WISE, VA (February 5, 2005) --- The Milligan College Buffaloes (14-12, 10-8 AAC) defeated UVA-Wise (3-23, 3-15 AAC) in Appalachian Athletic Conference action by a score of 74-53 in Wise Saturday evening. 

Senior forward Craig Emmert (Cass City, Mich.) led the Buffs in scoring with 23 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Freshman point guard Yony Kifle (Grundy, Va.) added 12 points while dishing out five assist. A pair of guards Joe Brown (Blountville, Tenn.) and Jordan Simmons (Erwin, Tenn.) also scored in double-digits with 11 and 10 points respectively.

UVA-Wise was led by Blake Mellinger with 14 points.

“The team played well tonight,” said Milligan assistant coach Tae Norwood, “we were able to shut their offense down with great team defense tonight.”

Milligan out shot the Cavaliers 53.3 pct (24-45) to 33.3 pct (18-54) and the Buffs out rebounded UVA-Wise 38-29 in the victory.

Next for Milligan is an AAC home contest against Brevard (N.C.) College Tuesday at the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse as tip off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Brevard won the earlier match-up on January 6 by a 74-68 score at Brevard.