Elon led 32-27 at the break. Yet The Pride outscored the Phoenix 11-3 in the first 7:44 of the second half. Justin Battle made an old-school 3-point play to put the visitors ahead 38-35 with 12:16 remaining.
The Phoenix then went on a 21-2 run to pull away from The Pride and led 56-40 with 5:14 remaining.
"I'm happy with the way our guys came out in the second half," said GC Head Coach Rusty LaRue. "We're improving and we had the guys we wanted shooting taking good shots. We just need to play a full 40 minutes, not 32, like tonight.
Rodney Blackstock top GC scorers with 12 points and added seven rebounds. Justin Battle added nine points on 4-6 shooting for Greensboro.
GC shot 46 percent (12-26) in the first half, but struggled to 6-27 shooting (22-percent) in the final 20 minutes.
The Pride is off for 12 days, then plays at its third Division I opponent--Furman--in three games on Dec. 18.
The last time the two teams met Elon defeated Greensboro, 98-53, in January of 2000.
GC record 2-5; Streak L5; Up next at Furman, 12-18, 7 p.m.
Newspaper Box Score Greensboro College vs Elon 12/ 4/04 7:00 p.m. at Elon, N.C. (Alumni Gym) At Elon, N.C. (Alumni Gym) ELON 66, GREENSBORO COLLEGE 50 GREENSBORO COLLEGE (2-5) BLACKSTOCK, Rodney 4-16 2-4 12; BATTLE, Justin 4-6 1-1 9; NEWMAN, Truman 3-6 1-1 7; WILLIAMS, Daron 2-9 1-2 7; NEWMAN, James 1-1 4-4 6; BRYANT, B.J. 2-2 1-2 5; NEWTON, Sean 1-4 0-0 2; SOUTHALL, Jonathan 1-1 0-0 2; MONTRELL, Eddie 0-5 0-1 0; HOLLOWAY, Brian 0-2 0-0 0; HILL, Adam 0-0 0-0 0; HARRIS, Shaun 0-1 0-0 0; THERIAULT, Francois 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-53 10-15 50. ELON (2-5) WYATT, Colin 4-6 4-9 13; HARVIN, Steve 4-9 1-2 9; HARRIS, Simon 4-4 1-3 9; CHALKO, Chris 3-7 1-2 8; JORDAN, Le'Vonn 2-4 4-6 8; WATSON, Montell 2-6 3-4 7; RICE, Scottie 2-6 0-0 6; NOWLIN, Matt 2-6 0-0 6; WATERS, Brian 0-0 0-0 0; JONES, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0; GAMBLE, Rasmi 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 23-51 14-26 66. Greensboro College............ 27 23 - 50 Elon.......................... 32 34 - 66 3-point goals-Greensboro College 4-17 (BLACKSTOCK, Rodney 2-4; WILLIAMS, Daron 2-9; NEWTON, Sean 0-3; HARRIS, Shaun 0-1), Elon 6-19 (RICE, Scottie 2-5; NOWLIN, Matt 2-5; CHALKO, Chris 1-3; WYATT, Colin 1-2; WATSON, Montell 0-2; HARVIN, Steve 0-2). Fouled out--Greensboro College-BRYANT, B.J.; HARRIS, Shaun, Elon-None. Rebounds-Greensboro College 30 (BLACKSTOCK, Rodney 7), Elon 42 (HARRIS, Simon 8; JORDAN, Le'Vonn 8). Assists-Greensboro College 9 (NEWMAN, Truman 4), Elon 13 (HARVIN, Steve 4). Total fouls-Greensboro College 23, Elon 18. A-1344