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Eric Pugh’s lay up as time expired sent Randolph-Macon to a 49-47 victory over defending Patriot League champion American in a men’s basketball exhibition action on Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.

The Yellow Jackets, who went 20-6 last season, are the No. 19 team in the preseason D3hoops.com Top 25. They were the second Division III team in as many nights to defeat a scholarship-level opponent, following an 82-77 win by UW-La Crosse against Division II power Winona State.

For more scores from the exhibition season, which is just getting underway, check out our Scoreboard page.

With the score tied at 47-all, American had the ball with the chance to pull ahead but Nick Hendra’s three-point shot fell short. Pugh came down with the rebound and was able to go coast-to-coast, laying the ball into the net as time expired.

American led 45-43 with a 1:22 to go in the game after Stephen Lumpkins three-point play. Danny Jones pulled R-MC back to a tie with a pair shots from the charity stripe with just over a minute to play.

Pugh led R-MC with 11 points, while David Carlson had seven points in the victory. Kevin Voekel led the Jackets with six rebounds.

The first half proved to be a low scoring one as both team struggled from the field, resulting in just an 18-12 for AU at the intermission.

An Pugh three pointer just under two minutes into the second half pulled R-MC within three at 18-15.

The game remained close through the first 10 minutes of the second stanza before and Adam Desgain pull up jumper tied the game at 30-30. Two Billy Campion free-throws with 9:22 to play gave R-MC a 32-30 advantage.