Our season ended at Augusta State in the NCAA tournament. (Crap!) We lost to USC Aiken in the second round of the tournament. We beat Armstrong Atlantic in the first round game by 7. It was an upset. They were the 3rd seed and we were the 6th. Both games were intense and USC Aiken just made more plays than us.
Throughout our season we have been on winning streaks and have had our share of loses. We manage to gain our 3rd straight 20 win season, 3rd consecutive tournament bid, and 2nd straight conference tournament championship. Hell of an accomplishment wouldn't you think?
With the conclusion of our season came shocking news to my teammates and I. USC Aiken's starting point guard was killed on Wednesday in a car accident. He was a senior, and he was on his way back home in Ohio........... the news almost buckled my knees when I heard about it. We just played those guys last week and now he's dead. For anyone out there reading the blog, please take a moment of silence for Javonte Clanton.
I guess I'll end this post with that. Just hearing about a young person die is pretty deflating. Stay tuned for the postseason news.
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Madness!
Hey Everyone! Im giving you an update on SAC conference champions Catawba College! Yes, we won the conference tourney. It was so relieving. We played Lenior Rhyne in the semi-final and won by 10 points! We all think it could have been more if we didnt turn the ball over so much. We all played well in that game. We were so cohesive in that outing.
In the championship game we had Tusculum. They are always a tough team to play because they use a lot of screens throughout the game. If you're a basketball player you learn that getting hit with 6 to 10 screen every possession is not fun. They also had the player of the year, and leading scorer on their team. That was interesting. WE ended up beating them by one point! That game was so exciting.
Today, i'm giving you an update from Augusta, Georgia. We been here for a couple days now and its so nice down here. We're here for our third straight NCAA tournament bid. The regional tournament is being held this weekend and could go through Wednesday if we win the championship. All the teams are good here and we're gonna put our best foot forward to represent our school and familes well this weekend.
We play Armstrong Atlantic on Saturday. Those dudes are huge! Size doesnt matter but we're going to have to do what we do best. Run the fast break till we cant run it anymore. This should be fun HAHA! Stay tuned in for the results of the game!
In the championship game we had Tusculum. They are always a tough team to play because they use a lot of screens throughout the game. If you're a basketball player you learn that getting hit with 6 to 10 screen every possession is not fun. They also had the player of the year, and leading scorer on their team. That was interesting. WE ended up beating them by one point! That game was so exciting.
Today, i'm giving you an update from Augusta, Georgia. We been here for a couple days now and its so nice down here. We're here for our third straight NCAA tournament bid. The regional tournament is being held this weekend and could go through Wednesday if we win the championship. All the teams are good here and we're gonna put our best foot forward to represent our school and familes well this weekend.
We play Armstrong Atlantic on Saturday. Those dudes are huge! Size doesnt matter but we're going to have to do what we do best. Run the fast break till we cant run it anymore. This should be fun HAHA! Stay tuned in for the results of the game!
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