Runnin’ Bulldogs fall in play-in game
By Adam Barnes gwu-today.com staff reporter After failing to find any sense of rhythm offensively, Gardner-Webb saw their season end on a sour note Monday by losing at High Point 68-58 in a play-in game for the Big South Conference Tournament. High Point ran an effective 2-3 zone defensively, and the Runnin’ Bulldogs were relegated [...]
Men’s Basketball vs Presbyterian Recap
By: Adam Barnes gwu-today.com Reporter Entering Saturday’s game, Gardner-Webb was already locked into the ninth seed in the upcoming Big South Tournament, but with a 68-62 loss to visiting Presbyterian College, the Runnin’ Bulldogs have stumbled into the conference tournament. The loss is the second of the week, as Gardner-Webb also lost a road game [...]
Freshman Harper’s free throws lead GWU past Hornets
By: Adam Barnes GWU-Today.com Reporter Donta Harper is just a freshman, but on Saturday night the 6-foot-6 wing player from Winterville, N.C., came up big by sinking two game winning free-throws with 10.9 seconds left to push Gardner-Webb by Delaware State in a 57-56 victory. Harper finished the game with 11 points, four rebounds, and [...]
Men’s Basketball vs VMI
By: Adam Barnes gwu-today.com Reporter After dropping four straight conference games, Gardner-Webb’s Men’s Basketball rebounded with a 77-61 statement victory over conference foe Virginia Military Institute on Saturday night. While the Runnin’ Bulldogs may have started off a bit sluggish, the team ignited for a 30-2 run over nine minutes of play near the end [...]
Men’s Basketball vs Radford
By: Steve DeMilio gwu-today.com Reporter The Runnin’ Bulldogs Men’s Basketball team lost in 58-54 in a shocker Thursday night to last-place Radford University. GWU failed to record a single field goal in the last three minutes of the game, compounded by the Highlanders ending the game on an 8-2 run meant an unexpected loss for [...]
Men’s Basketball vs. Coastal
By: Steve DeMilio gwu-today.com Reporter The GWU Men’s basketball team fell for the second time in their last eleven home contests at Paul Porter Arena Saturday night. The final score read 70-56 in favor of Coastal Carolina at the end of the game but the contest was really a tale of two halves. The Runnin’ Bulldogs [...]
Men’s Basketball vs. Campbell
By: Olivia Moody gwu-today.com Reporter The Runnin’ Bulldogs men’s basketball team came away with a win Thursday night over Campbell on their home court. 78 to 72, the Bulldogs pulled off a narrow win to defeat one of the top four teams in the Big South Conference. Campbell (14-9, 8-3 Big South) was stripped of [...]
Former Bulldog Artis Gillmore Runs into Basketball Hall of Fame
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer After a lengthy 23 year wait following his retirement from the NBA, former Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldog Artis Gilmore will be inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The announcement comes with Gilmore having just one more year of eligibility for the HOF. “They have selected me to [...]
Broken hearted again; Bulldogs fall to Tennessee Tech
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer In what is becoming an almost expected script for the Runnin’ Bulldogs, Gardner-Webb fell in yet another close game, this time to Tennessee Tech by a score of 60-58. Participating in the Sears/ESPN BracketBuster event, the two schools met for the first time and put on an entertaining performance.
GWU men’s basketball snaps nation’s longest streak; defeats Coastal Carolina
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer In what will go down as the first big win of his young career, Coach Chris Holtmann and the Runnin’ Bulldogs knocked off Coastal Carolina on Tuesday, 59-57. The win halted the Chanticleers’ 22-game winning streak and greatly improved GWU’s chances of making the Big South conference tournament.
Buzzer beater falls short; GWU loses another heart breaker
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer For the fifth straight game at home, Gardner-Webb was involved in a game decided by three points or less. Unfortunately for Dawg fans, this one ended with a shot, a prayer and a miss. With Luke Davis’ three-pointer rattling around and eventually off the rim, UNC Asheville prevailed with [...]
Bulldogs get over hump; down Blue Hose
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer After two heartbreaking loses to Coastal Carolina and Winthrop in one week’s time, GWU fans rejoiced as Stefon Johnson drained a free throw with 0.9 seconds left on Saturday, securing a 63-62 Bulldogs victory over Presbyterian. The free throw was just one of the many high points in the [...]
First-place Coastal proves too much for Runnin’ Bulldogs
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer Despite a career high 16 points from Laron Buggs, Gardner-Webb fell to the Chanticleers of Coastal Carolina 58-55 Saturday night as Luke Davis‘ three-point attempt was blocked by Kierre Greenwood at the buzzer. Down 27-25 at half, the Dawgs came out of the locker room determined to give CCS a [...]
Dawgs stop skid; take down Charleston Southern
By Blake DuDonis GWU-today.com staff writer Paul Porter Arena played host to one of the loudest games in recent memory Thursday, as the 1250 people in attendance witnessed the Runnin’ Bulldogs take down Charleston Southern 58-50. The win snapped a 9-game losing streak for Gardner-Webb. Led by David Brown and Stefon Johnson with 10 points [...]
Men’s basketball struggles on toughest road trip of season
By Steve DeMilio GWU-today.com staff writer The Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs (6-6) fell to the Oklahoma Sooners(4-5) last night to continue their most trying road swing of the young season. The Bulldogs kicked off their road trip on Tuesday with a contest at Elon in which the ‘Dogs put on their best shooting performance of the [...]
GWU tops VA Intermont 78-42
By Steve DeMilio GWU-today.com staff writer Photos by Andrew Veeder GWU-today.com Sports Editor The Runnin’ Bulldogs handled the Virginia Intermont College Cobras 78-42, last night at Paul Porter arena thanks to a dominating defensive performance in the second half. “We have really been working guys flying around on defense and contesting shots in practice, and [...]
Upset Special: GWU beats UNC Charlotte
by Andrew Veeder GWU-today Sports Editor Gardner-Webb has stunned UNC Charlotte in Chris Holtmann’s debut as Gardner-Webb’s head men’s basketball coach by a final score of 78-70. More to come by GWU-today reporters.
