Box Score ASHLAND, VA-Yellow Jackets' senior Molly Ariail finished with 21
points and six rebounds as R-MC Women's Hoops held off EMU 61-52 in
Ashland Tuesday night. Ariail's six rebounds gave her 964 for her
career, pushing her past Karen Eye '87 as the all-time career
rebounding leader in Randolph-Macon Women's Basketball history.
R-MC took off from the opening tip with a 12-4 run capped
by Molly Brown (Floyd, VA/ Floyd County) who knocked down a two
point jumper with 15:13 to go in the first stanza.
Taylor Wieczorek (Grasonville, MD/ Severn) put the Yellow
Jackets up 24-12 at the 5:38 mark when she knocked down a mid-range
jumper of her own.
EMU forward Sara Lamneck sunk a basket one minute before
halftime to finish off a 14-4 Royals' run. R-MC took a 29-26
advantage into the locker room.
The two teams exchanged baskets for the first nine minutes of
the second half until Lamneck converted two free throws, capping a
7-0 EMU run and giving the Royals their first lead since very early
in the first half, 40-39.
Addie Bashorun extended the Eastern Mennonite lead to six points
when she dropped in a layup with 8:15 to play.
The Yellow Jackets quickly rallied to regain the lead on two
made free throws by Molly Ariail (York, PA/ York Suburban) with
4:03 remaining, putting R-MC up 50-49
Randolph-Macon continued their hot shooting and finished the
game on a 20-5 run to put Eastern Mennonite away 61-52.
Ariail led all scorers with 21 points while also pulling in six
rebounds. With Ariail's third rebound of the game, she became the
all-time career rebound leader in Randolph-Macon Women's Basketball
history. Ariail passed Karen Eye's mark of 960 career boards and
finished the game with 964 rebounds for her career.
Brittany Synder and Danielle Rittenhouse paced the Royals'
offense with nine points apiece. Miranda Wolfe chipped in with
eight points while pulling in a game high ten rebounds.
Randolph-Macon Women's Basketball will be back in action
Thursday, February 11th, when they travel to Hollins
University for a 7:00 p.m. game.
--Yellow Jackets--
