Hokie Hoops Central: Virginia Tech (8-11) at Georgia Tech (8-10) 7pm ESPNU

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Virginia Tech (8-11)
at
Georgia Tech (8-10)
McCamish Pavilion
7pm ESPNU

TV | ESPNU
Wes Durham, PxP
Cory Alexander, Analyst
Jim Boeheim, Analyst

RADIO | VT Sports Network
Zach Mackey, PxP
Mike Burnop, Analyst

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Who gets #9?
The Hokies face off against the Yellow Jackets both looking for their 9th win of the season. The Hokies are coming off a painful loss against Wake Forest. They had no answer for Hildreth's elbow and Hunter Sallis driving the lane.

Georgia Tech is on a four game losing streak with losses to FSU, Clemson, SMU and Syracuse. They are 8-10 overall and 2-6 in the ACC. They beat Boston College and Notre Dame. Other ACC losses were to UNC and Duke. They won most of their buy-in games but lost to the Univ of North Florida.

Their starting rotation is hectic to predict. It appears Terry, Ndongo, and George start consistently. George is at the point, but Terry will get the majority of touches if healthy. Onwuchekwa seems to be starting at center but doesnt contribute much. Don't understand him getting 20 minutes a contest but he may be out with an injury so may not matter much. Jaeden Mustaf and Kowacie Reeves appear to be out injured as well. Luke O'Brien has been out for quite a few games but may be back tonight. If Onwuchekwa is out, expect to see Duncan Powell get the majority of minutes in the paint.

As a team, they are shooting 42% inside and 33% from the perimeter. They don't really do anything exceptionally well. They control the ball with limited turnovers.

Stoudamire has them playing fast but doesn't seem cohesive. Not sure if it's the injuries or just needing more time to learn what Stoudamire is looking for. They seem to get bogged down offensively if they don't score in transition. The only thing they remotely do well is rebound the ball so if the Hokies are going to get a win in Atlanta they will need to fight on the boards.

Defensively they seem to utilize mostly a 2-3 zone. They are very susceptible to transition baskets. Florida State blitzed them early on breakaways. They don't transition well and give up alot of corner threes. They tend to lose guys at the baseline opposite the ball so Lawal could get quite a few opportunities at alley oop buckets.

This is a team the Hokies resemble the most so it will come down to who finishes possessions best.

The Jackets injuries really shortens their bench so could be a factor.

Yellow Jackets
Lance Terry
0 SR G 6-2 180
15.8 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 1.7 Ast

Baye Ndongo
11 SO F 6-9 214
11.5 Pts, 7.4 Reb, 1.5 Ast

Naithan George
1 SO G 6-3 180
10.4 Pts, 3.6 Reb, 6.2 Ast

Javian McCollum
2 SR G 6-1 170
12.9 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 3.5 Ast

Doryan Onwuchekwa (Questionable)
45 FR C 6-11
3.5 Pts, 4.9 Reb, 0.8 Ast

Duncan Powell
31 JR F 6-8 225
8.7 Pts, 5.6 Reb, 0.8 Ast

Jaeden Mustaf (out injured)
3 FR G 6-5 210
9.1 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 1.7 Ast

Luke O'Brien (questionable)
9 SR G 6-7 200
6.4 Pts, 4.4 Reb, 0.6 Ast

Kowacie Reeves (out injured)
14 SR G 6-6 182
9.3 Pts, 2.5 Reb, 1.0 Ast