I always loved the Holmes brothers and Williams! Good luck this season.
Chavis Holmes is a beast for me, he usually locks down defensively, and gets some steals which leads to a fast break dunk, if I had to pick a favorite he's probably my favorite, extremely glad hes only a sophomore, I've been heavily after some PGs so hopefully I can move him to his natural position next year.. As far as Travis I can't seem to get him working to much for me, he gets some garbage buckets, some rebounds, and does the little things well, misses some wide open shots which frustrates me.
Williams is a beast double double machine if I give him enough playing time.. Especially with him playing out of position. Who I'm really surprised with who is playing so well is Levar Joseph, he lights it up for me, and for a guy I didn't even stat the first game (when I was up in the air on doing this report) and since then he's just been straight up enfuego.
Thanks a lot for checking in! Glad to have some followers!
Mercer Bears at Virginia Military Institute Keydets
Dec 9, 2006
1ST
2ND
SCORE
Mercer (1-5)
34
34
68
Virginia Military Institute (2-3)
16
34
50
Mercer Bears
STARTERS
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PTS
J. Florence
16
5-8
0-3
2-2
1
3
2
0
2
12
M. Waters
15
4-6
2-4
2-2
2
2
1
0
2
12
S. Aaron
16
2-4
1-2
0-0
1
0
0
0
1
5
B. Pfohl
15
2-4
0-1
1-1
6
3
0
0
0
5
S. Dolan
15
3-7
0-0
1-2
9
0
0
0
1
7
TEAM TOTALS
26-49
4-13
12-13
32
10
5
0
7
68
TEAM TOTALS
26-49
4-13
12-13
32
10
5
0
7
68
Virginia Military Institute Keydets
STARTERS
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PTS
C. Holmes
19
2-7
1-5
0-0
0
6
1
0
3
5
L. Joseph
19
6-18
2-10
3-4
1
0
2
0
0
17
T, Holmes
19
4-6
0-2
2-2
4
2
0
0
1
10
R. Williams
19
5-12
0-0
0-0
7
0
3
0
0
10
M. Murrer
19
2-3
0-0
0-0
10
1
0
0
0
4
BENCH
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PTS
F. Robinson
7
0-0
0-0
0-0
1
0
0
0
0
0
A. Lonon
5
0-0
0-0
2-2
0
1
0
0
2
2
J. Jarman
5
1-1
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
2
S. Christiansen
3
0-3
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
1
0
0
W. Bell
5
0-3
0-0
0-0
0
0
0
1
0
0
D. Pflunger
-- DID NOT PLAY --
J. Castleberry
-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS
20-53
3-17
7-8
23
10
6
2
6
50
Key Notes:
~ A horrible open to the game for the Keydets today, down 34-16 VMI couldnt make a shot with cheat codes applied, shooting 27% from the field and going 0-8 from three.
~ Lowly 1-5 Mercer on the other hand shot 63% in the first half, gotten to the line 9 times compared to VMIs 2, and also have capitilized off of all 4 VMI turnovers (all 4 that seemed to come back to back to back to back).
~ The second half was more of the same for VMI, despite cutting the lead a little bit we never could get into the grove and bring the lead back.
~ Levar Joseph poured in 17 points after struggling early on, although he shot a mere 6 for 18 from the field, he was the only one who was able to put the points on the board. Travis Holmes got some fast break buckets and Reggie Williams got close to another double double with 10 points and 7 rebounds.
~ Mercer on the other hand, didnt really have a stand out player and it was more of a team effort which hurt VMI even more, with Florence and Waters both dropping in 12 points on over 60% shooting, all 13 players who played notched points in the scoring column.
~ A very disapointing showing for the VMI Keydets on their lack luster home opener, with an arena that was barely half full, they didn't give the campus much of a reason to be excited.
