The Basics:
Score: Roanoke 126, Penn-State Kensington 86
Records: Roanoke 4-1, Penn-State New Kensington 3-3
Location: Salem, Va. / C. Homer Bast Center

The Lead: Roanoke scored the second most points in school history in a 126-86 victory over Penn-State New Kensington Saturday in the first day of the 2015 Thanksgiving Weekend Classic in Salem.

How it Happened

• RC scored the first nine points of the game, jumping out to a 9-0 edge after a pair of free-throws from John Fitchett.
• PSU battled back cutting the RC lead to 12-10 before the Maroons scored 11 of the next 14 points to open up a 23-14 edge.
• After the Nittany Lions closed the gap to 37-31 with 5:27 to play in the opening half, RC finished the first stanza on a 30-14 run capped by a John Caldwellbuzzer-beater to make it 67-45 at the break.
• The Maroons opened the second-half on a 12-2 run to put the game away and would see its lead balloon to as many as 44 points down the stretch.
• Joey Miller and Fitchett each scored 18 points apiece for RC, while Caldwell finished with 16 points and Carter Wright chipped in with 14.
• The 126 points is second most in a game for RC in its history. The Maroons scored 128 points in an NCAA Tournament win over Shenandoah on Feb. 29, 1996.
• RC knocked down 14 three-pointers and shot 52.4% from the floor, making 44-of-84 shots from the floor. PSU was 33-of-76 (43.4%) from the field and just 6-of-20 from beyond the three-point arc.
• Dorian Broadwater led three PSU players in double-digits with with 18 points. 

Up Next:
Roanoke will play in the championship game tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. against Mout Aloysius which topped Goucher 77-75 in the first game of the day.