Junior Brandon Adair scored 21 points and sophomore TonTon Balenga added 15 as Virginia Wesleyan combined a patient offense with hounding defense to help extend a program-record winning streak to 17 games. The Marlins improved to 19-3 overall and to 14-1 in the ODAC, moving two games in front of R-MC which dropped to 12-3 in the league and to 17-5 overall. The victory also gave VWC a sweep of R-MC in regular-season play for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
Phil Hawley, David Carlson and Justin Short combined efforts to pull R-MC within a point after VWC's initial outbreak, but the closeness was shortlived. The Marlins answered with balanced assault as seven players scored in a 17-2 run that pushed VWC into a 28-12 lead with 4:16 remaining to play in the half.
R-MC trailed 30-18 at halftime and pulled within eight on back-to-back triples from Stephen Sutherland and Justin Wansley, but could get no closer. An 8-0 spurt, with five points from Adair, opened up a 40-24 lead or the Marlins, who held a double-digit lead the rest of the way.
Virginia Wesleyan put things on ice midway through the second half, outscoring the Jackets 20-7 to increase the spread to 62-37 with 5:49 on the clock. Balenga tallied nine points in the run.
Hawley and Sutherland led R-MC scoring with 10 points each. Wansley, back after an injury that kept him out of action for the last four games, finished with seven points.