LYNCHBURG, VA – The Randolph College women's basketball team put four players in double figures and shot 45 percent in the second half in coming from behind to earn an important Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) victory over Washington and Lee University on Play 4 Kay Night from the Randolph Athletics and Dance (RAD) Center Wednesday.

                The WildCats (5-19/3-12 ODAC) eclipsed their win total from the 2011-12 season with the victory, and now have two more league wins than last season. Randolph led by as much as eight points at 23-15 in the first half after a free throw from Jensen Hoover (Woodstock, VA/Central). Washington and Lee rallied to pull to within one at the half as Megan Marks nailed a three right before buzzer to make the score 28-27 at intermission.

                After the break, W&L (8-15/5-10 ODAC) tied the game at 30, and then went on a 7-2 run to take a five-point advantage at 13:47 following a free-throw from Annie Gauf. The Generals took their largest lead of the game at six at 7:48 left after Gauf nailed a three to make the score 48-42. Randolph came right back with the game's next five points to trim the W&L lead to just one with 6:27 left after a triple from Emilee Dunton (Forest, VA/Brookville).

                Down the stretch, the game was back and forth as the contest was tied three times and the lead changed hands five times. With the game tied at 56 with 2:23 left, Rachel Warrick converted on an assist to go up by a pair, but Dunton answered with a pair of freebies to tie the game again. After Randolph held on defense, the WildCats took a lead after a free throw by Dunton to make the score 59-58.

                W&L had two chances on its next possession, but couldn't convert and Dunton grabbed the second board and was fouled. She made her first attempt and grabbed her own miss on the second to give the 'Cats the ball with eight seconds left. On the next sequence, the WildCats turned the ball over, giving the Generals 3.8 seconds to work with. After a timeout, Katy Wilson drove to the bucket but her shot was short at the buzzer, giving the WildCats the win on their final home game of the year.

                The WildCats got a team-best 16 points from Dunton, as she was four-of-12 on field goals and six-of-eight from the line. Hoover finished with her first double-double of the season, making six-of-eight from the field for 14 points, also gobbling up 10 boards (nine offensive). First-year guard Abigail Bullins (Asheboro, NC/Asheboro) had 12 points, six rebounds and three assists, and Chelsea Tyler (Richmond, VA/Henrico) added 10 points, five caroms, five assists and three steals.

                Randolph finished the game with a 36.1 percent (22-61) clip from the floor, hitting on just four-of-16 from downtown. The boards are where the WildCats did a lot of damage, winning the rebounding battle 50-37, grabbing 21 offensive rebounds and converting 26 points in the paint.

                Washington and Lee was led by the game high 20 points from the senior Warrick, as she was a perfect eight-of-eight from the line. Marks chalked up a double-double of 11 points and 10 boards, and Wilson concluded the contest with 14 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three blocks. Gauf added nine points, six assists and three steals as well for the Generals.

                The visitors shot just 29.5 percent on the evening, but made up for it from the line, making a blistering 17-of-19 (89.5 percent) from the charity stripe. The win for the WildCats over Washington and Lee was their first since the 2008, and also the first win in the RAD Center since 2006.

                Randolph will finish its regular season on Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, NC with a tussle with second-place Guilford College at 2 p.m. in Ragan-Brown Field House.

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