ASHLAND, Va.- Seniors Kelly Williams (Garysburg, N.C/Halifax Academy) and Michal Ross (Glen Allen, Va/Glen Allen) each tallied 18 points, with Williams recording her ninth double-double on the year, but it wasn't enough to slow down the Maroons as Women's Basketball fell at home to Roanoke 77-69 on Saturday afternoon.

The Basics:

Score: Roanoke 77, Randolph-Macon 69

Location/Venue: Ashland, Va./Crenshaw Gym

Records: Randolph-Macon 6-8, 5-4 ODAC; Roanoke 12-4, 7-2 ODAC

How it Happened:

• The Yellow Jackets came out strong over the opening minutes of the first quarter going on an immediate 7-2 run, led by a pair of layups by Ross. After some early turnovers, the Maroons responded with an 12-2 run to put the score at 14-9. A pair of late free throws by sophomore Aimee DeBell (Studley, Va/Paint Gertrude) got the Yellow Jackets within one at the end of the quarter.
• Despite an early 8-4 run to start the quarter for Roanoke, senior forward Charlotte Woods (Richmond, Va/Trinity) helped return the pace to the Yellow Jackets with her first bucket of the contest. That basket was followed by a Ross layup to get R-MC back to a one-point deficit around the three-minute mark of the first half. Two late free throws by sophomore guard Peyton Humphreys (Lexington, Ky/Paul Laurence Dunbar) helped R-MC get back to just a one-point deficit once again, trailing 28-27 going into halftime.
• A minute into the third quarter, senior Kelly Williams completed a three-point play followed by Ross hitting a layup to give R-MC their largest lead of the contest since the seven-minute mark of the opening quarter. Despite the early outburst from halftime, R-MC went cold from the field as Roanoke scored 22 over the final stretches of the third quarter compared to R-MC's 12.
• Roanoke began the fourth quarter on an 8-0 run pushing its lead to 14, the largest of the contest for either team. Sophomore guard Cheridan Hatfield (Fisherville, Va/Wilson Memorial) drained her first three-pointer of the contest, followed by five straight points from Williams to pull R-MC back within five around the four minute to go mark. A late three-pointer by freshman Haley Pasqualone (Purcellville, Va/Loudoun Valley) wasn't enough to complete the comeback as the Maroons went on to win the game 77-69.  

Inside the Numbers:

• The Yellow Jackets' two leading scorers on the season were the pair of R-MC players in double figures. Williams finished with 18 points, shooting 6-of-10 from the field. Michal Ross added 18 points as well, going 7-of-14 from the field.
• Williams added ten rebounds, pushing her double-double total on the season to nine.
• R-MC had four players who totaled six points over the course of the contest: junior Becca Arrington (Amelia, Va./Amelia Academy), Woods, DeBell, and Hatfield.
• Woods also hauled in ten rebounds on the afternoon.
• R-MC held an advantage in the second chance points department, outscoring Roanoke 18-3.
• The matchup saw 13 lead changes and four ties over the course of the afternoon.

Up Next:

Randolph-Macon will travel to Eastern Mennonite for a midweek ODAC contest on Tuesday. The game is set to tip off at 7:00 pm. The Yellow Jackets return home to Crenshaw on Saturday to face Hollins in another conference showdown slated to tip off at 2:00 pm.