Posted: Jan 03, 2016
Score: Roanoke 90, McDaniel 84
Records: Roanoke 10-1, McDaniel 5-4
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: The Roanoke College Men's Basketball team won its 10th game in a row by downing McDaniel 90-84 in the championship game of the 2016 Morris Cregger New Year's Classic in Salem.
How it Happened
- Tournament Most Outstanding Player Carter Wright led five Maroons in double-figures with 21 points. Cameron Smith and Dustin Hassell each had 13 points while John Caldwell and all-tournament selection Joey Miller each finished with 12.
- The game featured 13 ties and 20 lead changes as the Maroons won their 10th game in a row.
- The final tie came after Wright tied the game at 72-72 with just under seven minutes to go in the game.
- From there, RC scored nine of the next 11 points, taking a 81-74 advantage on a Smith three-pointer.
- McDaniel cut the RC lead to 83-80 with 2:47 to play, but Smith knocked down three-pointer to make it 86-60 with two-minutes to play.
- After a Duane Echols jumper pulled the Green Terror within 86-84, but that would be as close as they would get as Miller iced the game with four straight free-throws in the final 30 seconds.
The Maroons are back in ODAC action on Wednesday at Washington and Lee. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m.
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