CLINTON, S.C. (AP) - 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.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| VMI (6-7) « | 38 | 48 | 86 |
| Presbyterian (3-12) | 29 | 48 | 77 |
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| VMI Keydets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Okoye, F | 37 | 12-22 | 12-14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| N. Gore, F | 30 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| D. Covington, F | 28 | 7-8 | 4-6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| B. Brown, G | 36 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| R. Glasgow, G | 34 | 5-10 | 6-6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Marshall | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| P. Anglade | 9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Carr | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Albritton | 5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 28-53 | 24-30 | 32 | 8 | 14 | 86 | |
| 52.8% | 80% | ||||||
| Presbyterian Blue Hose | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Clyburn, F | 30 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| W. Truss, C | 16 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| K. Mutakabbir, G | 39 | 7-14 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| J. Downing, G | 37 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| E. Washington, G | 36 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Hargrave | 21 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| R. McTavish | 16 | 0-4 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Anderson | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-63 | 10-13 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 77 | |
| 47.6% | 76.9% | ||||||
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