Can do in so many areas of the floor. That time around the rim what a factor for this team. Theyre going to turn it into an ncaa season. Spero 14 of his 24 points have come in second half. The fifth year senior matches his season high. Such a daunting set of shoes to fill for mike white. Really for any coach to follow billy donovan, what he built in gainesville, let alone that had just three years head coaching experience. Bill a team that bounces back and playing solid, both aspects of the floor. Florida has a keeper with this kid. This is a road lesson. Just come in, be prepared. Spero only took jeremy foley about a week to win that decision. List in case somebody wants to go to play by play. Spero new career high for the freshmen, jamal murray. His proud parents looking on. Sylvia and roger. Murray ties eric bledsoe as the last wildcat to hit eight threes in a game. Led so doing it back in 2010 in the ncaa tournament. What a moment for this kid who has had a sensational freshman season until this point. What a physique for the game and as well as a head. Step back. That shot beautifully. Just enchanted with the stoppage of play. Spero home winning streak under John Calipari will continue. Longest in the country. Bill maryland got by purdue today. Will make a lot of people happy. Spero marcus lee making the star for Alex Poythress who was held out today due to an injury to his nonsurgically replaced knee. Bill and really a nice player watching the practice, too. Spero one other night on jamal murray. Ties for the most point by a wildcat in the calipari era. Matches the 35 by Julius Randall january 11th of 2011. Just the kind of break through that catapults kentucky the last month of the season. Bill he got them ready. He can get after you when he knows youre not performing. Yesterday a lot of loving and spero nice moment between the coaches. John calipari and 38yearold mike white. 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This has been a presentation of carilion clinic life guard hosts a Public Meeting about drones and ways to keep the airspace safe. Wdbj7s Noell Saunders has more on how its tackling this issue. Nadia, carilion says droneuse has increased in the area and it is becoming a problem for air transports for patients. Today a group met at the lifeguard hangar in roanoke to talk about it. With an increase of drones in the area, carilion clinic lifeguard pilots and drone safe ways to share the airspace. Pilot ty leroy says drone interference can be deadly. Sometimes people want to video what we are doing as we load a patient, pull them out a car wreck whatever and so then i cant take off or if they are flying and im coming into an lz i cant see them and maybe we hit each other carilion staff say they have had encounters where drones have caused delays while they were in route to the hospital. In many cases patient transports can be very time sensitive. If it was your Family Member you want to give them every benefit you could to get to that Trauma Center as fast as they can youre watching out for their safety because safety is first and foremost carilion is launching their land the Drone Campaign in effort to spread the word and educate more people. Landing zone commander valerie press says the hospital is now providing more training. We are now having to access the air for obstructions. Its really important to have a good line of communication with the pilot so you can tell them if direction or maneuver around the drone carilion is in the process of doing more training with their workers in addition to reachinig out to more drone operator and Emergency Personnel for their help with the campaign. Noell saunders wdbj7. New at 6 roanokebased Company Interactive achievement has been sold. It was bought out wednesday by power school group. A Company Representative says theres plans to add more jobs and keep operating in our area. Interactive achievement is wellknown for its data system ontrac thats used throughout the state. Right now boys and Girls Basketball teams at Christiansburg High School are hosting special games to honor nicole lovell. Take a look, the battle of the burgs memorial games kicked off just a few minutes ago. Nicole was killed last week and two arrests were made just days later. The help save the next girl Christiansburg High School chapter is at the event tonight to spread awareness about personal safety. Well have much more on how the tonight at 11. Youre watching your Hometown News leader, wdbj7. Wounded warriors are learning to hit the slopes this weekend. Well take you there, coming up. And, not everyone is heading outside for fun. Some are finding next. Families are showing theres nothing that can stand in the way between them and skiing. Wdbj7s Christian Heilman joins us with their stories and more on the event that brought them all together. They were all out at wintergreen resort as part of the Adaptive Sports 12th weekend. No matter their shared the same ability