Game 18 • W&L (10-7, 6-6) at Emory & Henry (10-6, 7-4) • Emory, Va. • January 25, 2005 • 7:00 pm

Game 19 • W&L (10-7, 6-6) vs. Roanoke (11-5, 7-5) • Lexington, Va. • January 29, 2005 • 4:00 pm

PROBABLE STARTERS: 2004-05 Stats
#12 Louisa Feve, Jr., G/F, 5-9 13.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.0 apg, 1.9 spg
#24 Bethany Dannelly, Sr., G, 5-4 4.6 ppg, 5.1 apg, 3.4 rpg, 2.8 spg
#30 Amanda Kane, Fr., F, 5-10 6.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.5 spg
#32 Jessica Hunsinger, So., C, 6-0 12.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.5 bpg
#34 Kristen Krouchick, Fr., G/F, 5-9 14.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 1.7 spg

ON THE BENCH:
#10 Sarah Otey, So., G, 5-7 0.9 ppg, 0.9 rpg, 0.7 apg
#20 Emily Wolff, Fr., G/F, 5-9 2.4 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 0.8 apg
#22 Emily Barker, Sr., F/C, 5-11 5.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 0.9 apg
#42 Hayley James, Fr., F, 5-10 3.5 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 0.8 spg
#43 Georgia Gilroy, Fr., F/C, 5-11 1.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 0.5 apg
#44 Kat Michaels, Fr., G, 5-4 0.7 ppg, 0.3 rpg
#45 Jenna Thorne, Fr., G/F, 5-8 1.0 ppg, 0.7 rpg

COMMANDING THE GENERALS:
Mandy King (Southern Maine ’98) is in her second season as head women's basketball coach at W&L. She posted a 9-17 in her first year at the helm and has a career record of 19-24. King's first season resulted in a six-game improvement over the previous campaign and included a bid to the ODAC Postseason Tournament. Under her direction, two players earned All-ODAC honors and another finished second in the balloting for the conference rookie of the year award. Dean’na Mitchelson (Virginia ’02) is in her first season as assistant women’s basketball coach at W&L. Prior to her arrival, Mitchelson served as head women’s basketball coach at Robert E. Lee High School during the 2003-04 season. Mitchelson captained the women’s basketball team at the University of Virginia where she was a four-year letterwinner.

OPPOSING COACHES:
Emory & Henry head coach Joy Scruggs has posted a 342-249 career record during her 24 years at the helm of the Wasps. Susan Dunagan (Radford ’70) has a 461-170 career record during her 24 seasons as head coach of Roanoke.

ALL-TIME SERIES:
W&L is 6-15 all-time against Emory & Henry and 0-21 all-time against Roanoke. The Generals split their two meetings with the Wasps last season (won 60-55 in Lexington, lost 78-67 at E&H). W&L fell to the Maroons, 66-54, back on Jan. 11.

UP NEXT:
The Generals play three games next week. They play at Eastern Mennonite on Tuesday at 7:00 pm, at Randolph-Macon Woman’s College on Saturday at 2:00 pm, and host Lynchburg on Sunday at 4:30 pm.

LAST TIME OUT:
Sophomore center Jessica Hunsinger and junior guard Louisa Feve each recorded a double-double to help lead the Washington and Lee women’s basketball team to a 71-55 victory over Southern Virginia on Friday night at the Warner Center. Hunsinger scored 17 points and pulled down a season-high 17 rebounds, while Feve had 16 points and a season-high 10 boards. After missing their first eight shots, the Generals only trailed 7-5 with 12:38 remaining in the first half. However, W&L then went on a 26-6 run to take a 31-13 lead with 4:16 left in the half. The Knights responded by closing out the half on an 11-0 spurt and went into the break down just 31-24. Southern Virginia then opened up the second half on 11-4 run to knot the score at 35-35 with 16:24 remaining in the game. W&L retook the lead at 37-35 on a pair of free throws by Feve and methodically pushed its advantage back to double figures at 54-44 with 8:10 remaining. From there, the Generals wouldn’t surrender their double-digit advantage. W&L forced Southern Virginia into 28 turnovers and held a 51-43 advantage on the boards. The Generals received a game-high 19 points from freshman forward Kristen Krouchick, while freshman forward Amanda Kane added six points, eight rebounds, and a game-high five steals.

