March 16, 2008
Contact: Mike Christie, USA South 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 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.