Inside HOKIE SPORTS | Vol. 11 No. 5 | May 2019

inside.hokiesports.com 19 Young sold Babcock on his recruiting plan, and without getting into too many details, he stated his desire to button up the Commonwealth. He also wants to focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region—Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina—along with Atlanta and Florida. He pointed out that Florida produced 98 Division I players last season. “It all comes back to the same thing,” Young said. “It comes back to having the right people, high-character guys, and getting your feet on the ground and working at it. That’s my intention, and I’m excited about doing that.” For sure, Mike Young knows all about Virginia Tech’s history. Now, he’s playing the most important role in both Virginia Tech’s present and future, and he’s finally at the place where he always wanted to be—home. Wofford 60, Georgia 57 (Nov. 17, 2009) –Cameron Rundles hit two free throws with 3 seconds left to propel the Terriers to a road upset of the Bulldogs. Wofford 68, South Carolina 61 (Dec. 19, 2009) –Noah Dahlman scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, as the Terriers grabbed the lead with 10 minutes to go and held on for a home upset of the Gamecocks. Wofford 69, Purdue 66 (Dec. 19, 2007) –The Terriers scored the last six points of the game to pull off the stunning upset at Mackey Arena. Junior Salters paced the Terriers with 13 points. Wofford 85, Auburn 78 (Dec. 5, 2004) –Adrien Borders scored 21 points, as the Terriers overcame a 15-point, first-half deficit for their first win over a team from the SEC since moving up to Division I for the 1995-96 season. Wofford 79, Virginia Tech 77 (Dec. 2, 2002) –In Young’s first season at Wofford, he brought his team to Blacksburg, and behind Lee Nixon’s 27 points, upset the Ricky Stokes-coached Hokies during a season that turned out to be Stokes’ last. MIKE YOUNG – BIG WINS AT WOFFORD Wofford 81, South Carolina 61 (Nov. 26, 2018) –The Terriers rolled into Columbia and never trailed, using Nathan Hoover’s 30 points to blow out the Gamecocks. Wofford 63, Georgia Tech 60 (Dec. 6, 2017) –Fletcher Magee, who would later become the NCAA’s all-time leading 3-point shooter, hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to win. Magee scored 36 points in the victory. Wofford 79, No. 5 North Carolina 75 (Dec. 21, 2017) –Magee scored 27 points, and Wofford held North Carolina to just 36.4 percent from the floor, as the Terriers led the entire second half in holding off the Tar Heels. The victory marked the school’s first over a team ranked in the top 25. Wofford 55, NC State 54 (Dec. 14, 2014) –Justin Gordon hit a game-winning shot with 1.9 seconds left to carry the Terriers to an upset of the Wolfpack at Reynolds Coliseum–the Wolfpack’s first loss at its old home court since 1999. Wofford 56, Wake Forest 52 (Dec. 28, 2011) –Brad Loesing hit two free throws with 2 seconds left to seal the win over the Demon Deacons in a game in which the Terriers did not trail for the final 27 minutes.