Well it was the last game of the regular season and one they needed to win to get 4th place and a bye in the ODAC tournament. And they showed they could play when they want to with an 88-71 win. The first half was arguably the best basketball I've seen this year. Here's the final stats for the regular season including Reed's.
And the final standings
And a pic of the seniors
And the recap---------------------
Needing a win to secure a first round bye in this week's ODAC Tournament, EMU's basketball men responded with a dominating trumping of Roanoke College, 88-71, Sunday afternoon in Harrisonburg. The victory evens the Royals with Lynchburg for fourth place in the league standings at 9-7, but Eastern Mennonite won the tiebreaker over LC to get the free pass to Thursday's quarterfinals in Salem.
The game against Roanoke had been scheduled for Saturday, but Winter Storm Pandora postponed it to Sunday. With all of the other games in the ODAC being completed on Saturday, the Royals knew the landscape of their playoff picture: a win would get them the No. 4 seed while a loss would put them at No. 5 with an ODAC First Round game the next night back in Yoder Arena.
With the win, the Runnin Royals (16-9 overall) will next play Thursday at 3:00pm, taking on either No. 5 Lynchburg or No. 12 Shenandoah. Those two play Monday night in Lynchburg.
After starting the day by honoring their six seniors, Eastern Mennonite jumped ahead quickly on three pointers from Ryan Yates (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) and James Williams (Capitol Heights, Md./Archbishop Carroll), followed by a three-point play from Marcel Crump (Richmond, Va./Highland Springs). Roanoke stormed back, striking a 14-4 run to take a 14-13 lead.
But led by a talented freshman class, the Runnin Royals quickly re-took control of the game. RaShawn Latimer (Warrenton, Va./Kettle Run) scored 13 points, including three triples, during a 17-4 run in the span of just 4:40 as EMU went back in front, 30-18.
The seniors then took back over, pushing the lead to as many as 20 before it settled at 46-31 at halftime.
The Maroons scored the first three points of the second half to get within 12, but that would be as close as the visitors got. A quick 7-0 burst put the lead at 55-36, and the lead hovered around 20 the rest of the day, giving the six seniors a nice victory lap in their final home game.
Eastern Mennonite shot 53% in the win, compared to just 40% for Roanoke. The Royals also had a major edge from long range, where they shot 9-25. RC managed 3-16 shooting.
Crump scored 18 points to lead five Runnin Royals in double figures, including four of the seniors. David Falk (Madison, Va./Madison County) was good for 15 rebounds, 10 points and two blocks. Yates finished with 14 points and five assists, while Williams charted 14 points, three steals and three assists. Woody Furbush (Bridgeton, N.J./Salem) added eight points and five rebounds. Nic Sulc (Prince George, Va./Prince George) rounded out the seniors with two points and two rebounds.
Latimer finished with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting along with five rebounds.
Daniel Eacho led Roanoke with 20 points and five rebounds. Joey Miller scored 12.
And the final standings
And a pic of the seniors
And the recap---------------------
Needing a win to secure a first round bye in this week's ODAC Tournament, EMU's basketball men responded with a dominating trumping of Roanoke College, 88-71, Sunday afternoon in Harrisonburg. The victory evens the Royals with Lynchburg for fourth place in the league standings at 9-7, but Eastern Mennonite won the tiebreaker over LC to get the free pass to Thursday's quarterfinals in Salem.
The game against Roanoke had been scheduled for Saturday, but Winter Storm Pandora postponed it to Sunday. With all of the other games in the ODAC being completed on Saturday, the Royals knew the landscape of their playoff picture: a win would get them the No. 4 seed while a loss would put them at No. 5 with an ODAC First Round game the next night back in Yoder Arena.
With the win, the Runnin Royals (16-9 overall) will next play Thursday at 3:00pm, taking on either No. 5 Lynchburg or No. 12 Shenandoah. Those two play Monday night in Lynchburg.
After starting the day by honoring their six seniors, Eastern Mennonite jumped ahead quickly on three pointers from Ryan Yates (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) and James Williams (Capitol Heights, Md./Archbishop Carroll), followed by a three-point play from Marcel Crump (Richmond, Va./Highland Springs). Roanoke stormed back, striking a 14-4 run to take a 14-13 lead.
But led by a talented freshman class, the Runnin Royals quickly re-took control of the game. RaShawn Latimer (Warrenton, Va./Kettle Run) scored 13 points, including three triples, during a 17-4 run in the span of just 4:40 as EMU went back in front, 30-18.
The seniors then took back over, pushing the lead to as many as 20 before it settled at 46-31 at halftime.
The Maroons scored the first three points of the second half to get within 12, but that would be as close as the visitors got. A quick 7-0 burst put the lead at 55-36, and the lead hovered around 20 the rest of the day, giving the six seniors a nice victory lap in their final home game.
Eastern Mennonite shot 53% in the win, compared to just 40% for Roanoke. The Royals also had a major edge from long range, where they shot 9-25. RC managed 3-16 shooting.
Crump scored 18 points to lead five Runnin Royals in double figures, including four of the seniors. David Falk (Madison, Va./Madison County) was good for 15 rebounds, 10 points and two blocks. Yates finished with 14 points and five assists, while Williams charted 14 points, three steals and three assists. Woody Furbush (Bridgeton, N.J./Salem) added eight points and five rebounds. Nic Sulc (Prince George, Va./Prince George) rounded out the seniors with two points and two rebounds.
Latimer finished with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting along with five rebounds.
Daniel Eacho led Roanoke with 20 points and five rebounds. Joey Miller scored 12.
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