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Appalachian State men's basketball falls to Little Rock
Written by	Jason Savage
Appalachian State men's basketball dropped a 73-57 home decision to Little Rock on Saturday afternoon.
Justin Forrest paced the Mountaineers (10-10, 4-5 SBC) with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-14 (50.0 percent) shooting and a 3-of-4 (75.0 percent) mark from deep, to go along with eight steals. His eight steals were just one shy of tying the single game program record of nine, set by D.J. Thompson during the 2006-07 season.
O'Showen Williams added 11 points and a team-high six rebounds. Isaac Johnson and Adrian Delph chipped in with seven points apiece.
Little Rock (13-7, 7-2 SBC) scored the first six points of the game and built an 11-point lead at 15-4. App State stormed back and cut its deficit to a point at 19-18, but the Trojans countered with the next four points. Little Rock took a 37-29 lead into the break.
In the second half, the Trojans used an 9-0 run to take a 49-33 lead with 15:42 to go. The Mountaineers cut the Little Rock lead to 57-43 on a pair of free throws by Forrest and a layup by Williams. From there, the Trojans scored seven straight points to build their lead up to 21. App State made a late charge to cut the deficit to 14, but could get no closer.
The Black and Gold forced Little Rock into 18 turnovers and tied its season-high with 13 steals. The Mountaineers also held a 12-8 edge on the offensive glass.
Jovan Stulic and Nikola Maric had 18 points and 17 points, respectively, off the bench for the Trojans.
App State will embark on a three-game road trip, beginning on Jan. 25 at Coastal Carolina at 2 p.m.
Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball Upsets Catawba
In the NCAA Division II National Showcase Game broadcast by ESPN3, the Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball Team went to Catawba and came away with a big 91-85 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Bears are heating up at the right time, winning five of six since the calendar flipped to 2020.
After a slow start that saw Catawba jump out to a 12-5 advantage, the Bears came back to take a 19-18 lead with 10:05 left in the first half. LR was able to get Catawba into foul trouble and marched to the free throw line 21 times in the first 20 minutes.
The Bears finished the opening half 17-for-21 from the charity stripe with R.J. Gunn and Darius Simmons combining to go 14-for-14. At the break, the Bears trailed by one at 45-44.
LR set the tone for the second half with an 8-0 run to take a 52-45 advantage that they would never give back. Consecutive three's from Mason Hawks and Simmons followed a Cooper Fowler layup which forced a Catawba timeout.
A 3-point field goal by Gunn with 9:04 to play put LR up 11 but Devin Cooper scored 11 of Catawba's next 13 points to cut the lead to 77-75.
Cooper would score 24 of his 37 points in the second half but couldn't get Catawba closer than two points. LR would go 5-for-6 from the free throw line in the last minute to seal the victory.
Simmons tied a Lenoir-Rhyne record by going a perfect 13-for-13 from the line and finished with a team-high 27 points. Simmons went 6-for-8 from the field and 2-for-4 from long range to go with three rebounds and two assists.
Hawks had 23 on the day and was 8-of-11 from the floor while Gunn went for 21 points and eight boards.
Catawba was whistled for 16 fouls in the first half.
This was the 208th all-time meeting between LR and Catawba and was a rematch of last season's SAC Tournament Championship game. The Bears hold the all-time series 114-94.
This is the sixth game this season that LR has allowed an opposing player to score at least 24 points. Coincidentally, the Bears are 4-2 in those games.
LR shot 57.1 percent from the field which is a season-high.
LR has gone consecutive seasons with a win over a ranked opponent. Last year, the Bears beat Queens twice with the Royals being ranked inside the top 10 both times.
The Bears wrap up their three-game road trip with a matchup at Mars Hill on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Appalachian State Women's Basketball Lose Against Coastal Carolina
App State women's basketball fell to Coastal Carolina, 80-53, on Saturday afternoon inside the Holmes Center.
App falls to 4-13 and 1-5 in Sun Belt play, while Coastal improves to 15-2 and 5-1 in league action.
Ashley Polacek led the team with 13 points with six field goals. Pre Stanley scored 10 to round out the leaders in double figures. Brooke Bigott scored five points, dished out four assists and tied the team lead with five off the glass. Lainey Gosnell also pulled down five rebounds with seven points, and Jackie Christ scored a personal-high seven points off the bench.
Coastal took a commanding lead early in the contest after App hit the game's first basket off a Gosnell layup.
The Black and Gold sliced a 15-8 deficit to three after Gosnell and Stanley scored on back-to-back buckets late in the first quarter. CCU went into the second frame with a 17-12 advantage. From then on, the Chanticleers pulled away as they outscored App by 12 in the second period.
Appalachian had open shots throughout the contest but was able to find the bottom of the net. CCU took advantage of 15 offensive rebounds in 19 second-chance points, hit 12 3-pointers and 20 free throws.
D.J. Williams led three players in double figures with 31 points and 10 rebounds. Her and Aja Blount (15 points) shot a combined 14-25 from the field (Rest of the Team: 10-33).
The Mountaineers will look to regroup with the week off and a bye on Thursday. App travels to Little Rock for a 3 p.m. (ET) tilt.
