Game 20: W&L (5-14, 3-9) vs. Randolph
(10-11, 4-8)
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 7:00 pm
Location: Lexington, Va.
Series Record: 30-11, W&L
Game 21: W&L (5-14, 3-9) vs. Lynchburg
(13-8, 10-2)
Date: Saturday, February 15, 5:30 pm
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
Series Record: 20-19, W&L
MEDIA NOTE
Following the game, Head Coach Christine Clancy or a player takes a
minute to answer some questions about her team’s performance.
The interview is normally up 20 minutes after the game and can be
found at http://www.youtube.com/user/wlusports.
THE HEAD GENERAL
Christine Clancy (Brandeis ‘06) is in her second season
as the head coach at Washington and Lee after serving as the
assistant coach during the 2011-12 season. In her first season at
the helm of the program, Clancy led a W&L team picked to finish
last in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference to the No. 8 seed out
of 12 teams for the conference tournament. The Generals won a
first round contest before falling to top-seeded Eastern Mennonite,
68-58, in the quarterfinals. W&L ended the season with a
9-16 overall record and finished among the league leaders in
scoring defense and field goal percentage defense. Coach
Clancy’s overall record as a head coach is 36-37.
ALL-TIME RECORD
The Washington and Lee women’s basketball program is
participating in its 21st varsity season during the 2013-14 school
year. Over that period of time, the Generals have compiled a
229-295 (.437) overall record and have won one
Old Dominion Athletic Conference title (2010).
LAST TIME OUT
Roanoke 72, W&L 55 • Salem, Va. • 2/8/14
The Washington and Lee women’s basketball team shot just 28.4
percent (19-67) from the floor in falling to Roanoke by a score of
72-55 in the Bast Center on Saturday afternoon. The Generals (5-15,
3-9) hung within two possessions of the lead until an 18-4 run
stretched a six-point lead (20-14) out to 18 points (38-20) with
just 1:40 left in the first half. W&L hit just 1-of-11 shots
from the floor over a stretch of 7:09 as the Maroons (10-10, 6-6)
seized control of the contest behind seven points from senior guard
Laurel Hankins. W&L shot just 9-of-34 (.265) from the floor and
was 2-of-11 (.182) from three in the first half en route to a 38-24
deficit at the break. Roanoke then opened the second half with a
13-4 surge behind six points from senior guard Paxton Gwin to open
a 51-28 lead with 13:39 left in the game. The Generals cut it to a
13-point game (57-44) with 8:29 left following a 10-2 run that
featured five points from first-year guard Cam Tyler, but Roanoke
went on an immediate 8-0 run and W&L never challenged from that
point forward. The Generals committed just 12 turnovers in the
contest, but simply could not overcome their frigid shooting.
Sophomore forwards Shelbi Hendricks and Katie Wildes, and Tyler
tied for the team lead with nine points each. Junior guard Annie
Gauf added eight points and tied a career high with nine rebounds.
However, she hit just 3-of-18 shots from the field. Gwin paced the
Maroons with 20 points on 10-of-15 shooting. Junior guard Tatum
McKee chipped in 12 points and a game-high 13 boards. As a team,
Roanoke shot 41.7 percent (30-72) from the floor while holding a
49-43 advantage on the glass.
THE RANDOLPH SERIES
W&L and Randolph will be facing off for the 42nd time, with the
Generals holding a 30-11 edge in the all-time series. Earlier this
season, the WildCats took down W&L, 71-58, on November 20 in
Lynchburg.
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
Randolph enters the week with a 10-11 overall record and a 4-8 ODAC
mark after falling to Eastern Mennonite, 72-54, on Saturday. The
Royals led in free throws 78.9 to 44.4 percent and outrebounded RC,
47-31. Sophomore guard Abigail Bullins led Randolph with 13 points,
followed by 12 from senior guard Emilee Dunton. Dunton also dished
out a team-high five assists. Junior guard Allie Druffel
contributed six points and a game-high seven rebounds, while senior
forward Jensen Hoover added 11 points and six rebounds. For the
season, Bullins leads the team at 13.1 points per game, while
Dunton adds 10.8 points per outing. Hoover chips in 9.6 points per
game, while recording a team-high 8.3 rebounds per contest.
