Men's Basketball

White LIfts Generals to 58-55 Win Over Lynchburg

Men's Basketball

White LIfts Generals to 58-55 Win Over Lynchburg

LEXINGTON, Va. --  Junior forward Zac White (Baltimore, Md./Park School) hit the go-ahead jumper with 1:12 remaining and added a free throw with 3.9 seconds left to propel the Washington and Lee men's basketball team to a 58-55 ODAC-win over Lynchburg on Wednesday evening at the Warner Center.

With the win, the Generals (13-9, 6-7) snap a five-game losing streak and assure themselves of finishing the season with at least a .500 record for the second-consecutive season.

Lynchburg (3-19, 1-12), which trailed 35-26 at the half, outscored the Generals 14-5 over the first 5:05 of the second half to knot the game at 40-40 at the 14:55 mark. First-year guard Kyle Bond (Boxborough, Mass./Brimmer and May) responded with a three-pointer to put W&L back up three (43-40) at 14:24.

The teams traded baskets until Lynchburg junior forward Mason Wooldridge (New Canton, Va./Fork Union) gave the Hornets their first lead of the second-half (51-50) on a lay-up with 7:40 remaining. W&L then scored the next four points to assume a 54-51 advantage on a jumper by senior guard Isaiah Goodman (Richfield, Minn./Holy Angels) at 3:54.

The Hornets then rattled off four points of their own and took a short-lived 55-54 lead at 2:20 when junior guard Jack Burgess (Durham, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons) split a pair of free throws. W&L senior guard Chris McHugh (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) tied the game at 55-55 with a free throw with 1:45 showing on the clock to set up White's heroics.

On the game, the Generals shot 41.2 percent from the floor (21-51), while the Hornets shot 41.1 percent (23-56). LC outrebounded W&L, 40-32, but the Generals forced 16 turnovers while committing just eight.

Bond led the Generals with a career-high 10 points. Senior forward Ben Heller (Houston, Texas/Lamar) added nine points and a team-high eight rebounds, while White chipped in six points and five boards.

Wooldridge notched game-highs with 21 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Hornets. Junior guard Steven Echols (Martinsville, Va./Carlisle) added six points, five boards and five assists and Burgess contributed eight points and six rebounds.

Washington and Lee returns to action on Saturday when it hosts Bridgewater at 2:00 pm.

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