Box Score
FREDRICKSBURG, Va. --- Mary Washington converted on late free-throw attempts to pull away from Roanoke, 75-67 Sunday afternoon at the William M. Anderson Center. The Maroons fall to 2-6 on the season, while the Eagles improve to 8-2.
The Eagles trailed in the early going, but reeled off nine straight points to lead, 13-8, with 15:37 left in the first half. The lead shrunk to as few as two and as many as eight before another run of 9-2 pushed the Eagle lead to 31-18 with 3:35 remaining. Willis scored twice in that spurt. Roanoke scored the final two buckets of the half to cut the deficit to 35-26 at intermission.
Roanoke came out firing in the second half, shooting 49% after making just 31% in the opening stanza, and cutting the nine-point deficit to two in the opening minutes. UMW responded with a 9-2 run to push the lead back to nine at 44-35 with 15:47 to play.
The Maroons cut the deficit to one twice in the final 3:06, but the Eagles were able to make five of their final six free throws to hold off Roanoke.
In all, UMW shot 40% (27-67) from the floor and went 16-28 from the free throw line (57%). Roanoke made 26-64 shots in the game (40.6%), but plagued by 29 turnovers.
Kwasi Amponsah, the ODAC's leading scorer, led the Maroons with 18 points, six rebounds and a career-high five steals.
Logan Singleton had a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds in addition to two blocked shots.
Jack Hamilton added 14 points, seven rebounds and a team-best three assists.
Adam Kessler scored 11 points on the afternoon, his third game in double-figures over the last five games.
Barrett Hunter chipped in five points and four rebounds in 15 minutes, all season-bests for the junior guard.
Sophomore guard
Walt Smith (Alexandria, Va., T.C. Williams) scored 16 points and added nine assists and four steals to pace the Eagles. Senior
Tad Dickman (Springfield, Va., Robert E. Lee) and sophomore
E.J. Willis (Alexandria, Va., T.C. Williams) each scored 15 for UMW.
Freshman
Taylor Johnson (Ashburn, Va., Broad Run) had eight points and four steals, and senior guard
Ryan Farrar (Ashburn, Va., Centreville, Va.) added seven points and six rebounds.
The men will return from the holiday break to host Covenant in non-conference action on Dec. 30. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.
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