SALEM, VA--The Maryville College (TN) Fighting Scots won the 10th Annual V Foundation Classic with a 79-75 win over host Roanoke College on the men's basketball court on Tuesday evening in Salem, VA. The Scots handed the Maroons just their second loss in the tournament in improving to 7-2 on the season. The Maroons fall to 4-3 on the year. In the tournament's consolation game Mt. Union downed Transylvania, 72-69. Maryville senior Ben Robison was named the tournament's MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament team by teammate Josh Tummel and Roanoke's Robby Pridgen.
Maryville (TN) 79, Roanoke 75
Maryville led for all but 1:23 of the game in getting the win over host Roanoke. Led by Robison's 17 points, the Scots got their second win of the season over the Maroons of Roanoke College. Josh Tummel and Sidney Ellis each added 15 points for the Scots, who turned the ball over just nine times in the 40 minutes of play.
Holding on to a 10-point lead with 5:36 remaining in the ball game, the Scots allowed Roanoke to go on a 10-2 run over the next four minutes, a run that, capped by a Nathan Stewart three-pointer with 1:21 to go, made the score 74-72. The Maroons missed their two field goal attempts in the final minute of the game and when Tummel threw down his second dunk of the game, that with 12 seconds left to play, the Scots iced the win. Maryville led by as many as 13 points in the second half of play. The Scots had to play a majority of the second half minus the services of Tummel, who was on the bench with foul trouble.
Leading by four with 41:8 to go in the first half, the Scots quickly pushed the lead to 12 (with 2:25 to go), but the Maroons, sparked by three points from Joe Milton cut the lead to four at the break, 45-41. Maryville scored the first six points of the second half, forcing the Maroons to make their comeback attempt.
Pridgen finished the game with 34 points for the Maroons, 20 coming in the first half, when he was 7-for-10 from the field, including 4-for-6 from three point range. Pridgen also made all seven of his free throw tries and dished out five assists. Josh Foster finished the game with 17 points for the Maroons, who blocked seven MC shots in the contest.
Mount Union 72, Transylvania 69The Mount Union Purple Raiders won the consolation game of the tournament with a 72-69 win over Transylvania. MTU's Aaron Brownsword was named to the All-Tournament team and was joined by Transylvania's Jimmy Kosieniak. The Purple Raiders improved to 8-2 with the win, while the Pioneers fell to 5-4.
Transylvania took control of the scoreboard with 3:42 to go in the first half on a three-pointer by Nick Nash, one of 11 threes by the Pioneers in the game. TU extended its lead out to as many as eight points in the second half, but the Purple Raiders slowly chipped their way back into the ball game and on a free throw from Curtis Stevens with 8:12 to go took their first lead of the second half. Trailing by two with just 24 seconds to play, the Pioneers had a chance to take the lead when Nathan Valentine was awarded three free throws. He made just one, however, and the Purple Raiders secured the win on Clay Sanders' two free throws with five seconds to play.
