MMI Tipoff Tournament

November 5, 2021: Carnegie Mellon v. #1 R-MC, 5 pm; Wilson at Hood, 7 pm

November 6, 2021: Consolation Game 12 pm, Championship Game 2 pm

Tickets: https://mmidocscom.ticketleap.com/

Adults $10, Youth $5

 

The Series vs. Carnegie Mellon

This will be the first meeting between the Yellow Jackets and the Tartans.

 

The Series vs. Wilson

This would be the first meeting between the Yellow Jackets and the Phoenix.

 

The Series vs. Hood

The Yellow Jackets are 2-0 all-time against the Blazers. R-MC won 56-46 on Dec. 30, 2010, in Ashland in the Kay Jewelers R-MC Coaches Classic. The Yellow Jackets won 91-61 on Nov. 10, 2018, in Frederick in the MMI Tipoff Tournament.

 

Head Coach Josh Merkel

Seventh season at Randolph-Macon

2020-21                 12-0, 3-0 ODAC

2019-20                 28-2, 15-1 ODAC

2018-19                 27-4, 15-1 ODAC

2017-18                 18-8, 12-4 ODAC

2016-17                 17-9, 13-3 ODAC

2015-16                 13-14, 8-8 ODAC

Overall at R-MC 115-37 (.757)

ODAC:                 66-17 (.795)

Home:                   60-9 (.870)

Away:                   42-20 (.677)

Neutral:                 13-8 (.619)

 

Overall (10 years): 181-78 (.699)

Four seasons at Salisbury

2014-15                 21-8, 14-4 CAC

2013-14                 14-12, 9-7 CAC

2012-13                 19-8, 9-3 CAC

2011-12                 12-13, 5-11 CAC

Overall at SU:     66-41 (.617)

CAC:                     37-25 (.597)

Home:                   31-17 (.646)

Away:                   27-19 (.587)

Neutral:                 8-5 (.615)

 

2021-22 Schedule (0-0, 0-0 ODAC)

MMI Tipoff Tournament (Frederick,Md.)

11/5     v. Carnegie Mellon       5:00 pm

11/6     v. Wilson/Hood            12/2 pm

11/10   Mary Washington       7:00 pm

Great Lakes Invitational (Marietta,Ohio)

11/19   v. #13 Emory                5:30 pm

11.20   at #3 Marietta               7:30 pm

CNU Classic (Newport News, Va.)

11/27   v. #24 New Jersey City 2:00 pm

11/28   at Chris. Newport         4:00 pm

12/1     Virginia Wesleyan*    7:00 pm

12/4     at Roanoke*                 2:00 pm

Fink's Jewelers Coaches Tournament

12/29   Rosemont                     7:00 pm

12/30   TCNJ/Averett

1/5       at Hampden-Sydney*  7:00 pm

1/8       Guilford*                     2:00 pm

1/11     Eastern Mennonite*   7:00 pm

1/15     Lynchburg*                2:00 pm

1/19     at Shenandoah*            7:00 pm

1/22     at Ferrum*                    4:00 pm

1/25     Bridgewater*              7:00 pm

1/29     at Washington & Lee* 2:00 pm

2/2       at Randolph*                7:00 pm

2/5       Roanoke*                    2:00 pm

2/9       at Bridgewater*            7:00 pm

2/12     Shenandoah*              2:00 pm

2/26     Hampden-Sydney*     7:00 pm

2/19     at Guilford*                  4:00 pm

 

Win Streak

R-MC enters the 2021-22 season with a 17-game win streak. The Yellow Jackets won the final five games of the 2019-20 campaign before going 12-0 this past season.

 

Pennsylvania Opponent

The last time R-MC faced an opponent from the state of Pennsylvania was Dec. 29, 2019. The Yellow Jackets had a 94-56 victory over Lebanon Valley in the first round of the R-MC Coaches Tournament sponsored by Fink's Jewelers.

 

Last Trip to Maryland

The last time R-MC played in the state of Maryland was the kickoff of the 2019-20 season. The Yellow Jackets played in the Dan Greene Memorial Tournament. R-MC defeated Washington College 74-47 and downed host St. Mary's (Md.) 84-40.

 

Maryland Roots

The Yellow Jackets have three players from the state of Maryland. Senior Buzz Anthony is from Arnold and attended Archbishop Spalding. Junior Miles Mallory is from Beltsville and graduated from St. Vincent Pallotti. Freshman Vincent Payne is from Frederick and attended St. Maria Goretti. Head coach Josh Merkel also hails from Frederick.

 

Season Openers

The Yellow Jackets have won their past three season openers, all away from home.

 

Preseason All-Americans

R-MC had two players named to the D3hoops.com Preseason All-America teams. Senior Buzz Anthony was named All-America First Team, while junior Miles Mallory was named All-America Second Team.

