MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

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Roanoke started their season last Tuesday with a beat down against a developing Christendom team 90-38.  That game didn't really tell me much about us except we can beat teams that most likely won't have a good season.

Today Roanoke played Southern Virginia University and won 86-56.  First half we only had a 9 point lead but the defense got way better in the second half.  Hard to judge this team right now as we haven't played anyone really that good. That might change tomorrow as we go against a Marymount team who's currently beating Guilford 82-68 with 40 seconds left at Roanoke college.

I watched a good bit of this game. The announcers said Roanoke had won all six previous meetings vs SVU by an average of 28 points and never allowed SVU to score more than 60 points. With five and a half minutes left in the first half and SVU leading 31-24 it sure looked like that would change. Then Roanoke went to another gear, scored 18 unanswered points and led 42-33 at halftime. They kept it up in the second half and kept the scoring margin and under 60 streak in tact. Final was 86-56.

Averett downs Greensboro in a back and forth game 82-73. W&L starts off strong, downing Salisbury 88-63. Guilford loses to Marymount 84-68.

Thanks for the info, I was only keeping up with it using live stats. Yesterday Roanoke got a good win against Marymount 73-54.  It was a low scoring first half with RC only winning at intermission 28-24. RC came out on fire after half going on a 15-4 run.  My big worry seems to be RC is starting off slow and that will eventually put us in a big hole as the season wears on.  Roanoke is off until the weekend where they play in the Salisbury tournament.