Auburn vs Washington and Lee Preview And Prediction

[kwhs95fan]

To my knowledge, this is the first time these two teams have met. It's definitely not the matchup that anyone predicted at the beginning of the season or even at the beginning of the playoffs for that matter. Both teams are definitely battle tested. Auburn played in a tournament in Orlando in December, plus they played several 3A and 4A schools plus they had 4 matchups with Fort Chiswell. W&L played Massaponax twice, Woodbridge, King George, plus their 4 meetings with Lancaster. This really is a difficult matchup to project. I look for Auburn to put the younger Millirons on Brandon Washington and more than likely Ethan Millirons on Vaughn Harris. Both Washington and Harris were all Region 1st team and combined for 31 against Lancaster, with Harris having 18. Auburn does seem to be the better shooting team with multiple guys who can knock down the three ball. W&L has the advantage in athleticism and will need to be able to attack the paint. Auburn has been extremely stingy on defense, especially lately. They held Eastside to 30 points and Twin Springs to 39. Most impressive about the TS game was they held Lane and Owens, the two star TS players to a combined 9 points. Both came in averaging about 18 apiece. W&L will also have to crash the boards as Auburn dominated the interior against TS with big man Bryce Gill. Prediction: Will W&L be able to fully get up after such an emotional game and win over Lancaster. Can Harris and Washington bring another state title to the Northern Neck. Will Ethan Millirons and Auburn finally get to finish what they started 2 years ago when their championship game was canceled only hours before tip-off? My heart says W&L, but my gut says Auburn. Auburn 62 Washington and Lee 57

 

[BigWinners]

What Auburn did to TS defensively was insane. Add in maybe best player in 1A, hard to pick against them.

 

[kwhs95fan]

What Auburn did to TS defensively was insane. Add in maybe best player in 1A, hard to pick against them.

I was able to go back and watch that game last night and they just completely dominated a very good TS team with two more than likely 1st team all state players. Having a player the caliber of Ethan Millirons is a big enough advantage, but when you combine that with a defense that has only given up a combined 69 points in 2 state tournament games, that's very impressive. But on the other hand, W&L did what no other 1A team had even come close to doing all year and that was beat Lancaster. Some people might be down on Lancaster after last night, but they're still one dynamite team and one 2 point loss doesn't define them. W&L just wanted it a tad more last night and they played loose with basically nothing to lose

 

[EPJr]

get ready - all of the odd numbered classes have been barnburners