andrews -vs - vul
Paul Bouis
51
Virginia-Lynchburg V-L 0-8
113
Winner VMI VMI 5-5,0-0 SoCon
Virginia-Lynchburg V-L
0-8
51
Final
113
VMI VMI
5-5,0-0 SoCon
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Virginia-Lynchburg V-L 23 28 51
VMI VMI 60 53 113

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

VMI defeats VU Lynchburg, 113-51

62-point margin of victory is largest since beating Christendom by 76 in 2019

LEXINGTON, Va. – Looking to get back in the win column, the VMI basketball team accomplished the task at hand by taking down Virginia University of Lynchburg in dominant fashion, 113-51, Tuesday night at Cameron Hall.
 
The 62-point margin of victory is VMI's largest margin of victory since defeating Christendom by 76 points in a 96-20 win in Lexington in November of 2019.
 

 
Game Summary
The Keydets took the reins from the start and jumped to a 31-11 lead midway through the opening half. VMI never put on the brakes en route to a 60-23 advantage at the half led by 13 points by sophomore guard Maurice Wright, Jr., who tied his career high in 20 minutes of play.
 
VMI eventually built a 64-point lead in the final moments of the contest on its way to victory, spurred early in the second half with a 17-0 run.
 

 
Key Stats
* Redshirt freshman guard Walker Andrews led VMI with a game-high 20 points on the night to match his career high set earlier this year versus Christendom
* A total of six Keydets registered double figures in scoring
* Freshman TJ Johnson finished with 19 points, four shy of his season high
* Junior guard Rickey Bradley, Jr. finished with 15 points and logged a career-high nine assists to come up just one short of a double-double and one helper shy of his career high set as a freshman at VMI vs. Carlow in 2022
* Wright tallied two more points in the second half to finish with a career-high 15 points on the night and pulled down a career-high eight rebounds, just two shy of his first career double-double
* Freshman Cyprian Hyde earned a career-high 10 points during the game and tracked down nine boards to come up just one short of his first career double-double
 

 
Up Next
The Keydets face a quick turnaround to battle with Queens University of Charlotte this Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cameron Hall as part of the SoCon-ASUN Challenge.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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