houser at american
Chuck Steenburgh
66
VMI VMI 7-24,2-16 SoCon
85
Winner Western Caro. WCU 17-14,10-8 SoCon
VMI VMI
7-24,2-16 SoCon
66
Final
85
Western Caro. WCU
17-14,10-8 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
VMI VMI 32 34 66
Western Caro. WCU 39 46 85

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

VMI Falls to WCU in Regular Season Finale

Box Score
 
CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Neck-in-neck for much of the contest, the VMI basketball team fell to host Western Carolina as the Catamounts rallied over the final 13 minutes of the second half to earn an 85-66 win Saturday evening at Ramsey Activity Center in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
 
Behind a season-high 24 points from freshman center Tyler Houser and Taeshaud Jackson's fifth double-double in the past six games, the Keydets (7-24, 2-16) battled for the entirety of the contest but could not keep pace with the Catamounts (17-14, 10-8).
 
Western built a slim 39-32 advantage at the half, but the Keydets rallied back early in the second half to briefly take the lead at 44-43 with 15:55 on the clock. The Catamounts quickly rebounded and made the score 62-51 in their favor at the third media timeout of the half (10:41) and widened the margin to 24 with 3:55 left to play.
 
Key Stats
 *Tyler Houser's 24 points broke his previous season-best point total of 23 set against the same Western Carolina squad back on January 28. His five made three-pointers also broke his season-high of four set against Navy on December 3
*Taeshaud Jackson II earned his fifth double-double in the last six contests by pouring in 12 points to go with 10 rebounds. His four made three-pointers is a new season high, topping his previous best of three set this past Wednesday against Wofford
*Asher Woods (16) and Rickey Bradley, Jr. (10) also scored in double figures
*VMI committed just five turnovers in the game, but Western Carolina still earned 15 breakaway points in transition and the Catamounts' deep bench contributed 17 points in the win
*Four Catamounts scored in double figures, led by Tre Jackson's 22 points. Tyzhaun Claude (18), Vonterius Woolbright (14) and DJ Campbell (11) also hit the standard
*Woolbright earned a double-double on the night by registering 10 rebounds throughout the game with his 14 points
*Western hit the 50 percent mark in three-point percentage by hitting 14 of 28 on the night

VMI Head Coach Andrew Wilson
"We played a great game for 25 minutes and ran out of gas. All five freshmen that started played nearly 40 minutes. No one in the country has dealt with the adversity we have this season, but I'm very proud of the guys for continuing to fight. We are getting better each time out and this group is going to be special in time."
 
Up Next
The Keydets will enter next weekend's SoCon Tournament as the No. 10 seed and will face No. 7 seed Chattanooga Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Harrah's Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.




 
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