366 days prior to Nov 11th, 2026, on Nov 10th, 2025 Gardner Webb fell to North Greenville in their 3rd game of the season.
This season’s 3rd game went very differently for the Runnin Bulldogs, but early on it did not look that way for Gardner Webb. At the first media timeout, Erskine actually led Gardner Webb 7-6; the game was then tied 14-14 during the Under 12 Media timeout.
Gardner Webb finally found some footing heading into the Under 8 Media timeout with an 8-point lead, their largest of the first half, as Erskine once again stormed back to cut it to as low as one before heading into halftime only down four.
Coming out of halftime, Gardner Webb looked like a completely different team, immediately jumping out to a 7-point lead a few minutes into the half, powered by Seth Brown, who scored 5 of Gardner Webb’s first 7 points of the second half.
Seth continued that success through much of the second half, finishing with 13 points and 23 points total throughout the night. Brown spoke about transferring from D2 Fresno Pacific and how this summer formed his breakout: “Working on my body, the physicality is different on this level, the pace of play is a lot faster, conditioning to keep from being tired because that’s when stuff starts going bad.”
With around 3 minutes left, chants of “We Want Bryson” erupted from the student section and quickly spread to the entirety of Paul Porter Arena; with 2:50 remaining, Jeremy Luther obliged, allowing Bryson Luther to check in for the Runnin Bulldogs.
After Bryson checked in for the Runnin Bulldogs, the immediate team goal seemed to be simple: get Bryson the ball. In the first offensive possession, that resulted in a turnover after Bryson stepped on the sideline after receiving a pass in the corner. During GWU’s second possession, Bryson provided a clean assist to teammate Ace Talbert, which drew massive cheers.
Then, as they say, third time’s the charm. On the third offensive possession in which Bryson Luther was on the court, he made his first career FG for the Runnin Bulldogs, drawing even louder cheers than his assist just seconds earlier. Coach Luther said postgame, “It gets me choked up every time I see it, because we’ve spent hours and hours and hours in this gym together and now he’s having the chance to throw something in with the crowd going nuts.”
Bryson Luther would add two more points from the charity stripe as Gardner-Webb would win the game 88-66, getting their first win of the season as they now head to South Carolina on Saturday for another P5 challenge.