ASHLAND, VA – Randolph-Macon senior guard Calvin Croskey drained an off balance three-pointer as time expired to propel the Yellow Jackets to an 87-86 win at home over ODAC rival Eastern Mennonite. It was Croskey's eighth and final trifecta of the day as he scored a career-high 30 points in the win.

R-MC (5-2 / 1-1 ODAC) found itself down 48-37 at the half, after EMU shot a sizzling 58.9% from the floor in the first period. The Royals connected on 10 of their first 17 shots, taking a 34-24 lead with just over six minutes to play.

A jumper by Adam Burroughs pushed Eastern Mennonite's advantage to 42-36 before Croskey made a three pointer on R-MC's final possession to send the teams to the intermission with EMU up 48-37.

Eastern Mennonite (2-4 / 1-2 ODAC) extended its lead to 50-37 on the first possession of the second half. Randolph-Macon then scored 12 of the next 17 points, cutting its deficit to 55-49 when Jamie Robinson knocked down a jumper with 14 minutes to play in the game.

With the score 56-49 in favor of EMU, R-MC went on an 11-5 run, tying the game on a Croskey three with under 10 minutes to go.

The game featured five ties and 10 lead changes over the final half of the second period with an Andrew Thorne bucket putting EMU up 85-84 with 12 seconds on the clock.

A turnover on R-MC's next possession and a subsequent foul sent the Royals to the line. R.J. Sims made one-of-two free-throws to put Eastern Mennonite ahead 86-84 with eight second to play.

R-MC took the ball out with Marcus Badger dribbling up the court before giving it to Croskey who worked to get a clean look and connected on the three-pointer to send R-MC to the win.

The Yellow Jackets got 16 points from Andre Simon, 15 points from Lamar Giggetts, while Adam Desgain finished with 14 in the win. R-MC finished the game shooting 54.4% on 31-of-57 from the floor.

EMU shot 26-of-49 from floor and were aided by a 27-of-38 performance from the free-throw line. Sims led five players in double-digits with 20. David Falk came off the bench to add 16 for the Royals.

Randolph-Macon will be back in ODAC action on Wednesday when it hosts Lynchburg at 7:00 p.m.

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