SALEM, Va. – Claiming a signature win to add to the resume of Head Coach Jesse DeLoof's first season with the Guilford College men's basketball team (12-10, 6-7 ODAC), the Quakers ventured to the Cregger Center and knocked off No. 21 Roanoke College (16-6, 9-4 ODAC), 89-85 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) action on Wednesday night.

Taking just one extra total shot in the game, connecting at a .403 rate on 72 shots against RC's .437 mark on 71 tries, it was the Quakers' three-point shooting that made the difference in this one, making 8-of-27 against the hosts' 4-of-17. That combined with a handful of extra points at the stripe and a 23-15 edge in points off turnovers and that keyed the GC victory.

Braylen Salters (Cleveland, Ohio) surpassed the 30-point threshold for the third time in four games, netting 33 including 14 at the charity stripe to lead the Quakers. Ke Edwards (Hickory, N.C.) was brilliant again, resetting his Quaker career-high with 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting, coming a carom short of a double-double with a team-best nine rebounds. Gabe Proctor (Apex, N.C.) made a quarter of threes to finish with 12 tallies while Kody Clayton (Cary, N.C.) dished a team-leading four assists.

Jackson Bell went shot-for-shot with Salters, finishing with 35 points on 12-of-21 shooting, and Gavin O'Malley finished with 18 points and a team-high nine rebounds for the Maroons. A differentiator was the third-option however, as no other Maroon reached double-digits with Zach Rosenthal netting nine. Ryan Truitt led all players with seven assists.

Despite Salters opening the evening's scoring with a three, the Maroons set the tone, countering with nine-consecutive, but GC was undeterred netting 14 of the ensuing 17, highlighted by a four-point play by Salters straddling the under-12 with making their advantage 17-12. The hosts worked back to even at 21-all, but a 7-0 burst by the Quakers staked them to a lead that they would carry over into halftime with the score 35-33.

After points were hard to come by in the first half, they came in abundance in the second stanza. A 13-6 burst out of the locker room made the score 48-39 and the Quakers did well keeping the lead largely at three possessions until the 14:31 mark when a pair of Zach Rosenthal threes bookended a quick 8-2 to get the lead down to three but GC extended back out to a 60-53 edge. Bell took over with a 9-0 run by himself, to grab the lead for the Maroons, 62-60 and the score only got outside of two-possessions once the rest of the way as the adversaries went blow-for-blow throughout the final minutes. The Quakers claimed the lead for good in the games' final minute. Tied at 83, Ke Edwards made a short two then the Quakers got the stop they needed. Salters made his free throws down the stretch and GC grabbed the upset, 89-85.

Senior Day Saturday is on-deck for Guilford as Hampden-Sydney visits the Ragan-Brown FieldHouse for a rivalry encounter on February 14^th. Tipoff is set for 2:00 PM.

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