CITADEL TOPPLES KEYDETS

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 2, 1992                   TAG: 9202020169
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: CHARLESTON, S.C.                                LENGTH: Short
CITADEL TOPPLES KEYDETS
The Citadel's Lamar Wright, a 46 percent free-throw shooter, made two free throws with 22 seconds remaining to ice a 66-60 Southern Conference basketball victory over VMI on Saturday.
Wright had put The Citadel up 60-58 with a short bank shot with about a minute remaining, and Jonathan Penn, the Keydets' best free-throw shooter at better than 80 percent coming into the game, missed both ends of a two-shot foul.
The teams exchanged baskets, leaving VMI (7-10 overall, 2-4 Southern Conference) behind by two with 34 seconds remaining when Wright was fouled. The Citadel (7-10, 2-4) added another basket on a late tip-in for the final margin.
"We did a great job in the second half, especially getting the ball to [Lewis ] Preston and Penn," VMI coach Joe Cantafio said. "But we let it get away from us in the first half. We didn't take great shots and I don't think we came out sharp." The Citadel broke a four-game conference losing streak. VMI has lost three straight in the conference.
The Citadel tied it at 58 and VMI missed a chance to retake the lead when Penn missed a jumper. Preston blocked a shot and VMI got the ball back, only to miss two open 3-point attempts, which Cantafio said was the key point of the game.
Penn led VMI with 21 points, and Preston added 17. Andre Harris paced The Citadel with 18.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB