VCU women surge late, blast JMU

CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Monica Wright scored 20 points and No. 15 Virginia rebounded from a sluggish start to beat Wake Forest.

Wright, who also had nine rebounds, scored seven points and Lyndra Littles added eight of her 19 points for the Cavaliers during a 24-0 run in the final minutes of the game.

Camille Collier led the Demon Deacons with 25 points as she hit five 3-pointers. Collier scored 21 in the opening half as she hit 8 of 12 shots from the field.

Groves 5, Thomas 3, Tchangoue 7, Collier 25, Waters 14, Morris 3, Ray 2, Riddle 0. Totals 23-65 5-9 59.
VIRGINIA (1-0, 14-2)

Littles 19, Hartig 6, Mohammed 15, Millner 5, Wright 20, W.Edwards 2, Moorer 6, Hartig 0, Shine 4. Totals 29-73 19-26 77.

3-point goals: WF -- Collier 5, Waters 2, Thomas.

Halftime: Wake Forest 39-31

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Utahya Drye recorded 18 points and two other Hokies reached double figures, but Virginia Tech couldn't hold off Boston College.

Lakeisha Logan scored 15 points and Brittany Gordon had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Hokies. Laura Haskins added six points and eight assists.

Carolyn Swords led Boston College with 19 points and 10 rebounds.

Drye 18, Harrison 1, Gordon 12, Biggs 2, Haskins 6, Lewis 0, Davis 8, Cook 0, Logan 0, Grey 15, Basham 0. Totals22 18-25 62.
BOSTON COLLEGE (2-0, 13-3)

Brown 10, Murphy 7, Swords 19, Thoman 0, Picco 18, Jones 0, Pratt 9, Rusin 4, Johnson 0, Gill 0, Nickson 5, Whitehurst 1, Wilson 0. Totals 30 4-7 73.

3-point goals: BC -- Picco 6, Murphy.

Halftime: Boston College -- 34-25

In other games

OLD DOMINION 66, NORTH- EASTERN 56: Jasmine Parker scored 17 points, Jazzmin Walters added 15, and the visiting Lady Monarchs (3-0 CAA, 8-5) held off the Huskies (1-2, 4-10) for another CAA victory.

WILLIAM AND MARY 59, UNC WILMINGTON 55: Tiffany Benson had 23 points and 17 rebounds, and Kelly Heath scored 22 points to lead the Tribe (3-0 CAA, 10-4) over visiting UNCW (1-2, 8-6).

TOWSON 68, GEORGE MASON 47: Brittany Poindexter totaled 11 points and six rebounds, but the Patriots (0-3 CAA, 2-12) fell at home to the Tigers (1-2, 9-4).

SATURDAY'S MEN

RADFORD -- Joey Lynch-Flohr scored 22 points and Radford defeated North Carolina-Asheville in overtime.

The Highlanders used a 61.5 percent shooting first half (16 for 26) to jump out to a 44-35 lead at the halftime. But UNC Asheville outscored the Bulldogs 46-37 in the second half to force overtime.

The Bulldogs hit just 1 of 8 shots in OT, and were outscored 17-7.

Radford had five other players in double figures as Amir Johnson scored 18, Kenny Thomas and Artsiom Parakhouski each had 15 points, Eric Hall 11 and Chris McEachin 10.

August Reid led the Bulldogs with 27 points and Sean Smith added 18.

Primm 1-8 0-0 3, Smith 7-11 0-0 18, Augst 9-18 7-8 27, Stubbs 1-5 0-0 2, Ridenhour 3-9 1-2 9, Dickey 3-9 2-2 9, Stephenson 3-7 7-10 14, Jackson 3-3 0-0 6. Totals 30-70 17-22 88.
RADFORD (4-1, 7-9)

Johnson 3-5 10-13 18, Thomas 5-11 3-4 15, Martin 2-6 3-4 7, Lynch-Flohr 8-9 6-7 22, Parakhouski 5-10 5-9 15, McEachin 5-9 0-0 10, Hall 3-7 5-6 11. Totals 31-57 32-43 98.

