Kimbrough's pull-up jumper with 1:40 left broke the game's fifth and final tie and gave the Quakers an insurmountable 106-104 edge. After Ben Strong (Chapel Hill, NC/Chapel Hill) made one-of-two free throws with 27 seconds remaining, Gary Kerns' (Summersville, WV/Richwood) layup at the other end made it a 107-106 game 17 seconds later. Following an Emory & Henry time out, the Wasps fouled Kimbrough with nine seconds left. For the second straight game, the sophomore point guard preserved a Quakers' win by making two free throws in the waning seconds. His free throws with six seconds left provided the final margin in Guilford's 72-68 win over Bridgewater Jan. 15.
Strong, Guilford's 6-10 sophomore center and the reigning ODAC Player of the Week, finished with a career-high 30 points on 14-of-16 shooting from the floor. He made his first 11 shots from the floor and netted 20 points in the second half, which helped Guilford overcome a 12-point second-half deficit.
The Wasps' constant full-court defensive pressure resulted in Guilford's 19 first-half turnovers, which led to 25 Emory & Henry points. Kerns had 14 of his team-high 26 points by the break and Cain Landreth (Brevard, NC/Brevard) added 13 of his 16 points in the first half.
Kerns stuck consecutive three-pointers during a 10-0 Wasps' run early in the second stanza. Antonio Leary's (Virginia Beach, VA/Ocean Lakes) layup with 15:11 remaining gave the guests a 73-61 edge, but Emory & Henry could not maintain the lead as their frenetic, trifecta-laden pace can yield points almost as fast as they're scored. Guilford answered with a 26-6 spurt over the next 6:31 and led 87-79 with 8:40 left in the game. The Quakers' L.T. Lockett (Fairburn, GA/Sandy Creek (Middle Tennessee State)) scored all 10 of his second-half points during the run and Strong added seven points.
Emory & Henry battled back and grabbed a 94-91 lead on Hank Luton's (Summerville, SC/Sea Island) layup with 5:21 left, but two Strong baskets sandwiched around a Wasps' offensive foul eclipsed the Wasps' final lead of the night.
Guilford placed five student-athletes in double-figure scoring, including Jordan Snipes (Siler City, NC/Jordan-Matthews), who totalled 22 points, a game-high eight assists and five boards. Junior Thomas Burge (Winston-Salem, NC/Glenn) scored 11 of Guilford's first 17 points before encountering foul trouble and ending with 12 points. Kimbrough also scored a dozen and added four assists. The Quakers outrebounded the Wasps, 57-45, and shot 58.3 percent from the floor with no three-point attempts.
Emory & Henry made 14-of-54 shots from beyond the arc, down from their 97 three-point tries in the teams' Nov. 30 meeting, a 147-136 Guilford win in Emory, VA. NCAA Division III's number-two offensive team just missed its average of 110.3 points per game and crossed the 100-point plateau for the ninth time.
Guilford visits league-rival Lynchburg Saturday (1/21) at 4:00 p.m. Emory & Henry hosts Hampden-Sydney Saturday (1/21) at 2:00 p.m.
Emory & Henry vs Guilford 01/18/06 7:00 p.m. at Greensboro, NC - Ragan-Brown Field House At Greensboro, NC - Ragan-Brown Field House GUILFORD 109, EMORY & HENRY 106 EMORY & HENRY (6-9, 2-6 ODAC) KERNS, Gary 9-17 5-10 26; LANDRETH, Cain 4-16 5-5 16; LEARY, Antonio 5-7 2-4 12; HART, Andrew 3-8 0-0 9; LUTON, Hank 3-6 0-0 7; HUDSON, Robert 3-8 0-0 7; BLAND, Shavar 2-7 0-0 6; WEINZ, Camillo 2-10 0-0 5; SEXTON, Bryan 1-3 3-6 5; HAIRSTON, Anthony 1-3 2-2 4; TOWNSEND, Korey 1-7 2-5 4; HUCKINS, Kyle 1-2 1-2 3; CANTONE, Danny 1-1 0-0 2; SCHWARTZSTEIN, Will 0-0 0-0 0; NEWMAN, Hansel 0-1 0-0 0; THOM, Angaza 0-0 0-0 0; CHRISTIAN, Jarell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-97 20-34 106. GUILFORD (8-8, 6-3 ODAC) STRONG, Ben 14-16 2-4 30; SNIPES, Jordan 9-13 4-5 22; LOCKETT, L.T. 5-8 4-5 14; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 2-3 8-9 12; BURGE, Thomas 5-9 2-3 12; WELLS, Barry 3-6 0-0 6; COSTON, Jordan 2-4 1-4 5; BELKOSKI, Eric 1-4 1-2 3; PAYNE, Josh 0-2 2-2 2; NEVILLE, George 1-6 0-0 2; MILLER, Truitt 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 42-72 25-36 109. Emory & Henry................. 56 50 - 106 Guilford...................... 49 60 - 109 3-point goals-Emory & Henry 14-54 (KERNS, Gary 3-7; LANDRETH, Cain 3-15; HART, Andrew 3-7; BLAND, Shavar 2-7; HUDSON, Robert 1-4; LUTON, Hank 1-2; WEINZ, Camillo 1-9; TOWNSEND, Korey 0-2; HAIRSTON, Anthony 0-1), Guilford 0-0 (None). Fouled out--Emory & Henry-None, Guilford-None. Rebounds-Emory & Henry 45 (KERNS, Gary 9), Guilford 57 (WELLS, Barry 8). Assists-Emory & Henry 22 (HAIRSTON, Anthony 7), Guilford 26 (SNIPES, Jordan 8). Total fouls-Emory & Henry 30, Guilford 24. A-553 Old Dominion Athletic Conference game.