Posted: Jan 02, 2016
Score: Roanoke 78, Swarthmore 58
Records: Roanoke 4-5, Swarthmore 3-6
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: Carrie Beahm scored 22 points and Roanoke shot close to 50% as a team as the Maroons topped Swarthmore 78-58 in the first day of the 2016 Susan Dunagan Holiday Inn Classic in Salem.
How it Happened:
- Beahm was joined in double-figures by Kelsey Smith with 14 points and Bridget Holleran who had 10 points.
- The Maroons held a 46-30 edge on the glass led by Ellen Wagner who had a game-high eight rebounds. Anna Carter, Jamella Foster and Beahm all finished with six rebounds.
- Abbey Deckard led Swarthmore with 16 points and Bridget Scott came off the bench to score 11.
- RC made 33-of-67 shots from the floor including 60.6% in the second-half, making 20-of-33 shots in the second stanza.
- With the Maroons leading 17-10 in the second period, RC went on a 10-4 run opening up a 27-14 edge on a Victoria Maxwell bucket with four minutes to go in the half.
- Roanoke extended its lead to 19 points by scoring 14 of the first 19 points of the second-half, taking a 48-29 lead on a Beahm basket with just over seven minutes to go in the third.
Roanoke will face Wesleyan College Sunday at 6:00 p.m. in the final day of the classic.
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