Parakhouski leads 3 players with double-doubles as Radford defeats VMI 109-91
By APThursday, January 21, 2010
Radford rolls past VMI 109-91
RADFORD, Va. — Art Parakhouski scored 30 points and had 11 rebounds to lead three Radford players with double-doubles as the Highlanders rolled past Virginia Military Institute 109-91 on Thursday night.
Lazar Trifunovic had 27 points and 14 rebounds and Joey Lynch-Flohr added 17 points and 10 rebounds for Radford (10-7, 6-2 Big South Conference), which shot 57.7 percent from the floor (45-for-78) and had 49 rebounds.
It was the Highlanders’ highest point total since scoring 114 against the Keydets on Feb. 14, 2006.
Parakhouski, who entered fourth in the nation in scoring (23.1), went 12-for-17 from the field and grabbed 11 rebounds for his 14th double-double of the season.
Gorkem Sonmez added 14 points for Radford.
Stan Okoye scored 23 points, Keith Gabriel had 16 and Hunter Houston and Ron Burks added 15 points each for VMI (5-12, 1-7), which has lost nine of its past 10.