GREENSBORO, N.C. –Sophomore Travis Tracy (Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Day)
scored a career- and game-high 13 points in Guilford College’s 64-47 men’s
basketball victory over visiting North Carolina Wesleyan College Wednesday
night.
The Quakers (4-2) held the Battling Bishops (3-4) to 28.3 percent field-goal
shooting for the game and forced 20 turnovers, which led to 27 Quakers’
points. Guilford converted 10 first-half turnovers into 18 points, which
helped the Quakers open a 36-18 halftime lead. North Carolina Wesleyan
trimmed the deficit to 11 points with 2:30 remaining, but drew no closer.
Guilford’s Josh Pittman (Archdale, N.C./Trinity) finished with 10 points and
teammate T.C. Anderson (Morrisville, N.C./Green Hope) chipped in with eight
points. The senior’s 10 rebounds, five assists and four steals were all game
highs. Senior Martin Stephenson (Cary, N.C./Cary) finished with eight points
and seven boards.
Junior Matt Dougherty (Ayden, N.C./Ayden-Grifton) made a game-high three
three-pointers on the way to a team-high 12 points. Classmate Domarius
Thomas (Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh) also made three trifectas and
finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Guilford opens Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play Saturday (12/4)
at Bridgewater College.
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Newspaper Box Score
NC Wesleyan vs Guilford
12/01/10 7:00 p.m. at Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House
At Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House
GUILFORD 64, NC WESLEYAN 47
NC WESLEYAN (3-4)
DOUGHERTY, Matt 4-13 1-2 12; THOMAS, Domarius 4-11 0-1 11; YARBOROUGH,
Kimani 1-1 5-7 7; GURGANUS, David 2-4 0-0 6; MURRAY, Alex 2-8 1-1 5;
GRIFFITH, Justin 1-9 2-2 4; NICHOLS, Devin 1-3 0-1 2; SNOW, Cornelius 0-2
0-0 0; PERRY, Zach 0-0 0-0 0; YARBROUGH, Ric 0-2 0-2 0. Totals 15-53 9-16
47.
GUILFORD (4-2)
TRACY, Travis 4-8 5-7 13; PITTMAN, Josh 3-11 3-4 10; STEPHENSON, Martin 4-7
0-1 8; ANDERSON, T.C. 2-5 3-7 8; STAFFORD, Justin 4-6 0-0 8; AKINSOLA, Tobi
3-6 1-4 7; BELICIC, Connor 2-5 0-0 6; MONROE, Brad 1-1 0-0 2; LOWDER,
Gabriel 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 24-52 12-23 64.
NC Wesleyan………………. 18 29 – 47
Guilford…………………. 36 28 – 64
3-point goals–NC Wesleyan 8-23 (DOUGHERTY, Matt 3-9; THOMAS, Domarius 3-6;
GURGANUS, David 2-4; GRIFFITH, Justin 0-2; SNOW, Cornelius 0-2), Guilford
4-13 (BELICIC, Connor 2-4; ANDERSON, T.C. 1-2; PITTMAN, Josh 1-6; LOWDER,
Gabriel 0-1). Fouled out–NC Wesleyan-None, Guilford-None. Rebounds–NC
Wesleyan 36 (THOMAS, Domarius 10), Guilford 43 (ANDERSON, T.C. 10).
Assists–NC Wesleyan 10 (THOMAS, Domarius 2; MURRAY, Alex 2; YARBOROUGH,
Kimani 2), Guilford 12 (ANDERSON, T.C. 5). Total fouls–NC Wesleyan 25,
Guilford 19. Technical fouls–NC Wesleyan-None, Guilford-STEPHENSON, Martin.
A-300
Nonconference game
Dave Walters
Guilford College Athletics