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UNC Greensboro (21-8) heads into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 13 seed in the NCAA Tournament after earning its second SoCon tournament title in four years.
The Spartans will take on Florida State (16-6) in a First Round contest slated for Saturday at Banker’s Life Fieldhouse, with tip-off set for 12:45 p.m. on TruTV.
The matchup with Florida State holds some obvious intrigue given the ACC background of Spartans head coach and former North Carolina Tar Heel Wes Miller, and with Greensboro being in the heart of ACC country. The Seminoles were in town just Saturday, taking on Georgia Tech in the championship game of the ACC Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum.
VMI upsets SoCon leader UNC-Greensboro, 88-77
Published Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, 12:45 am
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VMI shut down the UNC-Greensboro perimeter game Wednesday night to upset the first-place Spartans 88-77 in a Southern Conference contest at Cameron Hall on Wednesday.
The Keydet defense harassed UNCG into shooting just 7-of-33 (21 percent) from three-point range for the game, including a 1-of-14 mark in the first half.
VMI drilled 14-of-29 (48 percent) from distance to improve to 11-1 at home.
Wednesday’s victory gives the sixth-place Keydets victories over the top four teams in the standings – UNCG, Wofford, Furman and Chattanooga.
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The Chattanooga Mocs had a chance to get a big Southern Conference basketball win Saturday afternoon at McKenzie Arena, but they simply couldn’t hang on when it got to crunch time in the second half.
A 37-34 halftime lead turned into a 74-66 defeat against North Carolina Greensboro after the Spartans outscored the Mocs 40-29 in the final 20 minutes.
Chattanooga has allowed big second halves in all five league games they’ve lost, including 42 points against Furman, 47 against VMI, 52 against the Citadel and 55 against Wofford.
2020/12/23 09:47 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) Mohammed Abdulsalam had 15 points to lead six UNC Greensboro players in double figures as the Spartans easily defeated NC A&T 86-65 on Tuesday night. Keyshaun Langley added 13 points for the Spartans. Hayden Koval, A.J. McGinnis, Isaiah Miller and Khyre Thompson each scored 11. Langley also had nine assists, while Koval posted three blocks. Kameron Langley had 12 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for the Aggies (3-9). Tyrone Lyons added 11 points and eight rebounds. Kwe Parker had 10 points. UNC Greensboro (5-3) will seek its fifth straight win next Wednesday when the team visits The Citadel. NC A&T faces Norfolk State at home next Tuesday.
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