THE GAME FACTS

• Score:  Randolph-Macon 60, Roanoke 53
• Records:  Yellow Jackets 9-4, 6-1 ODAC; Maroons 11-2, 5-1 ODAC
• Location:  Ashland, Va.
• The Short Story: Randolph-Macon outscored the Roanoke women's basketball team in the first half to sneak by the Maroons 60-53 in Roanoke's first road ODAC contest of 2023. Rose Sande led the Maroons with a team-high 17 points while Sayre Brandstatter grabbed six rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 10-2 lead midway through the first quarter before Roanoke responded with a 6-2 run to close out the opening period with R-MC leading 12-8.
• Both teams found an offensive rhythm early in the second quarter, with Roanoke scoring 14 points and the Yellow Jackets with 17. Unfortunately, neither team was able to score in the final 2:20 of the half after Sande made a jump shot at that time.
• The third quarter went back and forth throughout the period R-MC pushed their lead to 10 points.
• The Yellow Jackets pushed their lead to as many as 13 in the fourth quarter, but the Maroons responded by going on a 13-3 run to pull within three on a pair of free throws by Nora Schroeder with 27 seconds left. However, R-MC made all four free throws to finish the game and escape with a 60-53 win.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Roanoke led the Yellow Jackets in both points in the paint (20-18) and bench points (25-3).
• In addition to Sande's 17 points, Lauren Keel reached double-figures with 13.

UP NEXT

• The Maroons finish up a two-game road trip with an ODAC contest on Wednesday, January 11 at Washington and Lee in Lexington. Tip-off with the Generals is scheduled for 5 p.m.