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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Guilford College made seven of its season-high 11 three-pointers in the second half and rallied from a 10-point deficit in Sunday's 79-69 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men's basketball win over visiting Eastern Mennonite. The Quakers' Jordan Snipes (Siler City, N.C./Jordan-Matthews) scored all 12 of his points in the second half and teammates Ben Strong (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) and Thomas Burge (Winston-Salem, N.C./Glenn (UNC Greensboro)) also netted 12 second-half points.

Guilford, ranked 20th in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll, moves to 13-2 (6-2 ODAC) for the first time since 1974-75. Eastern Mennonite slips to 5-10 (1-8 ODAC) with its seventh straight setback. The Quakers have won 12 of the last 13 meetings with the Royals.

The guests converted 11 Guilford turnovers into 12 first-half points and grabbed a 34-28 lead at the break. Eastern Mennonite limited the Quakers to 36 percent field-goal shooting and kept Snipes, the ODAC's third-leading scorer, without a point on four shots.

The Royals opened a 10-point lead on Brad Parkes' (Winchester, Va./James Wood) layup with 16:57 remaining in the game. Guilford's Eric Belkoski (Rockingham, N.C./Richmond Senior) drained a three-pointer and Burge buried two trifectas during a 13-3 Quakers' burst that tied the game at 45 with 13 minutes left.

After trading baskets, Burge broke a 54-54 tie and put the Quakers ahead for good, 57-54, with his third three-pointer of the half at the 6:56 mark. LeRoger Parrish's (Danville, Va./Tunstall) bucket with 5:02 left brought the tiring Royals to within 59-58, but Guilford put the game away with a decisive 12-0 burst over the next three minutes.

Strong led all scorers with 18 points and added a game-high eight rebounds. Burge hit for a season-high 16 points, thanks to 3-of-4 shooting from beyond the arc. He and Snipes added five assists apiece. Rookie Clay Henson (Glen Alpine, N.C./Freedom) also made 3-of-4 trifectas and finished with nine points off the bench. Guilford's Justin Strickland (Thomasville, N.C./East Davidson) also scored nine points off the bench. The Quakers enjoyed their best shooting day from long distance since making 11-of-17 three-pointers against Eastern Mennonite Feb. 6, 2005.

Parrish paced the Royals with 16 points and hit 4-of-9 three-point shots. Jason Sager (Edinburg, Va./Central) tallied 15 points and seven rebounds while Parkes added 15 points and six boards.

Guilford is off until Jan. 27 when the Quakers host league-rival Randolph-Macon at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Mennonite hosts Washington and Lee Wednesday (1/24) in a 7:00 p.m. ODAC game.

Eastern Mennonite vs Guilford
01/21/07 3:00 p.m. at Greensboro, NC - Ragan-Brown Field House
At Greensboro, NC - Ragan-Brown Field House
GUILFORD 79, EASTERN MENNONITE 69
EASTERN MENNONITE (5-10, 1-8 ODAC)
PARRISH, LeRoger 6-14 0-0 16; PARKES, Brad 6-9 2-4 15; SAGER, Jason 2-7
10-12 15; OVERSTREET, John 3-8 1-2 8; DeJESUS, Yanni El' 3-6 1-2 7; LYONS,
Jered 2-10 0-0 6; KING, Ryan 1-1 0-0 2; RUTSCHMAN, Jason 0-0 0-0 0; TWINE,
Austin 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-57 14-20 69.
GUILFORD (13-2, 7-2 ODAC)
STRONG, Ben 8-14 2-3 18; BURGE, Thomas 4-6 5-6 16; SNIPES, Jordan 3-8 4-4
12; HENSON, Clay 3-4 0-0 9; STRICKLAND, Justin 3-5 2-2 9; BELKOSKI, Eric 3-7
1-2 8; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 0-2 4-4 4; EDMOND, Ray 1-2 0-0 3; WELLS, Barry 0-0
0-0 0; SANBORN, Tyler 0-3 0-0 0; NEVILLE, George 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-52
18-21 79.
Eastern Mennonite.............   34   35  -   69
Guilford......................   28   51  -   79
3-point goals--Eastern Mennonite 9-27 (PARRISH, LeRoger 4-9; LYONS, Jered
2-8; PARKES, Brad 1-1; OVERSTREET, John 1-2; SAGER, Jason 1-5; TWINE, Austin
0-1; DeJESUS, Yanni El' 0-1), Guilford 11-20 (HENSON, Clay 3-4; BURGE,
Thomas 3-4; SNIPES, Jordan 2-4; EDMOND, Ray 1-2; STRICKLAND, Justin 1-3;
BELKOSKI, Eric 1-2; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 0-1). Fouled out--Eastern
Mennonite-None, Guilford-None. Rebounds--Eastern Mennonite 30 (SAGER, Jason
7; DeJESUS, Yanni El' 7), Guilford 32 (STRONG, Ben 8). Assists--Eastern
Mennonite 12 (PARKES, Brad 3; LYONS, Jered 3), Guilford 20 (KIMBROUGH, Caleb
6). Total fouls--Eastern Mennonite 21, Guilford 17. Technical fouls--Eastern
Mennonite-None, Guilford-None. A-200
Old Dominion Athletic Conference game
Guilford is ranked 20th in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll