Gardner-Webb University NCAA News

Of all the ways to lose a conference home opener, Gardner-Webb's defeat on Friday night may have been the worst.

Brandon Wood walked into the Dean Smith Center on Nov. 15 and was taken aback. In his first season with Valparaiso's men's basketball team, the guard from Kokomo had hit the jackpot.

Brandon Giles scored 24 points and had six steals in Western Carolina's 75-59 win over Gardner-Webb on Saturday night.

Then consider what the Bulldogs did offensively against North Carolina, and without hesitation substitute Auryn MacMillen with Jerai Grant, C.J. Hailey with Tanner Smith and Brian McNair with Demontez Stitt.

Steven Gray scored 27 points, and Matt Bouldin added 21 to help Gonzaga overcome a sluggish first half on its way to a 76-72 win over Colorado in the opening round of the Maui Invitational on Monday in Lahaina, Hawaii.

Deon Thompson's 22 points led the 12th-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels to a 93-72 win Monday over the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs.

Deon Thompson scored 22 points to help No. 11 North Carolina bounce back from its first loss and beat Gardner-Webb 93-72 on Monday night.

Even though only one member of this year's North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team played against Gardner-Webb in the 2005-06 season the last time the schools met, UNC should certainly remember the Bulldogs tonight when the teams meet in Chapel Hill.

The season opener for the Gardner-Webb University men's basketball team had about everything you'd want in a non-conference home game ... if you were rooting for the Runnin'Bulldogs. Against Covenant College, from Lookout Mountain, Ga., GWU got to display its overall quickness in an 89-48 rout of the visiting Scots at Paul Porter Arena.

John Paglia kicked a 43-yard field goal in overtime to help Charleston Southern take a 30-27 victory over Stony Brook on Saturday.

In Covenant's season opener, the Scot's basketball team traveled with 10 new varsity players to face Gardner-Webb University in an exhibition game Saturday night.

David Brown scored 15 points in 16 minutes off the bench and Gardner-Webb defeated Montreat 89-62 on Monday night.

Auryn MacMillan had 17 points, 11 rebounds and six blocked shots as Gardner-Webb opened its season Saturday with an 89-48 rout of Covenant College.

Tommy Beecher threw three touchdown passes and Mike Brown rushed for two scores to help Liberty pull away from Gardner-Webb 51-28 Saturday.

He's already one of the best shooters in college basketball, but now Gardner-Webb senior guard Grayson Flittner looks to add another notch in his belt: starting point guard.

Dustin Taliaferro threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, as Samford beat Georgia Southern 31-10 on Saturday.

CONWAY, S.C. Gardner-Webb lost its second Big South game in a row Saturday afternoon, falling 26-21 at Coastal Carolina.

Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs at Coastal Carolina Chanticleers When, Where: 12:30 p.m. kickoff at Brooks Stadium; Conway, S.C. Head coaches: GWU - Steve Patton ; CCU - David Bennett Conference: Both teams are halfway through their six-game league schedules heading into today's game.

On a gray, rainy day in Boiling Springs, N.C., Stony Brook's football team overcame an early deficit and spoiled Gardner-Webb's homecoming with a 24-14 victory.

For two years, Marquis Sanders was basically learning how to play big-time football.