With a 19-6 season mark and a 7-3 record in GCAC play, the Talladega Tornadoes men's basketball team was looking to both get the season sweep on Xavier and improve upon their already-strong conference standing when they traveled to take on the Xavier Gold Rush on Monday night. The men's squad had been out of game action since last Monday when they defeated #6 nationally ranked Tougaloo. The Tornadoes hoped to shake off the dust early on in this contest and grab another conference win. Fue... [read more]
With a 19-6 season mark and a 7-3 record in GCAC play, the Talladega Tornadoes men's basketball team was looking to both get the season sweep on Xavier and improve upon their already-strong conference standing when they traveled to take on the Xavier Gold Rush on Monday night. The men's squad had been out of game action since last Monday when they defeated #6 nationally ranked Tougaloo. The Tornadoes hoped to shake off the dust early on in this contest and grab another conference win. Fueled by not one, not two, but three double-digit scorers, Talladega fought hard to the victory over Xavier by a final score of 66-65. The first half progressed slowly for Talladega as the team had some struggles in the opening 20 minutes. The Tornadoes would eventually go into half time trailing Xavier 34-31. TC was fueled by the efforts of several players: Dondre Alexander (6'3''-G) paced the team with nine points. The rebound game was owned by Alexander and Charles Shaw (6'0''-PG), who each racked up three in the first half. Already trailing by three points coming out of the halftime break, the Tornadoes put their foot on the gas and fought even harder to pass by the Gold Rush in the second half. The TC lead at one point grew to four late in regulation, as their 66-65 win solidified their 20th win of the year, and 8th in eleven total conference games. "Tonight is a great example of how far this team has come this year," said Head Coach Chris Wright. "We didn't play well for most of the game, but we stayed together and gutted this one out. The tougher team usually wins and I thought that was true tonight. It was great for us to win an ugly, grind it out game like this." Those three double-digit scorers mentioned earlier? Da'Jon Streeter (6'4''-G) had 15 points and seven rebounds, Jarin Hilson (6'0''-PG-95) had 15 points and Alexander added 14 points and seven rebounds. TC will face GCAC competition again when they play host to the Southern University at New Orleans Knights Saturday. Tip-off in Tornado Alley is set for 5:00 p.m. Courtesy of: talladegatornadoes.com
The No. 20 Bethel Wildcats won their seventh straight and 103-72 win over the visiting Blue Mountain Toppers Monday night in Crisp Arena. The Cats moved to 19-5 overall and 13-3 in the SSAC. BMC fell to 10-11 and 4-11. Bethel has won 15 of their last 17 games. Bethel is 13- 3 at home on the year and 82-26 all-time in Crisp Arena. The Cats are 6-2 in road games. The Wildcats are 59 -39 all-time versus SSAC opponents. The Wildcats jumped out to a 15-0 lead and led at halftime 50-21. Cayden... [read more]
The No. 20 Bethel Wildcats won their seventh straight and 103-72 win over the visiting Blue Mountain Toppers Monday night in Crisp Arena. The Cats moved to 19-5 overall and 13-3 in the SSAC. BMC fell to 10-11 and 4-11. Bethel has won 15 of their last 17 games. Bethel is 13- 3 at home on the year and 82-26 all-time in Crisp Arena. The Cats are 6-2 in road games. The Wildcats are 59 -39 all-time versus SSAC opponents. The Wildcats jumped out to a 15-0 lead and led at halftime 50-21. Cayden Edmonson (6'8''-C) led Bethel with 23 points and nine rebounds. Edmonson is 9th in the nation in field goal percentage at 61 percent. Isaac Edmondson (6'5''-F) had eight points giving him 1, 744 which places him 11th on the all-time scoring list at Bethel. Chase Nappier and Bradley Walker (6'5''-F) each scored 12 points while Jamarius Mayberry had a career high 11 points. The Cats are 19-4 when three or more players score in double figures. Tyree Beason led BMC with 21 points. Bethel shot 55 percent from the floor hitting 44-of-79 shots from the floor. The Cats had a 45-34 rebound advantage and forced the Toppers into 25 turnovers. Bethel is 18-3 when scoring 80 or more points in a game and 12-0 when scoring 90 or more points in a game. The Wildcats have scored 80 or more points in 22 of their 24 games this season. The victory was Coach Jeff Britt's 450th career win. He is 450-297 in his 28 -year coaching career. Britt is 10th among active NAIA coaches. He is 341-235 at Bethel. Coach Britt commented on the win. "We are pleased with how our squad has stayed focused and paid attention to details with our game plan. We were tuned in defensively tonight. This one of the best defensive teams we have ever had here. Cayden continues to be aggressive and we love his energy. He made some outstanding moves in and around the basket tonight. We face two big road games this week so this was a nice home win to jump-start the week." The Cats return to action Thursday with a road game at Dalton State. Tip-off is slated for 6:30 CST. Courtesy of: bethelathletics.com
Graceland drops heart contest to Missouri Valley - 19 days ago
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Graceland University men's basketball were unable to contain Missouri Valley College's Larry Plummer (6'2''-G) who scored 32 points in the Vikings 77-71 victory over the Yellowjackets.
