Greensboro College - Men Win at Shenandoah 79-73

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Pride Women Excelled

In the first year of presenting separate All-Sports trophies, the Greensboro College women won the 2004-05 USA South President’s Cup.

Student-Athlete Academic Success

From 2003 to 2007, Greensboro College athletes led the USA South Conference with the most student-athletes achieving academic team honors.

Eccles Set USAS Record

Dione Eccles scored a USA South record (both for men and women) 54 points in Greensboro College women's basketball 's conference tournament semifinal win. The Pride defeated the Panthers, 117-113 in double overtime, on Feb., 29, 2008.

National Title Games

Greensboro College men's soccer reached the NCAA Division III championship game in both 1989 and 1998.

Theriault the Runner

In his first year of intercollegiate cross country, Francois Theriault finished second at the 2006 USA South Cross Country championships, the highest placing in the history of the program. He later earned all-region honors, a first for a GC harrier.

2010 Softball

The 2010 Greensboro College Pride softball team posted 28 wins, had a 17-game winning streak, won the USA South tournament and qualified for the program's first NCAA tournament.

Sutton Successful

Greensboro College's David Sutton posted a program-best 12-0 record at #1 tennis singles in 2007. The next year, he became GC's first ever alternate to the NCAA tournament.

Cooke Made NCAAs

Alex Cooke is the only Pride swimmer to reach the NCAA championships. She did not disappoint as she earned All America Honors in the 100 backstroke at the 2009 championships in Minneapolis, Minn.

Pacifico was a Smash

Carrie Pacifico was named the USA South women's tennis player of the year in 2006, '07 and '08. She did not lose a conference match during those three years.

2010 Women's Lacrosse

The 2010 Greensboro College women’s lacrosse team won 14 games, the most in program history.

Nelsen Led Kiwis

Former Pride men's soccer student-athlete Ryan Nelsen served as captain for his native New Zealand in the 2010 World Cup. He and the "All Whites" went undefeated with a 0-0-3 record.

Women's Hoops Set Record

The 2008-09 Pride women's basketball team had the best statistical mark of any GC hoops team. GC finished 27-3 and reached the second round of the NCAA tournament.

GC Golf

The Pride men's golf team qualified for its 32nd NCAA Division III championship in 2010.

Pride Sweeps Scalf

GC is the only USA South institution to sweep the prestigious Don Scalf award. GC's Carrie Pacifico (women's tennis) and Daniel Poindexter (baseball) earned the conference's highest honor in 2007-08. Two years later, Andrew Clark (men's soccer) and Michelle Lemmons (women's tennis) did it again for The Pride.

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Men Win at Shenandoah 79-73

R.J. Smith: Career high 24 points at SU

Pride Sports Info.

1/23/2010 11:11:00 AM

Winchester, Va. -- RJ Smith (Charleston, SC/Porter Gaud School) scored a career high 24 points to lead Greensboro College to a 79-73 win at Shenandoah on Saturday. Smith was 11-13 from the field and had two 3-point baskets. The Pride improved to 9-8 and 2-2 in the USA South. Box score

"That was RJ's best game of his career," said GC Head Coach Bryan Galuski, "This past week has been a true senior leader and crucial to our success."

Adam Powell (Stuart, FL/Jensen Beach High) added 16 points for the visitors. He was 10-10 from the free throw line for The Pride.

As a team, GC was 18-20 (90-percent) from the charity stripe. SU, on the other hand, shot 39-percent (11-28) on free throws. At one point, the Hornets were 3-18.

Greensboro led 32-29 at halftime. GC went on a 12-2 run to begin the second half. A Smith layup put GC ahead 44-31 with 16:42 remaining.

Walter Brady and Lew Owenby at SU

An Andre Porter (Hope Mills, NC/Southview) jumper gave the visitors its biggest lead, 64-49, with 6:32 left. SU cut the deficit to 5 points in the last 2 minutes but got no closer.

Both team had 46 rebounds. Walter Brady (St. Petersburg, Fla./Gibbs) had 8 boards (and 9 points) to lead Pride rebounders.

Dudley Mitchell and Kevin Kline both had 16 points for the home team. Shenandoah dropped to 6-12, 3-2.

Lewis Owenby (Black Mountain, NC/Owen) had 6 blocked shots. The junior needs just 7 more blocks to become the GC all-time leader.

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