For immediate release – 2/9/2008 - #190
Guilford Defeats LC Men 103-53
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GREENSBORO, NC – Senior center Ben Strong posted game highs of 30 points and 11 rebounds Saturday as the nationally ranked Guilford College men’s basketball team rolled to a 103-53 win over Lynchburg College in an ODAC game.
Sophomore Mason Wooldridge (New Canton, VA/Fork Union) opened the game with a three-point basket for Lynchburg, but Guilford scored the next eight points and opened a commanding 64-23 lead by halftime.
Wooldridge was the lone Hornet in double figures, netting 18 points. Evan Fancourt (Greensboro, NC/Grimsley) and Steven Echols (Martinsville, VA/Carlisle) each added nine points.
Strong reached the 2,000-point plateau for the Quakers (16-4/8-2 ODAC) in his career. Clay Henson and George Neville had 12 points apiece for Guilford.
Lynchburg (3-17/1-12 ODAC) travels across town to face Randolph College Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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