
No. 3 Wittenberg pulls away, defeats EMU, 80-59
Nationally ranked Wittenberg proved its lofty status by doubling up the EMU basketball men in the second half en route to an 80-59 win.

Nationally ranked Wittenberg proved its lofty status by doubling up the EMU basketball men in the second half en route to an 80-59 win.

EMU lost on the road Saturday afternoon, dropping an ODAC decision at Lynchburg, 90-51.

Another chance was all the visiting Southern Virginia Knights needed, as Sam Armstrong cashed in on his second attempt at the game-winner, sending the EMU basketball men to a 68-67 defeat in Harrisonburg Tuesday night.

EMU’s basketball men shot 47% from the floor in the second half, but couldn’t overcome No. 19 Guilford College Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg.

EMU couldn’t stop the unrelenting Pioneers, falling 92-53 to host Marietta College Friday night.

EMU started in a hole and never got out of it Tuesday night, dropping an 82-55 decision at home to Mary Washington.

EMU shot 52 percent from the floor in the second half, erasing a 10-point deficit, but couldn’t carry the momentum through overtime, where they lost 71-66 to Averett.

Eastern Mennonite University’s regular season starts next Saturday, Nov. 9, when Averett visits Yoder Arena.

Dr. Hughes Melton passed away on Friday, according to a news release from the office of Gov. Ralph Northam.

A medical emergency may have precipitated the head-on collision that took the life of a Staunton teen in a three-vehicle crash on Route 254 near Kiddsville Road in Augusta County on Wednesday.
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