L-R Women's Basketball Fall to Catawba
Lenoir-Rhyne's Women Basketball hung tough but fell to #13 Catawba 67-57 in the NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Showcase Game of the Week.
Catawba came into the game third in the nation with forcing 26.86 turnovers per game. The Indians forced the Bears today into 23 turnovers which lead to 25 points off turnovers. On the other hand, The Bears only forced nine turnovers on the day.
Both teams shot below their average from the floor. The Bears shot 36.4% while the Indians shot 34.2%. The difference was Catawba got 17 more shots up thanks to a 16 offensive rebounds which lead to 10-5 second change point advantage.
The Bears held Catawba to their second worst shooting day of the year. The Indians shot 31% last Saturday in a 60-56 win over Lincoln Memorial.
Madeline Hardy just missed her 8th double-double of the year. Hardy finished with 9 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
Kennedy Weigt continue to stay hot coming off a 20-point performance on Wednesday. Weigt finish today with 14 points and went 4-8 from three- point range. It is Weigt's fourth game with at least four three pointers already this year.
Both teams went deep into their bench today. Bears played eleven different players with nine different players scoring while Catawba played fourteen different players with ten scoring. The Indians held a 26-25 advantage in bench points.
Catawba came in as the #13 team in the D2SIDA rankings, Catawba only loss this year was in OT 69-68 against Carson-Newman.
Since 2012, These two teams have spilt the last sixteen games. Before tonight, the home team has lost the last four games in this series.
Catawba and Lenoir-Rhyne both have a deep rotation. Each team has 9 players that average at least 10 minutes per game and neither team has a player averaging over 30 minutes a game this season.
Hardy also tied a career high with four blocks on the night. Hardy had four blocks against Queens earlier this season.
Hardy's previous career high in rebounds came earlier this year with 15 rebounds against UNC-Pembroke on November 16.
It was only the third time all year that Catawba failed to reach 70 points. The Indians are 12-0 when reaching 70 points on the year. On the flip side, The Bears are 5-1 when scoring 70 points.
The Bears are 6-10 overall and 4-6 in the South Atlantic Conference. L-R will make the short trip to Mars Hill on Wednesday evening for a 5:30 tip off.
L-R Women's Swimming Defeats Catawba
Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Swimming beats Catawba but falls to #5 Wingate Saturday in the second annual tri-meet between these teams. The Bears won five events led by Lisa Boernigen winning the 100 and 200 Fly.
Team Scores:
#40 Lenoir Rhyne 131, Catawba 127
#40 Lenoir Rhyne 95, #5 Wingate 167
Bears Winners:
Lisa Boernigen- 100 Fly (:58.85), 200 Fly (2:10.53)
Lauren Rutherford- 50 Free (:25.74)
Kimberly Scheiber- 100 Breast (1:07.28)
Kiana Schumacher- 100 Back (1:01.33)
The Bears will see Wingate and Catawba again next month at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship in Charlotte, N.C. The four day event will kick off on Thursday February 13.
Bears will finish their home schedule with a meet against Lees-McRae next Saturday at 2 PM.
High School Girls Basketball Results from Friday, 1/17/20
Northwestern 3A/4A Conference:
Hickory: 61
Alexander Central: 58
Freedom: 62
Watauga: 49
South Caldwell: 45
St. Stephens: 42
Northwestern Foothills 2A Conference:
Draughn: 71
West Iredell: 62
East Burke: 65
West Caldwell: 27
Patton: 68
Fred T. Foard: 25
South Fork Athletic 2A Conference:
Bandys: 62
Lake Norman Charter: 43
Newton-Conover: 71
Maiden: 29
High School Boys Basketball Results from Friday, 1/17/20
Hibriten: 72
Bunker Hill: 42
App Football Adds Braswell as Defensive Assistant Coach
App State head football coach Shawn Clark has added another key piece to his first coaching staff, hiring Cortney Braswell as an assistant coach on the defensive side of the ball.
Braswell, a former high school head coach in Georgia and Tennessee, comes to Boone after serving as a defensive quality control coach at Louisville for the 2019 season.
"We're excited to welcome Cortney and his son Cayden to the App Family," Clark said. "Cortney worked his way up the high school ranks and is more than prepared to be a college coach. He has great energy and will bring his relentless work ethic to the football field and our recruiting efforts."
During his one season at Louisville working for former App State head coach Scott Satterfield, Braswell helped the Cardinals to one of the biggest turnarounds in college football with an 8-5 record and a win over Mississippi State in the Music City Bowl.
"This is a tremendous opportunity for me to be at the best place in the country to coach," Braswell said. "Things like this just don't happen for kids from rural northwest Georgia. I have so much respect for the championship culture at App State and fond memories of bringing my high school teams here for training camp and talking football with guys like Dale Jones, Nate Woody and Bryan Brown."
As the head coach at Ridgeland High School in his hometown of Rossville, Ga., in 2018, Braswell led the Panthers to an 8-4 overall record, a Region 6-AAAA runner-up finish and a 34-14 state playoff victory over Flowery Branch before a second-round loss at Cartersville, the eventual state runner-up. Ridgeland also scored a big regular season road win at Sandy Creek.
