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Randall K. Wolf

Men's Basketball

VMI travels to face ACC foe Pitt Monday night

LEXINGTON, Va. – Coming off an 80-69 win over Charleston Southern in the Third Place Game of the inaugural Greenbrier Tip-Off, the VMI basketball team heads north to face ACC foe Pitt Monday night at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
 
The matchup is part of a packaged deal with both teams participating in the Greenbrier Tip-Off tournament. Pitt will be in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, next weekend as part of the Mountain Division weekend when they will square off with UCF, LSU and Wisconsin.
 
Broadcast Information
VMI at Pitt – Monday, Nov. 18 – 7 pm                    Watch on ACCNX/ESPN+  |  Live Stats

QUICK HITS
* After going 1-1 at the The Greenbrier Tip-Off, the Keydets own a 4-1 start to the season, its best opening since beginning the 2010-11 campaign with a 5-0 mark
* The Keydets opened the tournament with a tough 72-71 loss Friday evening to Tennessee Tech before turning around and defeating Charleston Southern Saturday afternoon
* Indiana State transfer Augustinas Kiudulas was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging 21.5 ppg between the two games. On the year, he leads the Southern Conference with an average of 21.8 points per game
* Lipscomb transfer TJ Johnson is averaging 15.0 points per game and hitting 52.0 percent from the field (28-54). He leads the team with 17 three-pointers after five contests, which ranks among the top of the SoCon leaders

A win over Pitt would ...
-- Be VMI's first ever win against the Panthers, which the Keydets are down 0-2 in the all-time series
-- Be VMI's first win over an ACC opponent since defeating Virginia Tech by a 75-65 score on Dec. 31, 1997
 
Series History vs. Pitt (VMI trails 0-2)
The Panthers and Keydets have met twice before with Pitt coming away victorious both times. The first game occurred on Dec. 6, 2011 – a 97-70 Pitt win – and most recently on Nov. 9, 2018, which resulted in an 83-65 Panther victory
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
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Players Mentioned

Augustinas Kiudulas

#11 Augustinas Kiudulas

F
6' 8"
Sophomore
TJ Johnson

#44 TJ Johnson

F
6' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Augustinas Kiudulas

#11 Augustinas Kiudulas

6' 8"
Sophomore
F
TJ Johnson

#44 TJ Johnson

6' 6"
Sophomore
F