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Senior RJ Sims<\/a><\/strong> (Fort Washington, Md.\/Friendly) picked a great time to break out of his offensive funk, as he scored 14 points over the final 7:38 of Wednesday night’s game with Bridgewater, and nearly single-handedly carried Eastern Mennonite to a 62-54 win.\u00a0 The Royals trailed by seven points with 12:07 to play, but closed the game on a 26-11 run to improve to 7-7 overall and 2-3 in the ODAC.<\/p>\n

EMU has now won nine of the last ten meetings between the two rivals, including the last four.\u00a0 They meet again Feb. 19 in Bridgewater.<\/p>\n

The first half was all defense, as the Royals held the biggest lead at five points and the two teams combined to shoot 19-of-50 from the floor for 38%.\u00a0 Eastern Mennonite was up at the break, 26-25.<\/p>\n

Bridgewater used a 9-2 run in the second to turn a tie game into a 43-36 lead with 12:07 to go.\u00a0 Then the defenses again dominated, as only one point was scored over the next three minutes.\u00a0 Finally Sims assisted Ryan Yates<\/a><\/strong> (Alexandria, Va.\/T.C. Williams) on a three ball to trim BC’s lead to 43-40 with 9:04 remaining.<\/p>\n

Ed Reddick made a layup for the Eagles, but the Royals kept coming.\u00a0 Marcel Crump<\/a><\/strong> (Richmond, Va.\/Highland Springs) hit a pair of free throws to keep it a three-point game.\u00a0 Then Sims took over.\u00a0 The wing made a single free throw to cut it to 45-43 with 7:38 left.\u00a0 After a defensive stop, Sims grabbed the rebounded and canned a three pointer to push EMU in front.<\/p>\n

He drilled another three pointer with 3:31 remaining to build the lead to 53-49.\u00a0 Moments later, Sims hit back-to-back shots to give the men their biggest lead of the night at 59-51 with just 1:34 on the clock.\u00a0 The defense kept BC at bay from there, clinching the eight-point win.<\/p>\n

Eastern Mennonite out-shot the Eagles 47% to 31% in the decisive second half.\u00a0 For the game, the men had a 41% to 35% edge.\u00a0 They were also 5-12 from three point range, compared to 1-8 for BC, which made up for losing the rebounding battle, 36-33.\u00a0 Bridgewater had 15 offensive boards.<\/p>\n

Sims finished with a team high 16 points to go with six rebounds.\u00a0 He scored 14 of EMU’s 20 points over the final 7:38, going 4-for-4 from the floor and 4-for-6 from the free throw line.\u00a0 He had scored a total of 12 points over EMU’s previous three games, all losses.<\/p>\n

Crump and James Williams<\/a><\/strong> (Capitol Heights, Md.\/Archbishop Carroll) each added 14 counters, with Crump handing out three assists.\u00a0 Center David Falk<\/a><\/strong> (Madison, Va.\/Madison) was limited by foul trouble in the first half and finished with eight rebounds and six points.<\/p>\n

Reddick led all scorers with 22 points.\u00a0 Tavis Stapleton added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Eagles.<\/p>\n

After breaking a three-game losing skid, Eastern Mennonite will look to pick up some momentum when they head to Emory & Henry this Saturday.\u00a0 Game time is 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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