Braswell was the head coach at Chattanooga Central High School in 2016 and 2017 and led the Purple Pounders to the TSSAA state playoffs twice. He also served on the Tennessee Football Coaches Association Board of Directors, helping to represent the interests of football coaches statewide and serving as a contributing voice with the TSSAA legislation.
A two-time all-state running back at Baylor School in Chattanooga and a Mr. Football finalist for the Red Raiders as a senior in 2004, Braswell graduated from his high school as its single-game and career rushing and scoring leader and later played college football at Liberty University.
He began his coaching career in 2009 as he coached defensive backs at Ringgold. He went on to be defensive coordinator at Soddy-Daisy, East Ridge, North Murray, Chattanooga Central and Bradley Central and was the 2014 District Assistant Coach of the Year during his first stint with the Purple Pounders.
As the offensive coordinator at Chattanooga Notre Dame in 2012, Braswell's offense was one of the best in the state, where the Irish averaged more than 34 points a game.
Appalachian State Wrestling Dominates Lock Haven
As the lead continued to increase, so did the noise inside Varsity Gym. Takedowns on the mat repeatedly brought fans to their feet.
App State posted its most impressive showing of the season and extended its winning streak to five matches with a 29-10 dual victory Thursday against Lock Haven, which is unofficially No. 31 in the NWCA Coaches Poll as the sixth-place team in the others receiving votes category.
A year after suffering a lopsided loss to the Bald Eagles, the Mountaineers (5-2) rolled to a decisive win thanks to victories by Codi Russell (133 pounds), Jonathan Millner (149), Matt Zovistoski (157), Will Formato (165), Thomas Flitz (174), Julian Gorring (184) and Cary Miller (285).
In addition to Millner's pin and Zovistoski's tech fall, dramatic two-point wins for Russell and Flitz sent the App State fans into a frenzy.
"I was really pumped," App State head coach JohnMark Bentley said. "I thought our guys wrestled really well. We looked motivated and hungry, which is something I wanted to see. We had an opportunity to wrestle a team that beat us pretty convincingly last year at their place, and getting a chance to wrestle them on our home mat was really good. Just a lot of great efforts tonight."
Russell trailed 3-2 after two periods and used a tiebreaking takedown with 53 seconds left to earn a 5-3 decision against DJ Fehlman, who had beaten Russell last year in the dual at Lock Haven and in the NCAA Championships.
With Lock Haven (5-3) ahead 7-3 after three matches, Millner took a 2-0 lead into the second period against Brock Port before using an escape and takedown to set up a pin midway through the period, and Zovistoski turned a 5-0 lead entering the third period against Collin Glorioso into a 21-6 tech fall thanks to a whopping seven takedowns in the final 90 seconds. In rapid succession, Zovistoski repeatedly took down his exhausted opponent, cut him loose and succeeded in going for two more points.
Leading 14-7 going into the halfway-point intermission, App State fed off the bonus-point surge and crowd excitement to win the next three matches, starting with Will Formato's 4-0 decision against Austin Bell. Formato rode out the second period in a scoreless match and took control with a reversal early in the third.
Flitz then used a takedown with 12 seconds left in the Tiebreaker-2 period to win a 4-2 decision against Jared Siegrist, who had defeated Flitz in the 2019 dual at Lock Haven. Tied 2-2 after three periods, they went through a scoreless Sudden Victory period to enter a pair of 30-second tiebreakers that gave each wrestler a chance to escape from the down position. Flitz executed an escape in the first one, and Siegrist did the same in the next one, but Flitz responded with a takedown 10 seconds later and road out his opponent.
The Mountaineers increased their lead to 23-7 when true freshman Julian Gorring claimed a 6-1 decision against Ray Bernot while competing against a team from his home state of Pennsylvania. With App State ahead 23-10 going into the final match, Lock Haven opted to not send its heavyweight out to face Miller, who added six points with a win by forfeit.
The Bald Eagles picked up wins at 125 from 25th-ranked Luke Werner, at 141 from Kyle Shoop, a 2019 All-American, and at 197 from Parker McClellan. Even in defeat against ranked opponents, App State limited the damage as Lock Haven finished one point shy of a major decision at 125 and one point shy of a tech fall at 141.
With Lock Haven strong at the lower weights, App State held a 9-7 lead after Millner's pin in the fourth match instead of being tied, in part, because of the way the two losses ended. That set the stage for Zovistoski's big win.
The Mountaineers return to action next Thursday, Jan. 23, against Duke.
App State 29, Lock Haven 10
125: #25 Luke Werner (LH) def. Sean Carter (APP), 7-0 dec.
133: Codi Russell (APP) def. DJ Fehlman (LH), 5-3 dec.
141: #20 Kyle Shoop (LH) def. Bradley Irwin (APP), 14-0 maj. dec.
149: #20 Jonathan Millner (APP) def. Brock Port (LH), fall, 4:10
157: #19 Matt Zovistoski (APP) def. Collin Glorioso (LH), 21-6 tech. fall
165: Will Formato (APP) def. Austin Bell (LH), 4-0 dec.
174: Thomas Flitz (APP) def. Jared Siegrist (LH), 4-2 dec. (TB-2)
184: Julian Gorring (APP) def. Ray Bernot (LH), 6-1 dec.
