Men's Basketball

NEWS 11/20/13 3:20pm

Time to hit the panic button on Elon men’s basketball?

By Matt Krause

Just a month ago, the Elon University men’s basketball team was on cloud nine. On Oct. 18, in front of a packed house at “Late Night with the Phoenix” in Alumni Gym, Elon head coach Matt Matheny listed off the expectations for his team. Win the Southern Conference tournament.

NEWS 11/18/13 10:58pm

Rally falls short as Drexel holds off Elon men’s basketball

By Andrew Wilson

Trailing by as many as 16 points with 13:28 to play Monday, Nov. 18, against the Drexel University Dragons in the 2013 NIT Season Tip-Off in Piscataway, N.J., the Elon University basketball team went on a 17-3 run to pull within two points. The two-point deficit was the closest Elon would ever get to the Dragons, as Elon would never lead in the game and fell 71-64 at the Rutgers Athletic Center on the campus of Rutgers University. After Elon pulled the game within two at 52-50, Drexel went on a 10-2 run to all but down the Phoenix.

SPORTS 11/17/13 11:25pm

Elon falls to 2-1 in 83-69 loss to Charlotte

By afeather

The Elon University Men's Basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Friday, Nov. 15, to UNC Charlotte 83-69 at the Halton Arena. The Phoenix were ahead most of the game until the 49ers pulled ahead by one with six minutes and fifty-three seconds remaining in the game.

NEWS 11/15/13 11:16pm

49ers hand Elon men's basketball first loss

By Andrew Wilson

Looking to run its record to 3-0 for the first time since the 1991-1992 season, the Elon University men's basketball team fell victim to a late run on the road at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte 83-69 Friday, Nov.

NEWS 11/4/13 11:28pm

Phoenix dispatches Lynchburg in exhibition play

By Matt Krause

With 5:34 remaining in the first half of Elon University’s 100-57 exhibition basketball win over Lynchburg College, freshman forward Christian Hairston came up with a steal.  He streaked down the court, eyes on the basket.

NEWS 9/9/13 1:57pm

Duke, Georgetown highlight 2013-2014 men's basketball schedule

By Andrew Wilson

Since Elon University men's basketball coach Matt Matheny was hired, the Elon men's basketball schedule has been progressively tougher year after year. On the heels of a Southern Conference semifinal loss to the College of Charleston and a loss to Canisius College in the first round of the CIT in March, Elon released the 2013-2014 slate Monday, Sept.

NEWS 3/21/13 8:15am

Senior guard looks to finish strong after solid SoCon Tournament

By Zachary Horner

In the last three minutes and one second of the Elon University men’s basketball team’s loss to the College of Charleston in the semifinals of the Southern Conference Tournament March 10, Elon senior guard Josh Bonney went off. He scored eight points in the final stretch, trying to spark a Phoenix comeback, but the Cougars’ lead was too large. “I was just trying to attack and trying to keep us in it the best I could, just do my part,” he said. Bonney ended the game with 15 points, tying a season high in a rough senior year. The Houston, Texas native came to Elon back in 2008, making him the only player on this season’s roster that played under former head coach Ernie Nestor.

NEWS 3/20/13 9:51pm

Men’s basketball season ends on the road in CIT

By Andrew Wilson

The Elon University men’s basketball team went somewhere in 2013 they’ve never been before: a postseason tournament. On Wednesday, the dream of a postseason run came to an end in the first round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament in Buffalo, N.Y against Canisius College, 69-53. Elon only lead the Golden Griffins for two minutes forty-three seconds in the middle of the first half.

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SPORTS 04/28/2024 2:37pm
Game, set, match: Elon University men’s tennis coach retires after 20 years, leaves behind lasting legacy

Elon University Men’s Tennis Coach Michael Leonard will retire after 20 years of coaching at Elon following the 2024 season. Leonard is the winningest coach in Elon men's tennis history with a record of 295-173 over his 20-year career. He is a seven-time conference Coach of the Year and led Elon to six regular season championships. With a win on April 20 in the semifinals of the 2024 CAA Men’s Tennis Championship, Leonard reached the significant milestone of 300 career wins. Under Leonard's mentorship, the program had 74 all-conference selections, six conference Players of the Year and six conference Rookies of the Year.

OPINIONS 04/27/2024 5:45pm
OPINION: Elon University alienates itself from the South

You rarely hear a southern accent around the Moseley Student Center or Alamance Building. If a drawl echoes, it’s usually a campus employee. Each time there is an accent, I think of growing up in the South and feel that mix of dread and nostalgia. Time in the South gets you acquainted with those two feelings. The South is both a good memory and a bad one. Once I heard a friend say, “I know about the South, I go to Elon.” As a South Carolinian, that phrase struck me as a little strange. I crunched some numbers.

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