bradley-vs-citadel
Paul Bouis
60
Winner The Citadel Cit 8-12,3-5 SoCon
52
VMI VMI 5-16,0-8 SoCon
Winner
The Citadel Cit
8-12,3-5 SoCon
60
Final
52
VMI VMI
5-16,0-8 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
The Citadel Cit 14 46 60
VMI VMI 23 29 52

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

The Citadel Rallies for 60-52 win over VMI

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LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI men's basketball team couldn't hold a second-half lead Saturday afternoon as The Citadel rallied for a 60-52 Southern Conference win in Cameron Hall.

The Keydet defense locked down the Bulldogs in the first half and opened a 23-14 lead. The Citadel shot just 20 percent from the floor with nine turnovers in the game's first 20 minutes.

The Bulldog offense got untracked after intermission and took their first lead of the game 43-42 with under nine minutes to play. The Keydets fought back after falling behind by nine at the 1:49 mark to trail just 56-52 but The Citadel sealed the game at the free throw line by making their last eight attempts. The Bulldogs hit all 17 of their free throws, including 14 in the second half.

VMI Head Coach Andrew Wilson
"I thought we played the right way. The breaks aren't falling our way right now, but I'm very proud of our team. Our kids have a tremendous amount of resilience and we are going to break through soon. Give The Citadel credit - Ed Conroy is one of the best in the country."

Inside the Box Score:
*Freshmen Asher Woods and Rickey Bradley, Jr. each had 13 points and four rebounds for VMI and Bradley set a career-high with four steals
*Senior Sean Conway scored 10 points and added six rebounds
*Taeshaud Jackson II grabbed a career-best 11 rebounds and had two steals
*Tyler Houser had eight points and six rebounds and Tony Felder, Jr. had six points and four assists
*Stephen Clark scored 12 of his 15 points in the second half for The Citadel (8-12/3-5 SoCon) and added nine rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots
*Austin Ash posted 17 points and David Maynard had 13

Next Time:
VMI travels (5-16/0-8) to UNCG for another SoCon contest at 7 p.m.
 
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