RADFORD, Va. (AP) - Stan Okoye recorded a double-double, 23 points and 15 rebounds, including the final sixteen points for Virginia Military Institute as it beat Radford 70-69 Wednesday night in a Big South Conference showdown.
Rodney Glasgow scored 15 points to help VMI (10-10, 5-3) snap a three-game losing streak.
After Okoye's free throw cut VMI's deficit to 66-62, Jalen Carethers made two free throws to push Radford's lead to 68-62 with 51 seconds left.
Okoye made a jumper to make it 68-64 with 44 seconds left. After a Radford free throw made it 69-64, Okoye responded with a jumper to cut the deficit to 69-66 with 34 seconds remaining.
Okoye closed the game with a layup with 19 seconds left to bring VMI within one, 69-68, and then converted a tip-in with four seconds left to give VMI the lead and the victory.
R.J. Price scored 26 points for Radford (10-12, 4-4).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| VMI (10-10) « | 26 | 44 | 70 |
| Radford (10-12) | 26 | 43 | 69 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Covington, F | 37 | 2-7 | 2-4 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| S. Okoye, F | 32 | 10-23 | 2-5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| P. Anglade, F | 29 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| R. Glasgow, G | 27 | 4-10 | 3-3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| B. Brown, G | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Gore | 21 | 1-5 | 2-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| T. Marshall | 20 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| J. Carr | 14 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| G. Stephenson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-62 | 13-20 | 53 | 8 | 24 | 70 | |
| 40.3% | 65% | ||||||
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Green, F | 31 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| K. Noreen, F | 26 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| B. Holcomb, F | 17 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Price, G | 34 | 9-16 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 |
| B. Smith, G | 31 | 4-12 | 4-10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Davis | 24 | 4-10 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| L. Dyer | 14 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Carethers | 13 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Wells | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Brown | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Owens | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-64 | 18-33 | 42 | 11 | 17 | 69 | |
| 32.8% | 54.5% | ||||||
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