WINCHESTER, Va. – Visiting Washington & Lee University erased a seven-point second half deficit on its way to a 93-87 ODAC men's basketball victory over Shenandoah University Friday night at the James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletics & Events Center.
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Shenandoah (0-6, 0-6 ODAC) held a 74-67 lead following an
Ethan Diffee free throw with 8:16 remaining, but W&L refused to fold its tents.
IN BRIEF
The Generals (3-1, 3-1) answered what ended up as a 16-3 Hornets run by scoring 15 of the game's next 22 points to take a lead they would not relinquish.
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Now leading 82-81, W&L made six of its final eight attempts from the free throw line to ice the victory over Shenandoah.
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Washington & Lee had led for all but the opening 13 seconds of the game only to see SU rip off a 12-3 run from the 16:39 to 13:15 marks to take its first lead at 62-61.
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The Hornets extended this spurt with another four points before Jack d'Entermont, one of three W&L players in double figures, ended the run with a layup at 10:31.
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Over the next two minutes, Shenandoah widened its lead to the high-water mark of seven points before the Generals counterattacked with the 15-7 run of their own.
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SU missed five of its final seven attempts from the field as it attempted to stay with W&L.
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Jaylen Williams led the hosts with 24 points while
Zach Garrett added 20.
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William Brueggeman had 32, d'Entremont 23 and Mark Lamendola 10 for the visitors.
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Shenandoah shot 42 percent (28 of 67) to an even 50 percent for Washington & Lee (33 of 66) and the two teams split 80 rebounds.
BY THE NUMBERS
Shooting
SU: 28 of 67, 42 percent
W&L: 33 of 66, 50 percent
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3-point shooting:
SU: 8 of 20, 40 percent
W&L: 13 of 30, 43 percent
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FT shooting:
SU: 23 of 32, 72 percent
W&L: 14 of 17, 82 percent
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Rebounds:
SU: 40
W&L: 40
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UP NEXT
Shenandoah completes regular season ODAC play on Wednesday with a 7 p.m. contest at Eastern Mennonite.
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