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Virginia Tech and St. Joseph's meet at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoon as part of an ACC-A10 doubleheader at the home of the Brooklyn Nets. The game will tip-off at 1 p.m. and will be shown on ESPN3.

About Today’s Game

The Hokies enter today’s game 8-3 on the season ... St. Joseph’s is 8-2 on the season.

Last Time Out: VT 87, GSU 52

The Hokies rode a big second half to an 87-52 win over Grambling State on Saturday evening in Cassell Coliseum ... Justin Bibbs scored a career-high 31 points, including a school-record-tying seven three-pointers ... Kerry Blackshear Jr., recorded his second consecutive double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Series Against The Hawks

The Hokies lead the all-time series with the Hawks, 3-2 ... Tech won the last meeting, 68-62, on Feb. 3, 2000 ... All five previous meetings occurred when the Hokies and Hawks were both members of the Atlantic 10 Conference ... The two teams have never met on a neutral court … The Hokies are 195-139 all-time against current members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

We’re In A New York State of Mind

Today will be the third game that Virginia Tech has played in the Barclays Center ... Tech lost to No. 1 Michigan State and Seton Hall in the 2013 Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic ... The Hokies have done quite well during the Holidays in the metropolitan area, as they won the 2007 and the 2008 Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden ... Tech also won the 1973 and 1995 NIT Championships at the Garden.

Bibbs’ Big Night

In the Hokies’ win over Grambling State, sophomore wing Justin Bibbs posted his top career game ... Playing just 29 minutes, Bibbs came off the bench to score a career-high 31 points, 21 points coming off of a seven-for-10 performance from beyond the arc, also a career-high for him ... The seven three-pointers ties a school record for threes in a game, co-held by Malcolm Delaney, Zabian Dowdell and Wally Lancaster, who was one of the first great three-point shooters in NCAA history ... The 31 points in the most by a Hokie this season and the most by a Virginia Tech player since Jalen Hudson scored 32 points in the win over Wake Forest in last season’s ACC Tournament.

A Lot of Doubles

With Kerry Blackshear Jr’s double-double in the win over Grambling, the Hokies now have 11 double-doubles for the season, tops among ACC teams ... This is the most double-doubles for the Hokies in a single season since the 2010-11 season, when the Hokies recorded 18 double-doubles.

Clarke Misses GSU Game

Freshman forward Chris Clarke did not play in the win over Grambling ... He was ill during the week and was not back to full strength ... Clarke had started nine of the first 10 games of the season and is averaging 10.9 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.

Wrapping Up the GSU Game

Seth Allen had seven rebounds in tonight’s game ... That is his high for games played at Virginia Tech ... Justin Robinson dished out a career-high seven assists in the game ... That is tied for the team high in a game ... Tech out-scored the Tigers, 52-20, in the second half of the game ... Tech scored 42 points in the paint.

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