Men's Basketball Release (2004-05) - Roanoke- Loss - Guilford College
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JACKSON SCORES 13 IN MEN'S HOOPS 80-71 VICTORY
Maroons Beat Guilford to Move Into Fifth Place in the ODAC Standings
SALEM,
VA (2/12/05) --The Roanoke College men's basketball team moved into
sole possession of fifth place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference standings
with an 80-71 victory over Guilford College on Saturday evening in Salem, VA.
The Maroons, who sweep the season series with the Quakers, improve to 15-9
overall and 9-8 in the ODAC. The Quakers fall to 13-11 overall and 8-9 in the
conference.
The Maroons got off to a sluggish start in
Saturday's win, making just one of their first 10 shots from the field. Those
miscues allowed the Quakers to jump out to as much as a six-point lead in the
first half. The Quakers scored the first six points of the game and then held a
10-4 lead six minutes in. Roanoke freshman Keith Carter cut that lead in half
with a three-pointer from the corner and moments later Roanoke sophomore Tee
Jackson hit a three from the wing to even the score at 10. Forty seconds after
the Jackson three, the Maroons took the lead for the first time on a Ben Shrader
jumper.
Guilford junior center Genaro Lawhorn made
a layup in the paint with 7:46 to play in the half to put the Quakers up by a
slim 16-15 margin. Roanoke freshman Josh LaPorte answered back with a jumper to
again give Roanoke the lead, a lead they would not give up. LaPorte's basket
sparked a 15-0 Roanoke run that saw them take a 30-16 lead with 4:07 remaining.
Sophomore Ben Lawler scored six points in the run which was capped by a Jared
Butler layup.
Trailing by 14 points, the Quakers ended the half
on a 16-4 scoring run of their own to trim Roanoke's lead to just two at the
break. Freshman Kerry Atkinson scored eight consecutive points for the
Quakers and with a jumper with 1:17 left made the score 32-28. The Maroons
appeared to have a four-point lead heading into the break, but Guilford's
Jamel Taylor hit a second chance jumper at the buzzer to make the score
32-30.
In the second half, the Maroons got their lead
out to as many as nine points, that at 53-44 with 13:10 to play. Again the
Quakers made a run, cutting the Maroon lead to just one 53-52 with 11:08 left.
Atkinson hit a three-pointer with his team down by four to bring the visitors to
within one.
Kevin Hunter
and Lawler each scored points in the paint to push Roanoke's lead back out to
five. Later in the half, the Quakers got to within two points, 59-57, but Carter
hit a three from the top of the key to give the Maroons a 62-57 edge. Guilford
would get no closer than three points the rest of the way. The Maroons made
eight free throws in the final five minutes to help seal the win.
For the second time in three games, the Maroons
had six players score in double-figures. Jackson led the way with 13, while
Carter, Shrader, and Butler all scored 12. Shrader got 10 of his 12 in the
second half, six coming on the only two three-pointers he took in the game.
Hunter finished with 11 for Roanoke, getting 10 in the second half. LaPorte led
the Maroons with nine rebounds.
Atkinson
and Lawhorn led the way with 14 points apiece for the Quakers. Lawhorn
got six of his 14 points in the first half, while nine of Atkinson's
total points came in the opening half of play.
The Maroons close out their regular season
schedule on Tuesday in a road game against the Wasps of Emory & Henry College.
The ODAC contests begins at 7:00pm in Emory, VA.
-Story courtesy of Roanoke Sports Information