The Virginia Military Institute is annually one of the highest-scoring teams in the country. Six years ago, it scored 156 points in a game. A year later, it matched that school-record score.

Since 2006, the Keydets have scored more than 122 points 10 times. That’s all a result of coach Dugger Baucom’s style. VMI plays at a frantic pace and tries to run teams out of the gym.

It didn’t work Saturday. Wright State beat the Keydets 92-59 at the Nutter Center, holding them almost 26 points under their average. VMI’s previous lowest-scoring game of the season came in a 94-69 loss at West Virginia.

VMI’s two big men, Stan Okoye and D.J. Covington, combined for 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting. They came into the game averaging 35.7 between them.

“I thought we had a plan,” said Wright State coach Billy Donlon said. “When you put a plan together, I’m a big believer that you try to do one or two things that no one else has done. Early in the season, there’s a better chance you can do that.

“We tried to deny Okoye anytime we could. Nobody else has done that. This is like pickup basketball. If your guy doesn’t catch it, he can’t score. It’s pretty simple. I wanted to limit his touches. We were going to have four or five different guys guarding him. That was going to wear him out. I wanted to frustrate him. He’s used to catching it. We did a good job of that.

“The other thing is after the first six minutes, we played compact, protected the lane and then flew to get to 3-point shooters. We were able to do that very well.”

VMI hit four 3-pointers in the first eight minutes. They were 4-of-4 at that point. Over the last 32 minutes, they were 2-of-15.

Wright State also beat VMI on the boards 39-29. That’s VMI’s lowest rebound total of the season. The Keydets came into the game leading the Big South in rebounding.

Young’s performance: Junior forward Jerran Young had his best game as a Raider, Donlon said. The transfer from McLennan Junior College had career highs in points (6), rebounds (8) and minutes (16).

On a key possession in the first half, Young kept a possession alive three times. He rebounded a missed free throw, then batted out a rebound off a missed 3-pointer to Reggie Arceneaux behind the 3-point line, then did it again after a missed 3 by Matt Vest.

The Raiders ended up scoring three points on the play. AJ Pacher was fouled, and VMI was whistled for a technical foul. Arceneaux hit 1-of-2 technical foul free throws, and Pacher then hit both free throws.

That sequence gave the Raiders a 38-28 lead and all the momentum at halftime.

“Our style is different for Jerran, and I’ve got to meet Jerran a little bit of the way on the road we’re on together,” Donlon said. “He’s done a great job of starting to meet us and my expectations. He was terrific. When he got into the game, he blocked a couple of Okoye’s shots, and that really bothered him.

“Those three straight offensive rebounds, that is the most frustrating thing. When you get stops and they tip it out, it is miserable. Never mind to do it three straight times on the same possession.”

Bench effort: Twelve different players scored for the Raiders, who were able to empty their bench in the final five minutes.

Walk-on Daniel Collie, a freshman from Parkersburg, W.V., who made his Raider debut, was the only player who didn’t score.

Walk-on Stephen Gossard, a sophomore who appeared in nine games last season and hit one basket, had 4 points in six minutes.

Freshman Jacoby Roddy made his third appearance of the season, scoring 2 points.

Bobo Drumond, who had played one minute in the last three games, also got some time. He had 2 points in eight minutes.

Looking ahead: The Raiders’ next game is Saturday at 2 p.m. at Hofstra in Hempstead, N.Y. That’s on Long Island, just east of New York City. Hofstra is 3-7. It lost its fifth game in a row Saturday 88-84 to Long Island-Brooklyn.