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March 16, 2008
Contact: Mike Christie, Assistant Commissioner
ODAC and USA South Split Senior Basketball All-Star Games
(ROCKY MOUNT, NC) - The third annual ODAC-USA South Men and Women's Basketball Senior Challenge took place today, Sunday, March 16 at N.C. Wesleyan College. For the second consecutive season, the two team's split as the USA South women defeated the ODAC women while the ODAC men were victorious over the USA South men.
The USA South women turned around a slow start to take a six-point halftime lead, en route to a 82-74 win. That lead grew to 19 points in the second half before the ODAC All-Stars made a late run. The USA South women were led by Mary Baldwin's Jessica Carter who scored a team-high 18 points with a game-high six assists and three rebounds. The games lone double-double came from Ferrum's Ali Davenport who scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds. Also scoring in double-figures for the USA South women was Christopher Newport's Colandra Rollins, who tallied 16 points with eight rebounds. For the ODAC All-Stars, Washington & Lee's Kristin Krouchick led all scorers with a game-high 20 points with four rebounds and four steals. Virginia Wesleyan's Heather Phillips was the only other ODAC woman in double-figure scoring with ten points while Bridgewater's Jessica Timberlake and Randolph-Macon's Nicole Childress shared the team-high rebound total of six.
The USA South Women All-Stars pose with their trophy.
The ODAC men built an early first-quarter lead and took a ten-point advantage into halftime, en route to a 112-105 victory. The ODAC built a 14-point third quarter lead which was cut to six heading to the final quarter. The USA South All-Stars climbed to within four in the final stanza before the ODAC pulled away for the seven-point win. The ODAC was led by Virginia Wesleyan's TonTon Balenga who scored a game-high 27 points with eight rebounds, three assists and one steal. The ODAC's lone double-double came from Guilford's Ben Strong who tallied 14 points and a team-high ten rebounds with a game-high seven blocks. For the USA South All-Stars, Methodist's Billy McDade led the way with a team-high 21 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. Shenandoah's Jeremiah Lawrence also notched a double-double with 15 points and 14 rebounds.
The USA South Senior Men All-Stars