The Compass
Monday, February 17, 2003
^ Sports ^
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CIAA PLAYER OF THE WEEK
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY, NC- Courtney
Oglesby, a senior guard on the Eliza
beth City State University Vikings
basketball team has been named
CIAA Player of the Week.
Oglesby was instrumental the
two Viking victories over Saint
Augustine’s College 81-69 and
Fayetteville State University 75-60.
Against Saint Augustine’s, he
scored 30 points including going 10-
10 from the free throw line and 4-9
from beyond the 3-point arc. In the
CIAA, Oglesby ranks 21st in scoring
(12.7), 12th in free throw percentage
(.773), 5th in 3-point field goals made
(.240) and 13th in 3-point field goal
percentage (.367). Amongst the
Vikings, he is the second leading
scorer, and he is first in both 3-point
field goal percentage and 3-point field
goals made.
Oglesby, a computer science
major, is a native of Midway Park,
NC. He is a 1999 graduate of White
Oak High School.
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY, NC-Shaw
University’s Naomi Mobley had 15
points and 22 rebounds as the Lady
Bears downed the Elizabeth City State
University Lady Vikings 84-44 Saturday
night at the RL Vaughan Center.
The Lady Vikings would be down
by as many as 19 in the first half, but a
7-2 run in the final minutes would cut
the lead to 34-20 in favor of Lady Bears.
In the second half, Shaw would
outscore ECSU 50-24 including a
dominating 28-8 edge in the paint. Over
all, the Lady Vikings struggled offensively,
and at the end of the contest, had con
nected on only 16 of 64 shots from the
floor. The Lady Bears, who are ranked
15th in NCAA Division II, shot a solid 50%
from the field (30-60) and controlled the
boards, with a 55-27 edge.
Latasha Shipman scored 15 followed
by Amina McGhee with 11 and Jessica
Hawkins with 10. Shaw improves to 18-2
overall, 10-1 in the CIAA.
Shaneka Ellis led the Lady Vikings
with 8 points as ECSU slips to 6-13, CIAA
1-9.
VIKINGS SQUEEZE BY BLUE BEARS
VIKINGS DEFEAT BENEDICT COLLEGE TIGERS
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY NC- In a
game that was anything but pretty,
the Elizabeth City State University
Vikings were able to defeat the Tigers
of Benedict College 76-62 Tuesday
night at the Vaughan Center.
For the Vikings, the win avenges
an 81-69 loss suffered at the hands
of the Tigers December 2, 2002 in
Columbia, SC.
In the first half play was sloppy
as ECSU committed 13 turnovers to
Benedict’s 17. Although the Tigers
connected on only 6 of 23 (26.1%)
shots from the field, they were down
33-26 at the break.
Switch to the second half, the
Tigers continued to be plagued by
turnovers, as the Vikings seemed to
find a rhythm. Sparked by three
consecutive 3-pointers by current
CIAA Player of the Week Courtney
Oglesby, and a dunk by junior
Antwan Gibbs, the Vikings found
themselves up by 16 with 10:37
remaining in the game. However in
the final 8:19, ECSU did much of
their scoring from the charity stripe
connecting on 16-22 free throws. In
that same time span, the Vikings
would experience a drought from the
floor, scoring only 2 field goals. A
Tiger surge would see the Vikings
lead cut to 7 with 3:36 left in regula
tion, but ECSU’s free throw shooting
would turn out to be their saving
grace in securing their 4th straight
win.
Oglesby led ECSU with 16
points, while Tyrone Smith and
Jonathan Harris added 14 points a
piece. Harris had a game high 9
rebounds and Tory Clark chipped in
with 10 points.
Samuel Gortman, Jr. led
Benedict (6-9 overall) with 14 points.
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY, NC- Elizabeth
City State University basketball fans
would have to hold their breath in the
waning seconds of regulation. Down by
1, the Livingstone College Blue Bears
would miss 3 opportunities in the final
seconds to fall short to the Vikings 57-
56 Tuesday night at the RL Vaughan
Center.
After leading 29-24 at the half the
Vikings began the second session on
an 11-4 run. But the Blue Bears refused
to go quietly and for the remainder of
the game continued to chisel at ECSU’s
lead. A jumper by LC’s Christopher
Johnson with 1:07 left brought the Blue
Bears to within a point and after the
Vikings failed to score on their ensuing
possession Livingstone called a time-out
with 26 seconds remaining.
After allowing the clock to run down,
LC’s Olufemi Abiodun would miss a point
blank lay up and attempted tip-in before
the Vikings’ Gregory Moustapha secured
the rebound. Moustapha was fouled with
7 tenths of a second remaining and would
go on to miss two free throws leaving the
door open for one last shot for the Blue
Bears. After another Livingstone time out,
and a well-executed court length pass to
Jerome LeGrange, his shot fell short as
time as time expired.
Livingstone (5-14, CIAA 0-10) was
paced by Abiodun with 17 points with
LeGrange adding 11.
Tyrone Smith and Tory Clark led
ECSU with 16 and 15 points, respectively
LADY BLUE BEARS DOWN LADY VIKINGS
LADY VIKINGS TROUNCE
LADY YELLOW JACKETS
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY, NC- Shaneka
Ellis scored 22 points to lead the
Elizabeth City State University Lady
Vikings in a 87-45 dismantling of the
Allen University Lady Yellow Jackets
Tuesday night at the RL Vaughan
Center.
