WASHINGTON, DC, -- David Carlson scored 12 points off the bench to lead three Randolph-Macon reserves in double-figures as the Yellow Jackets opened up the season with a  63-51 road win at Marymount on Sunday.  

It marks the first win for R-MC in 2009-10 and the first career victory for new head coach Nathan Davis, who took over the Jackets in April.

Joining Carlson in double-digits were Adam Desgain and Danny Jones who each had 11 points in the victory.   The trio led R-MC's bench which outscored Marymount's reserves 36-6 for the game.

Kevin Voelkel led R-MC with eight rebounds, while Brandon Braxton, Desgain and Jones all grabbed six boards as well.

The R-MC (1-0) defense held Marymount to just 30.9% shooting on the afternoon, allowing the Saints to make just 17-of-55 field goals, including just five made shots on 21 attempts in the first half that allowed the Yellow Jackets to go on a 26-8 run to in final 11:45 of the first stanza and take a 35-17 lead into the locker room at intermission.

The Saints scored the first eight points of the second half, cutting the R-MC lead to eight when Tareck Amoury made a free-throw with 16:23 to play in the game.

With the score 46-38, R-MC when on a 10-2 run that was capped by a Jordan Brown slam dunk that put the Jackets up 56-40 with just under four minutes to go, sealing the win for the Jackets.

Amoury led Marymount (0-1) with 16 points.  Ronnie Barbour had 13 points, while Sam Sentz chipped in with 11 points in a losing effort.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Saturday when it travels to the Lebanon Valley College for the Rinso Marquette Tournament.  R-MC will take on Rutgers Newark in the first round at 6:00 p.m.

-Yellow Jackets-