SALEM,
VA (2/18/06) -- Fourth-seeded Guilford used a late run to register a wild 101-97 victory
over fifth-seeded Emory & Henry in the quarterfinals of the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference tournament on Saturday.
Freshman
George Neville
scored the go-ahead basket with 4.7 seconds left off a Jordan Snipes
pass for a 99-97 Quakers' edge. Caleb Kimbrough iced the game with
two free throws for Guilford.
The Quakers struggled against the Wasps' up tempo style of play early on,
committing 17 first-half turnovers, and Emory & Henry took a 14-point lead after
Shavar Bland's layup with 8:39 remaining, capping off a 12-2 run. Guilford then came back with a 15-1 run of
their own to tie the game at 38 with 4:05 to go, and the two teams ended the
half with Emory & Henry ahead 48-45.
The Wasps went 10-for-42 from three-point range in the first period and shot
29.8% overall, while Guilford
did not attempt a three and went 19-for-28 (67.9%) from the floor.
The Wasps led for the first nine and a half minutes of the second half until
Eric Belkoski's layup with 10:36 remaining gave Guilford a 68-67 lead, and
the two teams went back and forth until a 12-4 run late in the half put Emory &
Henry up 93-85 with 3:11 remaining.
The Quakers then outscored the Wasps 16-4 from that point on, and the layup by
Neville with four seconds remaining broke the tenth tie of the game and
put Guilford ahead for good, 99-97.
The Wasps fired up another 29 three-pointers in the half, making 9 and shooting
31.1% overall on the evening, while Guilford shot 45.9% from the floor in the
second half and 55.4% overall.
Four players scored in double figures for Emory & Henry, including Cain Landreth,
who added fourteen points and went 3-for-11 from three-point range. Twelve
players saw more than ten minutes of action for the Wasps, eight of whom made at
least one three-pointer.
Ben Strong
led the Quakers with 22 points and 11 rebounds, while
senior L.T. Lockett added a career-high 21 points off the bench and
Neville chipped in with 10 points and nine boards.
