HARRISONBURG, Va. – Senior
Jack d'Entremont scored 12 points over the final six and a half minutes of play, nearly outscoring Eastern Mennonite himself, to help the Washington and Lee men's basketball team past the Royals, 84-73, on Wednesday night.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
The Royals (2-5, 0-2 ODAC) were hot out of the gates, hitting a pair of three's in the first minute of play, but the W&L defense settled in and the offense took off soon after. d'Entremont then sank a layup to spark an overall 27-7 run that spanned nine minutes, which left the Generals (5-1, 1-1 ODAC) ahead, 27-13, with 9:29 left in the first half. At one point, W&L scored 11 straight points, five of which came from first-year
Parker Neuenhaus.
Eastern Mennonite broke the streak with seven straight points, and slowly worked their way back towards evening the score. Over the final nine minutes of the first half, the Royals outscored the Generals, 27-15, to trail by only two points at halftime. That run featured the 7-0 run at the start plus another 8-0 stretch during.
The Royals kept their strong play going to begin the second half with a 13-4 run to open things up, pulling ahead by a 53-46 margin with 17:22 left. W&L responded quickly with a 19-5 run of its own to regain a 65-58 lead with under six and a half minutes to play. That's when d'Entremont took over with his final 12 points of the game, while the Royals scored 15 as a team, to help the Generals fend off the Royals for the 11-point win.
TOP PERFORMERS:
d'Entremont and senior
Robert DiSibio tied for the game high of 22 points, and they combined for 21 rebounds. d'Entremont shot 8-of-11 from the field and grabbed nine boards, while DiSibio pulled in 12 rebounds for a double-double, as he shot 6-of-13 from the floor and made all eight foul shots.
Senior
Drew Harrell tallied 11 points and four rebounds, while sophomore
Colin Ryan scored eight points (3-5 FG) and added four rebounds and five assists.
Nick Ondrus led the offensive efforts for EMU with 19 points and nine rebounds, followed by Jameel Davis who finished the night with 14 points on 5-of-9 shooting. DaiJordan Brown scored 11 points and had a team-high five assists, while Aviwe Mahlong rounded out the double-digit scorers with 10 points.
NOTEWORTHY POINTS:
DiSibio's 22 points vaulted him up three spots on the program's all-time scoring list. He has scored 1,241 points in his career, the 16th most in team history. Former players that DiSibio passed on Wednesday include Andrew Franz '16, Roy McMillan '19 and Ed Hart '91. DiSibio also moved ahead of Nicholas George '18 for seventh place on the program's made three-point field goals list (141) with a pair of triples.
TEAM STATS:
The Generals closed the game at 47.5 percent (29-61) shooting, and they made 20-of-26 (.769) free throws, while limiting the Royals to 38.4 percent (28-73) overall and just 3-of-4 from the charity stripe. W&L also held a sizeable margin on the glass (49-32), in addition to points in the paint (44-28) and second-chance points (19-11).
UP NEXT:
The Generals will be back on the road in their next game, a 2:00 p.m. start at Maryville (Tenn.) on Saturday.
Nestled in the mountains of Virginia, Washington and Lee University is a proud member of NCAA Division III and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Founded in 1749, W&L is the ninth-oldest college in the United States and a top-ranked liberal arts university. With over 500 student-athletes in 24 varsity sports, the Generals have celebrated over 265 conference championships. Learn more about the Blue and White by visiting www.generalssports.com or on social media at @WLUGenerals.
