Cadarian Raines (4) puts the ball up under heavy pressure.
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Despite a sloppy start to the game, the men’s basketball team took out Eastern Michigan in convincing fashion on Thursday night, 71-50, for their fifth straight win.
"I’m pleased with the win," said Seth Greenberg, head coach. "I’m pleased to be 10-3. It was good to get a number of different guys in the game."
*Players were not available after the game due to an altercation from the previous night involving senior Dorenzo Hudson and the football team's kicker, Cody Journell. Greenberg refused to comment on the situation after the game, saying only that: "Dorenzo Hudson was not charged with anything, and he’s a member of good standing on our basketball team."
The Hokies committed six turnovers in the first twelve minutes, allowing the Eagles to remain within two points until point guard Erick Green, who led the team with 12 points, got the transition offense going with a three-point play with six and a half minutes remaining in the first half.
For the rest of the half the Hokies were the only offense present in Cassell Coliseum, as they went on a 13-0 run, ending the half with a 27-9 lead.
"I thought the first nine minutes were painful, but once we got out in transition, and then we continued to guard, they went a significant amount of time without a field goal," Greenberg said.
The actual amount of time the Eagles went without a point was 13:38, ranging from the 11:22 mark in the first half to the 17:44 mark in the second half.
Eastern Michigan's nine first half points were the second-lowest total in the nation so far this year and the lowest Tech has allowed in a half since joining the ACC.
Their lack of numbers were due to both poor shooting and an aggressive Tech defense. The Eagles shot just 14 percent from the field in the half, and their leading scorer, Darrell Lampley, had just three points.
Greenberg gave a lot of credit to his big men's defense after the game.
"I thought Victor (Davila) and Cadarian (Raines) overall there, low post defense, was terrific," Greenberg said. "I thought they were physical against (Syracuse transfer Da'Shonte) Riley, who was a big-time recruit."
The Hokies continued to dominate the game in the second half, never letting Eastern Michigan get within 20 points after the first minute of play
Just minutes into the second half it looked as though Green had re-tweaked his ankle from the Oklahoma State game going for a loose ball, but walked it off and stayed in the game. He showed no further signs after that point.
Freshmen Robert Brown and Marquis Rankin shined from behind the arc, shooting for a combined 5-9. Greenberg was pleased that so many different players received significant playing time.
"I think we’ve got a number of different guys contributing, we had nine guys play significant, double-figure minutes, we didn’t wear anyone out, and no one got hurt," Greenberg said.
When Green was on the bench Rankin ran the point extremely well, breaking Eastern Michigan’s full court press while committing only two turnovers.
C.J. Barksdale dominated down low with a game-high ten rebounds in the eighteen minutes he was on the court. He also added six points, two of which coming from a thunderous dunk off a Davila miss.
"I was really proud of CJ," Greenberg said. "He has not practiced the last two days from of his ankle injury. I thought he responded and was active in rebounding the ball."
The Hokies now travel to Oklahoma State, who they beat in the NIT Season Tip-Off 59-57, for a rematch on New Year’s Eve at noon.
A version of this article appeared in the Dec 23 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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LOCK THIS THUG UP!
the 3 boys allegedly went to the house of dorenzo hudson... "breaking and entering with a deadly weapon"? ... yes, stupid with or without a real gun, yet the facts are NO HARM WAS DONE. so since the gun wasn't real what one can gather is that their intent was not to harm him, but to scare the crap out of him AT MOST, like i said... no harm was caused to hudson or allen. yet, dorenzo hudson, after they left, went out ON PURPOSE with sean allen WITH THE INTENT to cause bodily harm-- assault, violent crime, breaking and entering, the list goes on, how do we know they didn't have a weapon? HOW DID THEY GET AWAY? was seth greenberg there? is the virginia tech basketball coach protecting his criminal FELON players? yet somehow these 3 boys are more of a threat to the blacksburg community than dorenzo hudson and sean allen who could have killed these boys?! facts are facts, the 3 boys went into the house, and left. dorenzo hudson and sean allen went into their house and caused A LOT of harm. the pictures look bad, clearly the got the crap beat out of them and now these 3 boys are locked up and he is out playing basketball?! agreed, that the 3 boys should be held accountable. but where is the justice? those thugs needs to be LOCKED UP. i hope charges are pressed immediately!
