VMI faces WCU in SoCon tourney

No. 9 seed Western Carolina (7-24, 4-14) vs. No. 8 seed VMI (10-20, 4-14)
Southern Conference Tourney First Round, U.S. Cellular Center, Asheville, North Carolina; Friday, 5 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Western Carolina is set to match up against VMI in the first round of the SoCon tournament. In the regular season, VMI won both of the head-to-head matchups. The teams last played each other on Feb. 23, when the Keydets outshot Western Carolina 44.6 percent to 41.8 percent and had five fewer turnovers e