Quote from: Seatfiller on January 14, 2026, 09:59:37 PMRoanoke has another huge game Saturday at the undefeated in conference Virginia Wesleyan. Our defense better be ready to play or we could be embarrassed

^^^ This is definitely today's key game in the ODAC.

But Lynchburg at H-SC could also be tight, as could Guilford at Bridgewater if the Eagles are back to full strength. If some Eagles players are still sick, it might be tough for them to keep up with the Quakers.

Averett should win at EMU and W&L is likely to prevail over Randolph at home.

RMC hosts Shenandoah. This has recently been a tough game for the Jackets when they play at SU (and in last season's ODAC tournament), but not when they play in Crenshaw. I expect the Hornets will be pumped to change that.

RMC with a comfortable 103-47 win over Bridgewater. The Eagles were missing a couple of their leading scorers due to the flu. As the game wore on it looked like the Eagle players were running out of energy, so you have to wonder if some of them were a bit under the weather as well.

VWU remains undefeated in conference, downing Lynchburg 70-59.

Roanoke takes care of home court over H-SC 62-47.

Three of tonight's games were 5 p.m. starts. W&L comes back from a 17-point halftime deficit to win 73-69 at Shenandoah. Guilford handles EMU 89-68. Averett downs Randolph 74-55.

Quote from: Tigerfan on January 12, 2026, 11:31:28 AMAnybody feeling real confident about their team right now?

RMC is still in the driver's seat.  A little lapse at Averett, where they let the home team hang around and hit a wild game winner, doesn't change that.  Sadly for the Jackets, I've been wrong so many times this season I wouldn't want my seal of approval.

Good question. After the loss at Averett and a less than convincing win at Guilford, RMC needs to regroup a bit and use the experiences from those games to make adjustments and get better, which is something they have been able to do in past seasons. We'll see how that plays out this season.

Averett should be flying high after the win vs RMC and leading VWU before the game was suspended. Looks like that game will be completed on February 6th according to Averett's schedule. Tonight vs Randolph is their third straight home game.

I don't want to make the mistake of overlooking any games, like I did last Wednesday, but H-SC at Roanoke and Lynchburg (4-1) at VWU (3-0) appear to be the two key games tonight.

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.