LAST TIME AGAINST RANDOLPH • RC 71, W&L 58
(11/20/13)
Randolph College limited Washington and Lee to just 30.4 percent
(21-69) shooting from the floor en route to posting a 71-58 victory
over the Generals at the RAD Center. The Generals took a 9-7 lead
at the 11:40 mark of the first half on a jumper by junior guard
Annie Gauf. However, W&L missed each of its next five shots
from the field and the WildCats went on a 9-0 run over the next
3:51 to take a 16-9 lead with 7:49 left in the half. The Randolph
lead swelled to as many as eight points in the first half in
carrying a 32-26 lead into the break. RC held a 34-26 advantage
just 35 seconds into the second stanza, but the Generals produced a
9-0 run over the next 2:59 to assume a one-point lead (35-34) on a
jumper by sophomore forward Wesleigh Vick at the 16:26 mark.
However, the WildCats hit back-to-back triples by sophomore guard
Abigail Bullins and senior guard Emilee Dunton to take the lead
right back at 40-35 with 16:06 remaining. The WildCats maintained
an eight-point lead (55-47) with 9:49 remaining before using a 13-2
run keyed by seven points from junior forward Jensen Hoover to take
a commanding 68-49 lead with 3:35 left in the game. W&L
committed just nine turnovers in the game, but could not overcome
poor shooting and a 53-43 disadvantage on the boards. Gauf paced
the Generals with 13 points, while sophomore guard Paige Corvino
totaled 11 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore forwards
Shelbi Hendricks and Katie Wildes scored nine points each, and Vick
added five points and 12 rebounds. Randolph shot 43.5 percent
(27-62) from the floor and was led by Hoover, who tallied 20 points
and 10 rebounds. First-year guard Brie Holdren notched 11 points,
and Dunton chipped in 10 markers.
THE LYNCHBURG SERIES
W&L and Lynchburg will be facing off for the 40th time, with
the Generals holding a slight 20-19 edge in the all-time series.
Earlier this season, the Hornets took down W&L, 63-46, on
January 15 in Lexington.
SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Lynchburg enters the week with a 13-8 overall record and a 10-2
ODAC mark after junior forward Shannon Allan nailed a three-pointer
with 11 seconds left to lift the Hornets to a thrilling 79-78
victory at Bridgewater on Saturday. Allan scored a game-high 25
points, making 10 of her 18 shots from the floor and three of seven
from downtown. She added six defensive rebounds, two assists and a
blocked shot. Junior guard Lauren Penley played a team-high 37
minutes and had 19 points and nine assists, converting on 8-of-11
shots from the field. First-year guard Charmaine Hairston netted 13
of her 18 points in the second half, and finished with three
three-pointers and three steals. Senior point guard Ann Dorris
added six points and four assists. For the season, Allen leads the
team at 15.7 points per game, while sophomore Chaney Forbush adds
11.6 points per outing and a team-high 8.5 rebounds per game.
Hairston chips in 10.8 points per game and also corrals a team-high
1.7 steals per game.
LAST TIME AGAINST LYNCHBURG • LC 63, W&L 46
(1/15/13)
The Lynchburg Hornets held the Generals to just 26.9 percent
shooting and forced 12 turnovers in the second half en route to a
63-46 victory over the Blue and White at the Warner Center. The
game remained tight in the first 9:22, with both teams going
basket-for-basket. With the Generals holding a 14-12 lead, LC tied
the game with 10:38 left to play when Jaimie Grace made a jump shot
off a Sammi Goldsmith assist. The Hornets began to pull away and
went on a 26-12 run to take a 40-26 lead at the intermission. In
the second half, Lynchburg stretched the lead to as many as 18
(60-42) with 3:40 left in the game. The Generals outscored LC, 4-3,
in the closing minutes to reach the final margin. For the game, the
Hornets out-rebounded the Generals, 46-45, and forced the Blue and
White into 17 turnovers. LC also held a 16-7 edge in assists.
