{"id":347,"date":"2012-02-03T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T14:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/?p=347"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:08:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T14:08:44","slug":"blue-stars-hang-on-for-mens-basketball-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/03\/blue-stars-hang-on-for-mens-basketball-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Stars hang on for men&#8217;s basketball win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Western Community College Blue Stars men&#8217;s basketball team won its first home game of the spring semester, knocking off the Lord Fairfax Cannons 88-84 on Jan. 28. Trailing by three points at halftime, the Blue Stars&#8217; pressure defense and the hot shooting of Rolando Holmes and Eric Slone (20 points apiece) led them back. Saveyon Taylor sealed the victory down the stretch with crucial free throws. The Cannons&#8217; Charles Hudnall scored a game-high 22 points. The Blue Stars&#8217; next home game is against New River Community College at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Western Community College Blue Stars men&#8217;s basketball team won its first home game of the spring semester, knocking off the Lord Fairfax Cannons 88-84 on Jan. 28. Trailing by three points at halftime, the Blue Stars&#8217; pressure defense and the hot shooting of Rolando Holmes and Eric Slone (20 points apiece) led them&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/2012\/02\/03\/blue-stars-hang-on-for-mens-basketball-win\/\">Continue Reading<span> Blue Stars hang on for men&#8217;s basketball win<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","category-campus-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jaime Shetrone","author_link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/news\/author\/jshetrone\/"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue Stars hang on for men&#039;s basketball win - 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