GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s Anais Weatherly (Winston-Salem, N.C./Mount Tabor) notched her eighth double-double of the season as the Quakers claimed a Wednesday evening Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) victory over Emory & Henry College, 74-45.
The Wasps (12-6, 6-3 ODAC) held a 10-7 advantage 3:33 into the first quarter before the Quakers (15-2, 8-1 ODAC) slowly chipped away at the advantage and posted an 11-5 run throughout the rest of the quarter to claim a three-point lead after one period. The Quakers held the Wasps to just two field goals in the final 6:27 of the frame.
Emory & Henry opened the first 1:18 of the second quarter on a 5-0 run before a Miracle Walters (Elkin, N.C./Elkin) lay-up broke the run and tied the game, 20-20 with 8:22 left in the period. Both sides went without a field goal for the next 4:27 before both sides produced a spurt of four baskets in 1:24 as the Quakers’ lead grew as large as seven entering halftime.
Guilford extended their lead to 11 points with 6:14 left in the third quarter and hit the mark again with 5:07 left in the period, mounting a 10-0 run for a 4:54 stretch in the latter portion of the period to pull the lead farther away. The Quakers broke open a narrow points-in-the-paint deficit by out-scoring the Wasps in the paint 12-4, for the quarter. The Quakers shot 50 percent for the period while holding Emory & Henry to just three field goals, shooting 15.8 percent.
The Quakers’ lead grew to 26 points with 6:43 left in the fourth quarter, with the lead ballooning as large as 32 with 2:57 left in the contest. The Quakers claimed the edge in the paint for the period, 14-6, and slight advantage in points-off-turnovers, 9-6, as Guilford cruised to victory.
Weatherly was one of three Quakers’ players to score 13 points as she shot six-of-12 from the field while pulling down 13 rebounds, dishing six assists, and swiping five steals. Heaven Walters’ (Elkin, N.C./Starmount) 13 points came on five-of-ten shooting while adding four assists. Lauren Ramsey (Lexington, N.C./North Davidson) posted 13 points on five-of-seven shooting while adding four assists with two blocks. Kate Clark was the remaining Quakers’ player in double-figure scoring, notching 11 points on four-of-eight shooting, three-of-six from three-point range.
Asja Jenkins led the Wasps with ten points on five-of-ten shooting as the lone Emory & Henry player in double-figure scoring.
The Quakers shot 44.6 percent for the contest, including 50 percent in the second half where Guilford shot nine-of-18 in each quarter. Emory & Henry shot 29.5 percent for the contest, sinking only eight second-half field goals while shooting 25 percent.
The Quakers tallied 23 assists to Emory & Henry’s ten, 15 of Guilford’s helpers coming in the second half. The Quakers won the battle in the paint, 38-24, and claimed a 25-13 edge in points-off-turnovers. The Quakers out-rebounded the Wasps, 48-34, while winning the battle for second-chance points, 11-5.
The Quakers travel to Eastern Mennonite University Saturday for a 1 p.m. ODAC contest.
Emory & Henry vs Guilford
01/25/17 7:00 pm at Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House
GUILFORD 74
EMORY & HENRY 45
EMORY & HENRY (12-6, 6-3 ODAC): JENKINS, Asja 5-10 0-2 10; McKINNEY, Sydney 2-5 3-4 7; PENN, Jada 3-4 0-0 7; PEEBLES, Aubriana 3-8 0-2 6; WILLIAMS, Peyton 2-8 0-0 6; BLEVINS, Taylor 2-7 0-0 4; STAFFORD, Kara 1-1 0-0 2; MARTIN, Courtney 0-1 2-2 2; JACOBY, Megan0-6 1-2 1; BLACKBURN, Laken 0-3 0-0 0; RIVAS, Jessica 0-0 0-0 0; LOGAN, Myesha 0-0 0-0 0; JOHNSTON, Tessa 0-8 0-0 0; HOILMAN, Jessica 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-61 6-12 45.
GUILFORD (15-2, 8-1 ODAC): WALTERS, Heaven 5-10 3-4 13; RAMSEY, Lauren 5-7 3-4 13; WEATHERLY, Anais6-12 1-2 13; CLARK, Kate 4-8 0-0 11; WALTERS, Miracle 4-4 0-0 8; STELLER, Amy 2-6 1-2 7; BROWN, Jordyn 1-5 2-2 4; RICHARDSON, Jordyn 1-2 1-2 3; SCOTT, Kayla 1-8 0-0 2; JEFFERIES KERR, D. 0-2 0-0 0; ABRAHAM, Essence 0-1 0-0 0.Totals 29-65 11-16 74.
Emory & Henry................. 15 10 7 13 - 45 Guilford...................... 18 14 20 22 - 74
3-point goals–Emory & Henry 3-13 (WILLIAMS, Peyton 2-2; PENN, Jada 1-1;JACOBY, Megan 0-2; JOHNSTON, Tessa 0-5; McKINNEY, Sydney 0-1; JENKINS, Asja0-2), Guilford 5-11 (CLARK, Kate 3-6; STELLER, Amy 2-3; SCOTT, Kayla 0-1; ABRAHAM, Essence 0-1).
Fouled out–Emory & Henry-None, Guilford-None.
Rebounds–Emory & Henry 34 (McKINNEY, Sydney 6), Guilford 48 (WEATHERLY, Anais 13).
Assists–Emory & Henry 10 (JACOBY, Megan 4), Guilford 23 (WEATHERLY, Anais 6).
Total fouls–Emory & Henry 18, Guilford 15.
Technical fouls–Emory & Henry-None, Guilford-None.
A-210
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game