VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University men’s basketball team climbed up one spot this week in the final NJCAA Division I National Rankings for the 2023-24 season to No. 4 in the country.
The Blazes closed down the 2023-24 regular season Tuesday night in the Physical Education Complex on Sophomore night and came away with an 84-65 victory over the Kaskaskia College Blue Devils.
VU sophomore Kris King (Washington, D.C.) caught fire from behind the arc in the second half Tuesday night, connecting on six of eight three-point shots and scored 20 of his career-high 26 points in the second half.
Vincennes got off to a great start Tuesday night, working the ball into the paint and putting together an early 8-0 scoring run to take an 8-2 lead.
Kaskaskia would battle back and even the score at 28-28 before VU picked up the first double-digit lead of the night with an 11-0 run to lead 39-28.
The Blue Devils answered with a pair of buckets before halftime, cutting the deficit to seven and heading into the locker room break trailing the Blazers 39-32.
Vincennes again looked to create some separation on the scoreboard early in the second half and were able to use an 8-3 run to take a 50-37 lead before growing the lead even further with an 8-0 run to take a 60-43 lead.
The teams would trade baskets for most of the later part of the second half, with Kaskaskia unable to go on a scoring run of their own before VU helped seal the game with five unanswered to take their largest lead of the night at 84-61.
Kaskaskia would score the final two baskets of the game but were unable to get back within single digits as VU closed out the 2023-24 regular season winning 84-65 over the Blue Devils.
