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Men's Basketball

Keydets face The Citadel Saturday in Black Out game

LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI basketball team looks to rebound from a close loss to ETSU Wednesday night as the Keydets face rival The Citadel Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cameron Hall.
 
The game is designated as a Black Out Game and all fans are encouraged to wear black as they cheer the Keydets on to victory over the Bulldogs.
 
Broadcast Information
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A win over The Citadel would ...
-- Move VMI to 62-62 in the all-times series of the storied rivalry
-- Improve VMI to 12-13 on the season and mark the Keydets' sixth SoCon win of the season
-- Sweep the season series over the Bulldogs, which hasn't happened since the 2019-20 campaign
-- Be VMI's second straight win over The Citadel in Lexington

About The Citadel (5-17, 0-11)
The Bulldogs seek their first conference win of the season after enduring 11 league losses to open conference play. The Citadel has been competitive in many of its league contests, losing three of them by fewer than five points, including a 75-70 loss to the Keydets back on January 18.
 
Brody Fox leads the Bulldogs averaging 16.0 points per game as the only team member averaging double figures. Keynan Davis ranks second on the team with an average of 9.2 points scored per contest. Sola Adebisi leads the team in rebounds at 5.9 per game, and Paxton Davidson helps Fox direct the offense with 59 assists on the season.

All-Time Series History vs. The Citadel (61-62)
In an extremely tight all-time series dating back to 1920, the Keydets have an opportunity to tie the mark at 62 wins per school with a victory Saturday afternoon. The balance has tilted slightly in VMI's favor over the past five years with six wins to The Citadel's four. VMI has an opportunity to sweep the season series with a win, which has not happened since the 2019-20 campaign.
 
Last Time Out: ETSU 62, VMI 55 – Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Lexington, Va.
The VMI basketball team put up a fight but came up short as visiting ETSU earned a 62-55 victory over the Keydets Wednesday night at Cameron Hall.
 
The Bucs gradually built a lead in the opening half by hitting big shots to start to separate themselves from the Keydets early on. ETSU tallied a 13-point lead at the 6:55 mark, 25-12, following a John Buggs III three-pointer for its largest lead of the game. VMI kept pace until the half but went into the break with a 39-26 deficit with one half to play. Linus Holmstrom kept VMI in the game with 10 points in the first half going 2-2 from three-point range.
 
An AJ Clark tip-in layup at the 12:02 mark of the second half brought VMI within four, 41-37, but the Bucs responded by building their lead back to 12 points just four minutes later which proved to be insurmountable despite VMI's best efforts to rally back.
 




 
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AJ Clark

#5 AJ Clark

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6' 4"
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Players Mentioned

AJ Clark

#5 AJ Clark

6' 4"
Sophomore
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