Baltimore, MD --- Roanoke College defeated Goucher, 64-61 in non-conference action on Sunday afternoon. The Maroons won their seventh-straight game and improved its record to 8-1 on the season. The Gophers dropped to 1-6 on the year.
With the win the Maroons are now 10-1 against Goucher including the last seven meetings. The men are now 3-0 in road games and 6-1 against non-conference opponents this season. Since the middle of the 2006-07 season, Roanoke is 16-2 against non-conference competition.
Both teams shot below 40-percent for the game and Roanoke shot a dismal 6-of-14 from the free-throw line, but the Maroons once again found a way to win on the defensive end. They outrebounded the Gophers, 52-39 and held them to 28% from the floor in the second half to seal their eighth victory of the season. They also outscored Goucher, 26-16 in the paint and 13-6 in second chance points.
Both teams came out slow as they traded baskets for the first 11 minutes of the contest before Roanoke went on a 10-0 run.
Corey Poindexter's three-pointer gave the Maroons a 26-17 lead with just over five minutes remaining in the first half.
Goucher chipped away at the Roanoke lead and Pat Bailey's lay-up with one-second left cut the Gopher deficit to four, 33-29 at the half.
A three-pointer by Darrin Bowell put the Gophers down one to start the half. Roanoke answered by slowly pulling away as
Curtis Peery's back-to-back layups gave the Maroons a game-high 11-point lead, 58-47 with just over seven minutes remaining.
The Gophers wouldn't go away. They countered with a 14-4 run over the next six and a half minutes highlighted by a conventional three-point play by Miguel Negron to make the score, 62-61 with 13-seconds remaining.
Peery was fouled with nine seconds remaining and calmly hit both attempts to make it a three-point game as Goucher called timeout. Boswell, who was 50-percent from long range for the game missed a three-point attempt as
Drew Gaeng came up with the rebound to end the game.
Peery led all scorers with 24 points along with 11 rebounds for the 12th double-double of his career. He also had over 20 points for the 12th time in his career. Peery is now four points shy of passing former great Steve Baker '64 for 27th on the all-time scoring list.
Parrish Walker finished with 14 points and a career-high five rebounds in the win. Gaeng had eight points including 2-of-4 from three-point range. Poindexter tossed in seven points while
Zach Milton chipped in with six points and five rebounds.
Boswell led Goucher with 19 points including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc. Amir Hakim nearly had a double-double with eight points and a game-high 13 rebounds while Bailey finished with 10 points and five boards.
The men will return after the holiday break to host the Domino's New Year's Classic Jan. 2-3. The Maroons will square off against Penn St.-Abington Friday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. The consolation/championship game will take place Saturday, Jan. 3 at 1/3 p.m. Greensboro and SUNY-Cortland will play the 5 p.m. game on Friday. It will be the first meeting against PSU-Abington while the Maroons are 1-0 against SUNY-Cortland and 7-2 against the Pride of Greensboro.
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