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ODAC Announces 2007 Men's Hoops All-League Teams#2 Va. Wesleyan Defeats LC Men 90-73Hampden-Sydney Defeats LC 80-68Hornet Men Drop 74-56 Decision to W&LRoanoke Prevails 69-56 over LC MenQuakers Outscore LC Men 95-70Randolph-Macon Defeats LC Men 70-66Bridgewater Drops Lynchburg Men 83-62Eastern Mennonite Men Rally to Beat Lynchburg 87-83Emory & Henry Outscores LC Men 136-107W&L Defeats LC Men 84-67Roanoke Defeats LC Men 91-34HSC Defeats LC Men 90-63#8 Virginia Wesleyan Defeats LC Men 79-57Hornet Men Win Fourth-Straight, 66-60 over BridgewaterSteven Echols Scores 29 as LC Men Defeat EMU 87-76Hornet Men Defeat Southern Virginia 95-91 in OTLynchburg Men’s Basketball Ends 2006 with 80-76 Win over OlivetMarietta Drops LC 84-68Emory & Henry Outscores LC Men 141-98LC Men Upset #16 Randolph-Macon 78-70Guilford Outscores LC Men’s Basketball 102-80Averett Defeats LC Men 84-77Ferrum Men Defeat LC 66-57Roberts Wesleyan Downs LC Men 91-86Lynchburg Men Open with 101-83 Win at WestminsterVirginia Wesleyan Tops ODAC Men’s Hoops Poll

For immediate release – 1/27/2007 – #172
Eastern Mennonite Men Rally to Beat Lynchburg 87-83

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HARRISONBURG, VA – The Eastern Mennonite University men’s basketball team rallied from a 10-point second half deficit to defeat Lynchburg College 87-83 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play Saturday evening.

The Hornets shot 72 percent (18-25) from the field in the first half and led 41-34 at intermission. Senior Jason Early (Radnor, PA/Radnor) scored on a traditional three-point play with 17 minutes left in the game to give LC a 50-40 lead before the tide turned. The Royals used a 12-3 run over the next three minutes to trim the edge to just one point, and took the lead for good midway through the half with a 10-1 surge. Lynchburg cut the advantage to three late in the contest, but EMU sealed the game from the free-throw line.

Freshman guard Steven Echols (Martinsville, VA/Carlisle) scored a game-high 18 points, sinking six of his seven field-goal attempts. Kwame Safo (Vienna, VA/George C. Marshall) and Danny Reed (Adamstown, MD/Tuscarora) each had 12 points and Drew Norris (Richmond, VA/Steward School) added 11. Evan Fancourt (Greensboro, NC/Grimsley) finished with 10 points and a team-high five rebounds.

Brad Parkes scored 17 points and grabbed eight boards for Eastern Mennonite (6-11/2-9 ODAC). Jason Sager posted 16 points and nine rebounds while Austin Twine also had 16 points.

The Hornets (6-12/3-8 ODAC) travel to Bridgewater College for another ODAC game Sunday at 3 p.m.

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