With headbands on and knee pads strapped, some Boston University professors challenged their students in a different way than usual.

“I absolutely believe that we will win,” said College of General Studies assistant dean Stacy Godnick before the start of the student-versus-faculty basketball game. “We have the benefit of age and experience, and we have also been hitting the [Fitness and Recreation Center] twice as hard the last couple of days.”

CGS tipped off its first-ever basketball game last night with a basketball dance-off between Godnick and CGS freshman Alec Kherlopian.

Performing their best moves to Jim Jones’s “We Fly High,” Godnick won over an audience of about 25 in a landslide at the Student Activities Office gymnasium.

“Dean Godnick impressed me,” Kherlopian said. “I didn’t think she would break it down like that.”

The basketball game, sponsored by the CGS student government, featured a friendly half-court game pitting six CGS professors against a dozen CGS students. The students won the match 21-18.

“The student government sponsored this free event as a chance for students to get to know their professors on a more personal level,” said CGS student government treasurer Shwetika Baijal.

“We feel that the strength of CGS is our ability to have close relationships with our professors,” she continued. “This game gives students a fun opportunity to interact with their teachers outside of the classroom.”

The professors played a good, close game, Kherlopian said.

“I was surprised [the professors] were that good,” he said after the game. “They stayed in it and made it a match.”

CGS freshman Taylor Butzbach said the students’ youth gave their team the biggest advantage.

“I think we will win because we are young and vivacious,” he said before the game. “We will use our speed to exhaust them fast and take the victory.”

Other students joked they were worried their performance in the game would affect their grades, but the professors said they would not be that cruel.

“This game is for bragging rights only,” Godnick said. “Students won’t get better grades if they lose, and they certainly won’t get better grades if they win.”

After a formal hand shake, the two teams, dripping in sweat, took group photos and went their separate ways.

“I am really happy that this all came together so well,” CGS student government president Alex Polansky said. “I saw so many students meeting, laughing and having a good time with the professors. This is exactly what I had in mind when I first started to plan it. I really hope that this does become a ritual for future students at CGS.”