First-year guard Jackie Clifford led W&L’s offense with
12 points, four rebounds and two assists. First-year forward
Samantha Sharman added eight points, while sophomore forward
Wesleigh Vick chipped in five points, but tallied a game-high nine
rebounds and three steals. Goldsmith led LC in scoring with 12
points off of 5-of-7 shooting from the field, including 2-of-2 from
three-point land. She also recorded a game-high five assists.
First-year guard Charmaine Hairston added nine points, while
sophomore forward Sarah Coon and junior forward Shannon Allan each
chipped in eight points. Senior guard Ann Dorris had a solid floor
game, finishing with six rebounds, four assists and two steals.
FANTASTIC FREE-THROWS
In the last three games, W&L has been lights out from the foul
line. The Generals are shooting 83.3 percent (45-54). W&L set a
new season high for free-throw percentage in a game after making
21-of-22 from the line (95.5 percent) in the 66-64 loss to Hollins.
It’s previous high was 90.0 percent when the Blue and White
shot 9-of-10 from the charity stripe in a 60-48 loss to Hollins in
Lexington. The best percentage the Generals had this season when
attempting 20+ free-throws was 76.7 percent when they made 23-of-30
in a 96-76 loss at Randolph-Macon. Prior to the second Hollins
game, the Generals percentage against Hollins was just one
hundredth of a point away from tying the program record of 95.6
percent when the team went 22-of-23 from the line at Emory &
Henry on January 12, 2002. Against EMU on February 4, W&L went
11-of-14 for 78.6 percent and against Roanoke on February 8 the
Blue and White went 13-of-18 or 72.2 percent. For the season, the
Generals are shooting 67.6 percent (255-377) from the line and rank
fourth in the conference.
LIGHTS, CAM-ERA, ACTION
First-year guard Cam Tyler sprung into action last week after
coming back from an injury. She averaged 25 minutes over the two
games and tallied 19 points to average 9.5 points per game. She
went a perfect 4-for-4 from the charity stripe and made three
triples in seven attempts (42.8 percent). Tyler pulled in seven
rebounds and dished out two assists as well.
NEW HIGHS
Junior guard Annie Gauf set a new career-high in assists in a 69-66
victory over Bridgewater on January 25. She dished out nine assists
with four turnovers for a positive 2.2 assists-to-turnover ratio
and was one shy of joining W&L’s Top-5 list for assists
in a game. She currently leads the team with 54 assists on the
season to average 2.8 per game, which ranks eighth in the
conference. For her career, she has 173 assists and is just 40 away
from surpassing Kristen Krouchick (2004-08) on W&L’s
Top-10 list for career assists. She set another career-high after
she notched 22 points on 6-of-11 shooting, including a 4-of-7 mark
from downtown against EMU on February 4. Her previous career-high
was 21 points, which she set in a 66-64 loss to Hollins just three
days prior to EMU (February 1).
STARTING PRODUCTION
In a 96-76 loss to Randolph-Macon on January 23, W&L had all
five starters score in double figures. The last time a
Generals’ team has done that was on February 17, 2012 when
Becca Bolton, Meg ingram, Katy Wilson, Rachel Warrick and Kari
Pfannenstein all scored more than 10 points.
HITTING THE CENTURY MARK
Sophomore forwards Wesleigh Vick and Shelbi Hendricks reached 100
career made field goals following a 61-52 win over Shenandoah on
January 28. Hendricks has made 106-of-286 for a career percentage
of 37.0, to average 7.7 points per game over her two seasons. Vick
has made 117-of-259 for a percentage of 45.1 to average 6.6 points
per game over her career.
