crowd, corps vs. citadel
Brian McWalters | RoadWin Photos
82
Winner The Citadel Cit 5-14,2-4 SoCon
68
VMI VMI 6-13,1-5 SoCon
Winner
The Citadel Cit
5-14,2-4 SoCon
82
Final
68
VMI VMI
6-13,1-5 SoCon
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
The Citadel Cit 47 35 82
VMI VMI 34 34 68

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

VMI falls to The Citadel Saturday night

LEXINGTON, Va. – Playing on a rare Saturday night, the VMI basketball team fell to rival The Citadel by an 82-68 score in Southern Conference action at Cameron Hall.
 
VMI generally plays on Saturday afternoons at home but altered the game due to the Corps of Cadets marching for the governor's inauguration in Richmond.
 
Game Summary
The Keydets hit the first basket of the game on a three-pointer by Linus Holmstrom for a quick lead but the Bulldogs matched the score with a Braxton Williams three for the only tie of the game. Another Williams trey put the Bulldogs up and The Citadel never looked behind as VMI had to play catch-up the rest of the game.
 
Midway through the first half, the Bulldogs built an 11-point lead at 21-10 following a Carter Kingsbury three and increased the lead to 18 after a Christian Moore three to put the score at 39-21 with under three minutes to play before the half.
 
Williams had 13 points at the break for The Citadel en route to a 47-34 lead over the Keydets as the Bulldogs converted seven of 12 three-point attempts while VMI countered with three treys. AJ Clark led VMI with eight points after 20 minutes to keep the Keydets in contention.
 
VMI made a comeback effort in the second half and pulled with seven, 54-47, with 12:56 to play following a Mario Tatum, Jr. layup off a Citadel turnover that got the crowd pumped.
 
A Marcos Gonzalez three-pointer put the Bulldogs back up by 14 with 8:12 left in the game to make the score 66-52, a deficit VMI could not ultimately recover from.  The Keydets pulled back within nine after a TJ Johnson three with 2:25 left, but The Citadel hit its free throws down the stretch to escape Cameron Hall with the rivalry victory.
 
Key Stats
*The Citadel finished the game shooting 45 percent from beyond the arc (9-20)
*VMI earned eight three-pointers during the contest led by Johnson's four treys
*Johnson led VMI with 20 points on the day while The Citadel's Williams earned a game-high 22 points
*Clark (13) and Tatum, Jr. (12) also finished in double figures for the Keydets, while The Citadel's Eze Wali (11), Marcos Gonzales (12) and Moore (10) registered double digits for the visiting team
*VMI earned 12 points off fast breaks to The Citadels' four while the Bulldogs had 38 points from reserves to VMI's 20
 
Up Next
The Keydets finish a three-game homestand Wednesday night when SoCon rival UNCG visits Lexington for a 6 p.m. tip-off at Cameron Hall
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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