WVSU Jacket Men Win Fifth Straight, Open Walker Victory

INSTITUTE, West Virginia  --  It did not matter that an 11-point lead had slipped away with 1:47 to play.
   
The WVSU men's basketball team was not going to allow rival Charleston to spoil the opening of their new home.
   
Playing scrambling, tenacious defense, the Yellow Jackets accounted for the final four points of the game to pick up a hard fought 78-74 win in front of a standing room only crowd in the brand new 1,350 seat Walker Convocation Center.
   
Senior Anton Hutchins sank a pair of free throws with 1:24 remaining and Dimitrios Jelen-Joy followed suit with 42 seconds showing and the Jacket defense did the rest.
      
Dominic Phillips had a big game for WVSU with 20 points while Hutchins added 19, and Juan Johnson 12.
     
The Yellow Jackets will now host Notre Dame Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in a first round Mountain East Conference tournament game.

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