afpbusiness

VMI rally falls short, Keydets fall to Gardner-Webb

   Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com A late VMI flurry fell short, as the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs defeated the Keydets 92-84 in a Big South contest at Cameron Hall Saturday evening. Trailing by nine with 1:08 to play, a three-point play by Michael Sparks cut the GWU lead to six, 84-78. After two free throws [...]


Looking up

   Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: freepress2@ntelos.net Now let’s see if I’ve got this right. We are just into the new year and the sky has not yet fallen. Yes, I know, no one actually predicted that the clouds would fall. Nevertheless, there were those who kept saying that whatever keeps the human [...]


VMI holds off Randolph College rally to post 99-88

   Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com Keith Gabriel had 24 points to lead all scorers and the VMI Keydets survived a furious second-half rally by Randolph College to earn the win, 99-88, in a non-conference contest played Monday night at Cameron Hall in Lexington. Trailing by 22 with 6:50 to go, and having faced a [...]


Presbyterian dominates OT, gets win over VMI

   Staff Report VMI basketball: www.vmikeydets.com Presbyterian College outscored VMI in overtime 20-6 and snapped a ten-game losing streak with a 89-75 Big South win over the Keydets Saturday night at Templeton Arena. VMI appeared well on its way to securing its first road win of the year at the outset, but squandered 17-point leads [...]


Winthrop rolls to easy win over VMI

  Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com The Winthrop Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak and rolled to a 96-63 Big South Conference win over VMI Thursday night at Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, S.C. The Keydets remained winless on the road this year and dropped their fifth straight game while suffering their worst setback at [...]


EMU dominates W&L, 83-48

   Staff Report EMU sports: www.emu.edu The high-scoring Runnin Royals took their show on the road Wednesday and tangled with the best defense in the conference, Washington & Lee. Eastern Mennonite, which entered the game as the top offense in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, showed it could play some defense as well, smothering the [...]


Liberty rallies past VMI

Second-half run pushes Flames to win Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com An 11-0 run early in the second half, sparked by three straight Jeremy Anderson three-pointers, gave the visiting Liberty Flames a lead they would not relinquish, en route to a 110-102 win over VMI Saturday afternoon in a Big South contest played at Cameron [...]


Staying bought

   Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: freepress2@ntelos.net I can’t wait for 2010! I can’t wait to see how 2009 will turn out. Yep, we are going into overtime. Too much is still up in the hot air of politics to be settled in twelve short months. Sure, a few minor clashes have been [...]


George Mason holds off Keydets, 89-86

   Staff Report VMI sports: www.vmikeydets.com Freshman forward Luke Hancock hit a reverse putback layup with :50 remaining to put George Mason up for good, and junior guard Cam Long added a layup at the :09 mark to key a last-minute rally as George Mason defeated VMI, 89-86, Tuesday night at the Patriot Center. The [...]



zeus