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Volume 83, Issue 14 Web Edition SERVING BREVARD COLLEGE SINCE 1935
Monday, 10 -11 p.m.
in Myers Dining Hall
December 6, 2017
'Joyce to the World'
Students gather around as President Joyce reads
from “The Night Before Christmas.”
On Thursday, Nov. 30 at 8:30 p.m. BC Presi
dent David Joyce and his wife held the “Joyce
to the World” event at their house on campus.
As students walked in the door, they were
greeted by Christmas decorations, sweet smells,
warmth and of course President Joyce and his
wife. All were invited to have some hot choco
late, cookies and small desserts. There were
also some bowls of candy for students to help
themselves to.
To start off the party, two students began play
ing Christmas tunes on the piano. Everyone sang
some carols, including “Silent Night,” “The 12
Days of Christmas” and “Rudolph the Red-
Nosed Reindeer.”
President Joyce read “The Night Before
Christmas” to all the students. It was a participa
tory activity where President Joyce read one half
of a rhyme and the students were supposed to
say the second halfback. The book he read was
a “touch and feel” kind of book; he would read
some, then show the pictures, then let a student
feel the page. When showing the pictures all the
students would “oooooo and ahhhhhh” as a nice
response to the story.
Part of the theme for the party was to show
up wearing festive, Christmas pajamas. Most
students had some type of Christmas themed
pants, shirts, onesies or hats. Chris Center, for
instance, was dressed as Santa Claus from the
earlier party for younger children.
It was a fiin-filled event full of music, cookies,
hot chocolate, laughs, Christmas cheer, story
time and joy. The turnout was large enough to
fill up the entire living room and to eat all the
cookies and snacks. Overall, it was a success
just as it is every year.
—Carmen Boone
Womens basketball team victorious
By Jon Cole
Sports Information Director
Senior guard Kelsie Rhyne scored a game-
high 15 points and managed eight rebounds to
help lead the Brevard women’s basketball team
to a 61-41 victory over Wesleyan College on
Friday evening.
Rhyne, who knocked down 6-of-10 field goals
and 3-of-4 free throws, topped double figures
for the second time in as many contests. She
was joined in double figure scoring by Destiny
Williams (12) and Annalee Bollinger (11), as
the Tornados moved back to .500 (2-2) on the
season.
Williams, who reached double figures for
the first time since the season opener, finished
5-of-9 from the floor. She was also active on
glass, hauling in nine rebounds, and forced three
steals. Bollinger made her presence felt at the
free throw line, finishing off a 6-for-6 outing, to
go along with six assists and two blocks.
Freshman Deja Riddick sparked the Tornado
bench with nine points, two steals and a team-
best 10 rebounds (six offensive).
Brevard overcame its third quarter shooting
woes with a 22-point fourth that included nine
points from Williams and five from Bollinger.
The sharp-shooting Bollinger opened the quarter
with a three-pointer and Williams singlehand-
edly scored the next seven points to make for
a 49-31 lead.
A free throw by the Wolves’ TK Blount was
not enough to derail Brevard, which used two
free throws by Bollinger and a three-pointer
from Taryn Ledford to take 54-32 lead. The Tor
nados maintained at least a 20-point advantage
down the stretch as a three-pointer from Jade
Napier, coupled with buckets by Williams and
Rhyne, made for the 61-41 final.
Wesleyan turned up its defensive pressure
in the third quarter, trimming the Tornado ad
vantage to eight by outscoring Brevard 14-7.
Six Wolves scored at least one point, including
Rosine Nguenowou who finished with four.
The rally began with Wesleyan scoring five
unanswered points, but a jumper by Napier kept
the lead in double figures. Rhyne followed, push
ing the lead to 13,35-22, but Wesleyan managed
to score nine of the final 12 points to make for a
39-31 score through three.
Rhyne made her presence felt in the opening
stages of the second quarter, scoring four of six
points for the Tornados who moved in front 22-
10 with 6:57 left. A trey by Shakirah Thompson
stretched the lead to 14 just over a minute later,
which eventually ballooned to 30-14 after a
layup by Rhyne. The two teams traded buckets
over the final two minutes of the half as Brevard
took a 32-17 lead into the intermission.
Four points each by Rhyne and Bollinger
allowed Brevard to take a 16-10 lead at the
close of the first quarter. Rhyne, who finished
2-for-3 in the frame, scored the first bucket of
the game as the two teams eventually reached
a four-all deadlock. Rhyne added to her total at
the four minute, 11 second mark, converting a
layup, which was followed by three-pointers
by Williams and Riddick as Brevard scored 10
unanswered points.