ATLANTA, Ga. - No. 21 Guilford put away LaGrange in the second half, beating the Panthers 84-67 at the Emory Shootout in the Woodruff PE Center on Sunday. The Panthers slipped to 2-7, while the Quakers improved to 9-2.
Coach Kendal Wallace
"I feel like we're right there, we're close to being a really good team. I feel like we play 27-32 minutes a game and then that eight minutes or so we don't play well is really affecting us, that's the difference in the games. I'm the type of coach that I schedule the best teams I can play. I want to my guys to be challenged and I want them to remember that they're playing the best teams in the country when they have the opportunity to. We just have to get over the hump, dig down deep and look inside ourselves and decide on what we're going to do. We're playing with two guys who had any type of experience last year, while everyone else is young and new, so hopefully we'll take our lumps now and when conference comes around we dish out a few.
How it Happened
The Panthers led 17-10 eight minutes into the game. Julian Cameron's trey gave LC the seven-point lead. Cameron's 3-pointer was one of three the Panthers used to build the lead.
Guilford using strong play on the boards, went on a 14-2 run over a five-minute span to go up 24-19. Drew Shepard hit a 3-pointer to stop the Quakers' run and make it a two-point game, 24-22.
Cameron's second 3-pointer of the half got LC within a point, 30-29, with 2:47 left. The Quakers quickly scored seven straight points and led 41-34 at halftime.
LC got within four points on three occasions at the beginning of the second half. Shepherd opend the half with a trey and Cameron added another to make it 48-44 with 16:21 remaining.
The Panthers would get no closer than five points the rest of the way. Guilford opened a double-digit lead, 59-48, with 12 minutes left. The Quakers eventually built their biggest lead, 84-64, with a minute remaining.
By the Numbers
Guilford controlled the rebounding. The Quakers had a 49-26 edge for the game, including 18-7 on the offensive boards.
The Panthers shot 44.8 percent from the floor in the first half. They cooled off in the second half, shooting just 35.5 percent.
LC finished with nine treys in the game, the second most of the season.
The Panthers had only 10 turnovers in the game, their second lowest total of the season.
Panther Standouts
Kyle Brown led LC with 17 points off the bench. Brown was 7-for-9 shooting.
Cameron finished with 16 points and had a team-high 5 rebounds.
Lincoln Anderson and Ronald Youngblood each had 9 points. Anderson had 3 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Up Next
The Panthers face defending Division III national champs Wisconsin-Oshkosh (5-5) in their final game of the tournament Monday at 2 p.m.
