SPARTAN ESSENTIALS
Who: VMI (12-10, 5-5)
Where: Greensboro Coliseum | Greensboro, N.C.
When: Wednesday, February 2, 2022 | 7 p.m.
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Game Notes: UNCG | VMI
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Even though the finish line is in sight, it's still so far away.
February has the fewest days of any month on the calendar. However, with nine crucial games crammed into 28 days, it will feel like the longest.
As the UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's basketball team prepares to welcome VMI for a huge contest Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum, it knows it wants to continue playing its best basketball as the conference tournament approaches, which is next month in Asheville.
The Spartans are in sixth place, a half-game behind the Keydets.
This week is not easy for UNCG, which hosts VMI and visits Furman. VMI and Furman are ranked first and second, nationally, in 3-pointers made per game. Let the fun begin.
Last Time Out
- De'Monte Buckingham scored 15 points as UNCG dropped an 85-66 road decision to Wofford on Saturday.
- Trey Bonham scored a career-best 21 points as VMI rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to beat ETSU, 83-79, also on Saturday.
A Look At UNCG
- UNCG is 2-2 in home conference contests this season.
- UNCG has made a season-high 10 3-pointers in two straight games.
- UNCG is second in the conference in scoring defense (64.8) and fourth in field goal percentage defense (41.5).
- The Spartans lead the conference in rebounding margin (+6.0).
- Buckingham is UNCG's top scorer as he averages 13.9 points per game, which is 15th in the SoCon.
- Buckingham is fourth in 3-point field goal percentage (44.4), sixth in rebounding (7.0), and ninth in 3-pointers made per game (2.3).
- Bas Leyte (8.7 points per game) and Kaleb Hunter (8.1) are UNCG's second and third leading scorers, respectively.
- Keyshaun Langley has scored in double figures in four of UNCG's last six games.
- Kobe Langley is fifth in the SoCon in steals per game (1.5) and 13th in assists per game (3.2).
A Look At VMI
- Center Jake Stephens does everything for the Keydets.
- Stephens leads the SoCon in rebounding (9.1).
- He is second in the SoCon in scoring (18.8), blocked shots (2.1), and field-goal percentage (53.9).
- The high-flying Keydets lead the conference in scoring offense (79.3).
- Since being held to 56 points in the first meeting against UNCG, VMI has hit for at least 70 points in five of its last six games.
- Kamdyn Curfman's 17.1 points per game average is fifth in the SoCon.
- Curfman leads the SoCon in 3-pointers made per game (3.8).
- Trey Bonham contributes 10.5 points per game for the Keydets, who are 4-7 overall in road games this season.
- Sean Conway averages 9.2 points per game.
- Conway has made 40 3-pointers, which is third on the team.
- VMI has made at least 12 3-pointers in 13 games this season.
- The Keydets lead the nation in 3-pointers per game (12.5).
Series History
- UNCG leads, 21-9.
- UNCG has won 10 of the last 11 meetings against VMI.
- UNCG captured the first matchup between the teams, 72-56, on Jan. 8 in Lexington.
- Kobe Langley led UNCG with 18 points in the win.
- Stephens scored 22 points to lead VMI.
Up Next
- UNCG visits Furman on Saturday for a noon start.
