Despite having a number of players affected by an illness, the Runnin Royals took care of business Monday in a matinee at Frostburg State, running away with an 80-59 non-conference win.<\/p>\n
Eastern Mennonite scored first in the game, but made a statement on the defensive end.\u00a0 The men frustrated the Bobcats into a season low 31.7% from the floor and never trailed.<\/p>\n
FSU was still within two points at 17-15 midway through the first until the Royals exploded on a quick 9-0 run to blow the game open.\u00a0 The men then scored the final five of the half to lead 45-30 at the break.<\/p>\n
The Runnin Royals didn\u2019t let up in the second and expanded the lead to the final 21-point margin.<\/p>\n
All 15 of the EMU men in uniform got to play in the win as they out-shot Frostburg State 48.5% to 31.7%.\u00a0 They also had a hefty 50-39 edge in rebounding.<\/p>\n
Junior Andrew Thorne (Front Royal, VA\/Skyline) collected his third double double of the season, finishing with game highs of 18 points and 11 rebounds along with two steals.\u00a0 R.J. Sims (Fort Washington, MD\/Friendly), who has been slowed over the past week with an illness, played a game high 34 minutes and dumped in 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting.<\/p>\n
Guard Adam Burroughs (Roanoke, VA\/Northside) made his presence felt with a career high seven assists.\u00a0 He also tied his career best with seven rebounds.\u00a0 Owen Longacre (Telford, PA\/Christopher Dock) had ten points and five rebounds.\u00a0 Freshman Corey Sheppard (Richmond, VA\/Open) had his best game in an EMU uniform with eight rebounds, two steals and two assists in 18 minutes.<\/p>\n
Starting point guard Dajon Daniel (Fredericksburg, VA\/Mountain View) and reserve Josh Mallory (Round Hill, VA\/Loudoun Valley) both missed the game because of illness.<\/p>\n
The win is the fourth in the last five games for the Runnin Royals, who improve to 6-7.\u00a0 They return to ODAC play for the rest of the season and will try to better their 1-3 league mark Wednesday when they host Randolph-Macon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"