SCOUTING THE WASPS:
Emory & Henry has an overall record of 10-6 and a 7-4 mark in the ODAC. The Wasps are coming off a 76-61 victory over Randolph-Macon Woman’s College on Saturday. E&H was 25-for-58 (.431) from the field, including 8-for-13 (.615) from three-point range. It forced 23 R-MWC turnovers and collected 12 steals. Junior guard Kate Childress led the Wasps with 14 points, eight rebounds, and a game-high seven assists. Junior guard Brooke Barker also notched 14 points along with five rebounds, while freshman forward Lauren Birdsell recorded 10 points, a team-high nine rebounds, and a game-high five steals. Childress leads the team in scoring (14.1 ppg), rebounding (5.9 rpg), and assists (4.1 apg). Barker contributes 11.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. Senior guard Shannon Brown averages 8.1 points, 3.4 rebounds, and a team-high 1.9 steals per game.

SCOUTING THE MAROONS:
Roanoke has an overall record of 11-5 and a 7-5 mark in the ODAC. The Maroons defeated Virginia Wesleyan, 56-49, on Sunday. Roanoke led 46-36 with 6:32 remaining, but VWC went on a 9-0 run to cut the deficit to 46-45 with 3:38 left. However, Roanoke closed out the game on a 10-4 spurt, with all 10 points coming from the free throw line. Freshman forward Erin Hanson led the Maroons with 14 points and eight rebounds, including 8-for-11 from the charity stripe. Sophomore forward Brittany Johnson chipped in with 12 points and seven boards. Hanson averages a team-best 12.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Hanson is helped out by sophomore guard Cindy McGraw (8.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg) and senior forward Chandra Forrester (7.5 ppg, team-high 7.6 rpg).

LAST MEETING WITH E&H (1/24/04):
Emory & Henry used a 14-0 run early in the first half for a 78-67 win over Washington and Lee. The Generals led 8-7 with 15:56 to play before E&H used its run over the next 2:58 to assume a 21-8 lead that it would not give up. Guard Dawn Chewning scored 10 points during the run. Washington and Lee was led by guard Louisa Feve, who scored a game-high 24 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Center Jessica Hunsinger notched 20 points and 12 rebounds, while guard Bethany Dannelly added eight points, seven assists and five rebounds. Emory & Henry was paced by Chewning, who tallied 19 points. Guard Danielle Moore contributed 18 points and five steals.

LAST MEETING WITH ROANOKE (1/11/05):
The Washington and Lee women’s basketball team had its four-game winning streak snapped with a 66-54 loss at Roanoke College. The Generals trailed 28-21 at the break, but went on a 14-2 run late in the second half to tie the game at 49-49 with 3:47 remaining in the game. Roanoke reassumed the lead, but the Generals remained within striking distance and trailed just 54-52 with 1:45 remaining. However, the Maroons hit 12-of-14 free throws and closed the game on a 14-2 run to take the victory. Free throws proved to be the difference in the game as Roanoke outscored the Generals 21-5 at the charity stripe. W&L was paced by junior guard Louisa Feve, who totaled 17 points, five rebounds and four assists. Freshman forward Kristen Krouchick also tallied 17 points and five boards, while sophomore forward Jessica Hunsinger notched six points, a game-high eight rebounds and three blocks. Roanoke was led by freshman forward Erin Hanson’s 19 points, five rebounds and five steals. Senior center Jennie Schafer chipped in 11 points in the winning effort.

DISHING THE ROCK:
This season, the Generals rank second in the ODAC with 14.8 assists per game. Senior guard Bethany Dannelly, the school’s all-time career (410) and single-season (152) assist leader, leads the team with 5.1 assists per game. Dannelly’s 87 assists this year match her assist total from last season. Junior guard Louisa Feve is second on the team with 68 dimes (4.0 apg). Last season, Dannelly and Feve became the first pair of Generals to each dish out at least 80 assists in a season. Feve needs just 12 more assists for the duo to accomplish that feat for the second consecutive season.

MOVING ON UP:
Senior guard Bethany Dannelly, junior guard Louisa Feve, and sophomore center Jessica Hunsinger are all moving up in the W&L record book. Dannelly has added to her school record assist total and currently has 410 career assists. She is also second all-time with 176 steals and is just one steal shy of tying the school record of 177, which was set by Ansley Miller (1996-2000). Feve has climbed into fifth place on the all-time scoring list with 888 career points. She is 112 points away from becoming the fifth General to enter the 1,000 point club. Hunsinger has moved into fourth place on the career blocks list with 77 blocks and needs seven more to move into third place.