ETTRICK, Va. -The Winston-Salem State University men's basketball team fell to Virginia State Thursday night inside the Multipurpose Center.
The Rams moved to 10-3 (2-2 CIAA), while VSU improved to 11-4 (4-0 CIAA) on the season.
Jaylen Alston led all scorers with 16 points, while
Jaylon Gibson finished with nine points, and Jermey Dixon scored eight.
DyQuavis Wilkins added seven points to the stat sheet.
The Trojans opened the game with a 26-6 scoring run. Jon Hicklin hit a lay-up with 7:31 to play in the first half to make the score 26-8. The Rams had a few stops on defense and went into the half only down 10, 33-22.
VSU opened the second half on a 6-1 scoring run. VSU increased their lead to 22 with 11:24 remaining in the game.
Jeremy Dixon hit back-to-back threes to cut into VSU's lead making the score, 53-36 with 8:06 to play in the game.
A quick turnover and then a steal by
Samage Teel put the Rams down 13, 57-44 with 3:26 to play.
WSSU could not overcome the hump and VSU finished the game with a final score of 66-52.
Winston-Salem State University is back in action on Saturday taking on Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina at 4 p.m.
