{"id":23011,"date":"2015-01-26T07:50:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T12:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=23011"},"modified":"2015-02-02T14:29:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T19:29:26","slug":"royals-dominate-final-five-minutes-to-beat-randolph-72-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/royals-dominate-final-five-minutes-to-beat-randolph-72-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals dominate final five minutes to beat Randolph, 72-68"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #444444\">The Runnin Royals proved they can win without running Saturday afternoon, closing on a 15-4 run to thump Randolph College at home, 72-68. In a contest ripe with storylines, Eastern Mennonite broke out of a four-way tie to take sole possession of fourth place in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">EMU entered the day tied with Randolph, Hampden-Sydney and Bridgewater for fourth in the league standings, but all three of them lost. The men now have a win over each of those teams muddled in the middle of the ODAC pack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The visiting WildCats, hamstrung with a healthy roster lacking in height, executed their game plan as designed, shutting down EMU&#8217;s All-ODAC big man,\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2014-15\/bios\/falk_david_kirb\">David Falk<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Madison, Va.\/Madison County), by swarming him with defenders every time he touched the ball. Randolph also got back on defense after every shot attempt, resulting in a halfcourt game with a combined two offensive rebounds and six fastbreak points. How would the up-tempo Royals handle that type of a game?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Eastern Mennonite responded by running their offensive sets and finding the open man. They shot 12-of-23 from the floor in the first half, including 6-10 from outside, to take a 36-34 lead into halftime, thanks to an inside jumper from\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2014-15\/bios\/crump_marcel_tgr8\">Marcel Crump<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Richmond, Va.\/Highland Springs) in the closing seconds. Randolph was almost a mirror image, shooting 12-for-25 with 5-10 from three point range.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The second half was just as tight until the WildCats scored nine straight points to build their largest lead of the day at 52-43 with 11:19 to go. Behind some hot shooting from freshman\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2014-15\/bios\/jones_jerome_082v\">Jerome Jones<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Charles Town, W.V.\/Washington), the Royals stormed back to within four points, but Randolph wouldn&#8217;t give up the lead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The visitors matched EMU shot-for-shot, leaving the lead between four and seven points until the game hit a pivotal moment with 5:04 remaining. With EMU on offense, Falk jumped to gain possession of a loose ball. As he came down and turned, he collided with a Randolph defender and was whistled for elbowing and tagged with his fourth foul.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The home crowd sat in disbelief and Coach Kirby Dean was livid. The WildCats calmly went into their offensive set, drew a foul and connected on both free throws to put the lead back at 64-57. The five Royals on the floor, however, decided it was their time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2014-15\/bios\/yates_ryan_wwom\">Ryan Yates<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Alexandria, Va.\/T.C. Williams) hit a jumper to trigger a run. Falk swatted a shot to start a fastbreak, which Yates converted to slice the deficit to 64-61. After a defensive stand,\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0079c2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emuroyals.com\/sports\/mbkb\/2014-15\/bios\/williams_james_ogvh\">James Williams<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Capitol Heights, Md.\/Archbishop Carroll) found Jones for another three ball, this time knotting the score at 64-64 with 2:52 left and igniting the home crowd. After another big block from Falk, EMU&#8217;s big man hit a jumper in the paint to put EMU in front for the first time since the 17:31 mark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Randolph looked rattled and turned the ball over on their next two possessions, leading to a knockout punch from Williams. The point guard sliced into the lane for the hoop and harm, converting a three-point play to push the lead to 69-64 with 16.1 seconds left. Williams&#8217; effort capped a decisive 12-0 run, as the Royals clamped down Randolph for a stretch of 4:34 in the final five minutes of the game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The final seconds were packed with WildCat layups and EMU free throws, but the men went 3-4 from the stripe to seal the key 72-68 win.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The teams combined to shoot 50 percent from the floor and 54 percent from long range. Eastern Mennonite was 24-47 in shooting, including a season-best 10-17 from three. Randolph shot 24-49 overall and 10-20 from outside. The Royals made the difference up in quantity at the free throw line, hitting 14-21 compared to 10-11 for the visitors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Jones made Randolph pay for every open look he got, burying 6-of-7 three pointers for a career high 22 points. Williams picked his moments and was 6-6 from the free throw line for 14 points. Yates hit a trio of threes and added 13 points.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Falk had a game high nine rebounds and three blocks. Crump turned into a distributor with a career high eight assists. He previous best was four handouts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Reid Jacoby led a balanced Randolph attack with 14 points, as he hit four treys. Zach Desgain had 13 points, six assists and five rebounds. Jason Eddie added 12 counters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">The Runnin Royals are now 12-5 overall and 5-3 in the ODAC. Randolph slips to 10-7 and 4-4. EMU stays at home on Wednesday to host Shenandoah, who just earned their first ODAC win of the season in an overtime effort over Hampden-Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Runnin Royals proved they can win without running Saturday afternoon, closing on a 15-4 run to thump Randolph College at home, 72-68. 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