CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's basketball team set a new program record for the most points in a Big South Conference game with a milestone-filled effort as the Blue Hose knocked off VMI on Thursday night at Templeton Center, 94-74.

PC wins its third straight to improve to 11-13 overall and 5-9 in the Big South. The Blue Hose will look to make it four in a row on Saturday in the Senior Night home finale when the squad hosts Liberty at 7 p.m.

VMI moves to 12-12 on the year and 7-7 in Big South play.

Al'Lonzo Coleman (Charlotte, N.C.), Khalid Mutakabbir (Suwanee, Ga.) and Josh Johnson (Hendersonville, Tenn.) all scored at least 20 points against the Keydets, marking the first time three Blue Hose cracked the 20-point barrier in PC's Division I history.

Coleman posted his third straight double-double with 26 points and 12 rebounds, both game-highs. The redshirt senior also cracked 1,400 points for his career on the evening with his 18^th point early in the second half. The double-double gives him his eighth for the season and 23rd for his career.

Mutakabbir reached a milestone of his own, scoring his 1,000^th point with a jumper in the lane that put PC up 15-10 at the 13:40 mark. The junior finished with 20 points and became the second Blue Hose in the Division I era and the 21^st under head coach Gregg Nibert to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

Johnson scored 22 points for the Blue Hose on the evening, two shy of his career high. Johnson hit a team-high four three pointers on the night.

PC shot a season-best 59.6 percent from the floor (34-for-57), buoyed by a 69.2 shooting percentage (18-for-26) in the second half. The Blue Hose also outscored VMI in the paint 48-20 and out-rebounded the Keydets by a 35-24 margin.

PC's 94 points eclipsed the program's previous-highest total in a Big South game, set when the Blue Hose scored 92 at VMI on December 4, 2010.

Keith Gabriel led VMI with 18 points. Stan Okoye led the Keydets on the boards with seven rebounds.

The Blue Hose raced to a fast start thanks to nine consecutive points from Josh Johnson in the first eight minutes. Down 6-2, Johnson hit three straight three-pointers to kick-start a 19-10 PC run that led to a 27-12 lead with 10:25 left in the first. Johnson capped the run with another trey, bringing his total to four in the first half.

VMI cut into the PC lead but the Blue Hose responded. Coleman caught Johnson for the team lead in first-half points (12) to keep PC ahead and push the home team's lead back to a first-half high 17 at the 6:24 mark.

After a Keith Gabriel trey and an Stan Okoye free throw, Coleman hit a free throw and Pierre Miller (Warner Robbins, Ga.) finished a drive to the hoop to extend the Blue Hose lead to 39-23 with 4:30 before halftime. Miller finished the game with a game-high five assists.

The Blue Hose lead stayed in double digits but the Keydets scored five unanswered points when trailing 44-28 to pull within 11 heading into the locker room at halftime, 44-33.

VMI cut the PC advantage into single digits on a Gabriel three shortly after halftime, but four straight from Mutakabbir pushed PC's lead back over 10.

VMI would get within nine on an Okoye trey one minute later but would come no closer. Coleman began a steady stream of scoring that helped the Blue Hose go back up by 15 with 13:30 left in the game. The PC center matched his output from the first half 7:05 into the second, reaching 24 points with 12:55 remaining.

The Blue Hose kept the pressure on as their lead hovered around 15 before a Mutakabbir jumper extended the advantage to 21 at the 5:48 mark, their then-biggest lead of the game.

Mutakabbir provided another highlight reel play with a steal and a vicious dunk to make the score 86-65 with 4:40 to go.

Ryan McTavish (Mt. Airy, Md.) hit a three-pointer 17 seconds later to push PC's lead to 24 points, their biggest lead of the night.

PC put an exclamation point on the win in the final seconds when Mac Lake (Prosperity, S.C.) lobbed an alley-oop pass to Joshua Clyburn (Charlotte, N.C.), who slammed it home to bring the crowd to its feet and seal the win.