to hit the slopes. Dave shreve, wintergreen 00060308 the year of course. Dave shreve is with wintergreen Adaptive Sports. Their goal is to teach Wounded Warriors how to ski or snowboard with the help of adaptive equipment. Dave shreve, executive director, wintergreen Adaptive Sports 00093027 many of them come here where theyre anxious about getting out and doing things and trying new things. Elizabeth vanvelzen 00271100 i was just so upset because everything was taken from me. Sports was my life and my outlet. Elizabeth vanvelzen served in the army and coast guard. She had knee surgery go wrong five years ago. Last year, she came and learned to use a sit ski. This year, she stood up and skiied on her own with the help of other adaptive equipment. Dave shreve, executive director, wintergreen Adaptive Sports 938 and if we can introduce them to something in a way that makes it easier and makes it fun, theres nothing more gratifying than that. Matthew staton, adaptive instructor 00173003 it was a struggle to figure out okay what was my new normal going to be like . Matthew Staton served in the army. He was wounded 12 years ago in iraq. Matthew staton, adaptive instructor 00161329 i took total of six rounds a guy had an ak unfortunately on his back and we didnt see it. It took him four months to learn how to walk again. He never thought skiing would be possible. 2011, this Wounded Warrior turned into an instructor helping others how he was helped. Matthew staton, adaptive instructor 00194219 they can do more than they ever thought they could do post injury, post wound. Showing that anyone can enjoy the slopes no matter what. The weekend event is provided free for the Wounded Warriors and their families. Veterans from six states are out for the weekend. Christian heilman, wdbj7. The tons of fun event brought many families to tanglewood mall in roanoke today. Roanoke county Parks Recreation and tourism teamed up with tanglewood mall to set up the event. It was complete with activities like a bounce house, laser tag, crafts, and rides. Those who organized the event say its a great way for people to have some indoor fun. Wendi schultz tourism and Event CoordinatorRoanoke CountyParks Recreation and tourism, is very concerned with the quality of life for citizens and this just adds another dimision. It gives folks an opportunity to get involved in activities and events exposed to. The tons of fun event was free and open to everyone. This is the 17th year for the event. The Taubman Museum celebrated the year of the monkey today. Its all part of the yearly Chinese New Year celebration. Guests enjoyed perfomances by the Shaolin DragonMartial Arts Academy along with authentic chinese art. There were also groups on hand showcasing traditional dance and music from the Chinese Culture. Local colors partnered with the museum to put on the festivities. Organizers say todays event really helps to expose the community to a culture they may not know a lot about. Beth lutjen organizer the people that would be coming here today to see something here at the taubman because we have a new Exhibit Opening today also get to experience Chinese Culture that they may not have come to. This is the 6th year for the event. The weather will be nice for all the super bowl parties tomorrow. But meteorologist doesnt last long. Here is a look at the highs, lows and precipitation at the regional airports. We are back with the complete first alert forecast after this forthe super bowl coming up tomorrow evening so lets look back in history the warmest super bowl with eighty two degrees in san diego coldness was sixteen degrees likely that was played in the tillman michigan Miami Florida had the wettest super bowl on record with just about an inch of rainfall with over an inch of snow for the snow we have super bowl in detroit michigan doesnt surprise me much there but this year will be very nice weather with highs in the seventies with beautiful sunshine meanwhile temperatures numbers are inthe middle 30s the role of bowing to the mountain empire of wealth 40s from roanoke and into south side but overnight tonight, temperatures plummet a faulty refax things to the dry conditions in place lower to middle 20s are expected with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies if you stream of moisture or that cloud deck moving to the northeast of the majority of the rain thanks really at sports. We begin tonight with some the Virginia Tech men hosting clemson saturday the hokies have lost the last 2 meetings with the tigers, looking for their first win over clemson in the buzz william era. In the first half, justin bibbs knocksdown the 3. Then getting it done inside too. The nice feed from zach leday, and bibbs finishes with the dunk. Two of his 12 points. He led the way with 19 points, 12 rebounds. Leday getting warmedup now and taking things into his own hands. He takes it strong to the hoop and gets that one to go. Clemson though keeping the