Salem, Va. --- Roanoke forced overtime against Muskingum for the second-straight meeting, but this time the Maroons avenged their loss to the Muskies with a 76-67 win to win the 15^th Annual V-Foundation Classic Saturday. Curtis Peery and Corey Poindexter each earned all-tournament honors with Peery taking home MVP honors.

Roanoke (3-1), who is now 18-11 all-time in overtime games all-time, is now 1-1 in those against Muskingum, who defeated the Maroons, 83-79 in the Washington & Lee Classic. Moir, who just passed Bill Leatherman for second all-time in career wins among ODAC Coaches (335), is now 13-8 in overtime games and 9-4 against Ohio Div. III schools.

It was as intense as the first meeting, with nine ties and 11 lead changes. The Maroons won this time by outscoring the Muskies, 46-28 off the bench, 9-5 in second chance points and 24-15 in points off turnovers. Both teams shot over 50-percent as Roanoke held the advantage shooting 54% from the floor including 42% from three-point range.

Muskingum stormed out to an early 8-0 lead just five minutes into the contest before Roanoke woke up with a 14-0 run over the next six minutes to make it 14-8 with 8:47 left in the first half.

Will Sheppard kept the Maroons going with six points to lead a 10-2 run to put them up 11, 24-13 at the 5:14 mark. It was the largest lead for both teams.

The Muskies cut their deficit to within a bucket as they closed the half on a 13-4 run to make it 28-26 heading into the locker room. Cory Bourquin led his team scoring nine points during that span.

Muskingum kept it close in the second half as they took the lead off a Tyler Felt jumper to give them a 36-34 lead with 12:46 remaining. From that point on, the lead changed back and forth as they traded buckets for the remainder of the second half.

After Zach Milton's free throw made it 53-51, the Muskies scored three-straight baskets to give them their largest lead, 57-53 with 2:22 remaining after Trever Scott's lay-up.

After a Roanoke timeout, Poindexter was fouled after hitting a three-pointer and converted a four-point play to tie the game at 57-all with 2:05 remaining.

With the game tied at 59-all with :39-seconds left, Drew Gaeng hit a fade away jumper to give his team a two-point lead as Muskingum called timeout.

A Roanoke foul put Felt on the line as he sank both free throws to tie the game with 12-seconds left. Gaeng had an opportunity to win the game with one-second left, but his jumper fell short as the Muskies forced overtime.

In the extra period, Felt hit a jumper to give Muskingum a two-point lead. A lay-up by Hershberger with 3:06 left gave them their last lead, 67-66.

From that point on, the Maroons scored the final 10 points of the game led by Peery and Poindexter, scoring seven of those points during the final stretch to win their third game of the season.

Peery, who made the V-Foundation All-Tournament team for the second time in his career, earned it by scoring 35 points and pulled down 15 rebounds for the weekend. He had 17 points and six boards including 7-of-8 from the free throw line in the win. Peery is closing in on his 1,000^th point, just 56 points shy of becoming the 31^st player in program history to do so. The senior forward from Salem had his fourth game in double-figures this season, 46^th of his career.

Poindexter, a sophomore transfer from Tusculum (Div. II), scored 25 points including 5-of-7 from three-point range in addition to five assists this weekend. The 16 points scored today was a season-best along with his four three-pointers.

Kendrick Chittock has improved his numbers in nearly every game this season as he notched yet another career-high with 13 points, hitting all five shots from the field in addition to five rebounds. Sheppardalso had a career-high eight points of 4-of-5 shooting from the floor with two rebounds. Matt Crizer finished with nine points, hitting 3-of-5 from beyond the arc with two steals.

Muskingum (2-2) were led by Cory Bourquin and Nick Hershberger with 14 points each. Hershberger and Trevor Scott, who had 38 points and eight steals in the tournament, were named to the all-tournament team. Pat Byrne had 13 points and five rebounds while Tyler Felt finished with 11 points and six boards for the Muskies.

The men will travel to Newport News, Va. to play in the Christopher Newport Tournament Nov. 28-29. They will battle tournament-host Christopher Newport on Friday at 7:30 and will play either Otterbein (OH) or Wesley (DE) in the consolation/championship on Saturday at either 5 or 7:30 p.m.

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