Guilford to Face Roanoke or Virginia Wesleyan in Semifinals
SALEM, Va. --- Gabby
Oglesby's layup with 27 seconds left gave Guilford College a
67-66 upset of second-seeded Bridgewater College in an Old Dominion
Athletic Conference (ODAC) Basketball Tournament quarterfinal
Thursday. The Quakers meet the winner of Thursday's final
quarterfinal between Roanoke College and Virginia Wesleyan College
Saturday (2/26) at 3:00 p.m. in the Salem Civic Center.
Oglesby's bucket sent the seventh-seeded Quakers (15-11) into their
first ODAC Tournament semifinal since 2006 and likely ended the
Eagles' season with a 22-4 record. The win also marked the
100th coaching victory in Stephanie Flamini's
eight-year tenure at Guilford.
Guilford trailed, 57-45, after Emileigh Lambert's basket with 8:05
left in regulation. The Quakers responded as senior Lauren
LeFevers started and finished a 10-0 Quakers' run with
three-pointers. Her fourth three-pointer of the game came from NBA
range and made it a 57-55 contest with 5:47 to play.
Seconds earlier, Bridgewater senior Jordan Burkholder, the ODAC's
Player of the Year, left the game with ankle injury. She sparked
the Eagles strong second-half start with 11 of her team-high 21
points and three of her five steals.
With Burkholder on the bench, the Quakers crept back into the game
and eventually tied it at 61-61 with 2:53 left on two Morgan
King free throws. An Oglesby basket a minute later gave
the Quakers their first lead since the opening half. Bridgewater's
Jenny Logan answered with a traditional three-point play at the
1:23 mark that restored a 66-65 Eagles' edge.
The teams traded possessions before LeFevers drove the lane and
found Oglesby open underneath for the easy go-ahead basket. The
hobbled Burkholder returned to the game following a Bridgewater
timeout with 20 ticks left, but her runner in the lane did not
fall. However, the Eagles got their 23rd offensive
rebound and called another timeout. Bianca Booker's shot in traffic
missed the mark and Guilford's Logan
Terrysecured the rebound as time expired.
Guilford's King led all scorers with a career-high 22 points and
added a game-best 12 boards for her team-leading sixth
double-double. LeFevers added 12 points on four-of-six shooting
from three-point land. After shooting 33 percent from the floor in
the first half, Guilford shot 58.3 percent in the second half.
Burkholder paced the Eagles with 21 points, eight rebounds five
assists and five steals. Jessica Mullen added 15 points and Logan
finished with 11. Guilford limited Bridgewater to 32.4 percent
field-goal shooting, its second-lowest figure of the season.
This releases is courtesy of the Guilford College
sports information department.