58
Wash. & Lee WLU 8-6,1-4 ODAC
78
Winner Guilford GC 11-2,4-0 ODAC
Wash. & Lee WLU
8-6,1-4 ODAC
58
Final
78
Guilford GC
11-2,4-0 ODAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Wash. & Lee WLU 34 24 58
Guilford GC 39 39 78
Richie Manigault '23

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Generals stifled on the road by No. 24 Guilford

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Washington and Lee University men's basketball team resumed conference play with a 78-58 loss at No. 24 Guilford College on Wednesday night. 

The Generals (8-6,1-4 ODAC) opened the game scoring the first eight points, including back-to-back triples from senior Richie Manigault (Stewartsville, N.J. / Phillipsburg) within the first 90 seconds. Then, leading by six points with 10:26 left in the first, junior Drew Harrell (Collingswood, N.J. / Paul VI) knocked home a pair of three-point shots to give W&L its largest lead of the game (30-18).

The Quakers (11-2, 4-0 ODAC) turned things around coming out of a timeout following Harrell's second three, as they went on a 21-2 run until the final seconds of the half to go into the break up 39-34. Guilford made 7-of-11 shots over that span to just 1-for-7 shooting from the Generals.

W&L came out firing to start the second half, and cut into the Guilford lead by using a 10-4 run over the first six minutes. Manigault and senior Sam Wise (Winchester, Va. / John Handley) each had five points during the run, with a Manigault layup getting the Blue and White back to within a point (44-43).

After that, Guilford, who owns the No. 1 scoring defense in Division III, held W&L to just 14 points on 4-of-17 shooting, while scoring 35 points on 13-of-23, over the remainder of the game. The overall 35-14 stretch over the final 14 minutes was led by a 10-0 Quaker spurt from 6:44 to 4:23.

Harrell led the W&L offense with 14 points on 5-of-11 shooting from the floor and 4-of-7 from beyond the arc, tying his career high for made three-pointers in a game. Manigault was next with 13 points on 5-of-9 shooting and 3-of-7 from deep, and he added five rebounds and three steals. Juniors Jack d'Entremont (Bryn Mawr, Pa. / Radnor) and Robert DiSibio (Sandy Hook, Conn. / Newtown) each scored nine points, with nine rebounds to d'Entremont and seven to DiSibio.

The Quakers were paced by a 23-point performance from Tyler Dearman, who made five out of his 10 three-point shots and notched six rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals. Gabe Proctor tallied 21 points on an efficient 7-of-9 effort from the field (5-7 3-pt FG) and six rebounds. Jordan Davis added eight points and six rebounds, and Julius Burch pulled down a game-high 10 boards.

The Blue and White remain on the road with a 4:30 tip-off at Averett University on Saturday before returning to Lexington for a 7:30 pm contest against Shenandoah University on January 11. 
 
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