Former Randolph-Macon guard Megan Silva finished with more points (2,371), assists (700) and steals (446) than any male or female basketball player in ODAC history. The 2005-06 D3hoops.com women's basketball Player of the Year led Randolph-Macon to four 20-win seasons in her career, including a berth in the 2005 national title game.
As Randolph-Macon retired Silva's No. 11 jersey Friday night, the Yellow Jackets improved to 20-4 with an 83-58 win against Lynchburg, clinching their fifth consecutive 20-win season. Randolph-Macon appears headed for the top seed in the ODAC tournament once again, a year after Silva's graduation.
No. 7 NYU went back on the road and had to hold off Case Western Reserve's second-half charge to win 68-65. More women's scores.
In fact, the four ranked teams in the UAA each won, as No. 12 Washington U. beat Carnegie Mellon, No. 14 Brandeis won at Emory 58-51 and homestanding No. 16 Rochester defeated Chicago 64-59. It was Chicago's sixth loss in seven games. NYU and Wash U remain tied for first place in the league, which doesn't have a conference tournament, with two games to go. And Brockport State got 18 points from Brenlyn Campbell and 15 from Courtney Hines to knock off No. 24 Cortland State, 55-52, ending Cortland's 21-game winning streak.
No. 11 Wash U and No. 14 Chicago each won in men's action, setting up a potential winner-take-all game a week from Saturday in St. Louis. Lewis and Clark knocked off No. 21 Puget Sound to stay within a half-game of first in the Northwest Conference. St. John Fisher defeated Utica 79-66, tying the Pioneers for first in the Empire 8. Utica standout Ray Bryant scored just two points and did not play in the second half. More men's scores.