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Men's Basketball

Keydets return home to face VUL

LEXINGTON, Va. – After three weeks and six consecutive contests away from Lexington, the VMI basketball team finally returns to Cameron Hall to face Virginia University of Lynchburg Tuesday night.
 
Tip-off is set for a 6 p.m. start at Cameron Hall.
 
BROADCAST INFORMATION
VMI vs. VUL – Tuesday, Dec. 3 – 6 pm             Watch on ESPN+  |  Live Stats  |  Tickets
 
Game Promotion
Tuesday's game will be free of charge for Lexington City elementary school students attending either Waddell Elementary or Central Elementary.

QUICK HITS
* VMI is coming off a close 64-77 loss at A10 foe George Washington Friday afternoon as the Keydets could not quite pull off a second-half comeback after falling behind just before halftime
*The Keydets are shooting well from the free-throw line and rank second in the SoCon at 75.3 percent
*VMI has proven to minimize turnovers and presently rank fourth in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.35. On the defensive end, the Keydets rank fourth in the SoCon in steals per contest at 8.1
*Tan Yildizoglu is the key distributor and averages 5.6 assists per game, second-best in the league
*TJ Johnson is a stealthy force and ranks second in the league in minutes per game at 31.2. One of VMI's top defenders, he is averaging 1.7 steals per game to rank eighth in the league. One of the top offensive threats on the other end of the court, he is sixth in the league in points per game at 15.2

A win over VUL would ...
-- Improve VMI to 5-5 on the season  
-- Snap a four-game losing skid
-- Give VMI a perfect 3-0 all-time record against the Dragons

About Virginia University of Lynchburg
The Dragons have played eight games thus far resulting in an 0-8 overall record. The losses have come to Campbellsville (2x), Norfolk State, Mercer, Rio Grande, Cumberland, West Alabama and Alabama State.
 
Le'nijel Robinson (22.3 ppg) and Terrance Johnson (22.2 ppg) lead the Dragons in scoring through eight games played. David Amoakohene and Saveon Jackson average 6.0 points per contest.
 
All-Time Series History vs. VUL (VMI leads 2-0)
VMI and VUL have faced each other only twice before in the all-time series. The schools last met on December 9, 2013, a 110-78 VMI victory at home. The only other contest occurred one year prior on December 3, 2012, a 102-61 VMI win in Lexington.

Last Time Out: VMI 64, George Washington 77
Looking to come back from a 42-29 deficit at the half, the VMI basketball team's rally came up short as host George Washington earned a 77-64 win Friday, Nov. 29 at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C.
 
With the loss, the Keydets fall to 4-5 on the early season while the Revolutionaries improve to 6-2.
 
VMI kept pace with the Revs for much of the opening half and trailed just 33-27 with 2:39 left before halftime. George Washington made a late push to extend its lead to 13 to go into the break with a 42-29 advantage, a lead the Keydets ultimately could not overcome as both teams scored 35 points in the second stanza.




 
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Players Mentioned

Tan Yildizoglu

#30 Tan Yildizoglu

G
6' 4"
Sophomore
TJ Johnson

#44 TJ Johnson

F
6' 6"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Tan Yildizoglu

#30 Tan Yildizoglu

6' 4"
Sophomore
G
TJ Johnson

#44 TJ Johnson

6' 6"
Sophomore
F