lead, thanks in part to Jaron Blossomgame knocking down the three, making it a 7 point lead for the visitors. But the hokies close the gap before half. Seth allen with the bucket and the foul. Tech down just two at the tight the entire way, where tech wins it 6057, snapping a 5game losestreak. Uvas Mens Basketball Team also in action today, hitting the road to takeon pittsburgh. Uva has never lost to pitt since they joined the acc, and this meeting would be no different. First half action, virginia by 5. Off the miss, Isaiah Wilkins grabs the board and gets it to london perrantes for the deep three. Uva extends their lead to 2921. We are tied at 31 now in the second half, when wilkins dishesout one of his 5 assists to malcolm brogdon. Three of his gamehigh 21 points. Then more long range action from the hoos less than a minute later. Perrantes with the kickout to devon hall. 3731 virginia. Back to perrantes, getting it done himself this time. Three more of his 14 points. Part of a 12 oh run from virginia, which soon has them out front by double digits. Uva goeson to win this one 64 to 50 for their 6th straight victory. Big matchup in the big south today, with radford hosting coastal carolina. The highlanders second half. Rashun davis doing his best to get his team back in it, knocking down the three. Then its davis again, this time getting it done on defense. Gets the steal, and then the scores on the other end. Radford within five. But coastal responds. Ron trapps hits the three, and the radford defecit goes back to doubledigits. The highlanders continuing to fight back. Christian lutete connects on a three of his own. Radford getsback within four, but they couldnt close the gap any more. Coastal goes on to beat radford, 7260. Vmi hosting western carolina saturday afternoon. The keydets having rough time in conference play at just 1 and 9 against socon opponents. Gets the keydets on the board with the 3. He led all scorers with 20 points. Then trey chapman takes it straight down the lane and finishes with the layin, giving the keydets their only lead of this game. The catamounts soon jump back out front with the putback underneath from justin browning. He finished with 12 and on the other end, Phillip Anglade keeping it close. He drives to the hoop here and then a few minutes later, finishing with the slam. He had 11 points, 9 rebounds, but western carolina goeson to win this one 6960, handing the keydets their 5thstraight loss. Shifting to some high school hoops, and the 5th annual roy stanley memorial shootout goingon all day saturday. Rockbridge blew out liberty and north cross got past salem in Double Overtime in the first two games. The days third game was roanoke catholic against west charlotte at the bast center. Catholic held their own early. Peyton walthall steps up and knocks down the baseline jumper for the celtics. Then later, ethan tait bombs away from behind the three point line. But roanoke catholic was overmatched in this one. West charlotte goeson to win it 73 to 38. During the 4th game the Salem Kiwanis Club presented a one thousand dollar check to roy stanleys family, to be put into the Scholarship Fund in memory of the late hidden valleys girls up against floyd in a good matchup. The titans broke the pressure early and jordan sadler knocksdown the jumper to get things started. But floyd hung in. Ragan wiseman, the richmond signee finishes the break with the and 1 just before the half but her team still trailed. The lady buffs go on a run out of the locker room. Natalie boothe sinks the threeball from the wing. Hidden valley though, got 25 points from Hailey Singleton and the titans hold on down the stretch for the 6863 win. It is super bowl eve, as our countdown to the big game is almost over. Weve got one last High School Football player from the area to help us out today. And tonight its Jefferson Forest senior running back, navy jones, as we are now just 1 day away from the superbowl. Jones helped lead the cavaliers to the state semifinals, where their season came to an end by the eventual state champion salem spartans. Cbs has the big game this year, which means you can catch super bowl 50 right here on wdbj7 at 6 30 this sunday, as the broncos. Turn to our webpage at wdbj7. Com and be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter for weather headlines and more at wdbj7weather. Axelrod Republican Debate round eight tonight in New Hampshire. Donald trumps primary concern bouncing back from his loss in iowa, while on the democrats side, Hillary Clinton goes door to door in search of a New Hampshire comeback. Dramatic rescues in taiwan after a deadly earthquake flattens buildings. The outbreak of zika virus dampens carnival celebrations. Were on the ground in brazil. Far from the bright lights of super bowl 50, a dark new chapter in Johnny Footballs fall from grace. And how a minor spelling error major celebrity in captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening.