WASHINGTON, D.C. – Shawn Holmes scored a game-high 27 points to lead No. 15 Catholic to a 67-55 win over Randolph-Macon in men's basketball action on Monday night in the Nation's Capital.

R-MC (3-5) got a double-double from Andre Simon who had a team-high 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.  Lamar Giggetts and Joe Hassell had 10 points apiece, while Dylan Cole grabbed eight boards to help the Jackets to a 39-24 edge on the glass.   Giggetts dished out four assists for R-MC.

Randolph-Macon made 19-of-47 (40.4%) shots from the field, but were just 1-of-7 from three-point land.  

Catholic (8-1) got 12 points from Steve Limberiou and nine points from Bryson Fonville.   CUA connected on 20-of-48 shots from the field and made 21-of-32 attempts from the free-throw line.  The Cardinals forced 21 R-MC turnovers, leading to 21 points.

The first-half featured two ties and seven lead changes.   Fonville made the score 23-23 with just over six minutes to play and sparked a 10-4 run to send CUA into the break up 32-27.

The Cardinals scored the first five points of the second stanza to go up 37-27.   R-MC battled back to cut its deficit to five when Giggetts made it 42-37 with 12 minutes to play.

CUA would then score the next six points, pushing its lead to 48-37 with just under 11 minutes to go.

R-MC continued to chip away and was able to cut the CUA lead to seven on two different occasions, the second of which came when Cole made a layup with 3:45 left in the game.

That is where Jackets rally would stall as Catholic scored four consecutive points to go back up by 11 and would make all six free-throws down the stretch to ice the win. 

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Wednesday when it hosts Salisbury at 7:00 p.m.  The Sea Gulls knocked off No. 1 Virginia Wesleyan on Monday evening.

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