SELINSGROVE, Pa. - The Washington and Lee University men's basketball team picked up a 72-68 non-conference win over Lebanon Valley on Saturday afternoon.
The Generals (3-1) led for all but 24 seconds over the 40 minutes and held off a Dutchmen (2-2) resurgence late in the second half to return to Lexington with a win on the final day of the Susquehanna Tip-Off Tournament.
LVC scored on their opening possession but Richie Manigault (Stewartsville, N.J. / Phillipsburg) responded with a three 12 seconds later, a catch-and-shoot field goal off a Jack Lewis (Rockville, Md. / Sidwell Friends) pass. WLU scored the next three buckets, all inside the paint, to jump out to a seven-point lead off the 9-0 run.
A Sam Wise (Winchester, Va. / Handley) free throw gave the Generals largest lead of the first half, 14 points, at the 3:11 mark.
Manigault led the way with 11 points at the at the half to give W&L an eight point advantage, 39-31. He made two field goals from long range and went on to hit three more in the second half (5-of-10) en route to a team-high 21 points.
LVC outscored the Generals 37-33 in the second stanza but not before the Blue and White extended their lead to 15, the largest lead of the contest, with 5:56 remaining to cap off the 6-0 run.
The Dutchmen answered with an 11-point spurt of their own and cut their deficit down to five, 63-59 with 4:08 to play.Â
At 1:43, the Dutchmen hit a 3-pointer to close the gap 67-66 in favor of W&L. A turnover and missed jumper on the next two possessions for the Blue and White put the ball in Lebanon Valley's hands.
Following an LVC timeout, Collin Jones' number was called during the hudle and his layup put the Dutchmen on top 68-67 for just 12 seconds before Manigault hit on another shot from behind the arc to trade the lead.
Jack d'Entremont (Bryn Mawr, Pa. / Radnor) was sent to the charity stripe and sealed the game with two made free throws with eight seconds on the clock
The Blue and White defense held LVC's Payton Lewis to just 12 points, all scored in the second stanza, less than 24 hours after the sophomore posted a career-best 30 points on Friday against Susquehanna.Â
Follow Manigault's high-scoring efforts, Robert DiSibio (Sandy Hook, Conn. / Newtown) added 12 points with Cheik Toure (Silver Spring, Md. / Sandy Spring Friends) and d'Entremont added 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Wise dished out a game-high eight assists and d'Entremont's 14 rebounds was a game-high for either bench and recorded his third double-double this season.Â
The Blue and White will return to the court at 2 p.m. in Buena Vista on Tuesday, November 22 to take on the Knights of Southern Virginia University.Â
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