Yellow Jackets Square Off with Randolph in Semifinals
SALEM, Va. --- The Randolph-Macon College
Men's Basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the 2012 ODAC
Tournament with a 99-91 overtime win against Eastern Mennonite.
The Yellow Jackets will square off with Randolph College in a
rematch of the 2011 ODAC tournament title game. The WildCats
defeated Guilford, 75-53, in the final quarterfinal on Friday
night.
R-MC (21-5) led by 10 points after a Dylan Cole bucket
made the score 74-64 with just over five minutes to play. The
Royals rallied, using a 17-7 run and tying the game on a
three-pointer by Adam Burroughs.
Randolph-Macon took the ball out and Trent Walker went
the length of the court for a layup, drew a foul and would put the
Yellow Jackets in front 84-81 with the ensuing free-throw with four
seconds to play.
EMU then sent the game to overtime with a Dajon Daniel
three-pointer that rattled in as the horn sounded.
R-MC scored the first four points of overtime, taking an 88-84
advantage on a Andre Simon lay in. Two Corey
Sheppard free-throws for EMU would cut the Jackets lead to two at
88-86 with 3:33 left in the extra frame. Randolph-Macon
scored the next four points and made 7-of-10 free-throws in the
final 1:22 to claim its third win in as many years versus the
Royals in the league tournament.
Simon led Randolph-Macon with 20 points and 15
rebounds. Lamar Giggetts had 20 points as
well, while Calvin Croskey had 17 and Dylan Cole had
12. Simon's 15 boards and nine rebounds by Jamie
Robinson helped R-MC to a 46-38 edge on the glass. The
win also gives Croskey and fellow senior Adam Desgain the
92nd victory of their career, which is a new program
record.
EMU (12-15) was led by Andrew Thorne's double-double as he dropped
in a game-high 26 points to go with 10 rebounds. He was
8-of-12 from the field and made 9-of-12 foul shots. Daniel
added 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and Owen Longacre and R.J.
Sims each chipped in 14 points.
Eastern Mennonite sprinted out to an early 9-2 advantage before
the Jackets went on a 21 run, taking an 11 point lead at 23-12
following a Giggetts basket.
Randolph-Macon would take a 40-27 lead into the lockeroom at
halftime. EMU rallied, scoring 26 of the first 36
points of the second stanza to take a five point lead with 12
minutes to go.
R-MC then responded with a 22-7 run of its own to give them a 10
point edge with five minutes to go in the game.
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