The Virginia Wesleyan University men's basketball team (10-1, 3-1 ODAC) defeated cross-bay rival CNU 74-68. 

Jordan Crump led the offense with 13 points shooting 5-for-12 from the field, had six rebounds, two assists, and one steal, Khai Seargeant recorded 12 points shooting 3-for-11 from the field, one rebound, four assists, and two steals, and Amari Moorer registered his first-career double-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks, and one steal. 

Miles Wallace scored 12 points shooting 3-for-6 from the field, grabbed three rebounds, four assists, and three steals, and teammate Braden Justice shot 3-for-6 from the field, and 3-for-5 from beyond the arc, and had three rebounds. 

Keys to the Game:

• The Marlins shot 23-for-55 (41.8%) from the field, 7-for-13 from beyond the arc, and went 21-for-27 from the free throw line, compared to the Captains who shot 25-for-73 (34.2%) from the field and 8-for-20 from three-point territory and was 10-for-23 from the charity stripe. 
• CNU outrebounded the Marlins 50-40 with a 23-8 advantage in offensive rebounds, to give them a 21-5 advantage in second-chance points, and scored 34 points in the paint compared to the Marlins' 30. 
• VWU caused 13 turnovers with eight blocks and 10 steals to score 14 points off turnovers, while Christopher Newport caused 15 turnovers with eight blocks and nine steals scoring 11 points off turnovers. 

How it Happened:

The Marlins dominated in the first five minutes of play shooting 5-for-8 from the field and 2-for-3 from three-point territory to take a big 12-2 lead on the road that forced a CNU timeout. 

Over the next ten minutes the Captains chipped away at the Marlins lead, outscoring VWU 17-9 to cut the lead down to 21-19. Virginia Wesleyan kept strong and got to the free throw line where they shot 4-for-6 to increase their lead to 30-26 at the end of the first half. 

Christopher Newport made some critical halftime adjustments and went on a 15-10 run to take their first lead of the game at 41-40 with 13:12 left in the second half. The Marlins responded with a 7-1 run with two key threes from Crump and Khaliyl Davis to take a 47-42 lead over the Captains. 

Virginia Wesleyan held on to their lead, however, CNU inched closer to the Marlins with an 8-3 run to bring the score to 59-57 with 5:01 left in regulation. Over the next three minutes, both teams needed to dig deep and VWU handled business and went on a 9-4 run shooting 3-for-4 in that span to lead 68-61. 

CNU responded with a three-pointer to cut the advantage to four points, but the Marlins made some clutch free throws down to stretch to seal the 74-68 win over the Captains.