1-16-16
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Trever Hyatt (Hickory, N.C./East Burke) scored a season-high 20 points and Will Freeman added 18 in Guilford College’s 81-69 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men’s basketball win over visiting Shenandoah University Saturday.
The Quakers (10-5, 5-1 ODAC) shot just under 54 percent from the floor for the game, including a season-high 53.3 percent (8-15) from three-point range. Hyatt connected on five-of-seven shots from long range for his first 20-point game of the season. He had 11 first-half points and Freeman had 10 at the break, which helped the hosts open a 40-29 halftime lead.
Shenandoah (3-12, 0-6 ODAC) suffered its eighth straight loss despite a game-high 32 points by Malcolm Clark. Clark and teammate Antwan Pittman both came off the bench in the first half after the Quakers opened a 12-0 lead. The pair got the Hornets back into the game and combined to score all of Shenandoah’s first-half points. They combined to score all of Shenandoah’s points until Thomas Walker hit an inside basket 2:05 into the second half.
Guilford led by as many as 18 points in the second half, but Shenandoah’s Pittman and Clark helped the Hornets back to within 69-61 with 5:52 remaining. He scored all of the Hornets’ points in the final 5:52, but the Quakers made all eight free throws in the final 3:22 to seal the win.
Guilford’s Alston Thompson (Durham, N.C./Durham Academy) notched his second double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. Jarrod Rogers (Archdale, N.C./Trinity) added 11 points and a game-best seven assists. Zachary Houston tallied three points, eight boards, six assists and a steal in 37 minutes. The Quakers held a 41-26 rebounding edge and outscored Shenandoah inside, 34-16.
Clark knocked down five three-pointers and shot 11-for-15 from the floor in his 32-point outing. Pittman had four trifectas and finished with 20 points. Gabriel Gonzalez led Shenandoah’s rebounders with seven.
Coach Tom Palombo’s Quakers host Lynchburg College Wednesday (1/23) at 7:00 p.m. in an ODAC game.
# Q U A K E R S #
Newspaper Box Score
Shenandoah vs Guilford
01/16/16 2:00 p.m. at Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House
At Greensboro, NC – Ragan-Brown Field House
GUILFORD 81, SHENANDOAH 69
SHENANDOAH (3-12, 0-6 ODAC)
Malcolm Clark 11-15 5-6 32; Antwan Pittman 8-16 0-1 20; Aaron Patterson 2-7
0-0 6; E.J. Baltimore 2-7 0-0 5; Gabriel Gonzalez 1-3 0-0 2; Jordan Hunter
1-2 0-0 2; Thomas Walker 1-2 0-0 2; Christopher Chaney 0-1 0-0 0; Dominic
Steward 0-1 0-0 0; Kelsey Thomas 0-3 0-1 0; Jacob Thompson 0-1 0-0 0; Dalon
McHugh 0-5 0-2 0. Totals 26-63 5-10 69.
GUILFORD (10-5, 5-1 ODAC)
HYATT, Trever 7-11 1-1 20; FREEMAN, Will 8-12 2-3 18; ROGERS, Jarrod 3-5 4-4
11; THOMPSON, Alston 3-5 4-5 10; BEST, Justen 3-8 2-4 9; LONG, Carson 1-2
2-2 4; HOUSTON, Zachary 1-3 0-0 3; HENDERSON, Dominique 1-1 0-0 2; METZ, AJ
1-4 0-0 2; BRYANT, John 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 29-54 15-19 81.
Shenandoah……………….. 29 40 – 69
Guilford…………………. 40 41 – 81
3-point goals–Shenandoah 12-38 (Malcolm Clark 5-8; Antwan Pittman 4-10;
Aaron Patterson 2-7; E.J. Baltimore 1-3; Dominic Steward 0-1; Kelsey Thomas
0-2; Jacob Thompson 0-1; Dalon McHugh 0-4; Jordan Hunter 0-1; Gabriel
Gonzalez 0-1), Guilford 8-15 (HYATT, Trever 5-7; HOUSTON, Zachary 1-2;
ROGERS, Jarrod 1-1; BEST, Justen 1-4; METZ, AJ 0-1). Fouled
out–Shenandoah-None, Guilford-None. Rebounds–Shenandoah 26 (Gabriel
Gonzalez 7), Guilford 41 (THOMPSON, Alston 11). Assists–Shenandoah 11
(Antwan Pittman 4), Guilford 17 (ROGERS, Jarrod 7). Total fouls–Shenandoah
19, Guilford 17. Technical fouls–Shenandoah-None, Guilford-None. A-350
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game
