ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: SUNDAY, February 21, 1993                   TAG: 9302210256
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE: STATESBORO, GA.                                LENGTH: Short


KEYDETS DROP 12TH IN A ROW

Charlton Young scored 17 points and Warren Johnson and Calvin Sinkfield added 15 each as George Southern defeated VMI 69-63 Saturday and handed the Keydets their 12th straight loss.

Georgia Southern led by nine points in the first half before VMI trimmed the margin to 33-30 at halftime with an 11-5 run. After a Keydets basket to open the second half, the Eagles scored seven straight to push their lead back to 40-32 with 18:08 left. Georgia Southern went on a 7-2 run to lead 47-34 with 17:17 left.

Trailing 61-48 with 8:53 left, the Keydets rallied, scoring the next eight points to cut the gap to five. However, VMI missed a shot and the Eagles scored four straight for the win. \

see microfilm for box score

Keywords:
BASKETBALL



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