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Men's Basketball

Keydets travel to Furman for final SoCon road contest

LEXINGTON, Va. - The VMI basketball team aims to get back on track following Wednesday night's loss at home to Wofford when the Keydets travel to Greenville, South Carolina, to face Furman Saturday at noon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena.
 
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A win over Furman would ...
-- Improve VMI to 14-15 on the season and mark the Keydets' eighth league win of the year, its most in three years
-- Sweep the season series over the Paladins, which has not happened since the 2014-15 season
-- Be VMI's third conference sweep of the season, which has not happened since the 2010-11 campaign (Big South) and the 1995-96 season (SoCon)
-- Be VMI's first win over the Paladins in Greenville since January 10, 2015, an 83-73 VMI victory
-- Be VMI's 39th all-time win against the Paladins to cut the all-time series deficit to 39-71
 
About Furman (20-8, 8-7)
Despite an 8-7 record in Southern Conference play, the Paladins enter Saturday's contest with confidence coming off an 80-72 upset over former league leader Samford Wednesday night. Furman has been up-and-down during the month of February and is due for a loss based on its win-loss-win-loss pattern the past few weeks. The Paladins have defeated Western Carolina, Mercer and Samford while falling to ETSU, Chattanooga and UNCG.
 
Furman is led by PJay Smith, Jr., who is averaging 16.8 points per game this season. Nick Anderson is the other Paladin averaging 13.8 points per outing over the course of the season. Ben VanderWal is the top rebounder at 5.4 rpg, and Smith directos the attack with 95 assists on the year.
 
All-Time Series History vs. Furman (38-71)
The Keydets look to continue to cut into the deficit in the all-time series history as Wofford owns 24 wins to VMI's 10. Three weeks ago on January 29, the Keydets went into Spartanburg and earned a 74-67 win over the Terriers, their first win at the venue in three years.
 
With a victory, VMI will have earned its third conference series sweep of the season as the Keydets have won both contests this season against The Citadel and Western Carolina and look to add Furman to the list. The last time VMI won three conference series in a single season happened during the 2010-11 season in the Big South, and the 1995-96 season as a member of the SoCon.
 
Last Time Out: Wofford 82, VMI 43 – Wednesday, Feb. 19 - Lexington, Va.
The VMI basketball team fell behind early to visiting Wofford College and could not recover as the Terriers earned an 82-43 victory over the Keydets Wednesday night at Cameron Hall.
 
The Keydets (13-15, 7-8) had several opportunities to score in the opening minutes of the first half but could not find the bottom of the net as the Terriers (15-13, 9- 6) built a 9-0 lead by the first media timeout. VMI earned its first points of the game at the 15:26 mark on a pair of Augustinas Kiudulas  free throws, but the Terriers continued to pull away and built a 28-14 lead with 6:13 left before the half. Wofford did not let up and built a 44-17 lead at the break.









 
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Augustinas Kiudulas

#11 Augustinas Kiudulas

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6' 8"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Augustinas Kiudulas

#11 Augustinas Kiudulas

6' 8"
Sophomore
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