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Sunday, December 02, 2007
Carter plays hero for Army
Army senior Grant Carter had only hit one three-pointer thus far this season. He only took one against VMI. He will probably remember it for a long, long time.

Carter's trey, with 1.6 seconds to play, gave the Black Knights a 71-69 win over VMI. VMI thought it won the game with a three at the buzzer off an inbounds play that was triggered with .3 seconds on the clock. But the shot was waived off since by rule, you cannot catch and shoot in that amount of time. For Carter, who came off the bench with 14.5 seconds to play for his only shot of the game. His only other made shot this season was also a three.

The real star of the win, though, was the Army defense, which held the nation's highest scoring team 34 points below its 103.7 ppg average. It was just the second time all season VMI has scored fewer than 87 points. Only Ohio State has held the Keydets to fewer (59).

VMI shot just 35.2 percent from the field (21-58), 13-35 from the arc and missed 8 free throws on 22 attempts.

Jarrell Brown also had his hot hand in the win. If the Army senior should win the Patriot League scoring title this season by a narrow margin, folks will look back at VMI's distaste for long possessions and halfcourt defense and suggest an asterisk be added. Brown went off for a 34-point, 10-rebound double-double, both numbers career-highs. Army shot 58.7 percent (27-46) from the field, 9 for 11 at the arc.
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