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Page 6 The Banner February 24, 200fl Sports 0TUI Bulldogs pound CCU, sink to HPU| ^^ronlavwpllarhr)mp.”!ai(1r,ri3sral iformat By Jennifer Crowl staff Writer The UNCA women’s basketball team is back at home from a four- game road trip that saw the Bull dogs go 1-3. The Lady Bulldogs won on Feb. 20 against Coastal Carolina with a score of 53-49. This now makes the Bulldogs 7-16 overall and 6-6 in conference play. “They had to focus,” said head coach Kathleen Weber. “That’s what I’m so proud of. We’ve had a problem over the past two to three games with our composure at the end of the game. The last two timeouts that I called were specifi cally to tell them that they had to be smart about what they were do ing.” Senior guard Emily Hill led all scorers with a team-high 14 points for the Bulldogs, according to the % athletics Web site. The Bulldogs were tied with Coastal Carolina in the first half at 14-14 withsixminutesremaining. Bulldogs overcame Coastal Freshman center Jessica Guarneri was tremendous, and if she The score at the end ofthe first half Carolina to win by four points. made 12 points, while junior cen- come out like that every si: was 21-23. “Just do what your responsibility ter Nicole Sampson added 11. game, we ai In the second half, the score was is, and they did that,” said Weber. Sophomore point guard Shamry ourselves to \ very close for most ofthe time. The “They didn’t need to make any Kenley chipped in 10 points. said Weber. teams were ned again at45-45 wi^th superstar plays, just good defense,” “I thought Shamry Kenley was “Give Kathleen (Weber) and her calpoi just 3:48 left on the clock. Finally, j '^gber. great. The way that she played kids credit. They’re always ready The Lady Bulldogs bounced back from a homecoming loss to the High Point Panthers on Feb. 18 to beat the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Feb. 20 in the Justice Gym. play well at home,” said Coastal head coach Alan LeForce. Coastal Carolina is ntiw 16-9 overall and 7-5 in conference play. The Bulldogs lost to High Point on Feb. 1.8 with a score of 54-61. The game was televised on Fox SportSouth at 6:30 p.m. It was a hard game to start back with, said Weber. “I think that tonight (Feb. 18) was a tough game. They came out, and they jumped on us early," said Weber. "It put us in a posi tion where in the second half, we had to fight our way back into it.” The Bulldogs shot just 31 percent from the field, whereas High Point was shooting 61 percent from the field in the first half At the end of the first half, the score was 24-36 with High Point leading most of the game. High Point shot 75 percent in free throws. By the second half, the score was 30-40 with 15 minutes left in the UNCA came back in this half and cut the lead to 44-43 with 7:30 left, but High Point built a seven-point lead and UNCA could get no closer gomg to position than five the rest of the game, ac- 1 a championship,” cording to the Web site. “We made critical mistakes at criti^ the game which shows youth as a basketball team,” PHOTO BY ANTHONY GRECO said Weber. “What we needed was extremt discipline, both offensively a defensively. We didn’t have it,' said Weber. Freshman center Tonisha Jack son scored 16 points, Guarneri co tributed 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Hill scored 13 points. Higl Point was led by Annie Miller’s I ' points and five assists. “We fought back, but it wasn our game,” said Hill. “They came out on fire, and it sa; a little something about our de fense. They just didn’t miss shots,' said Guarneri. The Bulldogs are down to eight: iexualc players without junior guard Izzy Medhanie, who went down in the Radford game with a knee injury. Medhanie will have surgery or ® ‘ her knee and will be out until ncx season. The Bulldogs hope that eight players is enough for the re of the season. “She was a big contributor for us on the floor, not only just in point