Box Score ASHLAND, Va. – Taylor Huber scored a game-high 26 points and Katie Anderson tallied all 15 of her points in the second half of Randolph-Macon College's 80-74 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball win over Guilford College Saturday.
The Yellow Jackets (18-5, 11-3 ODAC) rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to split the season series with Guilford (16-6, 8-5 ODAC) and secure a top-four seed in the upcoming ODAC Tournament.
Guilford's Gabby Oglesby scored 13 of her team-high 16 points and the Quakers shot 57.1% from the floor to take a 45-33 halftime lead. Guilford's advantage remained at 12 points after a Sarah Burnick basket with 11:15 left in regulation made the score 61-49.
The Yellow Jackets gradually chipped away and pulled to within 63-60 on a Sarah Parsons' layup with 8:38 to play. Randolph-Macon's run continued as Guilford went over six minutes without a field goal and momentum shifted to the hosts. Parsons' layup with 3:41 remaining gave the Yellow Jackets their first lead of the game, 69-68. She contributed six points to the decisive 24-7 run over a nine-minute, 19-second span. Huber, the ODAC's leading scorer, had the hot hand with all 13 of her second-half points during the run.
After shooting just 28.6% from the floor in the first half, Randolph-Macon connected on 48.5% of its second-half shots against one of the nation's top defenses. Huber made only six-of-20 field goals, but connected on 11-of-12 free throws and three three-pointers. Anderson added a team-high eight rebounds to her 15 second-half points and Parsons finished with 13 markers. The Yellow Jackets had 16 offensive rebounds, which led to 21 second-chance points.
Morgan King joined Oglesby with a team-high 16 points for Guilford. Oglesby also had a game-best 12 rebounds and four blocks. Brittany Drew contributed 15 points, four assists and two steals. Teammate Kayla Adams chipped in with 11 points and four assists.
The Quakers host Emory & Henry College Monday (2/17) at 7:00 p.m. in an ODAC game rescheduled from Feb. 12 because of snow.