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ASHLAND, Va. — ASHLAND , Va. – Reigning National Player of the Year Ben Strong (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) tallied game highs of 21 points, 13 rebounds and five assists in Guilford College ’s 69-51 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball victory at Randolph-Macon College Saturday afternoon.

Guilford is ranked 23rd in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll.

The Quakers (13-4, 8-2 ODAC) jumped out to an early 10-point lead in the opening minutes of the game when Ray Edmond (Winston-Salem, N.C./North Forsyth) knocked down a three-pointer to make the score 12-2 with 14:17 remaining.

The Yellow Jackets rallied and cut the lead to 18-13 when David Carlson ( Woodbridge , Va. / Flint Hill School) drained a trifecta with eight minutes left in the half.

Guilford responded with a 12-4 run to open up a 34-23 halftime advantage. Edmond closed the half by just beating the buzzer on a lay up off a long outlet pass from Strong.

The Quakers put the game away early in the second stanza, scoring 11 of the first 16 points of the half, taking a 45-28 edge on a bucket by Tyler Sanborn (Elkin, N.C./Elkin) with 12 minutes left in the game.

Randolph-Macon (13-4, 7-3 ODAC) was paced by Justin Short (Chesterfield, Va./Manchester), who had a team-high 15 points. Jordan Brown (Chesterfield, Va./LC Bird) scored 14 points in his first collegiate start. The Jackets made 18-of-55 shots from the field (32.7%), including 7-of-25 from three point range.

Guilford got strong contributions from seniors Erik Belkoski (Rockingham, N.C./Richmond Senior) and Caleb Kimbrough (Carrboro, N.C./Chapel Hill), who joined Strong in double figures with 13 and 10 points, respectively. Strong recorded his sixth double-double in seven games and his team-leading 13 th of the season. The Quakers made 23-of-48 (47.9%) shots on the afternoon and converted 18-of-20 free-throw attempts.

The Yellow Jackets return to action Sunday when they host Emory & Henry College at 2:00 p.m. in Ashland. Guilford visits Virginia Wesleyan College Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Press release submitted by Guilford on Feb 02 2008 at 07:45 PM

Newspaper Box Score:
Guilford vs Randolph-Macon
02/02/08 2:00 p.m. at Ashland, Va. - Crenshaw Gym
At Ashland, Va. - Crenshaw Gym
GUILFORD 69, RANDOLPH-MACON 51
GUILFORD (13-4, 8-2 ODAC)
STRONG, Ben 9-16 3-4 21; BELKOSKI, Eric 5-7 3-3 13; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 2-5 4-4
10; EDMOND, Ray 3-3 2-2 9; SANBORN, Tyler 1-4 3-4 5; HENSON, Clay 2-5 0-0 5;
BONNER, Rhett 1-3 2-2 5; JOHNSON, Brandon 0-1 1-1 1; STANLEY, Mat 0-0 0-0 0;
WARREN, Sherrick 0-0 0-0 0; STEPHENSON, Martin 0-0 0-0 0; ANDERSON, T.C. 0-1
0-0 0; NEVILLE, George 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-48 18-20 69.
RANDOLPH-MACON (13-4, 7-3 ODAC)
SHORT, Justin 4-9 5-7 15; BROWN, Jordan 6-12 0-0 14; CARLSON, David 2-8 2-4
7; JONES, Danny 2-7 0-0 4; SCHEELER, Thomas 1-3 0-0 3; PUGH, Eric 1-1 0-0 3;
VARELA, Boris 1-4 0-0 2; BROWNA, Matt 1-1 0-0 2; DIXON, Jeremy 0-5 1-2 1;
GARTLAN, Paul 0-0 0-0 0; LAWRENCE, Tim 0-0 0-0 0; VOELKEL, Kevin 0-1 0-1 0;
CAMPION, Billy 0-0 0-0 0; HUNTER, Andre 0-4 0-0 0; BRAXTON, Brandon 0-0 0-0
0. Totals 18-55 8-14 51.
Guilford...................... 34 35 - 69
Randolph-Macon................ 23 28 - 51
3-point goals--Guilford 5-9 (KIMBROUGH, Caleb 2-4; EDMOND, Ray 1-1; BONNER,
Rhett 1-2; HENSON, Clay 1-2), Randolph-Macon 7-25 (SHORT, Justin 2-5; BROWN,
Jordan 2-3; SCHEELER, Thomas 1-3; PUGH, Eric 1-1; CARLSON, David 1-4;
VOELKEL, Kevin 0-1; HUNTER, Andre 0-4; VARELA, Boris 0-1; JONES, Danny 0-3).
Fouled out--Guilford-None, Randolph-Macon-None. Rebounds--Guilford 35
(STRONG, Ben 13), Randolph-Macon 32 (DIXON, Jeremy 7). Assists--Guilford 14
(STRONG, Ben 5), Randolph-Macon 6 (SHORT, Justin 3). Total fouls--Guilford
15, Randolph-Macon 20. Technical fouls--Guilford-None, Randolph-Macon-None.
A-462
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