Elon Welcomes The Citadel to Alumni Gym as SoCon Play Heats Up

| February 3, 2012

ELON, N.C. — Just days after a thrilling double-overtime win against College of Charleston, the Elon men’s basketball team will be back in Alumni Gym to host The Citadel at 7 p.m. on Saturday evening. The Phoenix is coming down the home stretch of Southern Conference play, sitting in second place in the North Division …Read the Rest…

Elon Comes Out on Top in Double-Overtime Thriller

| February 3, 2012

ELON, N.C. – Two overtimes. Sixty-nine buckets. Nine players in double figures. But in the end, it was a few fingertips that were the difference in the game. Andrew Lawrence’s off-balance jumper in the lane grazed the top of Egheosa Edomwonyi’s outstretched hand and the Elon Phoenix survived a 99-98 double-overtime thriller over the College …Read the Rest…

Randolph College’s Colton Hunt Earns CoSIDA Academic All-District 5 Honors

| February 2, 2012

LYNCHBURG, VA – For the second consecutive season, men’s basketball junior Colton Hunt (Whittier, NC/Smoky Mountain) has earned Academic Division III All-District 5 accolades, as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Hunt, who currently sports a 3.93 grade point average in the field of economics, earned the same laurels last …Read the Rest…

College Men’s Basketball Final – Guilford 89, Roanoke 72

| February 2, 2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Gabriel Lowder (Yadkinville, N.C./North Forsyth) made a school-record 10 three-pointers and scored a career-high 36 points in Guilford College’s 89-72 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball victory over Roanoke College Wednesday night. Lowder, a senior guard, made his first nine three-point shots before his first and only miss, which came with five …Read the Rest…

Late Run Pushes Greensboro College Men’s Basketball Past Emory & Henry, 68-60

| February 2, 2012

(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — The Greensboro College men’s basketball team used a late run to hold off Emory & Henry on Wednesday, 68-60. The victory helped stop a three game losing skid and push The Pride to 13-7 on the season. Greensboro also gained revenge after blowing a 17-point lead in a road defeat to the …Read the Rest…

Phoenix Returns Home for Three-Game Homestand Beginning on Thursday

| January 31, 2012

ELON, N.C. — The Southern Conference race is heating up as the Elon men’s basketball team enters the home stretch of the season leading up to the league tournament in March. The Phoenix is right in the thick of a North Division title race and has three home games in a span of five days, …Read the Rest…

College Men’s Basketball Final – Randolph-Macon 74, Guilford 45

| January 29, 2012

ASHLAND, Va. – Adam Desgain scored a game-high 20 points in Randolph-Macon College’s 11th straight basketball win Sunday, a 75-47 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) victory over visiting Guilford College. The host Yellow Jackets (17-3, 10-2 ODAC), who last lost Dec. 10 at Guilford, scored the game’s first 18 points before the Quakers’ Josh Pittman …Read the Rest…

Ferrum’s Second Half Rally Holds off Greensboro College Men’s Basketball, 76-70

| January 28, 2012

(GREENSBORO, N.C.) — Despite leading at halftime, the Greensboro College men’s basketball team dropped a key USA South Conference game to Ferrum, 76-70 on Saturday. The Pride failed to take advantage of a golden opportunity to distance themselves from the rest of the conference and simetaneously stay within reach of Christopher Newport at the top …Read the Rest…

Mountaineers Shoot Lights Out to Down Phoenix (MBB)

| January 28, 2012

BOONE, N.C. – There wasn’t a shot Appalachian State didn’t like in the second half as the Mountaineers shot a blistering 76 percent from the field over the final 20 minutes to hand the visiting Elon Phoenix an 81-66 loss at the Holmes Center in Saturday afternoon Southern Conference men’s basketball action. After holding a …Read the Rest…

Elon (MBB) Looks to Close Road Swing with Win Over Mountaineers

| January 27, 2012

ELON, N.C. — The Elon men’s basketball team will look to close a two-game road swing with a victory over Southern Conference North Division rival Appalachian State when the teams tip it up at 2 p.m. in the Holmes Center on Saturday in Boone, N.C. The Phoenix has lost six straight to the Mountaineers, but …Read the Rest…