South Carolina State Bulldogs at Virginia Military Institute Keydets
Dec 11, 2006
1ST
2ND
SCORE
South Carolina State (1-5)
44
25
69
Virginia Military Institute (2-4)
37
31
68
South Carolina State Bulldogs
STARTERS
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PTS
D. Davis
20
11-15
3-3
0-0
0
2
1
1
2
25
M. McCants
18
4-8
0-1
1-2
1
5
1
0
2
9
B. Mason
19
1-9
1-2
2-2
6
1
0
0
1
5
C. Miller-Williams
18
2-2
0-0
4-4
5
2
2
0
3
5
J. Carter
16
3-5
0-0
2-2
5
2
0
0
0
8
TEAM TOTALS
26-47
4-6
13-14
22
19
8
1
10
69
TEAM TOTALS
26-47
4-6
13-14
22
19
8
1
10
69
Virginia Military Institute Keydets
STARTERS
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PTS
C. Holmes
18
5-7
3-4
2-2
2
2
2
1
1
15
L. Joseph
19
9-15
5-10
0-0
1
3
0
0
0
23
T. Holmes
18
5-10
2-3
0-0
0
1
0
0
1
12
R. Williams
19
3-9
0-1
3-4
5
2
4
0
1
9
M. Murrer
19
0-1
0-0
0-0
6
3
2
0
2
0
BENCH
MIN
FGM-A
3PM-A
FTM-A
REB
AST
STL
BLK
TO
PTS
F. Robinson
6
2-4
0-1
1-1
2
2
0
0
0
5
A. Lonon
8
0-1
0-0
0-0
2
5
0
0
4
0
J. Jarman
5
2-4
0-0
0-0
4
0
0
0
0
4
S. Christiansen
4
0-2
0-1
0-0
0
0
0
0
0
0
W. Bell
5
0-0
0-0
0-0
0
0
1
0
0
0
D, Pflunger
-- DID NOT PLAY --
J. Castleberry
-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS
26-53
10-20
6-7
22
18
9
1
9
68
Key Notes:
~ In the second home game of the season, the fans enjoyed break neck pace throughout the entire first half with both teams shooting over 50% from the field (over 60 for SC State), but VMI made up for the 10+% points difference by hitting 6 threes compared to SC States 2.
~ Facing off against the 2-3 zone for like the 4th time this season VMI was able to find the open man and get them open looks with Chavis Holmes going 3 for 3, Travis Holmes going 2 for 3, and Levar Joseph also knocking one down in the first half to close the gap.
~ Down 6 during the closing seconds of the first half Matt Murrer picked off an arid pass and hit Reggie Williams on an outlet pass for a dunk with 6 seconds left in the half to cut the lead to four, but after a boneheaded play SC State hit a mid range jumper and got the foul with .5 seconds remaining on the clock and converted the and one to push the lead back up to 7, 44-37 at half.
~ A little bit of a slow start for the second half, but VMI came out strong with about 4 minutes left to play once the starters were mass substituded back into the game, the duo of Chavis Holmes and Levar Jospeh led the squad back, after Chavis started things off with a steal which led to a fast break lay in by Joseph things were finally looking up for the Keydets
~ Down 12 with 5 minutes left when the aforementioned steal happened, the Keydets made a strong push and after a couple threes by Joseph the game was right back within reach and with under a minute to play they took a one point lead when Reggie Williams knocked down two free throws after being fouled going to the hoop.
~ A breakdown in the defense let leading scorer Derrick Davis wide open for a three, and with already 20 points at the time, he calmly knocked down the wide open 3 to push SC State back up 2 points with 40 seconds left.
~ A bad turnover by Chavis Holmes, essentially costed the Keydets the game when he tried to squeeze a pass through the lane to Reggie Williams, and after an ill advised three by Joseph SC State pulled a four point lead. After a strong defensive possession the Keydets pushed the ball up the court with six seconds left and Joseph made up for his earlier three and calmly cashed another one to cut the lead back to 1. Forced to foul VMI did exactly that and put Marcus McCants on the line who was 1-1 before attempting his first half of the 1 and 1. But since Levar Joseph who poured in 23 points had to foul to put them on the line, he was fouled out of the game which wasn't promising for the Keydets.
~ But, McCants missed the first half of the 1 and 1 and VMI had a chance to win the game only down 1 point with 5 seconds left. Needing a good look with Joseph on the bench, Sophomore Chavis Holmes recieved the inbounds pass and was trapped at half court, with no where to go he found Fred Robinson who was subbed in for Joseph, not exactly the person you want with the ball, and with time running down he pulled up from three and watched it go in and out for a heart breaking loss for the Keydets.
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