Box Score Greensboro, N.C. --- The men's basketball team fell to Guilford, 92-56 on Wednesday evening. The Maroons, who end a seven-game win streak, dropped to 11-3 overall and 5-2 in the ODAC. The Quakers improved their record to 9-4, 5-2 in the ODAC.
Roanoke, ranked #24 in the latest D3Hoops Top-25 Poll, was out-rebounded, 47-33 and had a season-high 25 turnovers in their first loss since Dec. 18, 2007 vs. Hope. The allowed a season-high 92 points and blocked a season-low two shots.
It was the largest margin of defeat in the all-time series vs. Guilford and the second fewest amount of points scored in the series (53 in 2006-07).
The Quakers opened the game with a 28-5 run in the first 12 minutes of play and extended their lead to 45-16 at the half. It was the first time since Dec. 18 (Hope) that the Maroons trailed in the first half and the largest first half deficit of the season.
The Maroons, shot 19-percent in the first half, 11-percent from three-point range while Guilford went 45-percent from the floor. Roanoke, who averages 15.8 turnovers per game, committed 14 in the first half.
The did shoot better in the second half (43%), but the Quakers did as well, hitting 55-percent of their shots to end the game with 49.3-percent from the floor, including 40-percent from three-point range.
Ben Strong and Eric Belkoski led the Quakers with 15 points each. Rhett Bonner finished with 13 while Clay Henson chipped in 10. Strong also had five rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots in the win.
The men are back in action this weekend as they will travel to Farmville, Va. to play Hampden-Sydney on Saturday. They turn around on Sunday to play at home against Lynchburg. Game time for Hampden-Sydney is at 1 p.m. and Sunday's game vs. Lynchburg is scheduled for 2 p.m.