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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 – 2/17/2007 - #196
Second-Ranked Va. Wesleyan Defeats LC Men 90-73

Box Score

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA – Virginia Wesleyan College, the second-ranked men’s basketball team in NCAA Division III, broke open a close game midway in the second half and went on the defeat Lynchburg College 90-73 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play.

The Marlins used a 14-5 run at the end of the first half to take a 38-29 advantage into intermission. In the second half, VWC used two separate 7-0 runs to grab a 58-44 lead with 11:26 on the game clock - and led by double figures the rest of the way.

Lynchburg sophomore Jack Burgess (Durham, NC/Cardinal Gibbons) scored a team-high 20 points in just 23 minutes, hitting eight of his 10 field-goal attempts. Junior Evan Fancourt (Greensboro, NC/Grimsley) netted 18 points and grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds while backcourt mates Kwame Safo (Vienna, VA/George C. Marshall) and Steven Echols (Martinsville, VA/Carlisle) each had eight points.

Brandon Adair scored a game-high 22 points for Virginia Wesleyan (22-3/17-1 ODAC), and added nine rebounds, five assists and three steals. Terrell Dixon posted 13 points, TonTon Balenga scored 12 and Rodney Young had 10.

Lynchburg ends the 2006-07 with a 6-19 overall record, including a 3-15 mark in the ODAC.

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