| ASU beats Bulldogs at home |
James Nix
Associate Editor |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer |
The Appalachian State University
men’s basketball team adapted to the slow tempo game plan of
The Citadel Saturday to remain unbeaten in the George M. Holmes
Convocation Center.
The Mountaineers, ranked second in the nation
in scoring offense before Saturday’s match-up, took a beating
by the Bulldogs’ zone defense but held out to win 75-65.
Appalachian moves to a 7-1 record in the Southern
Conference while The Citadel falls to a 2-6 conference record.
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| Eagles take down ASU |
Brad Norman
Sports Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief PhotographerGeorgia Southern University defeated
the Mountaineers on Saturday with a final score of 77-65. The
Eagles had 30 trips to the foul shot line, while ASU had only
four. The Mountaineers travel to Greensboro Feb. 3 to play against
Furman.
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Georgia Southern University’s
Jessica Everett scored six straight points to start the game, and
the Lady Eagles never relinquished their lead as they downed the
Mountaineers 77-65 Saturday.
Appalachian rallied in the first half to tie the
score at 12, but they would not come any closer or claim a lead
for the rest of the game.
Everett gave the Mountaineers trouble all day,
as she finished with 19 points on 80 percent shooting and nine rebounds.
Everett, Shawnica Hill, Tiffany Lanier and Rachel
Loiacono combined to score 59 of the Eagles’ 77 points.
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| Wrestling unbeaten, 23-17 |
Allie Woods
Sports Beat |
The Mountaineer wrestlers
remained unbeaten at 6-0 after squeaking out a victory 23-17 over
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
At 125 pounds, senior Richard Caisse fell 3-1 after being taken
down in overtime. Travis Drake got Appalachian State University
on track with a 9-5 decision at 133 pounds.
Eric Burns was able to score a pin, contributing six points to the
Mountaineer effort.
Also wrestling well and winning big matches were Mark Fee, who scored
a major decision, and David Hazel, who won the final match of the
day, giving ASU the victory.
Hazel was faced with the prospect of being the hero or goat for
Appalachian.
If he won, the team won, and if he lost, the team lost. Hazel trailed
6-5 going into the final period, but with 30 seconds remaining he
took Hokie wrestler, Pete Pool, down to his back to pick up two
points for the near fall. He made the lead stick and picked up the
victory, 9-6.
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| Kent State beats ASU, 3-0 |
Allie
Woods
Sports Beat |
Kent State University
went 3-0 in the round robin tournament held at James Madison University
and handed the Appalachian State University grapplers their first
loss of the season.The Mountaineers went 2-1, picking up victories
over JMU and Campbell University.
A trio of wrestlers went 3-0 on the day to contribute to the team
effort.Seniors Travis Drake and Rich Caisse registered three victories.
Caisse wrestled his way to a tech fall in one of his matches and
pushed his record to 25-7 on the season.Drake recorded a major decision
along with one pin to move his record to 25-7 on the season also.
Sophomore Jason Jones had a good day at 141 pounds, where he put
up a tech fall and two decisions.
The Mountaineers return to action on Feb. 7 when they will travel
to take on Virginia Military Institute. |
