Guilford, Eastern Mennonite, Randolph-Macon Advance

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. --- The 2010 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament is down to eight teams heading into Saturday's quarterfinals, and three belong to the ODAC.  Guilford College and Eastern Mennonite University both made it to the quarterfinals following wins in Greensboro.  Randolph-Macon College matched their efforts with a triumph at St. Mary's College.

Guilford and EMU's victories set up an ODAC matchup in GC's Ragan-Brown Field House on Saturday at 7:00 p.m.  The winner earns a spot in the NCAA Division III Championship Series in Salem, Va., set to begin on Friday, March 19.  Randolph-Macon meets Franklin & Marshall College at the same time at St. Mary's.

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The Quakers (29-2) defeated the College of Wooster (Ohio), 75-68, to put them within one game of a return trip to Salem for the national semifinals.  Tyler Sanborn, the 2010 ODAC Player of the Year, posted his 28th double-double of the season with 21 points and a career-high 23 rebounds.  All-ODAC First Team guard Clay Henson added 15 markers while second team point guard, Rhett Bonner, chipped in 16 points.  T.C. Anderson registered 10 points.

Eastern Mennonite (25-4) found itself down early to fourth-ranked Whitworth University, but a late first half run put the Royals in position to grind out a 74-71 win over the Pirates.  Four players scored in double figures with All-ODAC First Teamer, Todd Phillips, leading the way with 17 points.  D.J. Hinson scored 16 points while Eli Crawford (both honorable mention All-ODAC) notched a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.  Second teamer George Johnson dropped in 14 markers, joining Hinson in connecting on four three-pointers.

Randolph-Macon (25-6) notched its second victory of the season over 2009 final-eight team DeSales University, posting a 68-55 win.  R-MC was led by 15 points from Erich Pugh.  He was joined in double-digits by Calvin Croskey and Brandon Braxton (All-ODAC Second Team) who each had 12. Adam Desgain and Danny Jones had nine and eight points, respectively, off the bench for R-MC, helping the Yellow Jackets reserves to a 23-8 edge over the DU bench.

R-MC's opponent in the secitonal final will be Franklin & Marshall following the Diplomats' 92-87 win over host St. Mary's College.  F&M will be looking to join Guilford in punching its ticket to a second straight national championship series.

In other games, Brandeis University and host Williams College (Mass.) posted wins over Rhode Island College and SUNY-IT, respectively.  In the Midwest, Illinois Wesleyan University defeated Carthage College.  IWU will face host, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, following the Pointers win over the University of Texas-Dallas.

For more information, visit the Guilford College website (www.guilford.edu) for links to the Guilford-EMU game.  To find out more about Randolph-Macon's game on Saturday, go to the Jackets' website (http://athletics.rmc.edu) or to St. Mary's website (www.smcmathletics.com).  For more information on the tournament, visit the NCAA at www.ncaa.com.