Kamdyn Curfman vs WCU
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72
VMI VMI 10-10,5-6 SoCon
74
Winner Western Caro. WCU 9-11,2-9 SoCon
VMI VMI
10-10,5-6 SoCon
72
Final
74
Western Caro. WCU
9-11,2-9 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VMI VMI 28 44 72
Western Caro. WCU 27 47 74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Keydets Fall to Western Carolina, 74-72

Box Score

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Despite leading at the half by a 28-27 count, the VMI basketball team fell by a final score of 74-72 to host Western Carolina Wednesday night at the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
 
With the loss, VMI (10-10, 5-6) fell for only the second time in 10 games after leading at the break. Western Carolina improves to 9-11 overall and 2-9 in Southern Conference action.
 
VMI placed five in double figures for the second straight game as Jake Stephens and Kamdyn Curfman led the way with 17 points apiece. Greg Parham finished with 12 points while Trey Bonham and Sean Conway ended the contest with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
 
The game turned midway in the second half when VMI led 55-50 after a Myles Lewis layup with 8:46 left. The Catamounts responded with seven straight points to retake the lead and outscored VMI 14-4 over the next four minutes and led 64-59 following Cory Hightower's layup at the 4:30 mark.
 
VMI tied the game at 66-66 with 1:32 remaining after Parham converted a layup but Xavier Cork responded with a jumper with 1:20 to put the Catamounts on top for good and Faulkner pushed in a jumper to make it 70-66 with 0:43 left. Curfman drilled his fifth 3-pointer with 0:39 on the clock to pull the Keydets within 70-69 but that would be as close as they would get.
 
The Keydets shot 31.3 percent in the first 20 minutes but hit 58.1 percent from the floor in the second. VMI, however, was outscored 44-26 in points in the paint.
 
Conway logged his third career double- double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
 
The Keydets return to action Saturday hosting Samford in a 1 p.m. tipoff at Cameron Hall. Fans will be unable to attend in person but can stream the game on ESPN+.
 
VMI head coach Dan Earl:
"Credit goes to Western Carolina. They made plays, especially down the stretch, particularly Faulkner and Cork. Foul trouble hurt us and I didn't think we were as aggressive or solid on defense as we needed to be. On offense, we weren't as sharp as we would like and didn't share the ball as well as we normally do. When you couple those things with missing some open looks, unfortunately we were not able to pull out a win on the road.

"We will learn from our mistakes and continue pushing forward. We have a big one against Samford on Saturday."
 
 




 
 
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