Men's Basketball - Guilford College
Congratulations to the Guilford basketball class of 2008. Pictured prior to May commencement exercises from left to right are seniors Caleb Kimbrough, head coach Tom Palombo, Eric Belkoski and Ben Strong.
Palombo will hold a youth basketball day camp for boys and girls ages 6-15, July 14-17. Click here to view the camp brochure and for more information.
Guilford's Ben Strong scored a team-high 21 points, but his MBM Logistics team fell to Renacci-Doraty Chevrolet in the fifth-place game of the Collegiate Basketball Invitational. Strong scored 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds MBM Logistics 96-87 win in the consolation round of the eight-team tournament The Guilford senior had two points and five blocks in his team's opener, a 95-78 loss. Click here for a summary of Strong's play at the tournament.
Guilford, ranked 12th in the final D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll, concluded its season with a 24-5 overall record, 16-2 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The Quakers won their first ODAC regular-season and tournament titles and qualified for the NCAA playoffs for the second straight season. Click here for full release. The Quakers lose four seniors to graduation, but return as many as 10 letter winners for the 2008-09 campaign.
Click here for information on ordering your 2008 Guilford College Men's Basketball ODAC Champions T-shirts.