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VMI Returns Home to Face Clarks Summit Tuesday

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LEXINGTON, Va. – After returning from its longest road swing of the season of four games, VMI returns home for a brief stop against Clarks Summit Tuesday night at 7 pm at Cameron Hall. The Keydets (3-4) will have only one game in their familiar confines before flying out west for a two-game trip that has VMI facing University of Portland Friday and Seattle University on Sunday. The Tuesday home game will be VMI's only game in Lexington over a seven-game stretch of the early non-conference schedule. All three games scheduled this week are first-time opponents of the Keydets.
 
LAST TIME OUT – David St. Hilaire scored 22 points and Troy Jackson added 17 points as UNO held off VMI, 79-71 in the third and final day of action Friday afternoon at the UNO Classic at Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Privateers (3-4), trailing the Keydets 38-37 at halftime, started quickly in the second half hitting 9 of their first 12 shots from the floor to build a 61-44 lead with 12:13 left. VMI, which hit seven 3-pointers in the first half, connected on just one of its first nine tries from beyond the arc in the second half as UNO built its double-digit lead. The Keydets regained their shooting touch canning a trio of three-pointers on an 11-2 run later in the half to pull within 70-62 following a Kamdyn Curfman 3-point goal with 4:04 left to go in regulation. The Keydets twice trimmed the deficit to six points as late as the 2:24 mark on a Sean Conway layup but could come no closer the rest of the game. UNO shot 50.8% (30-59) while the Keydets hit 39.3% from the floor. VMI was 13-of-40 from long range and converted 10+ threes for the fifth time this season. Senior Jake Stephens led VMI with 17 points and eight rebounds while junior Curfman added 17 points. Junior guard Conway scored 14 points including three 3-pointers and freshman guard Brennan Watkins scored a career-high 14 points including four 3-pointers. UNO converted 11-of-12 from the free throw line including 3-of-4 in the last :28 to hold off the Keydets. VMI outrebounded the Privateers, 35-32, and shot 10-of-12 in free throws, but committed 14 turnovers on the day.
 
LAST MEETING WITH CLARKS SUMMIT – Tuesday's game will be the first meeting with Clarks Summit. 
 
A WIN OVER CLARKS SUMMIT WOULD ...
--- Give VMI a 3-0 mark at home
--- Be VMI's 14th home win in the last 15 contests at Cameron Hall.
--- Move the Keydets to the .500 mark
 
CURFMAN SETS CAREER HIGH –After matching his career-high of five 3-pointers in a game 12 times, VMI junior guard Kamydn Curfman set new career-best with six 3-pointers in VMI's 73-67 win over Central Arkansas November 25. Curfman currently leads the Keydets in scoring with 18.4 points per game and has scored in double figures in all seven games with two 20+ games including a career-high 27 points at Marist November 20.

STEPHENS 75 POINTS AWAY FROM 1,000 POINTS – With 96 points in the 2021-22 season, VMI senior center Jake Stephens now stands 75 points away from the 1,000 point career mark. Stephens is currently second on the team in average with a 13.7 average.

VMI ADDS TWO IN EARLY SIGNING PERIOD - Virginia Military Institute has announced the signings of 6-8 forward Tyler Houser and 6-4 guard Chance Thacker to National Letters of Intent in the November early signing period. Houser averaged 14 points and eight rebounds last year for Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. He earned Mid-Penn Big 15 All-Star honors twice and produced a 19-point performance in Cedar Cliff's District 3 playoff upset of Cumberland Valley. Houser also played for Central PA Elite AAU club team. Thacker attends Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn, Georgian in the Atlanta metro area. He averaged 18 points, seven rebounds, and four assists and earned First team Preseason All-State and Gwinnett All-County by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. A 1,000-point scorer, Thacker was also a member of the First Team All-Region squad and helped his school to a single season record of 24 wins. He was a member of the Atlanta All-Stars club team and was a standout at the GHSA Live Period event averaging 16.0 points on a squad that went a perfect 4-0.






 
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Players Mentioned

Sean Conway

#30 Sean Conway

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6' 5"
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Kamdyn Curfman

#10 Kamdyn Curfman

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6' 1"
Sophomore
Jake Stephens

#34 Jake Stephens

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6' 10"
Junior
Brennan Watkins

#1 Brennan Watkins

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5' 11"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Sean Conway

#30 Sean Conway

6' 5"
Sophomore
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Kamdyn Curfman

#10 Kamdyn Curfman

6' 1"
Sophomore
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Jake Stephens

#34 Jake Stephens

6' 10"
Junior
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Brennan Watkins

#1 Brennan Watkins

5' 11"
Freshman
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