Gardner-Webb Men Announce 2009-2010 Basketball Schedule
July 20, 2009 | Men's Basketball
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - Gardner-Webb University announced its
2009-2010 men's basketball schedule Monday, with road trips to
preseason top-10 programs North Carolina, Duke and Texas
highlighting a challenging slate.
GWU will travel to face the defending national champions on Monday,
Nov. 23, and will add in challenging non-league road dates at
Charlotte (Dec. 12) and Penn State (Dec. 19) in addition to games
at Duke (Dec. 15) and Texas (Dec. 29).
The Runnin' Bulldogs open the season on Saturday, Nov. 14, at home
against Covenant College. Gardner-Webb will play five of its first
six games at home in Paul Porter Arena, including a visit from
Western Carolina (Nov. 28) and the Big South Conference opener
against UNC Asheville (Dec. 5).
Beginning with its trip to Charlotte on December 12, Gardner-Webb
will play six of seven games on the road - with a visit from CAA
contender James Madison (Dec. 17) the lone game in Boiling Springs
until the new year.
Gardner-Webb returns four starters from last season (13-17),
including leading scorer and assist man Grayson Flittner (14.5 ppg,
3.8 apg), who battled through nagging injuries as a junior and will
be a candidate for All-Big South honors in 2009-2010.
Flittner's best games last season came early against high-major
competition, when he netted 21 points at Virginia Tech (11/14), 19
points at South Carolina and 19 points - including a pair of
four-point plays - in a narrow, 80-76, loss at No. 12 Oklahoma. The
Sharpsburg, Ind., marksman scored a career-best 31 points in
Gardner-Webb's win at Western Carolina (12/17) last season as
well.
In addition to Flittner, the 'Dogs return 6-foot-8 center Auryn
MacMillan (9.4 ppg), who played for the Australian National Team in
the recent 2009 World University Games, 6-foot-4 swing man Jonathan
Moore (9.1 ppg) and 6-foot-3 forward Joshua Henley (6.8 ppg, 10.3
rpg). Henley (Nashville, Tenn.) paced all NCAA Division I freshmen
last season in rebounds per game.
