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ODAC Champs! No. 8 Randolph-Macon Wins League Title, Secures NCAA Bid with win over Randolph

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SALEM, VA – The Randolph-Macon Men's Basketball team won its fourth ODAC title in program history with a 68-43 victory over Randolph College Sunday afternoon at the Salem Civic Center.

With the win, R-MC earns the automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Tournament.   The Yellow Jackets will learn their opponent and site of competition at 1:00 p.m.    To watch the selection show, fans can log onto www.ncaa.com. 

The Yellow Jackets, who were playing in their 11th title game in just 21 years as a member of the ODAC, improves to 24-4 on the season. 

The Yellow Jackets fashioned four players in double figures, getting a team-high 13 points from the tournament's most outstanding player Jordan Brown.  Fellow all-tournament choices, Eric Pugh and Lamar Giggetts had 11 and 10 points, respectively.  

Brandon Braxton also scored 10 points for R-MC, while all-tournament selection Danny Jones added eight for R-MC in the win.

The game was tight for the first 15 minutes of the contest, before R-MC closed the half with a 15-2 run, taking a 35-20 lead into the locker room after a Jones bucket with 59 seconds left.

R-MC came out in the second half and pulled away from the WildCats, scoring 15 of the first 21 points, taking a 50-26 lead on a layup by Jones with 11 minutes to go.

A Caleb Perrson three-pointer cut the Jackets lead to 18 at 59-41 with 4:32 to play, but the Yellow Jackets closed the game on a 9-2 run to seal the win.

R-MC shot 55.6% from the field, making 30-of-54 shots on the afternoon, while holding Randolph to a season low in points, by causing 17 turnovers in the win.


 -Yellow Jackets-

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Players Mentioned

Brandon Braxton

#54 Brandon Braxton

F
6' 9"
Senior
Danny Jones

#30 Danny Jones

F
6' 6"
Senior
Eric Pugh

#5 Eric Pugh

G
6' 0"
Senior
Jordan Brown

#33 Jordan Brown

G/F
6' 4"
Senior
Lamar Giggetts

#24 Lamar Giggetts

F
6' 4"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Brandon Braxton

#54 Brandon Braxton

6' 9"
Senior
F
Danny Jones

#30 Danny Jones

6' 6"
Senior
F
Eric Pugh

#5 Eric Pugh

6' 0"
Senior
G
Jordan Brown

#33 Jordan Brown

6' 4"
Senior
G/F
Lamar Giggetts

#24 Lamar Giggetts

6' 4"
Sophomore
F