SALEM, VA -- Three Yellow Jackets scored in double-figures as No. 18 Randolph-Macon topped ODAC rival Roanoke 87-54 Wednesday night in Salem.  R-MC improves to 16-4 overall and 7-4 in the ODAC.  RC is now 6-15 and 3-9 in the league.

Braxton finished with a game-high 20 points, while Calvin Croskey had 16 in the win and Danny Jones had 14 off the bench.  Braxton and Kevin Voelkel led the way on the boards for R-MC with seven apiece, helping the Jackets 48-23 edge on the glass. 

R-MC jumped out to an early double digit lead through the first five minutes of the game, taking a 15-4 on a Braxton bucket with just over 15 minutes remaining.

The Yellow Jackets maintained a double-digit advantage, pushing its lead to 14 at 36-22 when Croskey drained a three-pointer with 2:34 to go in the half. 

Randolph-Macon took a 38-26 edge into the locker room at the half, came out for the second stanza and promptly extended its lead to 20 at 51-31 on a three-point play by Adam Desgain with 15:40 to play in the game. 

A long-range jumper by Thomas Scheeler made the score 59-32 with just over 15 minutes to play.  A quick 14-4 run by the Maroons cut the R-MC lead to 63-44 with just over eight minutes remaining.

A Jones three pointer put R-MC out in front 66-47 and sparked 10-1 run, that was capped by a Croskey trifecta that made the score 73-48 and put the game away for the Yellow Jackets.

The Maroons were led by Melvin Felix and Kwasi Amponsah who both had eight points in the loss.   The R-MC defense held RC to just 33.3% shooting on the night, allowing just 19 field goals on 47 attempts.  

Due to the impending weekend weather forecast for the entire Commonwealth of Virginia, the ODAC Men's Basketball game between Randolph-Macon and Lynchburg College has been moved from Saturday to Friday at 3:00 p.m. in Ashland.