RMC's  Megan Silva Breaks ODAC Women’s Basketball Career Assists Record
Story Courtesy of the RMC Sports Information Staff

 

READING, PA -- Randolph-Macon College senior All-American guard Megan Silva (Glen Allen, VA/Hermitage) broke the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) women’s basketball career assists record in a 79-67 win at Alvernia College (Pa.) Wednesday, February 1st, 2006.  She needed three assists coming into the contest and finished with five, now totaling 630 for her career.  The previous record was 627, held by Eastern Mennonite’s Suzie French (1984-88).

 

Silva is also closing in on the ODAC career steals mark, as she currently has 395 and needs seven to break the record of 401, also held by Eastern Mennonite’s French.  With five regular season games and at least one game in the post-season ODAC tournament remaining, Silva, who has 2,093 points for her career, needs 191 to become the conference’s all-time leading women’s basketball scorer.  Laura Haynes from Guilford scored 2,283 points from 1995 to 1998. 

 

In addition, Silva, who is already the Randolph-Macon College women’s basketball program’s all-time career leader in points, assists and steals, has a chance to surpass the school’s men’s basketball scoring leader.  Fletcher Johnson scored 2,216 points from 1970 to 1975.  She is already the all-time steals leader for either program, as Tim Smith had 192 from 1999 to 2003.

 

Silva is a two-time All-American, three-time all-South Region and first-team all-ODAC selection, and two-time conference and state Player of the Year.  Last season, she helped the Yellow Jackets to a #2 national ranking and a runner-up finish in the NCAA Division III tournament. 

 

This year, Randolph-Macon is 17-2 overall and 15-1 in the ODAC, riding an 11-game winning streak heading into Thursday night’s game at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and is currently ranked as high as #12 in the nation in Division III polls.  Silva has been named the ODAC Player of the Week twice this season and has also been on the D3hoops.com website national Team of the Week once.  She is averaging 22.9 points, 6.3 assists, 2.9 steals and 4.7 rebounds per contest.  In all of NCAA Division III women’s basketball, Silva is currently ranked #1 in points per game, #9 in assists per game, and #17 in field goal percentage.