Elon University NCAA News

Tyler Hood scored 20 points to lead five Samford players in double figures in an 87-78 win over Elon on Saturday, giving the Bulldogs a season sweep.

Minutes after their 78-51 victory against Elon University , Davidson players erupted in jubilant celebration in the visiting locker room of Alumni Gym.

The Elon University baseball team, which starts its season Friday against visiting Akron, has one Alamance County player on the roster with freshman infielder Elliott Fowler aiming for a role with the Phoenix.

GAME NOTES: Southern Conference foes collide on the hardwood tonight in Birmingham, as the Elon Phoenix tangle with the Samford Bulldogs at the Pete Hanna Center.

Chattanooga, TN - Ricky Taylor posted 24 points and Omar Wattad added 22 points and eight rebounds in Chattanooga's 83-75 comeback triumph over Elon.

UTC has lost seven straight games under head coach John Shulman. The Mocs will face Elon Thursday night at McKenzie Arena.

Elon University swept Player of the Week honors in Southern Conference basketball Tuesday, with Jack Isenbarger and Ali Ford earning the men's and women's awards, repesectively.

Louisville, who enters the AP Top 25 at #24 this week, leads two new teams in the poll.

It's a big night of Southern Conference basketball, with three games on tap for this Monday night in early February.

Jack Isenbarger from Elon has earned StatSheet's SoCon Player of the Week award for February 6th.

Elon guard Jack Isenbarger, left, has been on a recent tear for the Phoenix. Here, he drives past Washington & Lee's Kirk Jones during their exhabition game in November.

From the warm-up shirts to the shoes - the headbands to the socks - pink was the predominant color Saturday afternoon at Alumni Gym.

Jack Isenbarger scored a career-high 34 points, knocking down five 3-pointers, to lead Elon to a 71-66 win over The Citadel on Saturday night.

It was an epic thrill ride that left Drew Spradlin cupping his trembling hands in front of his face, rubbing his red eyes and choking back tears that were determined to rush forth.

The atmosphere will be tense at Alumni Gym on Thursday as Elon welcomes College of Charleston in a SoCon showdown.

Where was the public outcry for justice when Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry bled to death at the hands of a drug cartel in cahoots with the U.S. government? It happened in the Peck Canyon corridor northwest of Nogales, Arizona -- nowhere.

Gonzaga makes an appearance at #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

News from Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix have reached the dizzying heights of second on the Hyundai A-League ladder after an entertaining 3-1 win over Melbourne Heart at the Westpac Stadium today.

Boone, NC - Omar Carter and Jamaal Trice scored 20 points apiece, as the Appalachian State Mountaineers routed the Elon Phoenix, 81-66 in Southern Conference play at the Holmes Center.

WCU's Preston Ross goes up for a basket against Elon Thursday in Cullowhee. / Mark Haskett / Special to Citizen-Times CULLOWHEE - From the lack of rhythm and perimeter defense to the absence of a long-range shooting game, the Western Carolina Catamounts didn't look like themselves Thursday night.