 

2021-22 ODAC Preseason Poll

1 Randolph-Macon (11), 121 pts.

2 Roanoke (1), 102 pts.

3 Virginia Wesleyan, 98 pts.

4 Lynchburg, 94 pts.

5 Guilford, 88 pts.

6 Washington and Lee, 66 pts.

7 Ferrum, 58 pts.

8 Hampden-Sydney, 57 pts.

9 Bridgewater, 42 pts.

10 Randolph, 28 pts.

11 Eastern Mennonite, 27 pts.

12 Shenandoah, 11 pts.

 

Daunting Defense

R-MC was first in the ODAC and fourth in the nation in scoring defense a season ago, allowing 58.2 points per contest. The Yellow Jackets held three of their final six opponents to 55 points or less. R-MC led the nation in scoring defense two seasons ago at 57.3 points per game.

 

Scoring Margin

Last season, the Yellow Jackets topped the ODAC and were fourth in the country in scoring margin at 20.5.

 

Take Care of the Ball

A season ago, R-MC led the ODAC and were seventh in the nation in turnovers per game in 9.7. The Yellow Jackets were first in the conference and seventh in the country in assist/turnover ratio at 1.64. R-MC was tops in the league and 15th in the nation in turnover margin at 4.3.

 

2020-21 Leading Scorers

R-MC had 4 players lead in scoring:

Buzz Anthony             7-0

Miles Mallory              3-0

Josh Talbert                 2-0

Ian Robertson              1-0

 

2020-21 Leading Rebounders

R-MC had 6 players lead on the boards:

Miles Mallory              7-0

Josh Talbert                 4-0

Buzz Anthony             3-0

Ian Robertson              2-0

Daniel Mbangue         2-0

David Funderburg       1-0

 

2020-21 Leaders in Assists

R-MC had 4 players lead in assists:

Buzz Anthony             8-0

Lorenzo Woods          2-0

Will Paige                   1-0

Josh Talbert                 1-0

 

D3hoops.com Preseason Top 25

#   School (No. 1 votes)  Rec   Pts     Pr

1	R-MC (19)	12-0	618	1
2	Yeshiva (3)	7-0	533	3
3	Marietta	12-1	496	5
4	Illinois Wesleyan (1)	8-1	463	4
5	UW-Platteville	8-2	417	9
6	Wheaton (Ill.)	12-1	411	8
7	Trine	17-1	386	6
8	Swarthmore (1)	0-0	344	--
9	St. Joseph (Conn.)	2-2	316	--
10	Elmhurst	7-3	313	--
11	Tufts	0-0	282	--
12	Mary Hardin-Baylor	16-4	280	--
13	Emory	0-0	278	--
14	Johns Hopkins	0-0	276	--
15	UW-La Crosse	8-3	261	13
16	Dubuque	14-0	250	7
17	UW-Oshkosh	5-2	235	12
18	Washington U.	0-0	224	--
19	Whitworth (1)	12-5	214	14
20	Roanoke	10-2	159	--
21	Mount Union	8-4	157	--
22	Wittenberg	1-7	101	--
23	Maryville (Tenn.)	10-2	96	--
24	New Jersey City	7-1	92	15
25	Brandeis	0-0	85	--

Others receiving votes: St. John's 69; Berry 61; Colby 57; Rochester 50; RPI 49; Virginia Wesleyan 47; DeSales 46; Linfield 43; Christopher Newport 38; Buena Vista 38; Amherst 37; Brockport 37; DePauw 32; WPI 25; Pacific Lutheran 21; St. John Fisher 19; North Central (Ill.) 18; Pomona-Pitzer 17; Heidelberg 13; Trinity (Texas) 13; Nebraska Wesleyan 11; Centenary (La.) 10; Middlebury 9; TCNJ 9; St. Mary's (Minn.) 9; Babson 8; Wooster 8; Lynchburg 8; Albion 7; Springfield 7; Stevens 7; Ithaca 5; Wabash 3; Ripon 2; Centenary (N.J.) 1; Hendrix 1; Lycoming 1; Utica 1; Williams 1.

 

Starting Lineups

R-MC used three starting lineups:

Anthony, Woods, Talbert, Robertson, Mallory 3-0

Anthony, Woods, Talbert, Funderburg, Mallory 7-0

Anthony, Woods, Cerrato, Robertson, Mallory 2-0

 

Seeing Double

R-MC had 3 double-doubles in 2020-21:

Miles Mallory, 1/30/21 vs. H-SC

  17 points, 11 rebounds

Josh Talbert, 2/2/21 at Shenandoah

  14 points, 14 rebounds

Buzz Anthony, 2/26/21 at VWU

  19 points, 11 rebounds

 

R-MC had 8 double-doubles in 2019-20:

