College Women’s Basketball Final – Lynchburg 69, Guilford 61

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Shannan Allan scored 22 of her game-high 25 points in the second half to rally Lynchburg College past Guilford College Wednesday, 69-61, in a meeting of Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) leaders.

Guilford’s Gabby Oglesby (Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor) made a traditional three-point play with 14:02 left, which gave the Quakers a 45-34 lead, their largest of the game. The Hornets trailed by six with 10 minutes left, but ripped off a decisive 21-3 run over the next six-and-a-half minutes.

Allan scored eight points during the burst.

Allan connected on five of seven three-pointers and also paced Lynchburg with seven rebounds. Charmaine Hairston added 11 points and three steals. Chaney Forbush and Ann Dorris netted 10 points apiece. Hairston and Dorris helped the Hornets’ reserves outscore their Guilford counterparts, 25-8.
Oglesby’s 18 points and career-high 17 rebounds led the Quakers (15-5, 7-4 ODAC). Oglesby moved into third place among Guilford’s career rebounding leaders with 837. Brittany Drew (Greensboro, N.C./Page) added 12 points and Kayla Adams (Rural Hall, N.C./North Forsyth) scored 11 points.

Guilford visits Virginia Wesleyan College Saturday (2/5) in another ODAC game.

Guilford vs Lynchburg
02/05/14 7:00 p.m. at Lynchburg, VA
At Lynchburg, VA

LYNCHBURG – 69
GUILFORD – 61

GUILFORD (15-5, 7-4 ODAC): OGLESBY, Gabby 6-13 6-9 18; DREW, Brittany 5-11 0-0 12; ADAMS, Kayla 5-10 0-0 11; KING, Morgan 3-11 2-2 8; TAYLOR, Jennette 2-7 0-0 4; HARDIN, Logan 2-5 0-0 4; WEATHERLY, Anais 2-5 0-0 4; BURNICK, Sarah 0-0 0-0 0; SCOTT, Lila 0-6 0-0 0. Totals 25-68 8-11 61.

LYNCHBURG (12-8, 9-2 ODAC): ALLAN, Shannon 9-18 2-2 25; HAIRSTON, Charmaine 3-7 4-4 11; DORRIS, Ann 4-6 1-2 10; FORBUSH, Chaney 4-6 0-0 10; PENLEY, Lauren 3-9 3-6 9; CORONEL, Sarah 2-2 0-1 4; PATTERSON, Caleigh 0-2 0-0 0; TOLIVER, Sarah 0-2 0-0 0; REEVES, Katie 0-4 0-0 0; GOLDSMITH, Sammi 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 25-60 10-15 69.

   Guilford......................   32   29  -   61
   Lynchburg.....................   27   42  -   69

3-point goals–Guilford 3-15 (DREW, Brittany 2-5; ADAMS, Kayla 1-4; TAYLOR, Jennette 0-1; SCOTT, Lila 0-5), Lynchburg 9-19 (ALLAN, Shannon 5-7; FORBUSH, Chaney 2-2; DORRIS, Ann 1-3; HAIRSTON, Charmaine 1-2; TOLIVER, Sarah 0-1; REEVES, Katie 0-2; GOLDSMITH, Sammi 0-1; PENLEY, Lauren 0-1).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Lynchburg-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 47 (OGLESBY, Gabby 17), Lynchburg 36 (ALLAN, Shannon 7).
Assists–Guilford 8 (TAYLOR, Jennette 2; WEATHERLY, Anais 2), Lynchburg 16 (GOLDSMITH, Sammi 5).
Total fouls–Guilford 15, Lynchburg 11.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Lynchburg-None.
A-365

Old Dominion Athletic Conference game