Virginia Wesleyan Wins Defensive Battle 48-43 over No. 12 Randolph-Macon

Saturday, January 19, 2008
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Virginia Wesleyan Wins Defensive Battle 48-43 over No. 12 Randolph-Macon

ASHLAND, VA – Virginia Wesleyan College got 16 points from Tonia Jones as the Marlins topped No. 12 Randolph-Macon College 48-43 in ODAC Women’s Basketball action Saturday afternoon in Ashland.

The Marlins built a 14-3 lead when Alison Wheeler made a lay up with 8:10 remaining. That would prove to be VWC’s last basket of the half as the Yellow Jackets finished on a 10-0 run that was capped off by a Molly Ariail basket with a 1:10 to go. The two teams combined to make just 11-of-66 shots in the first stanza.

In the second-half, neither team scored for the first four minutes, before R-MC’s Lindsay Riesbeck made a lay up to make the score 15-14 in favor of the Jackets with 16:03 left in the game.

Andrea Ushinski would put the Marlins back on top 17-15 with a three pointer on the ensuing possession. VWC held the lead for the remainder of the game but was not able to open up a sizeable advantage before the 3:32 mark when Jones knocked down a jumper and  three pointer on back-to-back possessions to give the Marlins a 43-34 advantage.

Riesbeck and Amanda Hiltumen led R-MC with 11 points each while Ariail pulled down 11 rebounds.  Heather Phillips grabbed a game-high 12 boards for VWC which out rebounded R-MC 55-38.

Randolph-Macon will return to action on Tuesday when it welcomes Washington and Lee to Ashland for a 7:00 p.m. ODAC game.