Toby Akinsola takes it to the hola/hole as Guilford runs through Bridgewater

BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Tobi Akinsola scored 10 of his team-high 16 points in the second half of Guilford College’s 78-65 men’s basketball win at Bridgewater College Saturday in the Quakers’ Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) opener. The Quakers (5-2, 1-0 ODAC) won for the fifth time in six games.

Akinsola, a junior forward, scored six points during a decisive 14-0
Guilford (5-2, 1-0 ODAC) run in the second half that turned a two-point
deficit into a 63-49 lead with 6:31 left in the game. The Quakers’ Josh
Pittman made two three-pointers during the spurt, his first at the 11:52
mark of the second half that gave Guilford the lead for good at 50-49.

Pittman, who also dished out a team-high four assists, scored 10 second-half
points and joined teammates T.C. Anderson (11 points) and Travis Tracy (10
points) as double-figure scorers. Guilford shot a season-high 60 percent
from the field in the game, led by Akinsola’s seven-of-10 shooting effort.
The Quakers also enjoyed a 35-19 rebounding advantage, which helped them
overcome 21 turnovers that led to 31 Bridgewater points.

Cody Griffith stroked three three-pointers off the bench and scored a
game-high 20 points for the Eagles (2-6, 0-2 ODAC). Rick Maloney chipped in
14 points and teammate Kyle Hammond added 12 points and three assists.

Newspaper Box Score
Guilford vs Bridgewater
12/04/10 3:00 p.m. at Bridgewater, VA – Nininger Hall
At Bridgewater, VA – Nininger Hall
GUILFORD 78, BRIDGEWATER 65
GUILFORD (5-2, 1-0 ODAC)
AKINSOLA, Tobi 7-10 2-2 16; PITTMAN, Josh 4-13 2-2 12; ANDERSON, T.C. 4-5
3-4 11; TRACY, Travis 5-6 0-0 10; STAFFORD, Justin 4-4 0-0 8; LOWDER,
Gabriel 3-7 0-0 8; STEPHENSON, Martin 3-4 0-0 6; BELICIC, Connor 2-3 0-0 5;
MONROE, Brad 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 33-55 7-8 78.
BRIDGEWATER (2-6, 0-2 ODAC)
GRIFFITH, Cody 8-14 1-1 20; MALONEY, Rick 7-10 0-1 14; HAMMOND, Kyle 5-9 0-0
12; MOORE, Rashad 3-10 0-0 7; MAYNARD, Drew 2-6 2-3 7; GIBBS, Mark 1-1 0-0
2; THOMAS, Ronnie 1-6 0-0 2; BRAKE, Justin 0-0 1-2 1; POWELL, Romie 0-0 0-0
0; WHITE, Russell 0-0 0-0 0; MCCLAIN, Daniel 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-57 4-7 65.
Guilford…………………. 37 41 – 78
Bridgewater………………. 34 31 – 65
3-point goals–Guilford 5-15 (PITTMAN, Josh 2-9; LOWDER, Gabriel 2-3;
BELICIC, Connor 1-2; ANDERSON, T.C. 0-1), Bridgewater 7-22 (GRIFFITH, Cody
3-5; HAMMOND, Kyle 2-6; MOORE, Rashad 1-3; MAYNARD, Drew 1-5; THOMAS, Ronnie
0-3). Fouled out–Guilford-None, Bridgewater-None. Rebounds–Guilford 35
(AKINSOLA, Tobi 9), Bridgewater 19 (BRAKE, Justin 5). Assists–Guilford 15
(PITTMAN, Josh 4), Bridgewater 16 (MAYNARD, Drew 5). Total fouls–Guilford
13, Bridgewater 13. Technical fouls–Guilford-None, Bridgewater-None. A-471
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game.