GREENSBORO, N.C. – In front of a capacity crowd, the Greensboro College men's basketball hosted cross town rival Guilford College in Hanes Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The Pride jumped out to an early two point lead but Guilford took control winning 76-65.
The Pride men fell behind by as many as 15 in the first half of play, but Devan Gregory and company was able to pull the deficit to nine points at 41-32 heading into the intermission period.
After the intermission period, Guilford recorded their largest lead of the game at 63-43 with 10:58 to play in the game. However, Greensboro College was able to use a 13-2 run to pull back within nine points at 65-56 just three minutes later.
Brandon Pascucci got run started for the Pride with a pair of free-throws before Simeon Howard pulled the deficit to 63-48 following an old fashion three point play. Howard and Devan Gregory were then able to cap off the run with a pair of long range shots.
For the remainder of the game Greensboro College would not give up but could not pull any closer than eight points falling by a 76-65 score.
"Our season is still young and we have many areas of the game to improve on." Pride Head Coach Bryan Galuski also said, "Tonight Guilford was the better team. I felt that our kids played hard throughout the game but we had to chase all night."
The Pride's Devan Gregory led all scorers with 27 points in the game while Simeon Howard was the only other Greensboro player in double figures with 10 points.
The two teams were dead even in the rebound category with 37 each, but Greensboro was able to hold an 11-7 advantage on the offensive boards. Raheem Martin and Simeon Howard each pulled down a team high six rebounds. Hamilton Hawkins and Paris Scales also contributed five rebounds apiece as well.
With the loss, the Pride men see their overall record fall to 1-1 on the season. The Pride men will have the weekend off before returning to the court at Warren Wilson on Monday afternoon. The game is set for a 7:00 PM start. These two teams met up earlier this week in Hanes Gymnasium where Greensboro ran past the Owls 78-54.
