CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Mathiang Muo scored a season-high 23 points and Arlon Harper had 21, and Charleston Southern shot 59.3 percent from the field to rout Virginia Military Institute 92-69 Thursday night.
Jeremy Sexton had 19 points and Sheldon Strickland 11 for the Buccaneers (16-9, 11-3 Big South), who made 35 of 59 from the field and 14 of 24 on 3-pointers with Muo hitting 7 of 8. The Bucs won their third straight.
D.J. Covington had 16 points, Brian Brown 15 and Stan Okoye 14 for the Keydets (11-15, 6-8), who have lost five straight for the first time since the 2009-10 season.
Leading 7-5 early, the Buccaneers went on a 12-2 run for a 19-7 advantage with 13:11 left in the first half. The Keydets closed to five, 26-21, but the Buccaneers led 50-40 at halftime.
Charleston Southern scored the first eight points of the second half and pulled away.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| VMI (11-15) | 40 | 29 | 69 |
| Charleston Southern (16-9) « | 50 | 42 | 92 |
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| VMI Keydets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Okoye, F | 31 | 5-15 | 1-2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| N. Gore, F | 25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Covington, C | 28 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| B. Brown, G | 37 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Carr, G | 26 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Marshall | 20 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| G. Stephenson | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Albritton | 8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Watson | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Anglade | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Absher | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Burton | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-66 | 6-8 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 69 | |
| 39.4% | 75% | ||||||
| Charleston Southern Buccaneers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Muo, F | 37 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| A. Fullah, C | 11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Sexton, G | 34 | 7-11 | 4-6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| S. Strickland, G | 31 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| A. Harper, G | 25 | 8-10 | 2-2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Bowen | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| P. Gombwer | 19 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Bernard | 10 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Kennedy | 4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Deter | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Dorleus | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Odom | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Williams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35-59 | 8-15 | 45 | 16 | 11 | 92 | |
| 59.3% | 53.3% | ||||||
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