Box Score LEXINGTON, Va.- Junior defensive back Okeba Rollinson returned a fourth-quarter fumble recovery 53 yards to help lead Charleston Southern to a 37-28 win over VMI in Big South Conference action Saturday at Foster Stadium in Lexington.

The Buccaneers trailed 28-21 heading in to the fourth quarter, but outscored the Keydets 16-0 in the final period to snap a four-game league losing skid.

Charleston Southern improved to 4-5, 1-2 on the year while the Keydets fell to 2-7, 0-3.

The Buc win overshadowed a record setting day for VMI sophomore slotback Tim Maypray (Madisonville, Ky.), who finished with a school and Big South record 346 all-purpose yards and also hauled in the longest pass play in conference history.

VMI entered the final quarter leading 28-21 following a 10-yard TD sweep run by sophomore slotback Joey Robinson on the last play of the third quarter. The Keydets had assembled a 13-play, 59-yard drive that was kept alive by a 13-yard fourth and seven pass from quarterback Kyle Hughes to Maypray to the CSU 13-yard line.

The Bucs responded quickly on the ensuing drive taking just five plays to move 58 yards to the endzone sealing the drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Sidney Bryant to junior wideout Dee Brown to tie the game at 28-28 with 12:32 left in the fourth quarter.

On the ensuing drive, VMI moved the ball and chewed up clock in steady fashion, moving from its own 22 to the CSU 44 in nine plays. Facing third down and four, sophomore fullback Abegesah had the ball stripped by senior tackle Marco Ramirez at the line of scrimmage and Rollinson scooped up the ball and raced 53 yards untouched down the left sideline for the score that would put CSU up for the first time on the day and a lead the Bucs would never relinquish over the final 8:17 of the game. The extra point was missed, leaving the score, 34-28.

VMI's ensuing drive stalled on downs at the Buc 32 yard line with 3:58 to play, and CSU moved 65 yards in nine plays on its next drive and took a two-score advantage at the 2:00 mark on a Nick Ellis 22-yard field goal. The Buccaneers during the drive faced fourth down and two from its own 39, but executed a 25-yard fake punt run by Josh Warrior to hold onto the football.

Maypray, who has caught six touchdown passes over the last four games, caught touchdown strikes of 34 yards and 87 yards from Hughes. The 34-yarder put VMI on the board first with 6:10 remaining in the first quarter, and the 87-yarder down the right sideline gave VMI a 21-7 cushion with 7:17 left in the third quarter. Maypray's 87-yard TD strike was the longest pass play in Big South history.

But the Bucs quickly turned the tables on the Keydets, scoring two touchdowns over a span of 1:06 in the third quarter to pull even at 21-21. Brown snagged a pass with a leaping grab at VMI 30 and raced to the endzone for a 64-yard score. The Bucs executed a successful onsides kick on the ensuing kickoff and two plays later Bryant hit junior receiver Markus Murray for a 61-yard TD pass play with 6:14 left in the third.

Bryant, who took all second half snaps after relieving starting QB Eli Byrd, completed 12 of 20 passes for 253 yards and three scores on the day and did most of his damage in the second half, connecting on 9 of 15 aerials for 214 yards and tossing all his touchdown passes in the second half.

Hughes completed 11 of 19 passes for 261 yards and two touchdowns as Maypray hauled in five passes for 209 yards and two touchdowns, becoming only the third VMI receiver to go over 200 yards in a game. The 209 yards also was the second most by a receiver in Big South history.

Defensively, senior linebacker Jada Ross led all tacklers with 15 stops and a sack while the Keydets were led on the tackle charts by junior safety Keith Taylor who had six solos and 10 total tackles. Taylor also intercepted a third quarter pass at the VMI two yard-line to set up VMI's longest scoring drive of the year that was capped by Maypray's record-setting 87-yard touchdown reception.

VMI closes out Big South Conference action next Saturday at Liberty at 1:00 p.m. The game will be televised in Western Virginia (Roanoke, Lexington, Lynchburg, and Danville) on WDRL and the game will be shown same-day tape at 11:00 p.m. Saturday night on MASN.

VMI Head Coach Jim Reid -"You always have to expect the unexpected, which we practice all the time, but you just have to execute. We get people in position and that's what we need to do, and now we need to make plays. We need to play and make plays when we are in position to make plays. This is a team that has a lot of heart and is fighting every snap and we never take any steps backwards. It was not like earlier in the season when we weren't even in position to make plays. So now we are in position and we have to make the plays, we have to make the interception. We have to tackle. We have to make the block and get the read. We had total control of the game, then lost it and got down a little bit then fought our way back. We just have to keep working."

Game Notes-

--Tim Maypray's 346 yards are the most in VMI history and also Big South history. Maypray broke the school record held by Thomas Haskins who had 328 yards against Richmond in 1994. Coincidently, Haskins, who was inducted into the VMI Sports hall of Fame this weekend, was on hand Saturday afternoon to watch Maypray surpass his mark.

--The 87-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Hughes to Tim Maypray was the longest pass play in Big South history. It was also the second longest pass play in VMI history, second only to Dave Brown to Mark Stock's 93-yard TD pass against Appalachian State in 1986.

--Tim Maypray's 209 yards receiving mark the third 200+ yard game in VMI history, joining mark Stock who did it twice in 1986. It also marks the third highest receiving yardage total in VMI history.

--Tim Maypray's 209 receiving yards were the second most in a game by a Big South receiver. It fell one yard shy of Duvaughn Flagler's 210 yards in 2005 and surpassed Jerome Simpson's 207 yards in 2006. the trio are the only Big South receivers to net 200+ yards in a game.

--VMI's 513 yards total offense marked the fourth time over the last five weeks that the Keydets have surpassed the 500-yard mark in total offense.

--Kyle Hughes has tossed a touchdown pass in six straight games.

--CSU won for the first time in Lexington in four tries.