Macon home run hits 60

Feb 01, 2023
Keishawn Pulley Jr., a freshman, has been around for 12 of Randolph-Macon's 60 consecutive Crenshaw victories.
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The final month of the Division III regular season opened with Randolph-Macon winning its 60th consecutive home game, Wooster reached a big milestone win and Emerson knocked off No. 12 WPI.

Randolph-Macon last took a home loss on Jan. 24, 2018, when the Yellow Jackets fell to Eastern Mennonite in overtime, 70-69. More than five years later, Randolph-Macon is threatening the all-time Division III record for home wins, which is 62, a mark owned by North Park, set from Feb. 8, 1984 to Feb. 3, 1988.

R-MC defeated Shenandoah 96-41 to improve to 20-1 overall. All 14 players who got in the game found the scoring column for the No. 2 Yellow Jackets, led by freshman Keishawn Pulley Jr., who scored 16 points and had four assists in 20 minutes of action. In addition, Miles Mallory had four blocked shots to give him 251 for his career, a program and ODAC record.

Barring a schedule change, Randolph-Macon would have a chance to break the record in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, assuming the Yellow Jackets are selected to host. 

Wooster won its 1,800th game in the program's history, as the Scots defeated Kenyon 77-53. Wooster remains the second-winningest Division III program in men's basketball history, 35 wins behind archrival Wittenberg. The Scots have picked up seven games on the Tigers this season, however. Nick Everett powered the offense with his first-career 20-point game. The 6-8 forward went 8-of-11 from the floor as Wooster improved to 16-4.

Emerson handed WPI its third loss of the season, as Max Davis poured in 31 points and Jarred Houston grabbed 16 rebounds for Emerson in a 71-66 victory. It's the first NEWMAC loss of the campaign for the 12th-ranked Engineers (16-3, 8-1) and the loss snaps an eight-game winning streak. Emerson shot 16-for-21 from the second half for a blistering 76.2% clip and the Lions were 4-for-6 from beyond the arc. Davis was 12-of-17 from the field and Houston added 14 points to his game-best 16 boards. Emerson improved to 12-8, 7-2 in the NEWMAC.

Christopher Newport trailed 22-9 midway through the first half Wednesday night at the University of Mary Washington before the fourth-ranked Captains took control to surge to a 67-53 victory on the road. The Captains were led by a career-high 19 points from fifth-year senior Brandon Edmond, who scored the first 12 points of the game for CNU on four three-point shots. The Captains held the Eagles to just 26 percent shooting for the night (16 of 62) and UMW knocked down just 4-of-26 (15 percent) from 3-point range. The Captains improved to 19-3 with the road win, while the Eagles dropped to 15-6 on the season.

Washington & Jefferson won a hard-fought bout against the Allegheny Gators in a Presidents' Athletic Conference showdown. A last second shot by Nick Gearhart was the difference as W&J pulled out a 65-63 win over Allegheny. The win improves the Presidents to 12-4 in PAC play and 15-6 overall. The victory helps W&J pull into a tie for first place in the PAC with Allegheny at 12-4. The loss snaps Allegheny's seven-game winning streak and leaves the Gators at 12-4 in the PAC and 15-7 overall.

Hunter Plamann scored a game-high 33 points on 12-for-20 shooting as No. 23 UW-Oshkosh won at home vs. UW-Eau Claire, 74-63. The Titans won their seventh game in a row and improved to 9-1 in the WIAC, holding a two-game advantage against UW-La Crosse, and standing at 16-5 overall. UWL won at Platteville on Wednesday, defeating the Pioneers 82-67 behind 20 points from Will Fuhrmann.

No. 25 Rowan's first game as a ranked team in more than two decades was a successful one, as the Profs rolled to a 101-86 win against Rutgers-Camden (3-18, 1-13 NJAC). Andrew Seager and Ja'Zere Noel scored 19 points apiece.