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Someone make this guy a sheriff. He obviously has better judgement than the police. /sarcasm
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present an argument.
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Present some understanding of capitalization.
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Here is your understanding of capitalization. The University is protecting its basketball players who are involved in a drug deal, and committed assault and battery. Read the news.
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Here is your understanding of capitalization. The University is protecting its basketball players who are involved in a drug deal, and committed assault and battery. Read the news.
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Sean Allen was the one who was responsible for the drugs; he is not a basketball player. Whether or not Dorenzo participated in any drug dealing is yet to be determined from the ongoing police investigation.
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Whether or not they participated in any drug dealing does not negate the fact that they followed the boys to their home, with the intent to do harm, and assaulted two people.
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There you go with more speculations. How do you know they had the intent to do harm? Who's to say the other two guys didn't throw the first punch? After all, they were the one's who wanted to fight in the first place when they forced their way into Hudson and Allen's home at gunpoint.
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There you go with more speculations. How do you know they had the intent to do harm? Who's to say the other two guys didn't throw the first punch? After all, they were the one's who wanted to fight in the first place when they forced their way into Hudson and Allen's home at gunpoint.
If Brady and Dunton wanted to assault Hudson, they would have done it when they went to his house and allegedly held him at gunpoint, don't you think? Also, does it look like any harm was caused to Hudson, who was out playing basketball tonight? Have you looked at the mugshots of Brady and Dunton? Why would the basketball players follow them there? To say "sorry"? or to tell them how scared they were by the fake gun? No. They went there to cause harm, and they did.
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"If Brady and Dunton wanted to assault Hudson"
They were looking for Allen, not Hudson.
"Also, does it look like any harm was caused to Hudson"
Is it any wonder why those wannabe thugs lost the fight? Also, you haven't seen Allen's face. How do you know he's not hurt just as badly?
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If Brady and Dunton wanted to assault either, they would have done it when they were at the home of Hudson. Why would they have simply gone home after the alleged break in? And the bottom line is, the physical altercation that took place on Lee St. turned more deadly than the incident prior to. If the police had not responded to a call, who knows what they could have done with Dunton and Brady. Does no one read the news and see that the 2 men "followed", and "went after" these boys? Why else would they have done so? Does it say anywhere that these 3 boys "went looking" or "followed after" anyone to look for Allen?
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**AFTER the alleged break in
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"If Brady and Dunton wanted to assault either, they would have done it when they were at the home of Hudson. Why would they have simply gone home after the alleged break in?"
Uh, because Allen wasn't home, and they just committed a breaking and entering? Imagine if they just stayed at the house to wait for Allen. Holding a hostage, anyone? Did you know they sped away from the scene and tossed the gun out of the window?
Do YOU read the news? If so, your reading comprehension is completely terrible. First you thought Allen was a basketball player, and now you think Hudson and Allen actually followed the three to their home. No where in the news does it say they followed them. Cite an article to prove me wrong, please. Sure they went out looking for them, and most likely already knew where they lived, but following them makes zero sense: Allen was not home, Hudson would have had to wait for him to return home or conveniently pick him up while in pursuit of the trio.
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The boys were looking for Dunton's weed, and Allen- correct? Since neither were there, they left. There are no "what-if"s about this situation. What actually happened? That's like me asking the question, "What if Dorenzo showed up with a knife?" Interesting that you can ask these questions about the 3 boys, yet no one asks those questions about the other criminals. The "'gun" that they threw out the window, wasn't real. In saying that Seth Greenberg walked away with his player, I was referring to Dorenzo Hudson. I can be more specific next time. Unfortunately this website will not allow me to copy and paste a link, but take a look at WSLS article... First one I found. The majority of them say "went looking for" , how does that help their cause? To me, that is worse.
