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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- In the first meeting between Elon and North Carolina A&T since 2006, the homestanding Aggies held off the Phoenix by a 23-10 score in front of 13,221 fans on Saturday night.

Following a scoreless first quarter, North Carolina A&T (2-0) began its first possession of the second quarter at its own 19 with 14:13 to play in the half.  After converting a fourth-and-nine from the Elon 30-yard line with a 10-yard completion from Lewis Kindle to Denzel Keyes, the Aggies advanced to the Elon 11. The Phoenix defense then forced A&T back to the 14-yard line and kicked a 32-yard field goal off the foot of Cody Jones to claim a 3-0 lead following a 5:41 drive.

After forcing an Elon (1-2) punt, Kindle found Demonta Brown behind the Phoenix secondary for a 60-yard touchdown toss as the Aggies extended their lead to 10-0 with just under seven minutes to play in the first half.

Elon responded with its best drive of the game to that point and it resulted in a 33-yard field goal from John Gallagher.  The Phoenix moved from its own 22 to the A&T 43 thanks to a 20-yard completion from Mike Quinn to Demitri Allison and a 15-yard connection with Rasaun Rorie.  Facing a fourth-and-four at the Aggies' 37, Quinn hit Rorie for just enough for the first down.  Elon would get one more first down before booting the field goal that made it a 10-3 game.

The ensuing kickoff was returned 55 yards by Tony McRae, setting A&T up in Elon territory with 3:14 to play in the first half.  The Aggies moved to the Elon 20 before settling for a 38-yard field goal from Jones to claim a 13-3 edge at the break.

After the Aggies had stretched the lead to 16-3, the Phoenix began a drive at its own 10 and marched 90 yards to pull within six, 16-10, thanks to a 41-yard toss from Quinn to Tracey Coppedge.  Elon, which had converted just two third down chances prior to the drive, kept the chains moving twice on third down during the drive, including 13-yard gain on a pass from Quinn to Rorie on a third-and-10 from the Phoenix's 10-yard line.

N.C. A&T was able to punch the ball in one final time as Dominique Drave scored from one yard out.  The drive took the clock down to under a minute and a half.  

Quinn finished the night with 295 passing yards and one TD toss as he completed 25 of his 46 pass attempts.  Justin Osborne led the maroon and gold with 89 receiving yards on five receptions.

For A&T, Kindle passed for 288 yards and a score after completing 20 of 38 passes.  Drake ran the ball 22 times for 93 yards and a score.

Elon will return home and begin Southern Conference play next Saturday when the Phoenix hosts Appalachian State at 6 p.m.  At halftime of that game, Elon will recognize the three newest members of the Elon Sports Hall of Fame class.