FMS PGs win in first game without UVa. recruit

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After a 30-day holiday layoff, Fishburne Military School’s postgraduate basketball team returned to action on Wednesday night at Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista and returned to Waynesboro with a 21-point win over the Knights JV squad. The Caissons accomplished the 84-63 victory without the help of starting point guard and team captain Teven Jones….

Macon stings EMU with late three

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Just when it looked like the Runnin Royals would have the final say, Randolph-Macon turned the tables and won with a three pointer at the buzzer.  For the second time this season, R-MC stole a win with a last second bomb, this time a 74-71 decision in Harrisonburg Wednesday night. Big man Owen Longacre (Telford,…

Poll: Virginians support increased funding for public K-12

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Virginians remain strongly supportive of funding for public schools and oppose test-based teacher pay, according to a new statewide survey conducted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The VCU Commonwealth Education Poll finds six?in-10 Virginians (60 percent) say that Virginia schools do not have enough funds to meet their needs, while 29 percent say schools have enough…

Mason knocks off ODU

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Immediately after their victory on Monday afternoon over William & Mary, the George Mason men’s basketball senior class told their teammates in the locker room the importance of a victory on Thursday at Old Dominion. The Patriots took it to heart, as they pulled off a nearly wire-to-wire 63-54 victory over the Monarchs before 7,783…

Tribe closes out JMU, 68-61

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The William and Mary men’s basketball team led for the majority of the contest on Wednesday night and held on late via the strength of 22-of-25 from the free throw line to upend James Madison, 68-61, at Kaplan Arena. The College held the CAA’s leading 3-point shooting team to just 2-of-23 and shot a season-best…

EMU men drop decision to W&L

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A cold start hampered the Runnin Royals, but a cold finish was the deciding factor in a 72-65 loss to Washington & Lee Wednesday night in Harrisonburg. The men had their chances to get on the board first, but struggled to get clean looks inside because of the wingspans of the Generals.  After EMU missed…

Army rolls past Longwood, 96-77

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Longwood University dropped a 96-77 men’s basketball decision on the road at the United States Military Academy (Army) of the Patriot League Tuesday night in West Point, New York. The Lancers (4-11) trailed 51-30 at halftime and never recovered while led by senior Jeremiah Bowman|Washington, D.C. (Harcum JC) with 17 points, a career-high and game-high…

#7 Duke drops UVa. women, 77-66

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Virginia lost its Atlantic Coast Conference opener on the road Monday night, falling 77-66 at seventh-ranked Duke. Sophomore guard Ataira Franklin (Bowie, Md.) led the Cavaliers with 19 points and 12 rebounds – her third-career double-double. The loss snapped a seven-game Cavalier winning streak and dropped their record to 12-3 overall (0-1 ACC). Duke improved…

ODU rallies, knocks off JMU in OT

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Old Dominion charged back from a 12-point second-half deficit to tie the game late and used a 7-0 run to take control in overtime to defeat James Madison 67-61 in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Monday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. ODU improved to 7-7 overall and 2-0 in the CAA while…