GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Guilford's Jordan Snipes racked up 32 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the 17th-ranked Quakers handed the Washington and Lee men's basketball team a 95-77 loss on Wednesday evening at the Ragan-Brown Field House.
The Quakers (20-3, 14-3) had a slim 26-25 lead with 11:41 remaining in the first half, but used a 13-0 run to extend their advantage to 39-25 with 6:08 to play in the opening stanza and owned a 50-37 edge at the break. In the second half, Guilford led 70-54 with 12:28 remaining, but the Generals cut the lead to eight points (70-62) with 10:39 left. However, W&L could get no closer down the stretch and GC held on to pick up its sixth-straight win.
Guilford shot 57.9 percent from the floor (33-57), 57.1 percent from long range (12-21) and 81.0 percent from the charity stripe (17-21).
The Generals (11-12, 6-11) shot 14-of-29 (0.483) from beyond the arc en route to setting a new program record for made three's in a contest. The previous mark (13) was set in 1990 against Emory (Ga.).
Sophomore forward Kirk Jones (Maple Glenn, Pa./Germantown Academy) led W&L with a career-high 20 points, 18 of which were tallied in the second half. Jones also connected on 6-of-8 of his three-point attempts. Senior guard Chris Halkitis (New Port Richey, Fla./Ridgewood) registered a season-high 19 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while junior forward Greg Bienemann (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) tallied 10 points and six rebounds.
Snipes paced Guilford's hot shooting evening as he made good on 10-of-14 from the field and 10-of-12 from the foul line. Ben Strong recorded 18 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
Washington and Lee closes out the regular season on Saturday when it hosts Bridgewater at 7:00 pm at the Warner Center.
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