ASHLAND, VA – Trailing archrival Hampden-Sydney by 19 points with 10 minutes to go, the Randolph-Macon College Men's Basketball team rallied, but it was not enough as the Tigers claimed a 79-71 victory in Farmville.

R-MC closes the regular season with a 20-5 record overall and its 12-4 ODAC record puts them in second-place heading into next week's ODAC Tournament.  Today marks just the fourth time the Yellow Jackets have lost to their storied rivals in the last 19 regular season games.

Calvin Croskey led all scorers with 16 points. Andre Simon came off the bench for 15 points and seven rebounds while Lamar Giggetts posted a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Randolph-Macon found itself down 23 points with 9:57 to play after a Leon Hargrove steal and dunk made the score 65-42.

The Jackets then reeled off 11 straight points, cutting the Tigers' advantage to 65-53 on a three-pointer by Croskey with 6:21 on the clock.

After a Harrison George made a jumper to put H-SC up 70-56 with 4:21 to go, R-MC would use an 11-2 run, drawing within five at 72-67 when Croskey drained a three-pointer with just over two minutes to go.

That would be as close as R-MC would get as H-SC got a key defensive stop and were able to sink five of six foul shots down the stretch to seal the win.

H-SC's (18-7 / 11-5 ODAC) George had a team-high 15 points.

H-SC shot 46.2% for the game, including a 50% mark in the second-half, and went 14-17 from the foul line. R-MC was limited to 35.9% shooting and shot under 40% each half with 21-29 foul shooting. H-SC outrebound R-MC 44-37.

Randolph-Macon will be back in action on Friday, February 24th in the Quarterfinals of the 2012 ODAC Tournament.  The Yellow Jackets will play an opponent to be determined at 6:00 p.m.

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