College Men’s Basketball Final – Guilford 81, Emory & Henry 59

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Guilford College’s men’s basketball team improved to 5-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) for the first time in school history with an 81-59 victory over visiting Emory & Henry College Wednesday night.

Junior Matt McCarthy scored a game-high 20 points to pace four Quakers (11-3, 5-0 ODAC) in double-figure scoring. He made three three-pointers as Guilford matched its season high with 11 trifectas in 22 attempts (50%). Rookie Trever Hyatt shot four-of-six from beyond the arc en route to 16 points off the bench. Guilford made three three-pointers during a 20-6 spurt midway through the first half that opened a 37-17 edge 7:18 before halftime. The Quakers set a season high for points in a half and led 43-22 at the break.

Emory & Henry’s Malcolm Green scored the second half’s first basket, but Guilford reeled off 13 straight points, fueled by three-pointers by Jake Hopkins (Kernersville, N.C./East Forsyth), Alston Furr (King, N.C./West Stokes) and McCarthy. A Hopkins layup capped the burst and opened a 56-24 edge with 15:55 to play.

Hopkins finished with 11 points and Furr added 10 markers, plus four assists. Zeb Richardson (West Jefferson, N.C./Ashe County) scored seven points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds. Rookie Robbie Stokely had five points and eight rebounds off the bench.

Reserves Drew Henry and Stephen Brown both scored to lead Emory & Henry (2-12, 0-5 ODAC) in the Wasps’ 12th straight setback. Guilford scored 18 points off of 11 Emory & Henry turnovers and held the Wasps to 31.9% shooting from the floor.

The Quakers visit nationally ranked league-rival Virginia Wesleyan College Saturday (1/18) afternoon.

Emory & Henry vs Guilford
01/15/14 7:00 p.m. at Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House
At Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House

GUILFORD 81
EMORY & HENRY 59

EMORY & HENRY (2-13, 0-5 ODAC): Henry, Drew 4-12 1-2 11; Brown, Stephen 4-11 0-0 11; Green, Malcolm 3-13 2-2 8; Smith, Charles 3-6 1-2 7; Coleman, Marquise 2-4 0-0 5; Gravely, Ryan 2-5 0-0 5; Hamilton, Chavis 0-1 3-4 3; Anzenberger, Kevin 1-4 0-0 2; Gibson, Onell 1-2 0-0 2; Coles, Cameron 1-2 0-0 2; Pearman, Brett 1-3 0-0 2; Urosevic, Stevan 0-2 1-4 1; Jones, Alex 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 22-69 8-14 59.

GUILFORD (11-3, 5-0 ODAC): McCARTHY, Matt 8-13 1-2 20; HYATT, Trever 6-11 0-0 16; HOPKINS, Jake 5-11 0-0 11; FURR, Alston 4-8 0-0 10; RICHARDSON, Zeb 2-10 3-6 7; BYRD, Michael 2-4 1-1 5; STOKELY, Robbie 2-5 1-2 5; HOUSTON, Zachary 1-2 0-0 3; EARNHARDT, Brandon 1-2 0-0 2; KOPPENHAVER, Will 1-2 0-0 2; HORTON, Austin 0-1 0-0 0; REINEY, Michael 0-0 0-0 0; SPAINHOUR, Josh 0-4 0-0 0; CARL-JACQUES,Cameran 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-73 6-11 81.

   Emory & Henry.................   22   37  -   59
   Guilford......................   43   38  -   81

3-point goals–Emory & Henry 7-30 (Brown, Stephen 3-8; Henry, Drew 2-6; Gravely, Ryan 1-3; Coleman, Marquise 1-2; Anzenberger, Kevin 0-2; Pearman, Brett 0-1; Jones, Alex 0-3; Green, Malcolm 0-5), Guilford 11-22 (HYATT, Trever 4-6; McCARTHY, Matt 3-6; FURR, Alston 2-4; HOPKINS, Jake 1-3;
HOUSTON, Zachary 1-2; SPAINHOUR, Josh 0-1).
Fouled out–Emory & Henry-None, Guilford-None.
Rebounds–Emory & Henry 45 (Coles, Cameron 8), Guilford 48 (RICHARDSON, Zeb 9).
Assists–Emory & Henry 10 (Pearman, Brett 2; Henry, Drew 2; Brown, Stephen 2), Guilford 17 (FURR, Alston 4).
Total fouls–Emory & Henry 12, Guilford 15.
Technical fouls–Emory & Henry-None, Guilford-None.
A-350

Old Dominion Athletic Conference game