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No. 2 Yellow Jackets take Gettysburg Tip-Off
R-MC uses balanced
attack to take early
season tournament
Staff reports
GETTYSBURG, PA – The
No. 2 ranked Randolph-Macon
College Men’s Basketball
team turned in solid backto-back
performances to
sweep the Gettysburg Tip-Off
Tournament.
On Friday, the Yellow Jackets
opened up the tournament with
an 84-62 win over Shenandoah
then followed that with a 56-42
win over host Gettysburg on
Saturday.
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next time.”
Molly Brown was in the
same boat going 2-for-7. “Her
shots were not falling tonight;
but normally she is a very good
shooter,” LaHaye said. “She
definitely has the green light
when the ball is in her hands,
‘cause she’s one of our better
shooters and she’s not afraid to
shoot, and that’s what it takes.”
Maggie Roy led the Yellow
Jackets on back to back nights,
scoring 12 points against Mary
Washington and 16 against
Ferrum. Roy showed moments
of offensive brilliance hitting
7-of-13 field goals and 2-of-5
three-pointers.
Lindsay Sharman and Katie
Williams added 10 each while
Taylor Wieczorek pulled down
six rebounds on the night.
The final shooting percentages
varied little from first half
and from LaHaye’s standpoint,
the Yellow Jackets needed to just
shoot the ball. “We didn’t even
take the shots that I thought we
had,” she said. “I thought that
our shooters stood around a
little bit. We’ll work on it. The
things that I saw that we can
improve on, can be improved
on. So, I’m pretty excited about
Shooting 50 percent from the
floor in their opener, Randolph-
Macon featured three players in
double-figures, led by 16 points
from Danny Jones, (in 14 minutes
of action off the bench).
Calvin Croskey (13 points) and
Brandon Braxton who scored
12 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
The Yellow Jackets got off
to a good start, taking a 22-8
lead midway through the first
half. From there the lead continued
to grow, reaching 25
points when Braxton converted
a layup with 17 seconds to go
in the half.
R-MC, which shot 69.7 per-
the spirit of this group and also
the potential of it.
“That’s always a tough job
for a coach is making sure
that your shooters continue to
shoot…whether they miss a
basket or six baskets,” LaHaye
added. “You’ve got to shoot,
‘cause you always miss 100 percent
of those shots you don’t
take. But the kids, they want
to be perfect all the time. They
take a lot of pride with their
academics, and they do the
same thing with their basketball;
and they just think that
they’re supposed to play perfect
all time. Sometime that
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cent in the first half, took a
50-26 to lead into the locker
room and then opened the second
half with a 20-5 run in
the opening 10 minutes, taking
a 70-31 advantage on a threepointer
by Croskey.
The Randolph-Macon
bench outscored the SU subs
39-10, while R-MC held a 45-33
edge on the boards.
Facing host Gettysburg,
Randolph-Macon finished the
game on a 19-8 run over the
final six minutes to take the
game 56-42.
R-MC (3-0) was led by alltournament
choice Eric Pugh
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Randolph-Macon’s Taylor Wieczorek (20) goes inside and gets
the hard foul from Shea Smith of Ferrum in the Yellow Jackets’
70-63 Tip-Off Classic loss on Saturday.
gets in the way.”
R-MC plays at Eastern
Mennonite on Tuesday night
then travels to Lynchburg on
Nov. 30.
FERRUM 70, RANDOLPH-
MACON 63
FERRUM (1-2) BULLOCK,
Brittney 7-12 1-2 15; KIPPS, Katy
4-7 0-1 8; SMITH, Shea 3-10 2-
2 8; KEITH, Kristen 4-11 0-0 8;
GOINS, Kayla 3-6 1-2 7; AKERS,
Tesla 3-9 0-0 7; FRAZIER, Kelsey
2-3 0-0 4; CLEMENTS, Ashley 2-4
0-0 4; BURWELL, Boreika 1-2 1-1 3;
TERRY, Teara 1-1 0-0 3; FARMER,
who had a team-high 19 points.
Jones, who was named the tournament’s
Most Outstanding
Player, came off the bench to
score 16 points and grab seven
rebounds in 21 minutes of
action. Jones helped R-MC
to a 35-26 advantage on the
boards for the game. Adam
Desgain and Kevin Voelkel also
grabbed six rebounds.
Gettysburg (1-1) got 24
points and seven rebounds
from all-tournament choice
Andrew Powers. Defensively,
R-MC held GC to just 15 field
goals on the afternoon, including
0-for-8 from beyond the
Amanda 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 31-67 5-
8 70.