197: Parker McClellan (LH) def. Paul Carson (APP), 4-0 dec.
285: #25 Cary Miller (APP) def. Trey Hartsock (LH), forfeit
App State Women's Basketball Lose at Arkansas State
App State women's basketball suffered a 76-58 decision to Arkansas State on Thursday evening inside First National Bank Arena.
Appalachian falls to 4-12 (1-4 SBC) while Arkansas State moves to 7-9 and 4-1 in conference play.
Nicola Mathews (Adelaide, Australia/College of Central Florida) led the way on offense with a season and personal-high 18 points, hitting a career-best six treys, which was one shy of tying the school record for the most trifectas in a game. She also tied a season-best with three assists. The senior led a bench attack that outscored A-State's reserves, 29-19. Brooke Bigott (Katy, Texas/Seven Lakes) tied a personal-high with her second straight game of six assists on top of six points.
Hurting the Apps was an Arkansas State squad shooting 53.7 percent from the field and 57.9 percent from beyond the arc with 11 3-pointers. A-State came into the game shooting 27.9 percent from deep and averaging just over five 3-pointers per game.
Appalachian was able to slice a 25-point lead to as little as 13, 71-58, with 4:27 left in the game thanks to a 24-12 run in which the visitors. However, A-State kept the Black and Gold scoreless the rest of the game when it looked like the Apps had gained momentum.
The 10 treys by App were the second most in a game this season and the highest converted in league play. Sixteen of App's 22 field goals (72.7 percent) were assisted on.
Four Red Wolves scored in double figures with Peyton Martin scoring a game-high 20 points.
Appalachian will look to even the weekend when it faces a hot Coastal Carolina team at 2 p.m. in the first game of a doubleheader with the men.
App State Men's Basketball Wins in Overtime
O'Showen Williams recorded the first double-double of his career and Adrian Delph scored six of his 15 points in the extra session as App State men's basketball posted an 83-80 victory over Arkansas State on Thursday evening.
App State (10-9, 4-4 SBC) found themselves down 72-69 with 1:32 remaining after a pair of free throws from Arkansas State's (12-7, 4-4 SBC) Melo Eggleston. The Mountaineers turned the ball over on their next possession, but got a defensive stop. With 12 seconds left in regulation, Justin Forrest drained a three-pointer to tie the score at 72-72. The Red Wolves shot at the buzzer was no good to send the game to overtime.
In the extra period, App State opened up a 76-73 advantage off a dunk from Hunter Seacat. Arkansas State countered with the next four points, but App State got a free throw from Williams and a pair of freebies from Delph to take a 79-77 lead with 1:05 remaining. Arkansas State tied the score on its next possession, but Delph countered with a basket with 35 seconds left to put the Black and Gold back in front 81-79.
The Red Wolves Caleb Fields was fouled with five seconds left. He made his first free throw but missed the second, with Williams grabbing the rebound. Williams was fouled and drained both of his free throws with 2.6 seconds left to make the score 83-80 in favor of App State. A three at the buzzer by Arkansas State was no good, giving the Mountaineers the victory.
In the first half, App State broke a 12-12 tie with eight straight points. The Mountaineers pushed their lead to as large as 11 points at 34-23, but Arkansas State closed the half on a 15-4 run to trim the App State lead to 39-38 at the break.
In the second half, the Mountaineers pushed their lead to 45-41, only to see the Red Wolves jump in front 50-49 with just over 14 minutes to play. The Black and Gold scored five of the next six points to open a 57-52 lead. Arkansas State came back to tie the score at 60-60 and opened a three-point lead at 65-62. The Red Wolves held the lead for the remainder of regulation, until Forrest's three tied the game and forced overtime.
Williams tallied 14 points, a career-high 10 rebounds and a game-high tying three assists. He is now the sixth different Mountaineer to record a double-double this season.
Delph finished with 15 points, including a perfect 6-of-6 mark from the free throw line, to go along with five rebounds and a pair of blocks. Forrest recorded a game-high 20 points and a game-high tying three assists.
James Lewis Jr. had 12 points on 3-of-3 shooting and a perfect 6-of-6 mark from the free throw line, while adding five rebounds off the bench. Seacat chipped in with 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting and seven rebounds.
In all, App State shot 29-of-36 (80.6 percent) from the free throw line. In addition, the Mountaineers had only five turnovers, which is a season low.
App State returns to action on Saturday against Little Rock. Tip is set for 4:30 p.m. and is part of a doubleheader with the women's team.
App State Football Tops Two Statistical Categories
During a title-winning season in which App State (13-1) posted the third-best record at the highest level of college football, the Mountaineers finished No. 1 as a statistical champion or co-champion in two NCAA categories.
App State ended the 2019 season in sole possession of first place with a fourth-down conversion percentage of 81.3, and it tied Illinois for the FBS lead with six defensive touchdowns.
Those two categories played an important role in the Mountaineers' record-breaking season. Of the six defensive TDs, consider that:
— Demetrius Taylor's sack, forced fumble and fumble return for a touchdown occurred in a 34-31 win at North Carolina.
— Nicholas Ross' interception return for a touchdown helped lead App State to a 20-15 win at South Carolina.
— Josh Thomas' interception return for a score gave App State a 42-17 lead in its 45-38 win against Louisiana in the Sun Belt Championship Game.
— Trey Cobb's fumble return for a touchdown following a Nick Hampton sack broke a third-quarter tie in a 31-17 win against UAB in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
— Shaun Jolly's interception return for a touchdown broke a tie as App State turned a 21-7 deficit into a 56-21 lead at Georgia State.
— Jolly also returned an interception for a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a 19-point win against Coastal Carolina.
The fourth-down conversions also occurred at timely moments as App State went 13 of 16 to top the second-place percentage of 79.3 from Coastal Carolina. Some of the biggest conversions:
— The Mountaineers scored two fourth-down touchdowns in the third quarter of their bowl win, as Darrynton Evans ran 31 yards to the end zone after recovering a fumbled fourth-and-1 sneak and Thomas Hennigan outfought a defender for the ball in the end zone on Zac Thomas' throw on fourth-and-3 from the UAB 27.
— During a 19-play, 97-yard touchdown drive that lasted 10:11 and capped a 17-7 win at Louisiana, Thomas completed a fourth-and-4 pass to Hennigan for a 4-yard gain to the UL 30. Defensive pass interference on a fourth-and-5 throw several plays later didn't officially count as a conversion, but it helped set up Thomas' 7-yard TD run with 1:55 remaining.
— App State converted two fourth downs on the drive that gave the Mountaineers a 21-0 lead in the Sun Belt Championship Game.
— Thomas' 22-yard pass to Collin Reed on a fourth-and-1 snap from the South Carolina 46 prolonged App State's first scoring drive in Columbia.
Beyond defensive touchdowns and fourth-down conversions, App State excelled in many team and individual statistical categories:
— In all six of its FBS seasons, the Mountaineers have ranked in the top 25 nationally in both rushing yards per game (No. 16 at 231.4 in 2019) and fewest sacks allowed (tied for No. 17 with 18 in 2019).
— App State had a 1,000-yard rusher for the eighth straight year. Only Boise State's streak of 11 is longer, and Ohio State also has eight straight seasons to be tied for No. 2 with App State.
— Since 2015, App State's 87 interceptions rank No. 2 nationally behind just the 91 from San Diego State.
— App State set a program record with seven national television appearances in 2019.
— App State led the Sun Belt in attendance for the third time in the last four years.
ADDITIONAL TEAM STATS FROM 2019
— App State tied Ohio State for the third-best winning percentage among FBS teams, behind just LSU (15-0) and Clemson (14-1).
— App State tied for No. 2 nationally with five blocked kicks, behind just the six from Houston.
— App State finished No. 3 in the fewest turnovers committed with nine, behind just the six from Oregon State and eight from San Diego State.
— App State tied for No. 3 in fewest fumbles lost with three, behind just the two from Oregon State and San Diego State.
— Thanks in part to the lack of turnovers committed, App State ranked No. 7 in per-game turnover margin at plus-1.07. The Mountaineers forced 24 turnovers to finish at plus-15, with Florida Atlantic leading the nation at plus-21.
— At 38.8 points per game, App State ranked No. 9 nationally. It set a Sun Belt record with 73 touchdowns.
— App State ranked No. 10 nationally in third-down defense at 30.7 percent conversions allowed.
— App State had a top-30 defense nationally in touchdowns scored, third-down conversion percentage, turnovers forced (No. 15), interceptions (No. 17, 14), sacks (No. 20, 36), pass efficiency defense (No. 20, 117.38), scoring defense (No. 21, 20.0), tackles for loss yardage (No. 22, 380), yards allowed per play (No. 24, 5.01), total defense (No. 26, 336.1 yards allowed per game), rushing TDs allowed (No. 26, 14), fumble recoveries (No. 27, 10), rushing defense (No. 29, 129.4) and TDs allowed (No. 29, 35).
— App State led the Sun Belt in scoring offense, total defense, rushing defense, defensive sacks, turnover margin, turnovers forced, fewest turnovers committed, fewest lost fumbles, third-down defense, fourth-down conversion percentage, defensive TDs, defensive interceptions, blocked kicks, fumble recoveries, kickoff return average and red zone offense.
INDIVIDUAL STATS FROM 2019
— Darrynton Evans scored 24 total touchdowns to rank No. 3 nationally behind just Wisconsin's Jonathan Taylor (26) and SMU's Xavier Jones (25).
— With 1,480 rushing yards, Evans ranked No. 9 nationally and was the Sun Belt rushing champion for the second straight year. He finished 27 yards ahead of Georgia State's Tra Barnett.
— Evans ranked No. 10 in the nation and No. 1 in the Sun Belt with 2,064 all-purpose yards.
— Shaun Jolly was tied for No. 7 nationally (and tied for No. 1 in the Sun Belt) with five interceptions.
— With two blocked kicks, Demetrius Taylor was part of a tie for second place nationally behind the three from FBS leader Ale Kaho of Alabama.
— Demetrius Taylor led the Sun Belt and ranked No. 12 nationally with 92 yards lost on TFLs.
CVCC Names 58 to President's or Athletic Director's List
A total of 58 Catawba Valley Community College student athletes have made either the President's or Athletic Director's List for the fall 2019 semester.
