The Greensboro College men's basketball team welcomed Randolph College to Hanes Gymnasium for the home opener of the season. The Pride fell in a back-and-forth battle, 63-58.

To start the second half, Greensboro (0-3) and Randolph (2-1) were tied at 32. Greyson Collins opened the half for the Pride with a three pointer.

Randolph made back-to-back shots to claim a 36-35 lead. Neither team garnered a lead larger than two points until 6:42 left in regulation when the WildCats opened a three-point edge (50-47).

Christian Thompson cut the deficit to one with a layup but the visitors scored nine-straight to lead 59-49 at the 4:21 mark. The Pride then began to slowly chip away with two three-point makes by Matthew Brown and one from Kevon Meertins to trail by three (61-58) with 1:37 remaining in the second half.

Both teams had opportunities to add to their totals but neither one was able to find the bottom of the net. Greensboro was forced to foul and sent Randolph's Danny Bickey to the line. The WildCats guard made both free throws to preserve the five-point victory.

The Pride were led by Brown, Meertins and Collins each finished with 12 points. Brown also grabbed nine rebounds with three assists, three steals and a block. Thompson added 10 points off the bench.

The game began with both teams going back-and-forth when GC scored seven-consecutive points with five of them from Collins to lead 15-8 at the 13:46 mark.

The Pride grew its lead to nine (23-14) before Randolph went on a 11-2 run to event the score at 25. The lead bounced between both squads before the WildCats led 32-29 with 52 seconds left. Mason Sergi knocked down a three-point shot eight seconds later to even the score at 32 going into the half.

Randolph was led by CJ Loving with a game-high 18 points as the team shot 39.7-percent from the field compared to 33.3 for GC. The WildCats made more free throws (10-6) and had more points in the bench (30-24) and off the bench (22-17).

Greensboro travels to Ferrum College on Saturday, November 13. Start time is set for 3:00 p.m.