Yadkinville’s Lowder hits 10-of-11 three-pointers

GREENSBORO – Yadkinville native Gabriel Lowder swished a school-record 10 three-point shots and scored a career high 36 points for Guilford College in the Quakers’ 89-72 win over Roanoke College last Wednesday night.

Lowder, a senior guard who played his high school ball at North Forsyth, made his first nine three-pointers. His first and only miss came with five minutes left in the game. He got another look with 3:10 to play and drilled his 10th trifecta from the top of the key – besting the previous Guilford College record shared by Clay Henson (’10) and Jordan Snipes (’07).

Lowder missed the Old Dominion Athletic Conference record for three-pointers by one. His 90.9 three-point field-goal percentage is also tops in school history for shooters with more than six threes in a game.

A pair of Lowder three-pointers early in the second half helped power a 14-1 Guilford run, as the Quakers pulled out to a comfortable working margin. As a team, Guilford made 14-of-22 three-pointers for the game and shot 63 percent from the floor in the second half.

Lowder’s previous career high in scoring had been 21 points. He scored 22 points by halftime last Wednesday.

Only two other NCAA Division III men’s basketball players have made more threes in a game as of Feb. 2, according to Guilford’s sports information department. Lowder shot 12-for-17 overall and also had four rebounds and two steals in the contest.

Lowder earned the ODAC’s Men’s Basketball Player of the Week Award on Monday, the first of his career. He was also named Guilford College Student-Athlete of the Week for the second time this season. The Guilford prize is presented weekly by the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

As of Monday, Lowder ranks 13th in the ODAC and second on the team in scoring (13.3 ppg.). He makes 80 percent of his free throws and 44 percent of his three-point shots, which both rank third in the league. His 2.4 three-pointers per game is the ODAC’s third-best figure and ranks 92nd in NCAA Division III through games of Feb. 2.

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Lowder’s career night
Here are Gabriel Lowder’s highlights from Guilford’s Feb. 1 win over Roanoke College. Lowder hit 10 of 11 three-point shots and finished with a career high 36 points.

First Half
18:13 – Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 8-0
17:42 – Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 11-0
13:56 — Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 19-12
8:36 – Lowder makes two free throws – Guilford leads 25-23
6:49 – Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 28-26
6:08 – Lowder hits jump shot – Guilford leads 30-28
5:15 — Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 33-28
1:22 — Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 40-33

Second Half
18:37 — Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 45-37
16:29 — Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 54-37
14:11 — Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 59-43
5:10 – Lowder misses his only three-point attempt – Guilford leads 76-63
3:09 – Lowder swishes three-point shot – Guilford leads 82-65
1:48 – Lowder hits jump shot – Guilford leads 84-67