The physical contest featured 14 lead changes and 13 ties (11 in the second half) and no lead greater than five points. Szalay made two free throws with 1:16 left that gave Heidelberg an 84-79 edge. The Quakers tied the game for the final time on junior Jordan Snipes' (Siler City, NC/Jordan-Matthews) third three-pointer of the game with 48 ticks remaining.
Szalay made his go-ahead free throws on the Student Princes' ensuing possession and sophomore Shawn Shriver's (Wakeman, OH/Western Reserve) steal at the other end thwarted Guilford's next possession. The Quakers fouled sophomore Matt Eberle (Grove City, OH/Central Crossing), who made one of two free throws with 19 seconds left for an 87-84 Heidelberg edge. Snipes missed a game-tying trifecta 10 seconds later. The Student Princes' Ron Higgins (Vermilion, OH/Firelands) grabbed the rebound and was promptly fouled. His two free throws with eight seconds left iced the Heidelberg win.
Shriver paced five Student Princes in double-figure scoring with a season-high 24 points (16 in the second half) thanks in part to five-for-eight three-point shooting. Sophomore center Brian Schmidt (Hinckley, OH/Brunswick) added 20 points and Szalay finished with 16 points off the bench. Higgins (10 points) and Andrew Lemmon (Port Clinton, OH/Port Clinton) (12 points) snared a game-high eight boards apiece. Heidelberg shot over 62 percent from the floor in the second half and made 25-of-37 free throws on the night.
Quakers sophomore Ray Edmond (Winston-Salem, NC/North Forsyth) tallied 18 points and eight rebounds, both team and season highs. Classmate Ben Strong (Chapel Hill, NC/Chapel Hill) chipped in 16 points and five boards in 24 minutes off the bench. Junior Thomas Burge (Winston-Salem, NC/Glenn) added 12 points and five rebounds for Guilford. The Quakers outrebounded Heidelberg, 41-36, but took 19 fewer free throws.
Guilford hosts Averett in a nonconference game Wednesday (1/4) at 7:00 p.m. The Student Princes host Otterbein Wednesday (1/4) at 7:30 p.m.
Heidelberg vs Guilford 12/30/05 5:30 p.m. at Greensboro, NC - Ragan-Brown Field House At Greensboro, NC - Ragan-Brown Field House HEIDELBERG 89, GUILFORD 84 HEIDELBERG (5-6) Shawn Shriver 9-15 1-5 24; Brian Schmidt 7-10 6-9 20; Chad Szalay 3-4 8-10 16; Andrew Lemmon 5-9 0-1 12; Ron Higgins 2-5 6-6 10; Mitchell Goldschmidt 1-4 1-2 4; Greg Tyson 0-5 2-2 2; Matt Eberle 0-1 1-2 1; Jake Hessey 0-1 0-0 0; Scott Morrison 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-55 25-37 89. GUILFORD (4-5) EDMOND, Ray 8-15 2-2 18; STRONG, Ben 7-9 2-3 16; BURGE, Thomas 4-9 4-6 12; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 3-15 3-5 11; SNIPES, Jordan 4-10 0-0 11; BELKOSKI, Eric 3-4 0-0 6; WELLS, Barry 3-5 0-0 6; PAYNE, Josh 1-3 0-0 2; NEVILLE, George 0-2 2-2 2; COSTON, Jordan 0-0 0-0 0; KITAIF, Ryan 0-0 0-0 0; STANLEY, Mat 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-74 13-18 84. Heidelberg.................... 33 56 - 89 Guilford...................... 31 53 - 84 3-point goals-Heidelberg 10-21 (Shawn Shriver 5-8; Andrew Lemmon 2-5; Chad Szalay 2-2; Mitchell Goldschmidt 1-3; Matt Eberle 0-1; Jake Hessey 0-1; Scott Morrison 0-1), Guilford 5-22 (SNIPES, Jordan 3-5; KIMBROUGH, Caleb 2-8; BURGE, Thomas 0-2; BELKOSKI, Eric 0-1; PAYNE, Josh 0-2; STANLEY, Mat 0-2; EDMOND, Ray 0-2). Fouled out--Heidelberg-Greg Tyson, Guilford-None. Rebounds-Heidelberg 36 (Ron Higgins 8; Andrew Lemmon 8), Guilford 41 (EDMOND, Ray 8). Assists-Heidelberg 10 (Chad Szalay 2; Greg Tyson 2; Mitchell Goldschmidt 2; Shawn Shriver 2), Guilford 19 (KIMBROUGH, Caleb 7). Total fouls-Heidelberg 19, Guilford 29. A-169 Nonconference game.