SALEM, Va. -- Second-ranked Randolph-Macon assumed a sizeable lead early and held on for a 71-53 win over W&L in the quarterfinal round of the ODAC men's basketball tournament on Saturday at the Salem Civic Center.

The top-seeded Yellow Jackets (24-1) scored the first five points of the game before sophomore guard Mike Stuart (Warrenton, Va./Fauquier) connected from behind the arc with 14:49 left to get the Generals on the board. R-MC then scored the next 17 points and carried a 31-12 advantage into the locker room at halftime.

The Yellow Jackets forced 17 Generals' turnovers and held them to 37.2 percent shooting for the afternoon (16-of-43), while committing just 10 giveaways and displaying 48.2 percent marksmanship (27-of-56) themselves.

Senior forward Jared Mills (12 points), junior forward Kurt Bergmann (12 points) and senior guard Ryan Sloper (10 points) were the leading scorers for the Yellow Jackets, who advance tomorrow's semifinal round to play the winner of Roanoke and Guilford.

Sophomore guard Ian McClure (Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual) scored a game-high 14 points to lead the Generals. His 4-for-11 shooting from three-point range gives him 63 three's on the season, tying the W&L single-season standard set by Bryan Watkins during the 1991-92 season. Freshman guard Ryan Flynn (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) was the only other W&L player to reach double figures, finishing with 12 points.

The Generals' loss concludes their season with a record of eight wins and 17 losses.

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