LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) -- Reggie Williams scored 19 as VMI held on to win its last regular season game 69-61 over High Point Saturday afternoon.
Matt Coward added 11 for the Keydets (9-18, 3-13), who led by 12 with 3:05 left in the first half before High Point (12-17, 7-9) went on a 7-0 run to close it to 28-23 at the break.
The Keydets led by eight at 53-45 with 8:39 remaining before a 13-3 High Point run topped off by a 3-pointer from Mark Wilson put High Point ahead by one. It was High Point's only lead of the game and lasted just over 30 seconds until Fred Robinson's layup put the Keydets on top again with 3:53 to go.
High Point got close again, down 62-21 with 1:36 remaining, but VMI made 7-of-8 free throws to come out on top.
Mark Wilson led the charge for High Point, scoring 19 of his 21 points in the second half. Landon Quick scored 14, including five in the Panthers' 7-0 run to close out the first half.
