Yesterday Roanoke gave up a 17-point halftime lead and lost by one point, (80-79) to Catholic. Today they got outscored by 18 points in the 4th quarter against Principia (a small school in Elsah, IL). Luckily for Roanoke they entered the frame leading by 21, so they held on for a 3-point win, 79-76. Looks like the Maroons have trouble finishing games.

In the same tournament, at Catholic U. in D.C., Randolph-Macon gets two wins -- 62-44 over Principia and 68-57 over Catholic. RMC sophomore Erin Porter had a huge game today vs Catholic with 28 points, making 9 of 16 field goals (including 6 of 12 from beyond the arc) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line.

Shout out to the announcer who was exceptionally well prepared, even noting that Porter's six made three-pointers was one off the single game record for RMC, set a decade ago by Hannah Livermon.

Prin loses to Roanoke today 79-76. Just like yesterday vs Randolph-Macon, they trailed significantly entering the fourth quarter (21 points today, 17 yesterday), but mounted another comeback. This one nearly worked as the Panthers outscored Roanoke by 18 in the final stanza.

^^^ ODAC teams take two more losses today. So, over the past three days Bridgewater, Lynchburg, Shenandoah, W&L and EMU have all fallen.

Quote from: y_jack_lok on September 16, 2025, 12:00:47 PMPrincipia was the talk of this board at the end of last season, so let's talk about them again to start the new season. Their schedule is posted and among their games is a trip to Washington, DC in mid-December to face a couple of ODAC schools -- Randolph-Macon and Roanoke -- in a four team "Classic" at Catholic University. Randolph-Macon is my alma mater. They were 29-2 last season and made it to the Sweet Sixteen. Their two losses were to the same team (Gettysburg in the 2nd game of the season and in the Sweet Sixteen). But RMC graduated three key players, whereas Principia had only one senior last season. I'll be looking forward to this game.

The Principia/RMC game is in the books. RMC wins 62-44, but it was much more competitive than the final score. Prin cut a 20-point 4th quarter deficit to eight before going cold again. They are quick and have players with good offensive moves and are pesky in both their man and zone defenses. They were hurt by poor shooting in the second and third quarters and were significantly out-rebounded. Their tough non-conference schedule should have them well prepared for SLIAC play, though I'm surprised at their early loss to Westminster. Will be interested in how they fare tomorrow against another ODAC opponent in Roanoke.

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Quote from: y_jack_lok on December 14, 2025, 09:13:21 AM^^^ Then, 24 hours later, Greenville plays at Elmhurst. Maybe not as much fun to watch, though.

48 hours?

Oh, right. My bad.

Bridgewater, Lynchburg, and Shenandoah all lost over the weekend. Hope teams do better between now and Saturday, before the Christmas week break. Made a slight error in an earlier post -- there are no ODAC teams playing on Thursday, otherwise someone is playing every day through Saturday.

^^^ Roanoke should be ready, having already played Guilford, though Redlands will surely be tougher. Hope H-SC is prepared.

^^^ Then, 24 hours later, Greenville plays at Elmhurst. Maybe not as much fun to watch, though.

A little bit of mid-week action for some ODAC teams with Averett getting a W over Warren Wilson. Randolph lost to Southern Virginia and Shenandoah lost to Hood, which fell from the Top 25 into the RV group after a loss to Johns Hopkins.

Starting Saturday there is at least one ODAC team playing every day through the following Saturday (20th), after which there is a full week when all are idle. Games then start back up on Sunday the 28th.

^^^Excellent news! Thanks for sharing that.

^^^ I was only able to watch the first half and got plenty worried when the Jackets fell behind 23-14. But they were able to close out the half on a 14-6 run to trail by one at the half. It was quite a relief, about two hours later, to see the final score. It's the second game in a row  that Ollie Jones didn't play for RMC. Hope he's okay.

In other games, H-SC gets a two point win at EMU. Putting that game together with EMU's five point loss at VWU on Wednnesday and it would seem that the Royals have something going and are not to be taken lightly.

Shenandoah loses at home by 15 to Averett. After Wednesday's loss at Bridgewater the Hornets are off to a rough start in ODAC play.

VWU downs Randolph and Lynchburg beats Bridgewater.

W&L and Guilford were idle.

It's no consolation to anyone, but worth noting that today Mount Union scored the same number of touchdowns vs John Carroll as RMC did last Saturday.

Quote from: WUPHF on December 06, 2025, 01:15:27 PMAs Fall sports begin to conclude for the season, I am going to assign Flo Sports a failing grade for exclusive content. The UAA and others leagues promised that this would be a value-ad for subscribers.

Technology-wise, the live stream has been better lately, so there is that.

Just recently (starting with post-Thanksgiving broadcasts) RMC has added a second camera. It has been in a couple of different locations, so they seem to by trying to decide on the best location. The quality of the livestreams have improved since the really awful stream of the game vs Yeshiva.

I do wonder if Flo "staff" are actually writing articles, or if there aren't just a few freelancers who cobble stuff together based on what AI feeds them.

I suppose some of the quality of campus stores depends on whether they are owned and operated by the college itself, or they've been outsourced to Follett, or Barnes & Noble, or one of the other corporate entities in that arena. Randolph-Macon's campus store is proprietary to the college. It's been almost exactly 10 years since I was on the campus, but at that time the store was well stocked with a wide variety of gear as well as most of the things students need for classes. From everything I can discern, that hasn't changed and it is a thriving business that offers college gear that people like.

^^^ That all works in places where there is a concentration of alumni who can gather. But there are no other, to my knowledge, alums of my alma mater living anywhere near me. However, last June I received a call from the VP for Advancement. She knew I always make my gift in June and expressed the hope I would do so again. So it was clearly a fundraising call, but we also had a very nice general conversation. It's the first time that has happened in the many decades since I graduated. Sure, I've been called during phone-a-thons, but always by a student or other alum. The call from the VP worked. I wasn't asked to increase my gift, but I did.