Safford, Klesmit lift Wofford over VMI in SoCon tourney

Updated: Mar 5, 2022, 10:52 pm

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- — Morgan Safford had 17 points as Wofford narrowly beat VMI 68-66 in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference tournament on Saturday.

Austin Patterson's steal with 17 seconds left set up a go-ahead three-point play by Max Klesmit with 7 seconds left.

B.J. Mack and Klesmit scored 15 points each for the Terriers. Mack also had 10 rebounds.

Jake Stephens had 23 points and three assists for the Keydets (16-15). Trey Bonham added 17 points and seven rebounds. Kamdyn Curfman had 10 points.

------

For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and http://twitter.com/AP--Top25

------

This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com