Washington & Lee Season 25 Round Up
Team Highs & Lows
Points:116 (116-85 win vs. Washington & Jefferson)
40 (40-33 win at Washington & Jefferson)
Rebounds: 49 (win at Roanoke)
20 (win at E. Mennonite)
Assists: 19 (Manchester -Round of 32, #15 Elizabethtown Sweet 16)
5 (win at Pacific, win at Washington & Jefferson)
Steals:17 (win at Hampden-Sydney)
3 (win vs. # 17 Guilford, win at Washington & Jefferson)
Blocks: 13 (win vs. Roanoke)
1 (win at Hobart & William Smith)
FG%: .645 (win vs. S. Maine)
.267 (win at Washington & Jefferson)
FT%: .923 (loss at #4 SUNY-Oneonta - reg. season)
.438 (win vs. Lynchburg)
3 pt FG%:.636 (win vs. S. Maine)
.250 (win at Washington & Jefferson)
Turnovers 4 (win vs. Manchester in Round of 32)
20 (loss vs. #17 Guilford, ODAC quarterfinals)
FG% Allowed: .293 (win vs. Bridgewater)
.586 (win at Bethany)
3 pt FG% Allowed: .000 (0-9) (win vs. S. Maine)
.522 (loss vs. #4 SUNY-Oneonta -- Final 4)
Turnovers Forced: 31 (win at Hampden-Sydney)
8 (loss at #11 Delaware Valley)
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Finished the season 27-6, Ranked #6. 8 RPI, 13 SOS, Prestige A+
10-1 home, 12-3 road, 5-2 neutral, 15-1 conference play, 7-5 vs. Top 25
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100 point games: 4-0 when scoring 100, with wins vs. at #25 SUNY-Potsdam (106), at Hobart & William Smith (108), vs. Washington & Jefferson (116), at Bethany (105)
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90 point games: 6-0 when scoring 90, with additional wins vs. S. Maine (97) at Washington (Mo.) (93) in Elite 8
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Cant Drive 55: 16-0 when holding opponents under 55, including wins vs. #3 Adrian, then-#24 Chowan, #17 Guilford, then #17 E. Mennonite, and Lynchburg. 11 of 16 conf. opponents helf to under 55.
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Looking forward to next season:
3-1 this season vs. next year's non. conf. schedule: Return dates vs. Hobart & William Smith (108-63 win), #3 Adrian (63-47 win), Mary Hardin-Baylor (68-53 win) & Eureka (63-59 loss in seson-opener). Next season's non-conf. opponents finished this season at 206-105.
For the Record
Several season 25 Generals finished the year breaking into the all-time W&L record books
Sr. SG Lee Houston -- 10th Minutes (2749)
13th Assists (265)
4th Steals (129)
Sr. SG James Woodson -- 7th Assists (332)
12th 3pt FG% (41.0%)
Sr. PG Alex Hoffman -- 14th Assists (261)
10th Steals (110)
5th FG% (51.1)
Nationally Speaking
Washington & Lee finished season 25 ranked among the nation's leaders in the following categories:
Fewest Turnovers: 7th at 10.6 per game
Steals Allowed: 11th at 4.2 per game
Steals Margin: 18th at 4.4 per game
Turnover Margin: 10th at (-)5.6 per game
All About the Team
The Generals finished 15-1 in the conference and made a run to the Final 4 despite having only 1 player in the top 25 the conference in points (SG Lee Houston, 17th at 10.6 ppg).
3 Generals finished top 25 in rebounding (So. Jeremy Jeffrey, 15th at 6.6; Jr. Robert Mark 19th at 5.9; Sr. Donald Allen 25th at 5.4).
3 guards finished in the top 25 in assists (Sr. Alex Hoffman 5th at 3.7; Sr. Lee Houston 17th at 2.7, Sr. James Woodson 21st at 2.4)
Defensively things looked differently for W&L as Jeffrey (10th at 1.3) & Mark (20th at .9) finished among the league leaders in blocks.
4 of the top 8 thiefs in the league (and 6 of the top 25) were Generals, led by league leader, Hoffman (1.4). Woodson & Houston ried at 3rd in the league with 1.2 steals per game & Jr. SG Joseph Lee tied for 7th with 1 swipe per game. So. SF Robert Stucker (tied for 11 th at .9) & Allen (tied for 17th at .8) also cracked the top 25.
Hoffman (2nd), Allen & Woodson (tied for 8th), Stucker (14th) & Mark (20th) finished in the top 25 in FG%.
Woodson (4th), Houston (12th), & Lee (14th) were in the top 25 in 3pt. FG%.
Lee (15th) & Hoffman (25th) led Washington & Lee's efforts from the charity stripe.