Posted: Feb 18, 2013
Head Coach Susan Dunagan finishes her 32nd season at the helm of the Maroons with 598 career wins, still ranking as one of the top-10 winningest NCAA Division III coaches of all-time. The Maroons entered the Roanoke record books of ranking seventh all-time in free throw shooting, hitting 69.3 percent of their attempts from the line. Roanoke's women also put up the fifth most points in school history in a single game, defeating Randolph-Macon earlier in the season 100-82.
Markia Beckwith led the Maroons with a career-high 14 points, shooting 6-9 from the field. She also finished with three rebounds and one steal. She was followed in scoring by Tatum Mckee, who netted 13 points, with a team high five assists and one steal. ODAC Women's Basketball Player of the Week, Paxton Gwin, finished the contest with 12 points, a team-high seven rebounds and two steals.
In the first five minutes of the contest, Randolph-Macon jumped out to a seven point, 15-8 lead, with Parsons and Hannah Livermon making most of the Yellow Jackets points. Through the 7:42 mark, Randolph-Macon had taken an 11-point lead with a three pointer from Parsons. The Maroons started to make a comeback as Beckwith hit a layup, followed by a Kelsey Smith trey to cut the deficit to six. With 3:23 to go in the half, Beckwith converted an old fashioned three-point play to bring the score to 32-26. She was followed by free throws from McKee and Hankins, cutting the deficit to two, 32-30. The Yellow Jackets went up by four as neither team scored in the last two minutes of the half, entering the locker room with a 35-31 score.
Tatum McKee free throws and a three-pointer from Smith, gave Roanoke a lead of one to open up the second half. The two teams traded the lead back and forth over the first eight minutes of the period, with the Maroons taking a three point lead at 11:54. The Yellow Jackets went on a 6-0 run, to go ahead by three, 53-50 at 9:40 in the half. Randolph-Macon built the lead to seven over the next two minutes, but Roanoke was not out of the contest. With 4:16 to play, Roanoke tied the game at 62-62 on a pair of Gwin free throws. The Yellow Jackets went back up by six with 43 seconds to play in the contest, and hit two more free throws to seal the game at 72-64 in the ODAC Tournament Opening Round.
Sarah Parsons led the Yellow Jackets in scoring, putting up 27 points, shooting 9-13 from the field, and 4-6 from behind the arc. Katie Anderson followed with 18 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Parsons and Anderson each had five steals, aiding in Roanoke's 22 turnovers.
Randolph-Macon outshot Roanoke 45.5 to 35.1 percent from the field, and 43.8 to 27.3 percent from behind the arc. The Maroons held the advantage at the free throw line, making 72 percent to the Yellow Jackets' 57.7 percent. The teams split in rebounds (37-37), while Randolph-Macon held the advantage in steals 14-9.
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