RANDOLPH-MACON (2-1) ROY,
Maggie 7-13 0-0 16; WILLIAMS, Katie
3-9 4-4 10; SHARMAN, Lindsey 4-6
2-3 10; WIECZOREK, Taylor 2-4 4-4
8; ASAY, Jillian 1-6 2-2 5; BROWN,
Molly 2-7 0-0 4; O’BRIANT,Jennifer
1-6 2-2 4; CANTRELL, Jordan 0-2
3-4 3; DULANEY, Madison 0-4 3-
4 3; PHELPS, Christina 0-0 0-1 0;
GRUNE, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
20-57 20-24 63.
Ferrum...................... 37 33 - 70
Randolph-Macon..... 28 35 - 63
3-point goals--Ferrum 3-10
(FARMER, Amanda 1-2; AKERS,
Tesla 1-5; TERRY, Teara 1-1; GOINS,
Kayla 0-1; SMITH, Shea 0-1),
Randolph-Macon 3-17 (ROY, Maggie
2-5; ASAY, Jillian 1-3; BROWN,
Molly 0-2; O’BRIANT,Jennifer 0-2;
CANTRELL, Jordan 0-1; DULANEY,
Madison 0-1; WILLIAMS, Katie
0-3). Fouled out--Ferrum-None,
Randolph-Macon-None. Rebounds-
-Ferrum 42 (BULLOCK, Brittney 8),
Randolph-Macon 35 (WIECZOREK,
Taylor 6). Assists--Ferrum 18
(KEITH, Kristen 5), Randolph-
Macon 11 (WILLIAMS, Katie 6).
Total fouls--Ferrum 18, Randolph-
Macon 14. Technical fouls--Ferrum-
None,
Randolph-Macon-None. A-691
three point arc.
The game was a defensive
battled throughout with neither
teams being able to open up
more than a seven-point edge
through the first 35 minutes of
action.
After a Powers bucket
trimmed the Jackets’ lead to 37-
34 with just over six minutes, R-
MC scored the next 10 points,
taking a 47-34 advantage on a
Pugh three-pointer with three
minutes to play in the game.
The Bullets attempted to
rally when a Powers shot pulled
GC within nine at 47-38 with
2:26 to go, but that would be as
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Last week, former Hanover
standout Chelsea Coward
led the Longwood University
women’s basketball team with
a game-high 19 points in a 68-
65 loss to High Point. Coward
has started every game for the
Lancers this season and is the
team’s third-leading scorer at
10.5 points per game. Coward
is shooting .333 percent from
three point range and averaging
5.5 rebounds per game. Lindsey
Martin (Atlee) has played in
two games for the Lancers this
season averaging 3.5 minutes
per contest.
Sophomore Sydney
Henderson (Atlee) turned in a
dominating performance when
the Mount St. Mary’s women’s
basketball team traveled to the
University of Virginia for their
season opener. In 24 minutes
of action, Henderson scored a
career high 17 points on 6-of-
14 shooting while pulling down
three rebounds and getting
three steals in the 81-58 loss.
But with 12:01 to play in the
second half as she scored her
17th point, Henderson suffered
close as they would get as R-MC
scored the next seven points to
seal the game.
Randolph-Macon will be
back in action on Friday when
it travels to Wabash College in
Crawfordsville, IN. to take on
UW-Lacrosse at 6 p.m.
All-Tournament Team:
Mitch Dudley (Shenandoah),
Andrew Powers (Gettysburg),
Alex Zurn (Gettysburg), Eric
Pugh (Randolph-Macon),
Brandon Braxton (Randolph-
Macon).
Most Valuable Player: Danny
Jones (Randolph-Macon).
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a knee injury and will miss the
remainder of the season.
As a freshman, former
Atlee standout Brittany Hill
is one of only two players to
start every game this season for
Quinnipiac University. In three
games Hill is averaging 20.3
minutes of play 3.3 points and
shooting .364 from the floor.
This Friday, Quinnipiac travels
to Vanderbilt and they will play
USC or Princeton on Sunday.
Sophomore Cameron
Colquitt (Atlee) has started two
of three games for Randolph
College this season and is averaging
5.7 points. On the season,
Colquitt is shooting 50 percent
from the floor and 75 percent
from 3-point range while averaging
1.7 rebounds and 1.3
assists per game.
Sophomore Dylan Cole
(Hanover) and freshman Chris
Cook (Lee-Davis) have participated
in two games this season
for the No. 2 ranked Randolph-
Macon men’s basketball team.
Both players are averaging one
rebound a game in six minutes
of action for the undefeated
Yellow Jackets.