productions or rebounds, but in leadership,” said Weber. “Izzy helped Emily out in the leadership role on the floor.” High Point is now 6-18 overall and 3-8 in the conference play. The Bulldogs will play Winthrop oi Feb. 26 in Rock Hill, S.C. UNCA takes charge to win homecoming By Eric Porter Staff Writer The UNCA men’s basketball team is on a two-win streak after the homecoming game win against High Point University 72-57 on Feb. 18 and the Bulldogs’ record rally back from a 26-point deficit to defeat Coastal Carolina 88-80 on Feb. 20 at home. “We showed a lot of poise and tough ness,” said head coach Eddie Biedenbach. “These guys are starting to reap some of the benefits of their hard work.” Freshman guard sensation Andre Smith shot 10 out of 10 free throws and scored a career-high 23 points to lead the Bulldogs to victory against High Point. “We came out with more intensity all around, offensively and defensively,” said freshman center Ben McGonagil. The game stayed close throughout most of the first half until Smith buried a three- pointer on an assist from j unior point guard Brett Carey with just 25 seconds left, to extend the Bulldogs’ lead to 31-27 at the half “We hung in there and did the job we were supposed to do,” said Biedenbach. In the first 10 minutes of the second half, freshman guard Brandon Carter sank three three-pointers, which extended the Bull dogs’ lead to 57-37. HoweVer, the Panthers made use of the full-court press and began to charge back at the Bulldogs. “I didn’t like the way we attacked their ftill- court press,” said Biedenbach. “We got a litde disorganized.” High Point’s pressure defense and some poor shooting on the Bulldog’s part helped close the lead to just five with 4:03 remaining in the game. “We slacked up on defense at the end,” said Carey. The Panthers had no choice but to foul with the clock running down and the Bulldogs still ahead The Bulldogs took advantage and made 11 free throws in the last three minutes, and finished the opposition ofl^ with a steal by Smith and a forceftJ dunk by McGonagil. “It was to our credit to get that lead and to come back after some poor play to finish off the game,” said Biedenbach. The Bulldogs faced off against Coastal Carolina next for UNCA’s last home game of the season. The Bulldogs were ready to play hard against the Chanticleers after they edged the Bulldogs out at the buzzer on Feb. 3, according to Biedenbach. Coastal jumped out to a quick 10-2 lead within the first four minutes of play and were playing with a lot of emotional intensity, according to Biedenbach. PHOTO BY ANTHONY GRECO The men's basketball team defeated High Point at UNCA's homecoming game on Feb. 18. The Bulldogs stomped Coastal Carolina on Feb. 20. “When somebody comes out with that kind of emotion, you have to match it,” said Biedenbach. “We’ve had the propen sity to turn the ball over, and I think they wanted to exploit that.” The Bulldogs struggled throughout the got some open shots,” said Biedenbach. At the end of the first half, the Bulldogs went on a 9-0 run, which sent them to the locker room at the half trailing the Chanti cleers 53-36. The beginning of the second half entire first h^f just to bring their shooting much like the end of the first, as the Bull- up to par with the Chanticleers’ amazing dogs outscored Coastal 10-0 in the first 11 -for-16 from three-point range and 20- three minutes, which cut the Chanticleers’ for-33 for twos. Coastal led UNCA by as lead to just seven. much as 26 in the first half “I ^ink they played too hard with too “Their picks were extremely hard, so they much emotion early on,” said Biedenbach. CSU grabs victory By Teshania Wiley Staff Writer The men’s and women’s tennis teams lost their opening confer ence matches to Charleston South ern University in Charleston, S.C. on Feb. 15. “Hopefully, by the end of the year, we will be a lot better than we are in terms ofthe more matches we play,” said head coach Jeff Duncan. The men’s