1,024.
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