Of those 58 who were honored, 13 CVCC student athletes were on the President's List, which is for student athletes with a grade point average of 3.75 or higher.
Eight of those 13 student athletes had a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall, including baseball players Vinny Consolo, Chance Daquila, James Hinson and Jacob Thompson, women's basketball players Jailen Cummings and Ariana Montgomery and volleyball players Abigail Gordon and Sage Harrington.
Softball players Kelsea Dejarnette and Hayley Morrow, women's basketball players Jordan Jenkins and MaKayla Weaver and volleyball player Macy Pope also made the President's List.
A total of 45 Catawba Valley student athletes made the Athletic Director's List (a 3.2 to 3.74 GPA).
Each sport at CVCC had at least two members on the Athletic Director's list — led by the Red Hawks baseball program with 18 selections, including Ian Asken, Chandler Blackwelder, Austin Blevins, Garrison Bridges, Cole Chapman, Preston Conner, Alex Crosby, Brett Eurey, Kevin Finzer, Storm Mace, Jacob Marcos, Jordan Montgomery, Andrew Patrick, Jamie Sheek, Carson Vance, Sam Walker, Will Samuelson and Derrius York.
The Catawba Valley volleyball program had the second-most Athletic Director list's members (10), including Amber Barker, Emma Clark, Anna Clarke, Hanne Cooke, Caitlin Dailey, Rachel Delcamp, Aasia McNeill, Meredith Patterson, Olivia Ramsey and Lilly Weaver.
The CVCC softball and men's basketball programs both had five student athletes on the Athletic Director's list.
Representing the Red Hawk softball program, which is in its first year of existence, were Katie Camp, Erin Cole, Kinsley Gilmore, Chesney Millsaps and Ashlyn Parsons.
Members of the Catawba Valley men's basketball program who made the Athletic Director's list include Tony Hauser, Jonathan McFall, Devonte Moore, Jaylen Prioleau and Nash Whitener.
CVCC's inaugural bass fishing team had four student athletes on the Athletic Director's list — Lane Bailey, Jeremy Dellinger, Nathan Dellinger and Adam Seagle.
Catawba Valley Community College's women's basketball program had three Athletic Director's list members in Ivy Eller, Alliyah Chaplin and Tearra Pace. The CVCC women's basketball team also had the highest team GPA of the fall term of any athletic program.
For a complete look at the President's and Athletic Director's list honorees for the fall, see below:
President's List (3.75 or higher GPA)
Vinny Consolo, baseball (4.0)
Jailen Cummings, women's basketball (4.0)
Chance Daquila, baseball (4.0)
Abigail Gordon, volleyball (4.0)
Sage Harrington, volleyball (4.0)
James Hinson, baseball (4.0)
Ariana Montgomery, women's basketball (4.0)
Jacob Thompson, baseball (4.0)
Kelsea Dejarnette, softball
Jordan Jenkins, women's basketball
Hayley Morrow, softball
Macy Pope, volleyball
MaKayla Weaver, women's basketball
Athletic Director's List (3.2-3.74 GPA)
Ian Asken, baseball
Lane Bailey, bass fishing
Amber Barker, volleyball
Chandler Blackwelder, baseball
Austin Blevins, baseball
Garrison Bridges, baseball
Katie Camp, softball
Alliyah Chaplin, women's basketball
Cole Chapman, baseball
Emma Clark, volleyball
Anna Clarke, volleyball
Erin Cole, softball
Preston Conner, baseball
Hanne Cooke, volleyball
Alex Crosby, baseball
Caitlin Dailey, volleyball
Rachel Delcamp, volleyball
Jeremy Dellinger, bass fishing
Nathan Dellinger, bass fishing
Ivy Eller, women's basketball
Brett Eurey, baseball
Kevin Finzer, baseball
Kinsley Gilmore, softball
Tony Hauser, men's basketball
Storm Mace, baseball
Jacob Marcos, baseball
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Nash Whitener, men's basketball
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CVCC Women's Basketball Demolishes Fayetteville Tech
The Catawba Valley Community College women's basketball team blew out Fayetteville Tech Community College, 111-22 on the road Wednesday night. The Red Hawks scored a season-high in points with everyone scoring at least four points.
Four different Red Hawks had career-high performances. Jordan Jenkins led the Red Hawks with a career high 20 points. Diamond Steward, Tearra Pace and Jailen Cummings all had career-high performances.
Alliyah Chapman would score 19 points and Aniya taylor added 16. Tazah Hardin tacked on 12 points and MaKayla Weaver chipped in 11 points as five players scored in double figures.
The win improves to 11th ranked Red Hawks to 12-1 overall, 5-0 in conference play. Their next game is Saturday when they host Cape Fear Community College.
CVCC Announces 2020 Bass Fishing Team Schedule
The Catawba Valley Community College bass fishing team has released its 2020 schedule and roster.
This spring's bass fishing team consists of eight members — seven of whom return to the squad from this past fall's first-ever team, including Lane Bailey, Spencer Black, Jeremy Dellinger, Nathan Dellinger, Caleb Lonca, Adam Seagle and Nathan Smith.