And asking the question of when/how/where Hudson and Allen met up... Why did he have to pick him up? What were they planning on doing exactly? All of you seem to think that these 2 boys had innocent motives when they showed up to the house of Brady and Dunton. You say they were in pursuit of the trio, why? Why did they have to meet up together and go looking for these 3 boys?
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Everyone seems to be OK with making assumptions and asking "what-if"s about the 3 boys in jail, but I'm wrong for asking the same things about 2 boys who were equally as involved in this, and committed a felony?? Do you realize that since the gun wasn't real, this will not be considered felony most likely, but the assault committed by Hudson and Allen remains? Are the tides going to turn then?
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Further more, if it wasn't Hudson and Allen who started the altercation, why wouldn't they have charged the boys with assault and battery as well?
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haha owned this person is right
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Hudson wasn't charged with anything because HIS COACH WAS AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. and Blacksburg police let them walk.
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Source?
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A witness who was at the scene. Once charges are made against Hudson and Allen, there will be a whole new game in town.
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Oh yeah? How about that witness go to the media so it can be reported by the news. Otherwise it's just hearsay.
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I'm wondering if something like that would ever surface with all of the lawyers and PR agents Greenberg must have, probably not. My question is how Greenberg could refer to Hudson as "good standing" after he assaulted someone? And why/how Greenberg didn't suspend him immediately during the pending investigation? Shouldn't that have been the case?
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If Brady and Dunton wanted to assault either, they would have done it when they were at the home of Hudson. Why would they have simply gone home after the alleged break in? And the bottom line is, the physical altercation that took place on Lee St. turned more deadly than the incident prior to. If the police had not responded to a call, who knows what they could have done with Dunton and Brady. Does no one read the news and see that the 2 men "followed", and "went after" these boys? Why else would they have done so? Does it say anywhere that these 3 boys "went looking" or "followed after" anyone to look for Allen?
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SINCE WHEN IS IT THE BLACKSBURG POLICE'S JOB TO AID AND EMBED FELONS WHO WENT TO SOMEONE'S HOME, COMMITTED ASSAULT AND BATTERY, AND WAS ALOUD TO LEAVE WITH THEIR COACH TO PLAY BASKETBALL TONIGHT. REALLY?
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Yo all caps you need to learn how to write before you comment bc that's just embarrassing... I hope you are not a student. FYI its aid and "abet" and "allowed".
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very interesting how no one is writing about the actions of dorenzo hudson and sean allen, who reportedly "went after" the 3 boys. which situation turned more deadly?
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i didn't know "yo" and "bc" were good writing either... WOW
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WOW at least "I" can figure out when to capitalize, but this isn't about splitting hairs. I'm just pointing out that it's tough to take a comment like that seriously when it has glaring mistakes.
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This issue does need to be taken seriously. It has been so easy for students, readers, parents, etc. to jump to conclusions about these 3 boys, their integrity, their families, etc. Keep in mind, I am not defending their actions. I am also wondering why there has been less than minimal information written about Hudson and Allen, who clearly are guilty of other crimes, which include a felony. Assault is a felony, and it seems ridiculous to me that there have been no articles questioning THEIR actions and THEIR involvement. These are not racist accusations, these are questions. How can everyone defend these two, when it clearly states in almost every article that they followed the boys to their home, resulting in a physical altercation... Why do you think they followed them? What incentive did they have to follow these boys to their home?
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And equally important is the ending results. Which incident was more deadly? Which incident resulted in injury?
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Dorenzo Hudson beats the hell out of someone and instead of being temporarily suspended pending the outcome of investigation of the events, as would be the case at most schools, he's in "good standing," according to Greenberg? What is that?
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