Asheville ends VMI’s NCAA bid

No. 1 seed UNC Asheville placed five players in double figures and used a 20-12 run the final 10 minutes to pull away with an 80-64 win over No. 7 seed VMI and capture the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Big South Men’s Basketball Championship Saturday at Kimmel Arena.  With the win, the Bulldogs win their [...]


VMI upsets Coastal in Big South tourney

Fueled by 14 three-pointers and a 57% field goal percentage, the #7 VMI Keydets upset the #2 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 85-68, in the quarterfinals of the Advance Auto Parts Big South Basketball Championship, contested Wednesday in Asheville, N.C. The Keydets now advance to the conference semifinals for the fourth time in six years, where they [...]


VMI squeaks past Radford in Big South Tourney

The #7 VMI Keydets defeated the #10 Radford Highlanders, 55-53, in a dramatic first round of the 2012 Advance Auto Parts Men’s Basketball Championship, Monday, Feb. 27 at Cameron Hall.  The Keydets advance to Wednesday’s quarterfinals and will play No. 2 seed Coastal Carolina at 12:00 p.m. at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena. With 1:19 remaining, [...]


Coastal Carolina tops VMI, 81-64

Junior guard Anthony Raffa scored 26 points to lead Coastal Carolina past VMI, 81-64, before a Senior Day crowd of 2,541 at Cameron Hall in Lexington. VMI closed out the regular season 14-15 and 8-10 in Big South play and must wait out the rest of today’s league action to find out where it will [...]


VMI gets big win over Charleston Southern

Keith Gabriel had 31 points, Stan Okoye had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and the VMI Keydets used a 22-3 second half run to break open a close game and went to defeat the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, 90-81, in Big South basketball action Thursday night at Lexington’s Cameron Hall. CSU (17-11, 10-7 [...]


Gore leads VMI to big win over Radford

Nick Gore scored eight straight points to spark a 27-5 second half run, and the VMI Keydets overcame early shooting woes to top the Radford Highlanders, 71-58, in Big South basketball action Saturday afternoon at Cameron Hall in Lexington, Va. After the score was tied at halftime, Radford opened the second half on a 6-1 [...]


VMI gets key conference win

An 18-5 second half run broke open a back and forth game, freshman D.J. Covington had a career-high 20 points and the VMI Keydets earned their sixth straight win over the High Point Panthers, 87-74, in Big South basketball action Thursday night at Cameron Hall in Lexington, Va. With the game knotted at 41 in [...]


VMI loses at Coastal

Despite a spirited second half, the VMI Keydets couldn’t prevent Coastal Carolina’s basketball team from making Big South history. The Chanticleers had three players with at least 20 points and used a 29-9 edge from the charity stripe to defeat the VMI Keydets, 99-86, in Big South basketball action at Kimble Arena Saturday in Conway, [...]


Late run pushes Charleston Southern to win over VMI

The Charleston Southern Buccaneers broke open a three-point game with an 11-1 run in the final minutes and went on to earn a 101-90 victory over the VMI Keydets in a Big South matchup Thursday night in N. Charleston, S.C. CSU (13-11, 7-5 BSC) led for the entire second half but not without a challenge [...]