D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll celebrates its 25th season, honoring the best players at each position for the past week. It's the D3hoops.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware, with some key performances by teams who had great weeks.
The Runnin Royals were in control much of Wednesday's night clash in Bridgewater, walking away with a convincing 80-67 win over their rivals. Tim Jones scored a career high 27 points and Tie Evans also set career marks with 16 points and six assists.
EMU's DJ Hill exploded for a career high 31 points, including the game-winning jumper with six seconds remaining, as the EMU basketball men earned an 80-79 ODAC win at Shenandoah Wednesday night.
The Runnin Royals scored on their first seven possessions of Saturday's overtime game against Apprentice, rolling to a 90-80 win over the Builders on day one of the Don Glick Classic at Bridgewater College.
Emory & Henry out-scored the Runnin Royals by nine in the second half and needed a blocked shot at the buzzer to escape with a 60-57 decision in the ODAC Tournament Monday night.
When Xavier McCants (Olney, Md./Sherwood) sliced to the hoop and tied the game with 2.4 seconds left, it capped a 14-6 run and earned overtime for the EMU basketball men. Visiting Bridgewater got the breaks in the extra five minutes, however, knocking off the Runnin Royals by a final of 76-65 in Yoder Arena.
EMU senior Travis Clower calmly took the time to get his taller defender in the air with a pump fake, and then launched a three from the left wing, hitting nothing but the bottom of the net as time expired as EMU forced overtime against nationally ranked Lynchburg.
EMU's DJ Hill (Woodbridge, Va./Hylton) grabbed an offensive rebound and put in a jumper in the lane, breaking a deadlocked score with 1.4 seconds left. But it took a deflection and steal from teammate Sammy Thomas (Owings, Md./Northern) to clinch the 68-66 road win at Virginia Wesleyan.
A cold spell in the first half proved too much to overcome for the EMU basketball men Wednesday, dropping a 75-63 decision at home to Washington and Lee University.
Tariq Caldwell finished with 17 rebounds and 12 points for his second straight double double, pushing the EMU basketball men to 65-49 win over visiting Hampden-Sydney Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg.