ASHLAND, VA – No. 9  Randolph-Macon team wrapped up its 2011 regular season with a 61-60 victory over archrival Hampden-Sydney Saturday afternoon in Ashland.

With the win, R-MC improves to 21-4 overall and 13-3 in the ODAC, clinching the No. 2 in next week's ODAC Tournament. The Yellow Jackets will take on either No. 7 Roanoke or No. 10 Bridgewater at 6:00 p.m. on Friday at the Salem Civic Center.

The 21 wins for R-MC is the most regular season victories since 2003-04 when they finished the year with 22. R-MC has now beaten the Tigers in 12 of the last 14 regular season meetings of the two storied rivals. The Tigers finish the regular season 16-9 and 8-8 in the league.

With the score tied at 58-58, Eric Pugh drained a three pointer with 59 seconds remaining to put the Yellow Jackets up by three.

On H-SC's ensuing possession, Harrison George scored two of his game-high 25 points to pull the Tigers within one point with 45 seconds on the clock.

The Tigers then fouled, R-MC missed both free-throws, giving the ball back to H-SC with 10 seconds to go in the game.

Out of a time out, R-MC had a foul to give and used it with three seconds to go. Ben Jesse was able to get off a shot for the Tigers off the inbound pass but it fell short, giving R-MC the victory.

The Yellow Jackets had opened up a 19 point lead in the first half on the strength of a 16-5 run midway through the opening stanza that was capped by a Calvin Croskey three-pointer that pushed the R-MC lead to 39-20 with just under four minutes to go.

The Tigers used a 10-2 run to close the half, cutting their deficit to 41-30 at the intermission.

The Yellow Jackets maintained a double-digit lead in the opening minutes of the half when a Pugh three-pointer put R-MC out in front 47-36 with just over 13 minutes to play in the game.

H-SC then scored 14 of the next 17 points over the next six minutes, tying the game at 50-50 on a Jesse bucket with just under eight minutes to go.

R-MC's Kevin Voelkel put the Jackets back out in front 52-50 with a jumper on R-MC's next possession with 7:34 to play.

The lead then changed hands five times from that point until Pugh put the Jackets ahead for good with his three-pointer.

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