ASHLAND, Va. – Taylor Huber scored a game-high 26 points and Katie Anderson tallied all 15 of her points in the second half of Randolph-Macon College’s 80-74 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball win over Guilford College Saturday.
The Yellow Jackets (18-5, 11-3 ODAC) rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to split the season series with Guilford (16-6, 8-5 ODAC) and secure a top-four seed in the upcoming ODAC Tournament.
Guilford’s Gabby Oglesby (Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor) scored 13 of her team-high 16 points and the Quakers shot 57.1% from the floor to take a 45-33 halftime lead. Guilford’s advantage remained at 12 points after a Sarah Burnick basket with 11:15 left in regulation made the score 61-49.
The Yellow Jackets gradually chipped away and pulled to within 63-60 on a Sarah Parsons’ layup with 8:38 to play. Randolph-Macon’s run continued as Guilford went over six minutes without a field goal and momentum shifted to the hosts. Parsons’ layup with 3:41 remaining gave the Yellow Jackets their first lead of the game, 69-68. She contributed six points to the decisive 24-7 run over a nine-minute, 19-second span. Huber, the ODAC’s leading scorer, had the hot hand with all 13 of her second-half points during the run.
After shooting just 28.6% from the floor in the first half, Randolph-Macon connected on 48.5% of its second-half shots against one of the nation’s top defenses. Huber made only six-of-20 field goals, but connected on 11-of-12 free throws and three three-pointers. Anderson added a team-high eight rebounds to her 15 second-half points and Parsons finished with 13 markers. The Yellow Jackets had 16 offensive rebounds, which led to 21 second-chance points.
Morgan King joined Oglesby with a team-high 16 points for Guilford. Oglesby also had a game-best 12 rebounds and four blocks. Brittany Drew (Greensboro, N.C./Page) contributed 15 points, four assists and two steals. Teammate Kayla Adams (Rural Hall, N.C./North Forsyth) chipped in with 11 points and four assists.
The Quakers host Emory & Henry College Monday (2/17) at 7:00 p.m. in an ODAC game rescheduled from Feb. 12 because of snow.
Guilford vs Randolph-Macon
02/15/14 2:00 p.m. at Ashland, VA – Crenshaw Gym
At Ashland, VA – Crenshaw Gym
RANDOLPH-MACON – 80
GUILFORD – 74
GUILFORD (16-6, 8-5 ODAC): KING, Morgan 8-10 0-0 16; OGLESBY, Gabby 7-14 2-3 16; DREW, Brittany 7-16 0-0 15; ADAMS, Kayla 3-8 4-6 11; WEATHERLY, Anais 4-7 0-1 8; BURNICK, Sarah 1-1 2-4 4; WALTERS, Heaven 1-2 0-0 2; TAYLOR, Jennette 1-6 0-1 2; PATRICK, Jessica 0-0 0-0 0; HENDERSON, Natalie 0-0 0-0 0; MARTIN, Miranda 0-0 0-0 0; MOTT, Aja 0-1 0-0 0; ROOKS, Kyleene 0-0 0-0 0; SCOTT, Lila 0-2 0-0 0; HARDIN, Logan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-68 8-15 74.
RANDOLPH-MACON (18-5, 11-3 ODAC): HUBER, Taylor 6-20 11-12 26; ANDERSON, Katie 5-13 5-7 15; PARSONS, Sarah 5-11 3-4 13; STAPLES, Stephanie 3-6 2-4 8; CORTINA, Kellie 2-5 0-1 5; VUGTEVEEN, Lauren 2-3 1-2 5; BERRY, Marisha 1-4 2-6 4; MILLS, Paige 1-1 0-0 2; LIVERMON, Hannah 1-3 0-0 2; HESTER, Khajae 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 26-68 24-36 80.
Guilford...................... 45 29 - 74 Randolph-Macon................ 33 47 - 80
3-point goals–Guilford 2-9 (ADAMS, Kayla 1-4; DREW, Brittany 1-2; WALTERS, Heaven 0-1; SCOTT, Lila 0-2), Randolph-Macon 4-20 (HUBER, Taylor 3-9; CORTINA, Kellie 1-3; PARSONS, Sarah 0-4; BERRY, Marisha 0-2; LIVERMON, Hannah 0-1; HESTER, Khajae 0-1).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Randolph-Macon-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 51 (OGLESBY, Gabby 12), Randolph-Macon 38 (ANDERSON, Katie 8).
Assists–Guilford 15 (ADAMS, Kayla 4; DREW, Brittany 4), Randolph-Macon 12 (PARSONS, Sarah 3; BERRY, Marisha 3; ANDERSON, Katie 3).
Total fouls–Guilford 24, Randolph-Macon 16.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Randolph-Macon-None.
A-400
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game