Posted: Jan 21, 2009
Lynchburg, Va. -- Logan Singleton scored a career-high 17 points in the 76-66 victory over Randolph at the PER Gymnasium on Wednesday. The first-ever meeting went to the Maroons as they improved to 15-2 overall, 7-1 in the ODAC. The Wildcats fell to 2-13, 0-8 in the conference.
The #21 Maroons outscored the Wildcats in the paint, 38-28, and in bench points, 38-18. Roanoke also had a 24-17 advantage in points off turnovers.
The men swapped the lead several times in the first half before a series of Maroon lay-ups gave Roanoke a six-point lead (17-11) and caused a Randolph time-out with 10:09 remaining in the first half. Woods-Morrow answered to the 6-0 run with a lay-up but was outdone by freshman Singleton who responded with two points.
Randolph's Jimmy Greene scored two followed by a three-pointer from Singleton to maintain a 22-15 edge with 6:27 left to play.
The Wildcats went on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to two (22-21) with 4:39 on the clock. Roanoke responded as Singleton went 3-for-3 with a trey to produce a 7-2 run and six point lead (29-23) heading in to half.
Roanoke maintained an eight-point lead until Aurimas Lekavicius drained a jumper and Timothy Clarke added two for the Wildcats to cut it to four (36-32). Parrish Walker then scored a basket to ignite a 14-2 run to give the Maroons a 16-point lead (50-34) with 11:11 remaining in regulation.
The teams exchanged baskets for several minutes before the Wildcats went on a 12-4 run including two three-pointers and a bucket from Clarke to cut the Maroon lead to seven (62-55) with 3:24 left to play.
Matt Crizer responded with a trey followed by a Corey Poindexter lay-up to make it 67-55 with 2:19 remaining. A sequence of buckets was not enough for Randolph as the Maroons went 7-for-10 from the line in the final minutes of the game.
Singleton led the Maroons with a career-high 17 points and three rebounds. Felix went 4-for-4 from the line to add 16 points in the victory. Peery tossed in 14 points. Drew Gaeng finished with a team-high six assists.
The Wildcats were led by Clarke who scored 17 points and had three assists. Woods-Morrow also scored in double-figures with 11 points and seven boards. Green finished the night with ten points, five rebounds and two assists. Caleb Pearson had a team-high of seven assists in the loss.
Roanoke will host Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday, Jan. 24, at the Bast Center. The Maroons are 26-26 all-time vs. the Marlins and look to avenge a 75-55 loss last season on Feb. 9. Game time is set for 2 p.m.
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