Buzz Anthony, 3/7/20 vs. TCNJ

  25 points, 13 assists

Miles Mallory, 2/15/20 vs. W&L

  12 points, 10 rebounds

Miles Mallory, 1/22/20 at VWU

  11 points, 14 rebounds

Miles Mallory, 1/11/20 vs. Ferrum

  19 points, 11 rebounds

Miles Mallory, 12/7/19 vs. CNU

  21 points, 10 rebounds

Buzz Anthony, 12/1/19 at Randolph

  15 points, 10 rebounds

Miles Mallory, 11/16/19 at Messiah

 12 points, 10 rebounds

Corey Bays, 11/10/19 at St. Mary's

 18 points, 11 rebounds

 

Anthony has 7 career double-doubles:

Buzz Anthony, 2/6/19 vs. H-SC

  17 points, 10 assists

Buzz Anthony, 11/28/18 vs. W&L

  13 points, 13 assists

Buzz Anthony, 1/18/18 vs. H-SC

 11 points, 10 assists

Buzz Anthony, 1/13/18 vs. W&L

 15 points, 10 assists

 

1,000-Point Scorers

1. Fletcher Johnson (1970-75)      2,216

2. Frank Kaminski (1960-64)       1,997

3. Irv Sentz (1962-66)                   1,790

4. Jack Whitcomb (1948-52)        1,733

5. Matt Meehan (1995-99)            1,574

6. Justin Wansley (2002-06)         1,566

7. Jesse Hellyer (1981-85)            1,561

8. Jared Mills (1999-03)               1,560

9. Charles Boyd (1984-89)           1,529

10. Kurt Axe (1992-96)                1,521

11. Troy Smith (1989-93)             1,493

12. David Kagey (1987-91)          1,478

13. Kenny Joyner (1954-58)         1,476

14. Buzz Anthony (2017- )          1,427

15. Stan Trimble (1962-66)          1,393

16. Paul Gartlan (1977-81)           1,362

17. Todd Bowden (1985-89)        1,341

18. Joey Allen (1973-77)              1,320

19. Bryan Vacca (1979-83)           1,318

20. Justin Short (2005-09)            1,313

21. Bob Minutella (1963-67)        1,312

22. Carl Koenig (1957-61)            1,294

23. Paul Feeley (1973-75)             1,284

24. Danny Jones (2007-11)           1,277

25. Kurt Bergmann (2000-04)      1,276

26. Mike Boyer (1982-87)            1,259

27. Kevin Wood (1975-78)           1,222

27. Dale Kurowsky (1967-71)      1,217

29. Charles Weston (1966-70)      1,208

29. Red Cohn (1949-53)               1,208

31. Pat Holland (1988-91)            1,205

32. Stewart Nelson (1977-81)       1,137

33. Jordan Brown (2007-11)         1,122

34. Dan Prescott (1990-94)           1,116

35. Andre Simon (2010-14)          1,107

36. Paul Zuidema (1971-75)         1,092

37. Phil Hawley (2003-07)           1,049

38. Rod Wood (1981-85)              1,043

39. Ryan Stein (2000-04)              1,016

40. Jim Smith (1953-57)               1,015

41. Frank Farren (1964-69)           1,005

 

Career Assists

1 Paul Jez (1971-75)               747

2 Rod Wood (1981-85)           621

3 Buzz Anthony (2017- )       562

4 Paul Gartlan (1977-81)        466

5 Todd Bowden (1985-89)     444

6 Mike Boyer (1982-87)         368

7 Dave Kagey (1987-91)        359

8 Justin Short (2005-09)         351

9 Tim Smith (1999-03)           334

10 Nathan Davis (1992-96)    329

11 Justin Moyer (2001-05)     313

12 Kurt Axe (1992-96)           312

 

Career Steals

1 Tim Smith (1999-03)           192

2 Jordan Brown (2007-11)      189

3 Buzz Anthony (2017- )       187

4 Mike Boyer (1982-87)         178

5 Ryan Stein (2000-04)           177

6 Paul Gartlan (1977-81)        170

7 Charlie Boyd (1984-89)       152

8 Kurt Axe (1992-96)             150

9 Dave Kagey (1987-91)        142

10 Todd Bowden (1985-89)   133

11 Dave Meleski (1977-81)    121

 

Career Free Throw Percentage

1 Bryan Vacca (1979-83)        87.9

2 Buzz Anthony (2017- )       87.6

3 Kurt Axe (1992-96)             85.0

4 Jeff Taylor (1988-92)           84.4

5 Justin Moyer (2001-05)       84.2

6 Irv Sentz (1962-66)              83.9

7 Reed O'Brien (1975-78)      82.8

7 Stewart Nelson (1977-81)    82.8

9 Dan Prescott (1990-94)        82.5

10 Charlie Boyd (1984-89)     82.1

11 Carl Koenig (1957-61)       81.5

11 Matt Meehan (1995-99)     81.5