The 2007-08 Greensboro College men’s basketball season produced scintillating moments for Pride fans. Highlights included a big early season win and advancing to the USA South championship game for the first time in 10 years.

In November, The Pride hosted third ranked Guilford College. R.J. Smith scored 22 points as Greensboro College upset the Quakers, 71-66. Smith made 4-7 three-pointers and had 4 steals.

The contest was the first played at a campus site since 1994 and was played in front of a capacity crowd at Greensboro College. There was a tremendous atmosphere at the game as fans from both schools filled the gym well before the game in anticipation of the cross town rivalry.

Over the course of the season, The Pride was by led senior Adam Nicholson. He led the USA South in scoring with 21.3 points per game and was named first team all region by D3Hoops.com.

GC faced a very balanced field in USA South play and ended the conference regular season with a 5-7 record. Greensboro drew a road game at Shenandoah in the first round of the USA South tournament. Michael McDuffie scored a career high 21 points and made a crucial three-point play in the last minute as Greensboro College defeated SU, 63-59.

GC then faced NC Wesleyan in the conference semifinals. Aided by a three-pointer by Smith as time expired, The Pride defeated the Bishops, 83-81. Greensboro and Averett played for the USA South championship. It was the first championship game appearance for the green and white in 10 years. The hot-shooting Cougars prevailed and advanced to the NCAA playoffs.

Nicholson and Smith earned all tournament honors. Nicholson was named to the USA South first team for the second straight year. Senior Bruce Zamuel was the second leading scorer on the team with a 14 point-per-game average. Junior Josh Brown had a strong year netting 7 points and 9 rebounds for GC.