College Men’s Basketball Final – Randolph-Macon 103, Guilford 58

ASHLAND, Va. – Chris Hamilton made all five three-point shots and scored a game-high 16 points in Randolph-Macon College’s 103-58 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men’s basketball win over Guilford College Saturday.

The win gave the Yellow Jackets (15-4, 9-1 ODAC) sole possession of first place in the league and avenged a 73-71 loss at Guilford (14-5, 8-2 ODAC) in November.

Jamie Wilson came off the bench to make three straight first-half three-pointers, opening a 17-8 Randolph-Macon lead. After a timeout, the Quakers answered with a Zeb Richardson basket that made it 17-10 10:49 before halftime. The Yellow Jackets scored 14 of the game’s next 20 points, including three-pointers by Hamilton and Connor Sullivan. Wilson added his fourth three-pointer later in the period as Randolph-Macon opened a 45-24 halftime lead.

Guilford drew no closer than 19 points in the second half. Randolph-Macon connected on 19-of-32 (59.4%) field-goal attempts in the period, including six-of-10 three-pointers. Hamilton made three second-half three-pointers.

Wilson finished with 14 points, 12 in the first half, and Sullivan added 13 points and five assists. Akeem Holmes contributed 13 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks off the bench. The Yellow Jackets shot 55.2 percent from the floor and committed just six turnovers.

Matt McCarthy scored 15 points and Zeb Richardson added 12 for the Quakers, who shot just 29.4% from the floor. Jake Hopkins had six points and a team-high eight rebounds.

Guilford hosts Roanoke College Wednesday (2/5) night at 7:00 p.m.

Guilford vs Randolph-Macon
02/01/14 4:00 p.m. at Ashland, VA – Crenshaw Gym
At Ashland, VA – Crenshaw Gym

RANDOLPH-MACON – 103
GUILFORD – 58

GUILFORD (14-5, 8-2 ODAC): McCARTHY, Matt 5-11 3-3 15; RICHARDSON, Zeb 6-11 0-0 12; HYATT, Trever 2-14 3-4 7; HOPKINS, Jake 3-8 0-0 6; SPAINHOUR, Josh 2-4 0-0 5; STOKELY, Robbie 1-6 2-2 4; FURR, Alston 1-7 1-2 3; REINEY, Michael 0-2 2-2 2; ROGERS, David 0-1 2-2 2; CARL-JACQUES,Cameran 0-0 2-2 2; KOPPENHAVER, Will 0-2 0-0 0; HORTON, Austin 0-0 0-0 0; HOUSTON, Zachary 0-1 0-0 0; BYRD, Michael 0-0 0-0 0; WOODRUFF, Daniel 0-0 0-0 0; EARNHARDT, Brandon 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-68 15-17 58.

RANDOLPH-MACON (15-4, 9-1 ODAC): HAMILTON, Chris 5-6 1-2 16; WILSON, Jamie 4-6 2-2 14; SULLIVAN, Connor 4-8 2-2 13; HOLMES, Akeem 5-11 2-4 13; BADGER, Marcus 4-8 1-2 9; HASSELL, Joe 3-3 0-0 6; SIMON, Andre 2-6 2-2 6; ROBINSON, Jamie 1-2 4-4 6; MOORE, Lamont 3-6 0-0 6; WALKER, Trent 2-4 1-2 5; NGUNDJI, Boris 2-2 0-0 4; JACKSON, Evan 1-3 1-2 3; TAYLOR, Michael 1-1 0-0 2; FROMANG, Hunter 0-0 0-0 0; JOHNSON, Davis 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-67 16-22 103.

   Guilford......................   24   34  -   58
   Randolph-Macon................   45   58  -  103

3-point goals–Guilford 3-13 (McCARTHY, Matt 2-6; SPAINHOUR, Josh 1-2; HYATT, Trever 0-3; FURR, Alston 0-1; REINEY, Michael 0-1), Randolph-Macon 13-20 (HAMILTON, Chris 5-5; WILSON, Jamie 4-6; SULLIVAN, Connor 3-5; HOLMES, Akeem 1-1; ROBINSON, Jamie 0-1; MOORE, Lamont 0-2).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Randolph-Macon-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 36 (HOPKINS, Jake 8), Randolph-Macon 45 (HOLMES, Akeem 10).
Assists–Guilford 6 (SPAINHOUR, Josh 2; McCARTHY, Matt 2), Randolph-Macon 25 (SULLIVAN, Connor 5).
Total fouls–Guilford 16, Randolph-Macon 16.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Randolph-Macon-None.
A-500

Old Dominion Athletic Conference game