The Game Facts:
Score: No. 9 Guilford 53, Roanoke 43
Location: Greensboro, N.C.

The Short story: The Roanoke College men's basketball team cut a 15-point deficit to just six with under a minute to play Wednesday night, but Guilford College hung on for a 53-43 victory in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play. The Quakers are ranked No. 9 this week in NCAA Division III.

How it happened:
* Roanoke took a 10-6 lead seven minutes into the game after a Zach Rosenthal three pointer. Guilford forged a 19-18 advantage at intermission of a low scoring first half.
*Roanoke scored the first basket of the second half to go ahead by one but the Quakers used a 11-0 run to take a 30-20 edge.  GC extended the lead to 15 (47-32) before the Maroons started a furious comeback. A 9-0 Roanoke surge, capped by a three-pointer by Joshua McClary with 53 seconds left, made it just a 47-41 game. Guilford sealed the game by sinking its last six shots from the free-throw line.

Inside the numbers:
* Marcus Morgan netted a team-high 14 points with five rebounds.
*Joshua Morse finished with 10 points and six rebounds, while McClary had nine points, four steals and two blocks.
*Justin Kuthan grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds with three steals.
*Tyler Dearman paced Guilford (21-3/12-3 ODAC) with 20 points and four steals while Julius Burch corralled a game-high 17 rebounds.

Up Next:
*The Maroons (15-9/8-7 ODAC) host Eastern Mennonite University Saturday at 4:30 p.m. for another Old Dominion Athletic Conference game.  The programs three seniors will be recognized in a pre-game ceremony in the final regular season contest of the season.