Guilford Men’s Basketball Final – Guilford 77, Bridgewater 69

Greensboro, N.C. – Ben Strong scored 25 points and added seven rebounds to lead Guilford College past visiting Bridgewater College, 77-69, Saturday afternoon in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference game. The Quakers (18-4, 13-2 ODAC) are ranked 15th in this week’s D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll and won for the 10th straight game. Bridgewater falls to 13-9 (6-9 ODAC).

Strong had 14 points by halftime as the Quakers built a 33-18 halftime lead. The Eagles rallied to within five points with 2:43 left in regulation thanks to nine three-pointers. Dominc Trawick made five-of-seven trifectas in the second half and scored 17 of his team-high 19 points in the period.

Tyler Sanborn recorded his fourth double-double of the season for Guilford. He finished with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Clay Henson drained four three-pointers on the way to 18 points for the Quakers.

Guilford hosts Eastern Mennonite Sunday (2/17) at 3:00 p.m.

Newspaper Box Score
Bridgewater vs Guilford
02/16/08 3:05 p.m. at Greensboro, N.C.-Ragan-Brown Field House
At Greensboro, N.C.-Ragan-Brown Field House
GUILFORD 77, BRIDGEWATER 69
BRIDGEWATER (13-9, 6-9 ODAC)
TRAWICK, Dominic 6-12 2-3 19; FOX, Josh 4-7 2-2 11; RICE, Robert 2-7 2-2 8;
HAMMOND, Kyle 3-4 0-0 7; SCORSOME, Michael 2-7 2-2 7; OBLITEY, Michael 2-3
0-0 6; REAVIS, Justin 1-1 2-2 4; CECIL, Kris 2-6 0-0 4; STROTMAN, Jay 1-3
1-5 3; GIBBS, Mark 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-50 11-16 69.
GUILFORD (18-4, 13-2 ODAC)
STRONG, Ben 8-14 9-10 25; HENSON, Clay 6-13 2-2 18; SANBORN, Tyler 6-10 0-3
12; BELKOSKI, Eric 4-7 1-4 9; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 0-2 7-8 7; BONNER, Rhett 2-4
0-0 6; NEVILLE, George 0-1 0-0 0; ANDERSON, T.C. 0-2 0-0 0; STEPHENSON,
Martin 0-1 0-1 0; EDMOND, Ray 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 26-54 19-30 77.
Bridgewater………………. 19 50 – 69
Guilford…………………. 33 44 – 77
3-point goals–Bridgewater 12-33 (TRAWICK, Dominic 5-10; OBLITEY, Michael
2-3; RICE, Robert 2-6; SCORSOME, Michael 1-4; HAMMOND, Kyle 1-2; FOX, Josh
1-3; STROTMAN, Jay 0-1; CECIL, Kris 0-4), Guilford 6-19 (HENSON, Clay 4-10;
BONNER, Rhett 2-4; BELKOSKI, Eric 0-2; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 0-1; ANDERSON, T.C.
0-2). Fouled out–Bridgewater-None, Guilford-None. Rebounds–Bridgewater 30
(REAVIS, Justin 6), Guilford 34 (SANBORN, Tyler 10). Assists–Bridgewater 12
(OBLITEY, Michael 4; STROTMAN, Jay 4), Guilford 19 (HENSON, Clay 4;
BELKOSKI, Eric 4). Total fouls–Bridgewater 20, Guilford 18. Technical
fouls–Bridgewater-None, Guilford-None. A-602
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game
Guilford is ranked 15th in this week’s D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.