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BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech welcomes Syracuse to Cassell Coliseum on Saturday evening, as both teams will put their four-game win streaks on the line in an ACC contest with postseason implications.

GAMEDAY INFORMATION
Saturday, February 12 | 6:00 p.m. ET
Cassell Coliseum (Blacksburg, Va.)
vs. Syracuse
Series: Syracuse leads 11-5
Game Notes: Virginia Tech (PDF) | Syracuse

TV Broadcast
ESPN2
Play-by-Play: Mike Monaco
Analyst: Randolph Childress

Local Radio
Virginia Tech Sports Network
Play-by-Play: Tim Bickford
Analyst: Mike Burnop

#LOVE: OUR BLACK COMMUNITY

In conjunction with Black History Month and in collaboration with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Virginia Tech will be recognizing its #LOVE: Our Black Community initiative at Saturday's game.
The initiative will be a month-long celebration in February as we reflect on the history, contributions, culture and accomplishments of Black Americans who have enriched communities, organizations and entire industries.
Make sure to check out the Experience Black Love: Illuminated projection on the Washington Street side of Cassell Coliseum before entering the arena.
Jerry Gaines, Virginia Tech's first black scholarship athlete, will be recognized during the first half of Saturday's game. Gaines, the first black student-athlete inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame, was the inaugural male ACC UNITE Award recipient for Virginia Tech in 2021.

ALUMA, MUTTS TO BE RECOGNIZED PREGAME

Keve Aluma and Justyn Mutts will be recognized prior to tipoff for reaching 1,000 career points. They accomplished the feat on Feb. 2 vs. Georgia Tech.

THE SERIES

Virginia Tech trails 11-5 in the all-time series against Syracuse.
The Hokies have split the last six games with the Orange, including a pair of wins in Blacksburg.
The first game of the series was played on Feb. 28, 1976 in Syracuse - a 92-81 win by the Hokies.
Tech is 3-3 against the Orange at home, but lost the last meeting inside Cassell, 71-69, on Jan. 18, 2020.
Jim Boeheim has been Syracuse's head coach in all but one game in the Virginia Tech series - missing the first one.

A WIN WOULD...

Mark the Hokies fifth straight ACC win and their longest winning streak since opening the season 5-0. It would be the longest winning streak in ACC play since Tech won five in a row to end the 2015-16 regular season.
Be Coach Young's second win over the Orange as head coach of the Hokies (1-2).
Snap Syracuse's four-game unbeaten streak, which would give Tech the longest active streak in the ACC at five games.
Move the Hokies to 4-0 in February. The last time they opened February 4-0 was in the 2009-10 season. That season, Tech won its first five games of the month.

HOKIE HEADLINES

The Hokies have shot at least 50 percent in five straight games for the first time since moving to the ACC in 2004-05.
Tech is shooting 42.1 percent from three this season, which is on pace to break the school record of 40.3 set in the 2016-17 season.
The Hokies (9.4) and the Orange (8.9) rank first and second, respectively, in 3-pointers made per game among ACC programs.
Saturday's game vs. Syracuse is the second of four straight home games for the Hokies.

FIRST-HALF FRENZY

Tech has led at halftime in each of the four games in its current win streak, including by double digits in its last three.
On Monday night, the Hokies had seven players score in the first half, including four from deep.
Pitt only scored 17 points in the first half, with 12 coming from Mouhamadou Gueye. That is the lowest tally of a Tech opponent in the first half all season.
Keve Aluma ended the first half on a solo 7-0 run in the last 1:26, including a 3-pointer as time expired.
The Hokies are shooting a remarkable 59.6 percent from the field and 61.4 percent from beyond the arc in the first half across the last four games.
Tech connected on 18 of 24 field goals (75 percent) in the first half at Pitt. It was the Hokies' highest field-goal percentage in one half against an ACC opponent in program history. At one point, Tech connected on 13 straight field goals.

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