MILLIGAN COLLEGE, TN (February 23, 2005) --- The Milligan College men's basketball team won it's first round AAC match-up with Virginia Intermont (VI) 74-60 Tuesday night on the campus of tournament host King College.

Milligan shot 47 pct. from the field, led by AAC All-Freshman point guard Yony Kifle (Grundy, Va.), who scored 19 points on the night. 

Kifle also led Milligan with seven rebounds.

Freshman Joe Brown (Blountville, Tenn.) had a solid scoring performance with 18 points.  Brown went 4-9 from three point range.   Senior forward Craig Emmert (Cass City, Mich.) contributed 15 points in the contest to go with seven rebounds.

As a team, the Buffs shot 38 pct. from three-point range, and out-rebounded Virginia Intermont 37-34.

Luka Hocevar and Chris Wise had 12 points a piece to lead the Cobras.  

Milligan moves to 17-14, and meets third seed Montreat College (N.C.) at 2:15 p.m. on Thursday.