Scores

Final

Virginia Military 86

(6-7, 1-0 Big South)

Presbyterian 77

(3-12, 0-1 Big South)

7:00 PM ET, January 5, 2013

Ross E. Templeton P.E. Center, Clinton, SC

1 2 T
VMI 38 4886
PRE 29 4877

Top Performers

Virginia Military: S. Okoye 39 Pts, 8 Reb, 3 Stl

Presbyterian: J. Clyburn 15 Pts, 6 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Stl

VMI 86, Presbyterian 77

Associated Press

CLINTON, S.C. -- Stan Okoye scored a career-high 39 points and grabbed eight rebounds to help Virginia Military Institute beat Presbyterian 86-77 Saturday night in the Big South Conference opener for both teams.

D.J. Covington scored 18 points and Rodney Glasgow added 17 for the Keydets (6-7).

With Presbyterian trailing 32-27 with 4:18 remaining in the first half, VMI closed out the period on a 6-2 run to take a 38-29 lead into halftime.

Okoye made a free throw at the 18:14 mark in the second half to push VMI's lead to 10, 41-31.

VMI got its largest lead of the game, 18 points, when Okoye converted a layup with 9:20 left to play to make it 65-47.

VMI shot 66.7 percent (14 for 21) in the second half and made 15 free throws in the period to close out Presbyterian (3-12).

Khalid Mutakabbir led the Blue Hose with 19 points.

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Team Stat Comparison

 
VMI
PRE
Points 86 77
FG Made-Attempted 28-53 (.528) 30-63 (.476)
3P Made-Attempted 6-19 (.316) 7-20 (.350)
FT Made-Attempted 24-30 (.800) 10-13 (.769)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant) 14 (0/0) 18 (0/0)
Largest Lead 18 2

Game Leaders

 
VMI
PRE
PointsS. Okoye 39K. Mutakabbir 19
ReboundsS. Okoye 8R. Hargrave 7
AssistsR. Glasgow 4E. Washington 6
StealsS. Okoye 3J. Clyburn 1
Team Stats: Virginia Military | Presbyterian

2012-13 Season

DATEGAMELINKS
» Jan 5, 2013 VMI 86, @PRE 77Recap

Next 5 Games

VMI
PRE
01/09 LIB 7:00pm
01/12 WIN 1:00pm
01/16 CAMP 7:00pm
01/19 @CCAR 11:00am
01/23 @HP 7:00pm
 01/09 @CCAR 7:00pm
01/12 CAMP 7:45pm
01/16 @WIN 7:00pm
01/19 LIB 7:00pm
01/23 CHSO 7:00pm
Complete Schedule: Virginia Military | Presbyterian

Big South Conference Standings

TEAMCONF W-LTOTAL W-L
Gardner-Webb11-521-12
Charleston Southern12-419-12
High Point12-417-13
UNC-Asheville10-616-16
Coastal Carolina9-714-15
Virginia Military8-814-17
Winthrop6-1014-17
Liberty6-1015-20
Radford7-913-19
Campbell7-913-20
Presbyterian4-128-24
Longwood4-128-25
View expanded standings »