The loss drops the Yellowjackets to 12-7 overall and 8-6 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. The Vikings improved to 7-13 overall and 5-9 in conference play. Graceland took the lead 4-0 a minute and a half into the game after field goals were made by Mo Jackson (5'10''-PG) and Justin Harley (6'6''... [read more]
Graceland University men's basketball were unable to contain Missouri Valley College's Larry Plummer (6'2''-G) who scored 32 points in the Vikings 77-71 victory over the Yellowjackets. The loss drops the Yellowjackets to 12-7 overall and 8-6 in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. The Vikings improved to 7-13 overall and 5-9 in conference play. Graceland took the lead 4-0 a minute and a half into the game after field goals were made by Mo Jackson (5'10''-PG) and Justin Harley (6'6''-F). Baskets were then exchanged before the game was within two points at the 16:51 mark. The two teams hen played just over three minutes of scoreless basketball until Alec Pena (6'7''-F) snapped the drought with a basket on a pass from Harley. The Vikings soon tied the game, but back-to back-three-pointer from Cayman Meier (6'0''-PG) and Troyon Butler splashed threes to put GU ahead by six with 11:06 left to play in the half. Over the next few minutes, the margin swelled to as many as seven, but ultimately, the Vikings brought the contest to within one point (24-23) with 4:17 on the clock. As the half came to a close, Garrett Scheighauser's three-pointer in the final minute put Graceland on top at 36-33 heading into the break. As the second half got started, Harley scored to first six points of the half for Graceland to make the contest 40-37. Then on Graceland's next possession, Meier splashed a trey to lengthen the margin to eight points (40-37) four minutes into the half. After baskets were exchanged back-and-forth, MVC used a 9-0 run to take the lead (53-49) just over midway through the half. A basket from Coleman looked to stop the bleeding, however, momentum continued for the Vikings> MVC outscored GU 11-2 to push the margin to 11 points (64-53) at the 6:06 mark. Graceland tried to cut the margin but was only able to get to within six points before time expired. Missouri Valley defeated Graceland 78-71 in the conference contest. Graceland connected on 28-of-61 (45.9 percent) from the floor, including 8-of-25 (32 percent) from beyond the arc. Missouri Valley made 25-of-65 (38.5 percent) from the field, and just 6-of-20 from three-point range. The Vikings received 22 points off of 19 Yellowjacket turnovers. MVC outrebounded GU 40-39. The Yellowjackets were led by Alec Pena with 19 points. Cayman Meier also reached double-figure scoring with 10 points. Justin Harley was just shy out a double-double with nine points and eight rebounds. Mo Jackson added eight points and four assists. Missouri Valley's offense was highlighted by Plummer who scored a season-high 32 points. Bobby Collins III complimented Collins with 16 points. Tavious Brazil grabbed nine rebounds as Casey Cody-Jackson (6'0''-PG) handed out six assists. "Plain and simple, Missouri Valley has our number," said Cory Hoff, head men's basketball coach. "They were more disciplined and simply wanted it more than us. It is disappointing to lose a game in that manner with the amount of experience we have on this team. It starts at the top with myself and making sure our team is prepared for the game. Their pressure impacted our offensive execution. It was good to see Alec score it inside and have a double-double for us. We need to be more disciplined and clean up our mistakes if we expect to be playing deep into March. Luckily we have two important home games this week inside the Closson Center." The men's basketball team will return home on Wednesday, January 30th when the Yellowjackets host Mount Mercy. The game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff and it will also be Pettijohn night. Courtesy of: gujackets.com
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