Halftime -- Radford 44-35. End Of Regulation -- Tied 81. 3-point goals -- UNCA 11-26 (Smith 4-7, Ridenhour 2-4, Augst 2-5, Primm 1-3, Stephenson 1-3, Dickey 1-4), Radford 4-9 (Johnson 2-3, Thomas 2-5, McEachin 0-1). Rebounds -- UNCW 32 (Stephenson 6), Radford 45 (Thomas 9). Assists -- UNCA 18 (Augst 5), Radford 16 (Johnson 7). Fouled out -- Lynch-Flohr, Parakhouski, Primm. Total fouls -- UNCA 27, Radford 19. A -- 575.

NEWPORT NEWS -- Justin Short scored 21 points, and Boris Varela and Jordan Brown added 13 apiece to lead Randolph-Macon over Christopher Newport.

Michael Green and Mark Blasingame each scored 17 for the Captains.

Voelkel 3, Short 21, Varela 13, Brown 13, Braxton 6, Pugh 5, Croskey 2, Jones 7, Campion 6. Totals 25 22-26 76.
CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT (7-6)

Barton 12, Baker 9, Whinnett 4, Green 17, Blasingame 17, Hermann 5. Totals 27 4-8 64.

3-point goals: RMC -- Short, Varela, Brown, Pugh. CNU -- Baker 3, Barton 2, Hermann.

Halftime: Randolph-Macon 38-32

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. -- Trey Mines scored 12 points and Jacobe Simpson added 11 as Virginia State defeated Elizabeth City State.

Mines 12, Johnson 4, Simpson 11, Macklin 10, Lipscomb 10, Crockett 6, Washington 7, Chaney 9. Totals 26 15-22 69.
ELIZABETH CITY STATE (3-2, 10-2)

Bush 8, Bivens 14, Hilliard 19, Wallace 1, Rouse 7, Johnson 6, Morrison 7, Hickman 3. Totals 22 15-24 65.

3-point goals: VSU -- Lipscomb 2. ECS -- Bush 2, Johnson 2, Bivens, Rouse.

Halftime: Elizabeth City 33-28

LAWRENCEVILLE -- Greg Thondique led all scorers with 29 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Virginia Union slipped past Saint Paul's for a CIAA conference victory. Braxton Byerson had 20 points and Lemoyne Williams added 10 for the Panthers.

Anthony Wynn had 14 points, and Bruce Royal and Davon West each added 13 for the Tigers.

Bran. Byerson 6, McDonald 4, Brax. Byerson 20, Cook 3, Thondique 29, Berry 0, King 0, Wright 0, Smith 3, Williams 10. Totals 30 9-19 75.
SAINT PAUL'S (0-4, 3-7)

Rasoull 5, Royal 13, Wynn 14, Poitillo 0, Leseur 3, Pride 10, Reevy 8, Williams 6, West 13. Totals 30 7-8 72.

3-point goals: VUU -- Brax. Byerson 4, Bran. Byerson, Cook. SPC -- Rasoull, Royal, Leseur, Pride, Williams.

Halftime: Virginia Union 36-21

In other games

WESLEY 65, MARYMOUNT 57: Despite 15 points from Mike Gray and 10 by Sam Sentz, the Saints (1-2 CAC, 5-6) fell to host Wesley (3-0, 6-5).

ROANOKE 80, EASTERN MEN NONITE 77: Drew Gaeng scored 25 points and Curtis Peery totaled 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Maroons (4-0 ODAC, 12-1) over the visiting Royals (3-2, 7-4).

SATURDAY'S WOMEN

SAINT PAUL'S 72, VIRGINIA UNION 52: Tatiana Ellis scored 29 points and connected on 15 of 18 free throws to lead the Tigers (2-2 CIAA, 5-7) over the visiting Panthers (1-4, 4-7).