Yellow Jackets to Face EMU in Semifinals

SALEM, Va. --- Second-seeded Randolph-Macon advanced to the ODAC semifinals with a 63-56 quarterfinal victory over the seventh-seeded Maroons of Roanoke College Friday evening at the Salem Civic Center. 

Randolph-Macon advances to face either Eastern Mennonite or Hampden-Sydney at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.

R-MC (22-4) was led by Jordan Brown and Danny Jones who each had 13 points in the win.  Eric Pugh chipped in with 11 for the Jackets as well.  Jones and Brown had eight and seven rebounds, respectively, helping Randolph-Macon to a 39-31 edge on the glass.  Jones also paced the R-MC reserves to a 25-9 edge over RC's bench.

Despite shooting just 6-of-16 and turning the ball over 13 times, R-MC was able to take a 27-22 lead into the locker room at intermission.

The Jackets came out in the second stanza and pushed ahead by seven points afterBrandon Braxton made two free-throws with just over 17 minutes to play in the game. 

Roanoke (12-15) chipped away and pulled within one point when Melvin Felix drained a three-pointer making the score 36-35 with 8:43 to play.

Randolph-Macon scored the next six points, taking a 42-35 advantage when Brown knocked down a three-pointer just under eight minutes to play.

RC responded with the next six points, again cutting it one on a Corey Poindexter lay in with just over six minutes left on the clock.

R-MC then pulled away, scoring eight of the next nine points, extending its lead to 50-42 on a Pugh bucket with 3:02 to go.

RC was able to cut it to five on a Felix free-throw with 2:15 remaining but, the Jackets made 11-of-13 free-throw attempt in the final 1:43 to seal the win. 

Logan Singleton and Poindexter each had 12 for RC, while Felix and Kwasi Amponsah had 11 and 10, respectively.

This release is courtesy of the Randolph-Macon College sports information department.