Guilford's Gabe Proctor, the ODAC's leading scorer, only played four minutes against RMC. The announcers said he was sick. There were transmission issues from Guilford resulting in much of the first half not being viewable. What I was able to see of that half it looked like RMC was having a lot of trouble adjusting to Guilford's speed, quickness, and trapping defense, while also having problems defending the Quakers. RMC had a six-point lead at halftime. Whatever issues there were with the livestream got fixed for the second half. RMC played its 3-2 zone in the second half and looked much better defensively, getting steals and some fast break buckets. They had a couple of 18-point leads and held on for a 10-point win 83-73. The camera angle, with the camera in the bleachers, doesn't give as good a perspective of the game as the one from higher up, which was only used briefly. Anyway, it was good to get the win.

H-SC, EMU, and Lynchburg all got double digit wins.

W&L got a layup on a nifty pass with about 16 seconds left for only its second lead of the game at 58-57. After calling timeout with 11 seconds left Roanoke as unable to score so the Generals get a precious road win.

The VWU at Averett game was suspended with 9:39 left in the second half, due to wet court conditions per Brian Hamilton above, Averett leading 47-43.

VWU, the only team undefeated in ODAC play, travels to Averett today. Will be interesting to see if the Cougars can pull of another upset. Or, will it even be an upset if they win? Hard to know. Earlier they took a 20-point loss at W&L. But this is a home game for them.

RMC is at Guilford. Let's hope the Jackets can bounce back from Wednesday night's loss. It'll be a completely different kind of game. The Quakers are 0-3 in conference play with losses to Roanoke, W&L, and H-SC.

Other games are W&L at Roanoke (both one loss teams in-conference), Shenandoah at Lynchburg (SU looking to get in the ODAC win column), EMU at Randolph (one of these will get its first conference win), and H-SC at Bridgewater (also one loss teams in-conference).

Webster recovers from its three-point shooting woes, going 7-15 in a tightly contested game at Spalding in which there were more ties and lead changes than I care to count. Gorloks prevail 71-69 on a hoop by Charles Nelson with three seconds left. Justin Ugo was back in the lineup for Webster after missing a few games.

Looks like that was quite the turnaround for H-SC from down 16 at halftime to win by 13. Well done.

In other games: Roanoke thumps Shenandoah by 43; Lynchburg does the same to EMU by 36; VWU gets a smooth win at W&L by 25; and Bridgewater downs Randolph by 9.

Since this won't get any attention on the women's board, RMC handed Guilford it's first loss in similar fashion to what Averett did to the Jacket men. It was a close game most of the way. RMC trailed by three with four seconds left and was inbounding under its own basket. The pass went just beyond the arc to MacKenzie Matheny, normally a post player, who banked in a contested three, got fouled and made the free throw to give the Jackets a one point lead. Guilford called timeout to advance the ball past mid-court with one second left, but couldn't get a shot off before the buzzer. The score was similar to the men's game, 64-63.

Hoops. Gotta love it.

I overlooked RMC at Averett as a game to watch tonight. The Cougars upset the Jackets 62-60. RMC couldn't make shots, largely due to Averett's defense, which came from nowhere multiple times to block shots -- a total of nine. The Jackets looked just a bit slow compared to Averett. Also, the Cougars sank some wild and crazy shots. The three pointer with about nine seconds remaining and the shot clock expiring to give them a 61-60 lead took the cake. Kudos to Averett.

ODAC action gets into full swing tonight. I'd say the game to watch is VWU at W&L. Both are 2-0 in conference. The Generals are 10-1 overall. The Marlins are coming off that blow-out loss at Mary Washington and a two-point loss to Franklin & Marshall. W&L had better be ready. I suspect the Marlins have something to prove.

Guilford at H-SC is another game to keep an eye on.

^^^ Got it. I must say I was mystified when the UAA announced it had signed on with Flo.

Quote from: scottiedoug on January 06, 2026, 11:55:21 AMMaryville was in a tournament at Emory which was a Flo event, so I could not watch any games without buying way more access than I wanted. I am sure Emory can afford not to be part of this.

Except Emory is in the UAA and the UAA has already signed on with Flo.

Quote from: Tigerfan on January 05, 2026, 01:27:22 PMI feel bad for you - having to live with those poor 25 point wins.  Try making sense of 30 point losses. 

Lol. Good one. It was one of those games where a 16-point lead with 6+ minutes left didn't feel safe.

In another lopsided three-point shooting affair Webster hits on 2 of 13 while Westminster makes 12 of 28. That's a 30 point differential. Yet Webster wins the game 81-73 by hitting 20 more two pointers than the Blue Jays for a 40 point advantage. Westminster made 17 free throws to Webster's 15. The box score shows Webster with 54 points in the paint to Westminster's 12.

In the three non-conference games today, all ODAC teams lost.

W&L trailed by 10 at the half at Guilford, but caught up midway through the second half an held on for a 90-88 win.

In Ashland, RMC's 25 point win over Lynchburg (85-60) felt more like a five point win. The Jackets had a six point halftime lead and slowly, methodically stretched it out. Lynchburg's Jamarcus Brown was on fire in the first half with 18 points but, as Coach Merkle said in the post-game interview, the Jackets were able to successfully limit Brown's touches in the second half. Lynchburg seemed to run out of steam late.

Yesterday Randolph got a win over William Peace, 82-72. Today there are two conference games -- Lynchburg at RMC and W&L at Guilford. Bridgewater, EMU, and VWU all have non-conference games. Starting Wednesday it's pretty much all ODAC action until the end, with the exception of RMC vs Mary Washington on 2/7. Perhaps there are some other non-conference games in there that I didn't notice.

Just checked the Webster at Illinois College score. Gorloks get a 70-64 win, despite going 1 for 13 from three compared to 6 made threes for IC. That's a 15 point differential. But Webster had nine more made two pointers and three more made free throws to give them the six point win. Justin Ugo and Ethan Chartrand do not appear in the box score for Webster. Hope they are okay. The win, in spite of their absence, suggests Webster has some depth. Gorloks are now 9-2. No more non-conference games.

After giving up a total of just 52 points in the first three halves of play yesterday and today, RMC gave up 54 to Salisbury in the second half this afternoon. But the Jackets scored 50 of their own points in that second half. So, with a 41-16 halftime lead, their lead was never threatened. Still, Salisbury showed that RMC has vulnerabilities, especially against teams with height. Final score was RMC 91, Salisbury 70.

Overall, ODAC teams went 5-2 on the day. Other winners were Roanoke, Averett, W&L, and Shenandoah. VWU took it on the chin from Mary Washington, as did H-SC vs Emory.

ODAC teams go 5-1 yesterday. Winners were Roanoke, W&L, H-SC, RMC, and Guilford.

Shots weren't falling for Misericordia in their lopsided loss to RMC. The Jackets haven't gotten rusty with a couple of long layoffs (13 days, then two games, the 9 days) but Misericordia's 14 days off, plus the travel to Ashland, appears to have taken a toll. They are a better team than the score suggests. Congrats to Coach Merkle on his 300th win in 14+ seasons as a head coach -- 234 of those wins are in his 10+ years at RMC.

From the box score, Bridgewater looks to have had a tough time making shots, including free throws (2-10) in a nine points loss.

Seven teams in action today. Yesterday's five winners, plus Averett and Shenandoah.