team did not do well in the singles matches, according to Duncan. The game results were 0- 7. but there was a lot of depth on the men’s side. “We are trying to get some expe rience under our belts. We only have two returning players,” said junior Scott Prybys. “The team is basically all freshmen, and we are playing a really hard schedule.” Prybys sprained his ankle last weekend when the team played in Florida, according to Duncan. ■ PHOTO BY ANTHONY GRECO Tennis player hard at work. Prybys’s injury put the team be hind. The fourth, fifth and sixth slots for the men will be the most important slots. “We played real competitively, but could not pull it out,” said fresh man Mike Lefifke. “We were pretty competitive for all six matches, but ended up losing them all.” “The first part of the schedule is the strongest,” said Duncan. “We play a lot of ACC schools.” The results for the women’s team were 2-7, according to the athletics Web site. The UNCA team’s No. 4 player, junior Laura Hastay, lost the first set and won in the third, according to Duncan. “She had a good match and showed a lot of heart,” said Duncan. The team’s No. 5 player, fresh man Ashley Jones, had a competi tive match and won, according to Duncan. “We did not have to play all of our doubles matches because we had already lost the match. It’s sad that we lost, but by the end of the season we should be ready for our confer ence tournament,” said Shuba. “Hopeftilly, we will redeem our selves and beat them.” “Once we start getting into play ing in the conference matches, then good things will happen,” said Duncan. Both teams will play at home against High Point on Feb. 25. “They didn’t have enough later.” UNCA steadily knocked the lead down with solid play and, finally, at the 7:44 mark, took the lead with a jumper from Smith. “We really picked it up in the second half,” said junior center Adam Earnhardt. “It was one of the best comebacks I’ve ever been a part of” “They weren’t hitting their shots, so we gradually cut into the lead,” said senior for ward Matt Osikowicz. “We got the lead and held it.” Coastal tried to come back and took the lead 71-69 with 6:23 remaining in the game, but the Bulldogs overpowered the Chanticleers, who shot only 18 percent for two pointers during the second half Earnhardt tipped in a missed UNCA shot to give the Bulldogs back the lead for good with 4:26 left on the clock. UNCA outscored Coastal 15-7 in the final minutes of the game, and finished off the Chanticleers with an amazing dunk by Osikowicz on an in-bounds pass from senior forward John Risinger. Risinger scored a career-high 25 jx)ints to help the 'Dogs win. Smith was also in double digits with 21, and Carey contributed 18. Smith also made 24 consecutive free throws, which beat the previous school record of 23 made by Tom Haus in the ’83-’84 sea Oldsmobile 1999-2000 Big South Conference Women’s Basketball Through games of February 20, 2000 IHHHHI H ■■ ■||l Confcrencc Overall Other Team w L PcL W L Pet. Home R()ad Neti Streak Liberty 9 2 .818 17 7 .708 10-3 6-2 1-2 W5 Radford 8 4 .667 10 15 .400 5-6 3-7 2-2 L2 Coastal Carolina 7 5 .583 16 9 .640 10-2 5-7 1-0 LI UNC A.shevillc 6 6 .500 7 16 .304 3-8 4-8 0-0 W1 Elon 5 7 .417 12 13 .480 5-6 6-7 1-0 W1 Winthrop 5 7 .417 9 16 .360 6-6 2-9 1-1 L2 Charleston So. 4 8 ..■?33 8 16 .333 5-5 2-9 1-2 Wl High Point 3 .273 6 18 .250 2-8 4-9 0-1 W1 1999-2000 Big South Conference Men’s Basketball Through games of February 20, 2000 ■ |H| ■n iiiiiiiim Team W Conference L PcL W Overall L Pet. Home other Road Ncu Streak Winthrop 10 2 .833 18 7 .720 12-1 6-6 0-0 W7 Radford 10 2 .833 16 9 .640 9-1 6-7 1-1 W3 Coastal Carolina 6 6 .500 9 16 .360 5-4 4-12 0-0 L3 UNC Asheville 6 6 .500 8 17 .320 .8-3 0-14 0-0 W2 Elon 5 7 .417 11 15 .423 9-2 2-13 0-0 L3 High Point 5 7 .417 11 15 .423 8-2 2-12 1-1 LI Liberty 4 8 .333 14 11 .560 10-3 0-0 LI Charleston Southern 2 10 .167 6 19 .240 6-5 0-12 0-2 L4
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