Jan. 3, 2007

Box Score

Fayetteville State University did not have enough offensive fire power to get their first win of the new year as the Trojans of Virginia State University handed the Broncos a 71-57 defeat at Capel Arena. The Trojans jumped to an early seven point lead less than five minutes into the contest and never looked back as they took a 18-point cushion into the locker room at halftime, leading 38-28. Second half action saw VSU extending their lead to 22 points before FSU could shave the deficit to 14-points with 1:33 left in the contest. Andy Gebru and Mike Moses led FSU scorers with 10 points. VSU was led by three players, all in double-figures. Leading VSU in scoring were Avis Wyatt, 17 Michael Askew, 16 and Trey Menes with 10-points. The loss dropped FSU to 5-5 overall and 1-2 in the CIAA while VSU improved to 8-2 and remained undefeated in conference action at 3-0.