College Women’s Basketball Final – Lynchburg 52, Guilfford 46

LYNCHBURG, Va. – Shannon Allan scored a game-high 18 points, including the go-ahead basket with 4:49 left in regulation, in Lynchburg College’s 52-46 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) women’s basketball win Saturday afternoon.

Allan had 11 first-half points as the host Hornets (11-6, 6-2 ODAC) took a 28-20 halftime lead. The Quakers (9-7, 3-5 ODAC) battled back behind 10 second-half points by Anais Weatherly. Kali Cuttaia’s layup midway through the second half capped a 35-34 edge, Guilford’s first second-half lead.

The lead went back and forth for the next five minutes before Allan’s go-ahead bucket. After Allan’s score, Guilford missed seven of its next nine field goals as the Hornets ended the game on a 10-4 run.
Chaney Forbush added 13 points, a game-high 11 rebounds and three blocks for Lynchburg, which helped the Hornets to a 22-12 interior scoring edge. Sammi Goldsmith (Jamestown, N.C./Bishop McGuinness) also had 11 boards, plus a game-high five assists.

Brittany Drew’s (Greensboro, N.C./Page) 11 points off the bench paced Guilford. Weatherly added 10 rebounds to her 10 points for her team-best eighth double-double of the season. Teammate Lauren Ramsey (Lexington, N.C./North Davidson) also scored 10 points.

Guilford visits Hollins University Wednesday (1/28) in another ODAC game.

Guilford vs Lynchburg
01/24/15 2:00 PM at Lynchburg, VA
At Lynchburg, VA

LYNCHBURG 52
GUILFORD 46

GUILFORD (9-8, 3-5 ODAC): DREW, Brittany 5-11 0-0 11; WEATHERLY, Anais 4-15 2-6 10; RAMSEY, Lauren 5-11 0-0 10; CUTTAIA, Kali 4-12 0-0 8; WALTERS, Heaven 1-1 2-2 5; TAYLOR, Jennette 1-7 0-0 2; CLARK, Katelyn 0-0 0-0 0; MARTIN, Miranda 0-1 0-0 0; BROWN, Jordyn 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-60 4-8 46.

LYNCHBURG (11-6, 6-2 ODAC): ALLAN, Shannon 5-11 5-5 18; FORBUSH, Chaney 5-12 3-4 13; HAIRSTON, Charmaine 4-9 0-0 9; GRACE, Jaimie 2-4 0-0 4; GOLDSMITH, Sammi 0-4 2-2 2; PENLEY, Lauren 0-1 2-2 2; DeFRANCESCO, Olivia 0-6 2-4 2; AFOLABI-BROWN, B. 1-2 0-0 2; CORONEL, Sarah 0-1 0-0 0; NAUMANN, Caroline 0-1 0-0 0; COON, Sarah 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-51 14-17 52.

Guilford......................   20   26  -   46
Lynchburg.....................   28   24  -   52

3-point goals–Guilford 2-10 (DREW, Brittany 1-5; WALTERS, Heaven 1-1; RAMSEY, Lauren 0-3; CUTTAIA, Kali 0-1), Lynchburg 4-11 (ALLAN, Shannon 3-4; HAIRSTON, Charmaine 1-2; GOLDSMITH, Sammi 0-1; DeFRANCESCO, Olivia 0-4).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Lynchburg-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 38 (WEATHERLY, Anais 10), Lynchburg 41 (GOLDSMITH, Sammi 11; FORBUSH, Chaney 11).
Assists–Guilford 7 (DREW, Brittany 3), Lynchburg 11 (GOLDSMITH, Sammi 5).
Total fouls–Guilford 20, Lynchburg 16.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Lynchburg-None.
A-125
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game