Greensboro, N.C. (2/17/08) - Senior center Ben Strong matched his season high with a game-best 39 points in Guilford College's 100-93 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball win over visiting Eastern Mennonite University Sunday afternoon.

The Quakers (19-4, 14-2 ODAC), ranked 15th in this week's D3hoops.com Top 25 Poll, stretched their winning streak to 11 games, Guilford's longest since a 14-game skein in 1974-75. The victory also marked Guilford's 14th straight over the Royals (8-15, 4-12 ODAC).

Eastern Mennonite trimmed a 17-point second-half deficit to 94-90 with 2:20 left in regulation. Rookie D.J. Hinson's traditional three-point play capped a 22-13 Royals' run over a five-and-a-half-minute stretch. Guilford's Strong answered at the other end with his final field goal of the game, a turnaround jumper right of the basket off an Eric Belkoski assist. The Royals missed three of their last four three-point shots while Guilford made four free throws in the final minute to preserve the victory.

Strong shot eight-for-eight in the second half 16-of-21 for the game. The reigning Division III Player of the Year notched his team-leading eighth 30-point game of the year, his third in four games, and the 16th 30 point-contest of his career. His shooting helped Guilford make 65.4 percent of its second-half shots (17-26) and shoot 58.7 percent for the game. Sophomore center Tyler Sanborn added 13 points and seven boards as Guilford outscored the Royals, 46-26, in the paint. Sophomore guard Clay Henson \drained a team-high three three-pointers and also scored 13 points. Belkoski netted nine of his 12 points in the first half and finished with a game- and career-high seven assists.

Hinson paced Eastern Mennonite with 24 points, including 18 in the second half. He made a club-best five-of-seven trifectas and missed just three field goals all games.. Senior forward Brad Parkes added three three-pointers, 23 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Senior Jered Lyons sparked the Royals' rally off the bench by scoring all 11 of his points in the second half, thanks in part to three three-pointers. Eastern Mennonite shot 52.5 percent from the floor (32-61), the best shooting by a Guilford opponent this year. The Quakers started the week as the NCAA Division III leader in field-goal percentage defense (.362).

Guilford can clinch the top seed for the ODAC Tournament Wednesday (2/20) night with a win over Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va. Tipoff in the Warner Center is 7:00 p.m. Eastern Mennonite hosts Randolph-Macon College Wednesday night.