The lone new edition to the Red Hawks is freshman angler Megan O'Neill — a Monroe, N.C. native and Central Academy of Technology and Arts alumnus.
These Red Hawk anglers open the season on Friday, Feb. 7 in an FLW tournament on Lake Seminole on the Georgia/Florida border.
"We are all excited about this schedule," said CVCC bass fishing head coach Angela Mayo. "The team will have the opportunity to travel to a lot of diverse fisheries, including Lake Guntersville, which is one of those 'bucket list' lakes. I'm really looking forward to seeing the team in action."
CVCC will participate in three FLW tournaments, three B.A.S.S. tournaments and one BoatUS Championship event during the year.
The one-day FLW tournaments take place on Lake Seminole (Feb. 7), on Lake Guntersville in Alabama (April 24) and on Lake Hartwell on the South Carolina/Georgia border (Oct. 16).
The Red Hawks' B.A.S.S. tournament schedule includes a trio of three-day events on Smith Lake in Cullman, Ala. (Feb. 27-29), on Lake Hartwell (March 26-28) and on Cumberland Lake in Kentucky (May 6-8).
The lone BoatUS Championship tournament that the Red Hawks will participate in takes place May 21-23 on Pickwick Lake in Tennessee.
Along with these tournaments, the Red Hawks will also participate in several intrasquad tournaments, which will determine seeding for the larger tournaments.
Weigt's 20 Points Power L-R Women's Basketball Over UVa-Wise
Kennedy Weigt scored 20 points to help lift Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Basketball to a 68-64 win over UVA-Wise on Wednesday evening. The Bears have won back-to-back games for the first time this season and now have won four out of their last five SAC games.
UVA-Wise's Caitlyn Ross and Cynita Webb each had a chance to tie the game with 15 seconds. Both had close range shots that just did not fall before Madeline Hardy got the biggest of her 11 rebounds on the night. After a foul, Hardy iced the game with two free throws with five seconds left to give the Bears the 68-64 win.
Kiara Moore and Hardy both had double-doubles on the night. Hardy had 14 points and 11 rebounds for her 7th double-double on the year. Moore had 10 points and 12 rebounds for her first career double-double. Her 12 rebounds is a new career high for the sophomore from Morristown, Tenn.
UVA-Wise senoir standout Cynita Webb had her 12th double-double of the year for the Cavaliers. Webb played 35 minutes and had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
UVA-Wise entered the game short-handed only dressing seven players and only six played. All five starters played at least 33 minutes with Leah Kestner coming off the bench to play 16 minutes.
Weigt led all scorers with 20 points. Weigt shot 6-11 from the floor and hit all six of her free-throws. Weigt added three assists, three steals and two rebounds on the night in 36 minutes. Weigt's 36 minutes is the most she has played this season since her record-breaking game against S.C. Aiken on November 9, 2019. In that game, Weigt broke the school record with eight three-pointers.
UVA-Wise shot 44% for the game, while the Bears shot 37%. The difference in the game was the Bears got to the free-throw line 23 times compared to just eight for the Cavaliers.
With UVA-Wise joining the SAC conference this year, Wednesday's matchup is the first-ever meeting between these two schools.
Both of these teams have struggled away from their home court. With the win, Lenoir-Rhyne is now 2-7 on the road record while UVA-Wise is 2-6 away from Wise this year. In addition, the Bears have leapfrogged UVA- Wise in the SAC standings and moved into 8th place.
LR and UVA-Wise are two of the youngest teams in the SAC this year. Each team only has one senior on their roster.
Hanna McClung returned from a three-game absence from injury. McClung played 17 minutes and added seven points on the evening.
The Bears improve to 6-9 overall, 4-5 in the South Atlantic Conference. L-R will travel to Catawba for the ESPN 3 D2 Showcase game on Saturday at 2:05 PM.
Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball Gives Sullivan 50th Bears Win
The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Basketball Team defeated UVA-Wise by a final score of 81-64 on Wednesday evening. With the win, head coach Everick Sullivan garnered his 50th career victory at Lenoir-Rhyne.
The Bears clamped down on the defensive end in the first half, holding the Cavaliers to 25 percent shooting and just six made field goals. LR held UVA-Wise to three points over a 6:38 stretch that saw the Bears outscore Wise 19-3 in that stretch to take a 26-12 advantage.
R.J. Gunn scored 14 points in the first half and Darius Simmons added 12. The Bears held a 25-11 advantage on the boards in the first 20 minutes and went into the break with a 35-22 lead.
The Bears continued their scorching shooting from long range. LR knocked down 11 three-pointers on the night and have converted 56 in the past four games.
Gunn finished with a team-high 21 points as the Bears shot 57 percent in the second half and finished the game with a 53.4 percent field goal percentage.
Davion Bradford had his first-career double-digit rebounding game as the junior finished with 10 boards to go with seven points.
Simmons recorded a career-high seven assists and had just one turnover.
Cameron Whiteside had 37 of the Cavaliers 64 points. Whiteside played all 40 minutes and went 14-for-23 from the field and had nine boards and five made 3-pointers.
LR led by as many as 27 points with 5:45 to play and held the Cavs to 42.6 percent shooting and held a 41-23 advantage on the glass.
