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Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
81
Winner Queens (NC) Queens 4-5,0-0 ASUN
78
VMI VMI 5-6,0-0 SoCon
Winner
Queens (NC) Queens
4-5,0-0 ASUN
81
Final
78
VMI VMI
5-6,0-0 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Queens (NC) Queens 46 35 81
VMI VMI 33 45 78

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Keydets fall just short in rally against Queens

LEXINGTON, Va. – Down 46-33 at halftime, the VMI basketball team made a furious comeback but fell just short in the end as visiting Queens University (N.C.) prevailed by an 81-78 score Saturday afternoon at Cameron Hall.
 
VMI falls to 5-6 on the season while the Royals improve to 4-5 with the win.
 
Game Summary
*Augustinas Kiudulas kept VMI in the fight in the opening half by logging 15 points on three treys and a pair of field goals to account for nearly half of VMI's 33 first-half points.
*VMI won the second half by tallying 45 points while holding Queens to 35 in its comeback attempt
*The Keydets pulled within four points at the 16:29 mark of the second half and within one point six different times during the final six minutes but could never quite pull ahead as the game featured zero lead changes
 

 
Key Stats
* Robert Peters registered seven points in the opening half and finished the game with a career-high 12 points
*Rickey Bradley earned a game-high 19 points – just three shy of his season high -  as he converted 12 of 14 free throws on the day
*TJ Johnson logged 17 points, while Kiudulas (15),  and Peters (12) also finished in double figures
*Leo Colmerio led the Royals with 15 points on the day while Jaxon Pollard (13), Yoav Berman (12) and Malcolm Wilson (10) also had double digits in scoring
*VMI earned 25 points off 21 Queens turnovers
*Queens tallied 44 points in the paint to 24 for VMI and totaled 41 points from reserves led by Pollard and Berman
 

 
Up Next
The Keydets have another home game before Christmas Furlough begins with a matchup versus Regent Thursday night at 6 p.m. at Cameron Hall
 
 
 
 
 


 
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