Isenbarger Has Hot Hand as Elon (Men’s Basketball) Knocks Off Western Carolina on the Road

| January 27, 2012

CULLOWHEE, N.C. – Coupled with a season-high 26 points from sophomore Jack Isenbarger, the Elon Phoenix gutted out a crucial 71-63 Southern Conference road victory over Western Carolina at the Ramsey Center on Thursday night. Elon answered every punch the Catamounts threw, its defense limiting WCU to 35 percent from the field, including a 22 …Read the Rest…

Men’s Basketball Final – Guilford 67, Randolph 47

| January 26, 2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Gabriel Lowder (Yadkinville, N.C./North Forsyth) scored a game-high 15 points and Carson Sullivan (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Catholic) added 13 in Guilford College’s 67-47 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball win over visiting Randolph College Wednesday night. Lowder scored 11 points in the first half and Sullivan had 11 in the second half as …Read the Rest…

First-Place Phoenix (Elon Men’s Basketball) Heads to Mountains for SoCon Tilt

| January 25, 2012

ELON, N.C. — The Elon men’s basketball team will head to the mountains for a two-game road swing, putting its first-place North Division standing on the line against Southern Conference division rival Western Carolina on Thursday, January 26. The game is set to tip at 7 p.m. in the Ramsey Center in Cullowhee, N.C. Site: …Read the Rest…

Greensboro College Men’s Basketball Rally Comes up Short at Methodist, 84-81

| January 24, 2012

The Greensboro College men’s basketball team rallied from a second half defici,t but came up on the short end of an 84-81 overtime final at Methodist on Tuesday night. Damian Dixon led a group of four Pride players in double digits scoring with 17 points. Brian Thomas added ten while Donald Anderson and Devonta Davis …Read the Rest…

Phoenix Men’s Basketball Fight Off Chattanooga for 88-87 Victory in Front of Sellout Crowd

| January 21, 2012

ELON, N.C. – A winning play. That’s how head coach Matt Matheny described Lucas Troutman’s 94-foot sprint to block a Chattanooga shot immediately after finishing an alley-oop layup that put Elon back on top — for good. Troutman finished with 21 points to lead four Phoenix in double figures as Elon staked claim of first …Read the Rest…

Second Half Collapse Sinks Greensboro College Men’s Basketball in 91-69 Defeat to CNU

| January 21, 2012

In a battle of USA South unbeatens, The Pride men’s basketball team saw a half time lead evaporate in a 91-69 defeat to Christopher Newport at home on Saturday. The loss drops Greensboro to 12-5 overall and 4-1 in the conference. After a back-and-forth beginning to the first half, The Pride slowly built up their …Read the Rest…

College Men’s Basketball Final – Guilford 60, #2 Virginia Wesleyan 55

| January 21, 2012

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Josh Pittman (Archdale, N.C./Trinity) scored 18 points and Will Freeman (Fort Wayne, Ind./Richmond Senior (N.C.)) added 16 in Guilford’s College’s 60-55 upset of second-ranked Virginia Wesleyan College Saturday afternoon in an Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball game. The Quakers (13-5, 6-2 ODAC) knocked off the streaking Marlins (13-2, 6-1 ODAC) …Read the Rest…

Elon Men’s Basketball to Host Chattanooga in SoCon Showdown

| January 20, 2012

ELON, N.C. — The Elon men’s basketball team will be back in action at Alumni Gym on Saturday evening when the Phoenix hosts the Chattanooga Mocs in a critical Southern Conference North Division showdown. Both teams are looking to end two-game losing skids and Elon is looking to maintain its place atop the division standings. …Read the Rest…

Samford Three-Point Shooting Spree Sinks Phoenix Men

| January 20, 2012

ELON, N.C. – Three was the magic number all night in Alumni Gym as fans were treated to a barrage of buckets from long range, but it was the Samford Bulldogs that used 16 three-pointers to sink the host Elon Phoenix, 86-80, in Southern Conference men’s basketball action on Thursday night. Despite shooting 50 percent …Read the Rest…

College Men’s Basketball Final – Guilford 69, Emory & Henry 66

| January 18, 2012

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Senior Gabriel Lowder (Yadkinville, N.C./North Forsyth) scored a game-high h20 points and grabbed a personal-best nine rebounds in Guilford College’s 69-55 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball win over visiting Emory & Henry College Wednesday night. The Quakers (12-5, 6-2 ODAC) beat the Wasps (8-8, 2-6 ODAC) for the second time in …Read the Rest…