Despite entering the game with a 5-9 record, the Cavaliers were outscoring opponents 1133-1113. Four of UVA's nine losses on the year came by six points or less.
This was the first all-time meeting between the Bears and Cavs who are entering their first season in the South Atlantic Conference.
Sullivan becomes the ninth coach in program history to hit the 50-win mark.
The Bears lead the conference in made 3-pointers per game, connecting on more than 11 triples per night.
This is the third win of 17 or more points for LR on the season.
The Bears improve to 8-6 overall, 4-5 in the South Atlantic Conference. The Bears continue their three-game road trip with a matchup at Catawba on Saturday at 4:05 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3 as part of the NCAA Division II National Game of the Week.
App's Haddock Jr. Named Sun Belt Field Athlete of the Week
App State men's track & field athlete Eric Haddock Jr. has been named Sun Belt Field Athlete of the Week, the league announced Wednesday.
At the ETSU Track & Field Invitational over the weekend, Haddock Jr. earned field MVP honors after winning the long jump with a PR leap of 24-9.75 (7.56m). His mark currently sits first in the Sun Belt by over six inches and 11th in the nation. In addition, the jump also ranks fifth all-time in program history.
Haddock Jr. also owns the third best mark in the conference in the triple jump, covering 48-0.50 (14.64m) at the Appalachian Open on Dec. 6.
Haddock Jr. and the Mountaineers will compete again on Sunday at the JDL January College Kick-Off in Winston-Salem. App State then heads to VMI on Jan. 25 for the VMI Team Challenge.
Jones Returns to Appalachian State Football as Defensive Coordinator
Longtime App State assistant coach Dale Jones is returning to the program as defensive coordinator, head football coach Shawn Clark announced Wednesday.
Jones coached at App State for 23 seasons from 1996-2018 before following head coach Scott Satterfield to Louisville, where the Cardinals completed an 8-5 season with a victory against Mississippi State in the Music City Bowl.
"We're excited to welcome Dale, Heather, Brooke and Cooper back to where Dale's heart is here in the mountains of North Carolina," Clark said. "He loves App State Football and knows what it takes to win championships here. Under his leadership, we will continue to develop a championship-level defense that has been one of the hallmarks of this program."
Jones, who coached Louisville's inside linebackers in 2019, worked with the same position group in his last five seasons with the Mountaineers. He coached the inside linebackers and served as co-defensive coordinator in 2018, when an App State team that went 11-2 ranked among the FBS leaders in scoring defense (No. 4, 15.5 points) and total defense (No. 6, 288.0 yards).
During the coaching transition, Jones served as the Mountaineers' defensive coordinator for a 45-13 win in the 2018 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl against Middle Tennessee, which committed two turnovers, was sacked six times and was held to 62 rushing yards on 45 carries.
"I'm thrilled to be back at App State where I've spent 23 of the last 24 years," Jones said. "I love the culture of App State and love this community. I can't wait to help build a great staff, hit the recruiting trail and continue to bring my aggressive style of play to the field."
Arriving in Boone in 1996, Jones was App State's defensive line coach and special teams coordinator for his first nine seasons with the program. In 2005, he began an eight-year stint as the Mountaineers' linebackers coach and was also the program's defensive coordinator for three seasons from 2010-12. He once again directed App State's defensive line in 2013 before taking over the inside linebackers in 2014.
Player development was a staple of Jones' first 23 seasons at App State, as he coached 11 All-America defensive linemen and linebackers, including five two-time honorees. He also coached 22 all-conference performers who earned the recognition a total of 36 times, with four of his players being named the Southern Conference's Defensive Player of the Year: Josh Jeffries (2002), K.T. Stovall (2003), Jacque Roman (2008) and Jeremy Kimbrough (2012). In 2018, inside linebackers Jordan Fehr and Anthony Flory were first- and second-team All-Sun Belt performers, respectively.
Twelve players that Jones coached previously at App State went on to play in the National Football League.
During his three-year tenure as App State's defensive coordinator, the Mountaineers led the SoCon in interceptions twice (2011 and 2012) and also topped the league in sacks (2011), red-zone defense (2011) and third-down-conversion defense (2010). While serving as App State's special teams coordinator, Jones was named the 2002 Special Teams Coordinator of the Year by American Football Monthly.
One of the most popular and decorated players in University of Tennessee history, Jones was an All-American and a two-time All-SEC performer as a linebacker for the Vols from 1983-86. He is best known as the defensive leader of UT's 1985 squad, which won the SEC championship and stunned No. 2 Miami by a 35-7 score in the 1986 Sugar Bowl. Jones' fourth-quarter interception of Alabama's Mike Shula to seal the Vols' 16-14 win over the Crimson Tide remains one of the most memorable moments of Tennessee's run to the 1985 SEC title.
Jones graduated from UT in 1988 and began his coaching career as an assistant under legendary head coach Johnny Majors at his alma mater in 1989. He went on to serve one-year stints with the Parma Panthers of the Italian American Football League (1990) and the University of Florida (1991) before a five-year tenure at Georgia Military College, where he served as defensive coordinator for four seasons.
Jones and his wife, Heather, have two children: a daughter, Brooke, and a son, Cooper.
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