LEXINGTON, Va. – The Washington and Lee men's basketball team rallied twice in the second half against eighth-ranked Guilford, but the Quakers held off the final push, as the Generals fell by a 65-54 final at home on Saturday afternoon.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
A Tyler Dearman floater pushed the Guilford (16-2, 7-2 ODAC) lead up to 33-25 to start the second half, but the Generals (10-7, 4-4 ODAC) scored the next seven points to trail by only one. The contest remained close, and an
A.J. Thomas triple for the Blue and White tied things up, 42-42, at the 12:33 mark, but Guilford answered with an 8-0 run to rebuild a lead.
The Generals continued to battle, as they held the Quakers to just three points over the next five minutes, while scoring eight to cut their deficit down to 53-50 with 3:43 left. Guilford's defense then tightened up and held the Blue and White to four points for the rest of the game, while scoring 12 on offense, to bring about the final total.
Guilford built up an early 18-5 lead on the strength of 11 points from Dearman and 7-of-12 shooting overall as a team. W&L senior
Drew Harrell then connected on a three, as the Generals steadily reduced their deficit with an 18-7 run across nearly 10 minutes of game time. That stretch left the Quakers ahead, 25-23, at the 3:22 mark, but Guilford went on to score the next six points to give itself a 31-25 halftime lead.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Senior
Jack d'Entremont scored a W&L-high 12 points (6-12 FG), to go along with a team-best eight rebounds. Harrell finished with 11 points, seven rebounds and two steals, and sophomore
Colin Ryan dished out a team-best four assists.
Dearman and Caleb Farrish combined for 33 points to lead the Guilford offense. Dearman had 17 points and eight rebounds, while Farrish tallied 16 points (6-9 FG), plus five steals on the defensive end. Julius Burch scored nine and brought in a game-high 12 rebounds.
NOTEWORTHY POINTS:
d'Entremont moved 12 points closer to 1,000 for his career, and he needs 33 more to reach that mark. In another milestone watch, senior
Robert DiSibio gained seven points worth of ground on becoming the 11th player for the program to reach 1,500 points. DiSibio needs 36 more to get there.
TEAM STATS:
The Quakers and the Generals were about even in field goal percentage, as the Generals finished at 0.390 (23-59) to 0.379 (22-58). Guilford held an 11-point advantage at the free throw line, connecting on 13-of-16 with the Generals at 2-for-4 for the game. W&L held positive margins in points in the paint (28-24) and bench points (10-7), with the Quakers edging the Blue and White in points off turnovers (11-8), second-chance points (15-8) and fastbreak points (7-6).
UP NEXT:
The Generals will return to the court on Wednesday when they host Randolph at 5:00 p.m.
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.
