SALEM, Va. – Host Roanoke College made up a one-point halftime deficit and held on for a 61-59 ODAC men's basketball victory over Shenandoah University Saturday night at the Cregger Center.
 
In a game that featured 15 lead changes and nine ties, Roanoke (3-1, 3-0 ODAC) took the lead for good on a Tripp Greene runner in the lane with 3:18 to play.

IN BRIEF

Now trailing by one, 59-58, Shenandoah (0-2, 0-2) turned it over three times and missed its final three field goal attempts down the stretch as the Maroons held on for the victory.
 
On what turned out to be its final possession, SU was fouled once and then turned the ball over on a drive along the baseline before getting off a potential game-tying shot.
 
Roanoke dribbled out the final three seconds to secure the victory.
 
Sophomore Jaylen Williams, playing in his first game in more than a year, led the visitors with 15 points with senior Deondre McNeill adding 10. McNeill had a double-double thanks to a co-game-high 13 rebounds.
 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Shooting:
SU: 23 of 55, 42 percent
RC: 24 of 61, 39 percent
 
3-point shooting:
SU: 9 of 24, 38 percent
RC: 5 of 26, 19 percent
 
FT shooting:
SU: 4 of 7, 57 percent
RC: 8 of 20, 40 percent
 
Rebounds:
SU: 40
RC: 37
 
Points in Paint:
SU: 24
RC: 24
 
Points off Turnovers:
SU: 7
RC: 19

Individual Scoring:
SU: Jaylen Williams 15, Deondre McNeill 10
RC: Efosa Edosomwan 15, Kasey Draper 12
 
Individual Rebounds:
SU: McNeill 13, Andres Frye 8
RC: Ethan Rohan 13
 

SPECIAL NOTE

Tonight's moved from Winchester to Salem in order for the Hornets home facility, the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center, to maximize its potential as a COVID-19 point of distribution site. Vaccinations were distributed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at the three-year-old facility.
 

UP NEXT

Shenandoah returns to the Wilkins Center on Tuesday night for a 7 p.m. ODAC contest versus pre-season favorite Randolph-Macon.
 
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