ASHLAND, VA-Senior Molly Ariail dropped in a team high 22 points to lead five Yellow Jackets in double figures on the way to a 96-62 win over Emory and Henry in Ashland Saturday. The Yellow Jackets finish the regular season 18-6 overall and 16-4 in the ODAC.

Senior's Ariail (York, PA/York Suburban) and Renee Stein (Harrisonburg, VA/Spotswood) converted back to back layups to start the game and propel the Yellow Jackets to a 17-5 opening run.

Randolph-Macon built as large as a 19 point advantage in the first half before taking a 45-29 lead into the locker room for halftime.

Jillian Asay (Chesterfield, NJ/ No. Burlington Co.) knocked down a three to open up the Yellow Jacket offense in the second half, sparking a 25-4 run that put R-MC up 70-35 and was capped with just under 14 minutes to play by a Molly Brown jumper.

The two teams traded baskets for the remainder of the contest and Randolph-Macon finished strong on senior day for the 96-62 victory.

Ariail finished with 22 points and seven rebounds to lead by Yellow Jackets in double figure scoring and every R-MC player notched the scoring column. With her seven rebounds, Ariail becomes the first player in Randolph-Macon Women's Basketball history to record over 1,000 career rebounds.

Maggie Roy (Richmond, VA/ Mills Godwin) and Asay finished with 13 points and four rebounds each. Jordan Cantrell (Washington, NC/ Washington) and Katie Williams (Warrenton, VA/ Fauquier) scored ten points apiece with Williams also contributing with eight assists and three steals.

The Yellow Jackets will travel to Salem, VA for the Quarterfinals of the ODAC Tournament Thursday, February 25^th, time and opponent is still to be announced.

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