Box Score
The Maroons dropped a 66-57 decision to Emory & Henry at the King Center in Emory, Va. on Tuesday evening. The Maroons dropped to 12-9 overall and 10-6 in the ODAC. The Wasps improved to 8-14, 6-11 in conference play. Roanoke is now 4-4 on the road this season and the loss broke a four-game win streak.
The Maroons shot 23.5-percent in the second half while the Wasps made 56-percent from three-point range to give them their eighth win of the season. EHC shot 46-percent for the game and 42-percent from beyond the arc. The Maroons were outrebounded, 43-34.
The Wasps jumped out to a 9-2 lead to start the game, led by Brittany Rogers and Alex Lyons who combined for the nine of the game's first 11 points.
The Maroons slowly closed in on EHC as junior
Erin Jenkins hit a three-pointer off an assist by sophomore
Lindsay Skaff to tie the score at 24-all with 7:58 remaining. A late 13-7 run by the Wasps gave the home team a 37-31 advantage at the half. It was the first time the Maroons have trailed in the first half since Christopher Newport on Jan. 9 and are now 0-6 when trailing at the half.
EHC grabbed their largest lead of the game, 41-31 off a three-pointer and a free-throw by Sarah Petty with 17:46 in the second half.
Roanoke cut its deficit to within two, 50-48 off a jumper by
Virginia Anne Hagood with just over eight minutes remaining which capped a 17-9 run. Jenkins hit a three-pointer in the corner to tie the game for the first time since it was 24-all, 56-56 with just under four minutes remaining.
The Wasps roared back as they scored eight-straight points to grab a 64-56 lead with 1:56 remaining in the game. Petty had a conventional three-point play off a lay-up and a free throw and Lyons hit a three at the wing to highlight the run, which eventually sealed the win.
Petty led all scorers with 19 points and nearly had a triple-double with nine rebounds and eight assists in addition to five steals to lead the Wasps. Rogers had 17 points and seven rebounds while Lyons chipped in 11 points.
Senior
Erin Hanson had 12 points, six rebounds and two assists to lead the Maroons. She needs four points to pass
Vickie Zimmerman for fourth all-time on the career scoring list at Roanoke. With a blocked shot tonight Hanson is tied for eighth all-time in that category. Jenkins had 11 points and tied a season-high three three-pointers. Sophomore
Caitlyn Long finished with 10 points and two assists. She now has 69 three-pointers for her career, one behind
Lindsay Reynolds '06 for eighth all-time.
The Maroons will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 16 as they travel to Greensboro, N.C. to play Guilford College. The women are 25-12 all-time vs. the Quakers since 1990-91. The women have won the last two meetings, including a 76-51 decision on Nov. 27. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m.
