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Game 7, Year 1: SC State (1-5) @ VMI Keydets (2-4)

Posted on June 26, 2013 at 12:11 PM.

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South Carolina State Bulldogs at Virginia Military Institute Keydets
Dec 11, 2006	1ST	2ND	SCORE
South Carolina State (1-5)	44	25	69
Virginia Military Institute (2-4)	37	31	68

South Carolina State Bulldogs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Davis	20	11-15	3-3	0-0	0	2	1	1	2	25
M. McCants	18	4-8	0-1	1-2	1	5	1	0	2	9
B. Mason	19	1-9	1-2	2-2	6	1	0	0	1	5
C. Miller-Williams	18	2-2	0-0	4-4	5	2	2	0	3	5
J. Carter	16	3-5	0-0	2-2	5	2	0	0	0	8
TEAM TOTALS		26-47	4-6	13-14	22	19	8	1	10	69
TEAM TOTALS		26-47	4-6	13-14	22	19	8	1	10	69

Virginia Military Institute Keydets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Holmes	18	5-7	3-4	2-2	2	2	2	1	1	15
L. Joseph	19	9-15	5-10	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	23
T. Holmes	18	5-10	2-3	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	12
R. Williams	19	3-9	0-1	3-4	5	2	4	0	1	9
M. Murrer	19	0-1	0-0	0-0	6	3	2	0	2	0
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
F. Robinson	6	2-4	0-1	1-1	2	2	0	0	0	5
A. Lonon	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	5	0	0	4	0
J. Jarman	5	2-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	4
S. Christiansen	4	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
W. Bell	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0
D, Pflunger	-- DID NOT PLAY --
J. Castleberry	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		26-53	10-20	6-7	22	18	9	1	9	68

Key Notes:

~ In the second home game of the season, the fans enjoyed break neck pace throughout the entire first half with both teams shooting over 50% from the field (over 60 for SC State), but VMI made up for the 10+% points difference by hitting 6 threes compared to SC States 2.

~ Facing off against the 2-3 zone for like the 4th time this season VMI was able to find the open man and get them open looks with Chavis Holmes going 3 for 3, Travis Holmes going 2 for 3, and Levar Joseph also knocking one down in the first half to close the gap.

~ Down 6 during the closing seconds of the first half Matt Murrer picked off an arid pass and hit Reggie Williams on an outlet pass for a dunk with 6 seconds left in the half to cut the lead to four, but after a boneheaded play SC State hit a mid range jumper and got the foul with .5 seconds remaining on the clock and converted the and one to push the lead back up to 7, 44-37 at half.

~ A little bit of a slow start for the second half, but VMI came out strong with about 4 minutes left to play once the starters were mass substituded back into the game, the duo of Chavis Holmes and Levar Jospeh led the squad back, after Chavis started things off with a steal which led to a fast break lay in by Joseph things were finally looking up for the Keydets

~ Down 12 with 5 minutes left when the aforementioned steal happened, the Keydets made a strong push and after a couple threes by Joseph the game was right back within reach and with under a minute to play they took a one point lead when Reggie Williams knocked down two free throws after being fouled going to the hoop.

~ A breakdown in the defense let leading scorer Derrick Davis wide open for a three, and with already 20 points at the time, he calmly knocked down the wide open 3 to push SC State back up 2 points with 40 seconds left.

~ A bad turnover by Chavis Holmes, essentially costed the Keydets the game when he tried to squeeze a pass through the lane to Reggie Williams, and after an ill advised three by Joseph SC State pulled a four point lead. After a strong defensive possession the Keydets pushed the ball up the court with six seconds left and Joseph made up for his earlier three and calmly cashed another one to cut the lead back to 1. Forced to foul VMI did exactly that and put Marcus McCants on the line who was 1-1 before attempting his first half of the 1 and 1. But since Levar Joseph who poured in 23 points had to foul to put them on the line, he was fouled out of the game which wasn't promising for the Keydets.

~ But, McCants missed the first half of the 1 and 1 and VMI had a chance to win the game only down 1 point with 5 seconds left. Needing a good look with Joseph on the bench, Sophomore Chavis Holmes recieved the inbounds pass and was trapped at half court, with no where to go he found Fred Robinson who was subbed in for Joseph, not exactly the person you want with the ball, and with time running down he pulled up from three and watched it go in and out for a heart breaking loss for the Keydets.