The victory snaps a 6-game
losing steak for ECSU.
The Lady Yellow Jackets com
mitted 23 turnovers, which resulted in
24 points in favor of the Lady Vikings.
ECSU controlled the tempo from
the start, jumping out to an early 12-2
lead in the first half. Allen would pull
within 6 (20-14) but that was the
„ closest they would get, as the Lady
Vikings would distance themselves to
hold a 36-18 advantage at the inter
mission.
As Ellis scored 14 points in the
first half, it would be the combination
of Angelica Dempsey and Trevia
Pittman assuming the scoring load in
the second stanza. In the second
half, Dempsey scored 14 of her 16
points while Pittman added 13 of her
19. Ellis, Dempsey, and Pittman hit
four 3-pointers each to account for all
of ECSU’s treys for the evening.
Lucinda Stokes led the Lady
Yellow Jackets (1-16) with 17 points
with Sheritta Young chipping in with
11.
Kristal McClendon added a
game-high 8 assists for the Lady
Vikings.
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY, NC- Angela
Thomas scored a game high 23 points
to propel the Livingstone College Lady
Blue Bears past the Elizabeth City State
University Lady Vikings 54-49 Tuesday
night at the RL Vaughan Center.
ECSU got off to a slow start, going
0-10 from the field to begin the game.
More so than cold shooting, the story of
the first half was turnovers as both
teams combined to commit 32 in the
first half. Trevia Pittman would break the
Lady Vikings’ scoring drought with a 3-
pointerat the 12:49 mark.
However both squads would
continue to struggle for the field with LC
going 9-25 (36.%) to ECSU’s 3-27
(11.1%) and the Lady Blue Bears would
hold a 22-13 advantage at the break.
In the second half both teams
seemed to find their respective shooting
touches. With the lead 31-20 in favor of
the Lady Blue Bears, the Lady Vikings
went on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 1
with 11:34 remaining.
But that would be one of five times
that the Lady Vikings would climb within a
point only to have a Lady Blue Bear
respond at each turn. A lay-up by ECSU’s
Hope Riddick with 39 seconds in regula
tion was refuted, when a jumper by
Thomas with 7 seconds left provided
enough cushion to secure the win for
Livingstone.
Sheree Gillespe and Chloe Mclnnis
scored 10 points apiece for the Lady Blue
Bears (5-15, CIAA 2-9). In addition,
Mclnnis added a game-high 14 rebounds.
Trevia Pittman led ECSU with 14
points with Shaneka Ellis adding 13, while
Riddick contributed lO.Tonyetta Ruffin
pulled down 10 rebounds for the Lady
Vikings.
NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
VIKINGS FALL TO BEARS
April Emory
Sports Information Director
ELIZABETH CITY NC- Tyrone
Smith led all scorers with 21 but it was
to no avail as the Defending CIAA
Champion Shaw University Bears
outlasted the Elizabeth City State
University Vikings 62-51 Saturday
night at the RL Vaughan Center
The Bears would start out fast,
going on a 12-0 run to begin the game.
In the first half the Vikings could not
find a rhythm connecting on 8-25
(34.5%) from the field to the Bears’ 16-
26 (61.5%). On the strength of their hot
shooting, Shaw held a 39-21 edge at
the intermission.
In the second half, ECSU would
cut Shaw’s lead to 8 three different
times and on each occasion a timely
Bears’ basket push their lead back to
double digits. The Vikings would get no
closer than 10 down the stretch.
Both teams were conservative
from the floor with Shaw shooting 24-
44 to ECSU’s 20-51. The biggest
differential would be how the Bears
controlled the lane, outscoring the
Vikings 30-16.
The Bears (15-5, CIAA 7-3) were
paced by Kenyon Booker with 13
points. Alphonso Riley and Harrell
Butler scored 12 a piece, while Jamaal
Turner added 10.
Besides Smith, Jonathan Harris .
was the only other Viking in double
figures with 17 points.
Shannon Penn
sepenn @ mail.ecsu.edu
Waverly Tillar is the new head
man in charge for Elizabeth City
State University Football. Coach
Tillar is no stranger to ECSU. He
has served as the assistant coach
for the past three years. Tillar, who
was instrumental in the recruiting of
most of the players, feels that his
relationship with the players as an
assistant coach will make the transi
tion easier for the team.
“It’ll be an easy transition, and
the integrity of the program is main
tained,” says Tillar.
Strong discipline, solid work
ethic, and a winning attitude are all
values Coach Tillar feels he can
bring to the team.
This is Coach Tillar’s first Head
Coaching job.
“It’s exciting,” says Tillar. “I feel
can make a difference.”
Prior to his assistant coaching
position at ECSU, Tillar was the Line
backers and Defensive Backs Coach
at Virginia Union University for 13
seasons and Virginia State University
for 5 seasons.
In order to turn the struggling
football program around, Tillar feels
three things need to happen.
“First we need to increase the
amount of scholarships, second we
need a solid coaching staff, and thirdly
we need the support of the ECSU
family, alumni, friends, and commu
nity,” says Tillar.
By next season Tillar hopes to
produce a better offense, maintain a
solid defense, and improve on number
of wins. Tillar said his long-term goals
for the team are to “win over the
community and ECSU student body
and continue to maintain a strong
graduation rate.”
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AT HOME GAMES AND AWAY GAMES.
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