College Men’s Basketball Final — Guilford 89, Johnson & Wales (NC) 51

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Josh Pittman scored a game-high 20 points and Matt McCarthy added a career-high 19 in Guilford College’s 89-51 basketball win at Johnson & Wales University Tuesday.

Pittman made six three-pointers and McCarthy added three in the first half as the Quakers (7-2) built a 45-23 halftime lead.

While Pittman managed only two free throws in the second half, the damage was already done. McCarthy scored eight points in the second half, six on his fourth and fifth three-pointers of the game. Teammate Travis Tracy added seven of his nine points in the second half.

Freshman Zeb Richardson scored 12 for the Quakers.

Jay Keller led the Wildcats (3-13) with 11 points thanks to three second-half three-pointers.

Guilford returns to action Dec. 28 at Maryville (Tenn.) College.

Guilford vs Johnson & Wales (NC)
12/18/12 7:30 PM at Charlotte, NC
At Charlotte, NC

GUILFORD – 89
JOHNSON & WALES (NC) – 46

GUILFORD (7-2): Pittman,Josh 6-13 2-2 20; McCarthy,Matt 7-12 0-1 18; Richardson,Zeb 4-10 5-7 13; Tracy,Travis 4-6 0-0 9; Hopkins,Jake 4-7 0-0 8; Stevenson,Ben 2-6 1-2 5; Gibbs,Kevin 2-4 0-2 4; Combs,Drew 1-3 2-2 4; Hinton,Jarred 2-2 0-0 4; Irving,Sheldon 1-1 0-0 2; Morrison,James 1-1 0-0 2; McManus,Joseph 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-65 10-16 89.

JOHNSON & WALES (NC) (3-13): Keller,Jay 4-10 0-0 11; Crawford,Nick 3-6 0-1 7; Wilson,Kareem 3-7 0-1 7; Daniel,Michael 3-7 0-2 6; Sterling,Robbie 2-5 0-2 4; Thomas,Taylor 2-6 0-0 4; Cohen,Joshua 1-2 1-2 3; Nuboer,Omar 1-1 1-1 3; Baily,Garth 0-2 1-2 1; Anderson,Kindrick 0-0 0-0 0; Davis,Adarius 0-4 0-0 0; McCants,Julian 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-50 3-11 46.

   Guilford......................   45   44  -   89
   Johnson & Wales (NC)..........   23   28  -   51

3-point goals–Guilford 11-18 (Pittman,Josh 6-7; McCarthy,Matt 4-6; Tracy,Travis 1-2; Stevenson,Ben 0-3), Johnson & Wales (NC) 5-18 (Keller,Jay 3-8; Wilson,Kareem 1-2; Crawford,Nick 1-3; Thomas,Taylor 0-2; Baily,Garth 0-2; Sterling,Robbie 0-1).
Fouled out–Guilford-None, Johnson & Wales (NC)-None.
Rebounds–Guilford 45 (Richardson,Zeb 12), Johnson & Wales (NC) 25 (Sterling,Robbie 6).
Assists–Guilford 21 (Tracy,Travis 5; Pittman,Josh 5), Johnson & Wales (NC) 16 (Wilson,Kareem 5).
Total fouls–Guilford 14, Johnson & Wales (NC) 18.
Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Johnson & Wales (NC)-Cohen,Joshua.
Attendance-250
* – points scored by the other team (wrong basket)
nonconference game