Box Score SALEM, VA – Hampden-Sydney Basketball, seeded 8th in the ODAC Tournament, routed #5 seed Eastern Mennonite 104-80 in the ODAC Tournament Semifinals. The Tigers are scheduled to play in the Championship on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 pm. Tip tie is scheduled to change with the women's championship game beginning at 1 pm. Their opponent will determined in the second game of the semifinals, #2 Virginia Wesleyan vs. #11 Washington & Lee.
The two teams were neck-to-neck through the first 10 minutes with the Tigers narrowly ahead 22-19. From there it was Tigers domination. Over the next three minutes, H-SC used a 10-2 run to go ahead by 32-21. Two RJ Sims free throws briefly cut the lead down to nine, 34-25, at 5:42, but Hampden-Sydney scored the next seven to push the advantage out to 41-25 and H-SC would lead by double-digits the rest of the contest with an advantage as much as 32 in the second half.
Khobi Williamson (Norfolk, VA / Maury) was nearly unguardable as he tallied 28 points on 14-21 shooting to go with 11 rebounds. Keegan Wetzel (Mebane, NC / Eastern Alamance) had a career game with 17 points, making seven of his 10 field goal attempts, along with seven boards. Greg Lewis (Mechanicsville, VA / Hanover) came off the bench to post 16 points, five rebounds, and three assists. He drained 6-8 shots and went 3-4 from beyond the arc. Sasha Obradovic (Belgrade, Serbia / Hawaii Prep) added on nine points, and JaVonte Reddick (Richmond, VA / L.C. Bird) scored eight. Fletcher Lumpkin (Richmond, VA / Mills Godwin) had a strong all-around stat line with four points, four rebounds, five assists, and three steals.
Marcel Crump had a team-high 22 points, RJ Sims tallied 17, and Ryan Yates scored 16. First-Team All-ODAC center David Falk, who set an ODAC record 28 rebounds in the quarterfinals, was limited to 18 minutes due to foul trouble, contributing just five points and four caroms.
The Tigers shot a blistering 66.7% from the floor (42-63), 52.9% from three-point range (9-17), and 84.6% (11-13) from the free throw stripe. Eastern Mennonite converted on 46.6% (27-58) of their field goals, went 37.5% from beyond the arc (12-32), and made 63.6% (14-22) of their free throws.
The Tigers dominated the glass with a 39-20 rebounding advantage. H-SC corralled 10 offensive rebounds while the Royals had just 13 defensive boards. H-SC dished out 25 assists on the night.
