Sophomore guard Kye Robinson scored 30 points for the second straight night to lead the eighth ranked University of Mary Washington men's basketball team to a 91-77 victory at Southern Virginia University on Thursday night. The Eagles improve to 21-3 on the season.

The Eagles struggled out of the gate playing their second game in as many nights, as they trailed, 18-9, with 13:03 remaining in the first. From there, UMW went on a 13-0 run, keyed by three point baskets from junior Jadon Burgess (two) and Robinson.

Sophomore Colin Mitchell added a pair of three pointers to extend UMW's lead to 28-20with 6:56 left, and a pair of Kaden Bates free throws with 5:15 on the clock pushed the lead to double figures, 32-22. Five points from Robinson and three pointers from Mitchell and junior Hasan Hammad pushed the Eagle advantage to 45-30 at halftime.

In the second half, the Eagles maintained a double-digit lead until 12:24 left, when the Knights cut the deficit to 54-45. Southern Virginia pulled to within 57-50, but would never draw closer, as UMW shot better than 50% from the floor again to pull away.

Robinson scored 30 points on 9-19 shooting, making his only three point shot and went 11-13 from the free throw line. Junior Jay Randall went 7-8 from the floor en route to 19 points, and Mitchell netted 15 points on 5-8 shooting from three. Burgess scored 13 as well. Robinson also led with eight rebounds, four steals, and four assists.

UMW went 29-55 from the floor (52.7%), making 11-25 three point attempts and 22-25 free throws.Southern Virginia shot 45.5% (25-55), making 7-21 threes and 20-30 free throws. The Eagles forced 14 turnovers while committing just six.

The Eagles will close the regular season next Tuesday, when they visit UC Santa Cruz at 9:00 pm Eastern.