The Westwood Rockets boys played a very strong first half against a high powered Liberty offense but fell 36-26 in the DRVC Tournament. The Rockets played sound defense and rebounded very well allowing Liberty only one shot on offense and eliminating second chance points. On offense the Rockets moved the ball well and attacked the basket with force putting Liberty into some foul trouble in the first half. In the second half points were hard to come by and Liberty found was to score from long distance. The Rockets fought hard and played one of their best games of the season even in the loss.
7th graders Carlos Medina and Sigmund Duke each had 6 points to lead the Rockets scoring.
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Westwood Boys Play In DRVC Tournament
Vols Want Strong
Charlie Strong
Strong has reportedly spent Wednesday morning visiting with Tennessee athletics director Dave Hart, as Louisville’s athletics director Tom Jurich has been working on a contract extension and raise for his third year head coach.
Jurich has said in the past he would beat any offer to keep Strong at Louisville.
Volquest reports that Strong was undecided on whether he was staying at Louisville or accepting a job offer from Tennessee that sources have indicated to us would likely top $3.5 million-plus.
Coffee County Rocks Rebels
Red Raiders inbound the ball in upset win on Tuesday in Winchester... Photo by Dennis Weaver
Last night was a night dominated by the Coffee County Lady Raiders as they traveled to Winchester and defeated Franklin County 44-24.
Senior Ginny Clayborne had a big night pumping in 20 points for the Lady Raiders. Alaina Lusk had 9 and Katie Reid added 7 to go along with 5 steals and 7 assists. Clayborne and Reid were named the Co-Gateway Tire and Service Center players of the game.
Coffee County improved to 4-3 on the season.
Lance Crismond had a huge night as he hit for 27 points helping to propel the Raiders to a 51-36 upset win over the Rebels. 8 of Crismond’s points came in the 4th quarter. He earned the player of the game.
Coffee County ups it record to 3-4.
Coffee County will travel to Smyrna on Friday night airtime is 6:20pm and tipoff is set for 6:30pm.
The Coffee County Red Raider basketball teams would like to invite you to a chili supper and silent auction on Dec. 14. The cost of the chili supper is $5. Also that same night the basketball teams will be giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the MTSU basketball on Dec. 18 against Tennessee St. in Murfreesboro. The tickets will be given away during the 2 halftimes of the Lincoln County games at Joe Frank Patch Gymnasium.
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Lady Bucks Will Be In Action Friday and Saturday
The Motlow Lady Bucks will have their hands full Friday night when they attempt to break a six-game losing streak against the nation’s seventh-ranked Walters State Lady Senators.
Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday at Copperweld Arena. The Lady Bucks (3-6, 2-3) will get another shot at a Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) rival on Saturday when they host Roane State (1-8, 1-4) at 2 p.m. Saturday’s contest will be broadcast live on our sister station WHMT radio 105.1 FM and tullahomaradio.com
Motlow Men On Top Of Standings
Heading into the final weekend of basketball games before a month-long holiday break, the Motlow Bucks are right where they want to be – in first place.
The Bucks (7-2, 5-0) earned their top spot in the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) men’s standings with wins at Cleveland State 66-58 and Chattanooga State 109-99 this past weekend.
Motlow will host Walters State this Friday, with the men tipping off at 8 p.m. at Copperweld Arena. Roane State then visits on Saturday, with tipoff at 4 p.m. The women’s contest tips off at 6 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Blue Raiders Heart Broken
Middle Tennessee had the biggest win improvement in the country in 2012, compiled an 8-4 overall record, and played for its conference championship.
On Sunday night, the Blue Raiders found out that wasn’t enough as a bowl invitation was never extended to a program that owns more SBC wins than any team in league history.
Georgia Tech who the Blue Raiders beat in Atlanta earlier in the year did get a bowl bid despite having a losing record at 6-7. Western Kentucky another team that MTSU beat also received a bowl bid with 7-5 season.
Vandy Goes Bowling Again
Vanderbilt has officially accepted an invitation to face North Carolina State of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
For the Commodores, it marks the first time in team history that Vanderbilt will make back-to-back postseason appearances. The Commodores played in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl last year.
The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl will be held in Nashville’s LP Field, the site of Vanderbilt’s 16-14 win over Boston College in the bowl’s 2008 edition.
Kickoff for the matchup between the Commodores and Wolfpack is scheduled for 11 a.m.
North Carolina State is 7-5 on the season, and 4-4 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Also Vanderbilt Vice Chancellor David Williams said he was “proud to announce that Coach Franklin has signed a new contract and a continued commitment to the program.”
Rocket Boys Win Final Regular Season Game
The Westwood Middle boys finished the season strong with a victory over MTCS 55-42, avenging a loss earlier in the season. The Rockets were led by 8th grader Stephen Sullivan who had 18 points in the first half and ended with a game and career high 28points for the game.
Head Coach Will Pannell said, “I am very proud of the way the boys played and I am so happy for them to get this win.” The 8th graders stepped up in their final home game and led the way. I am also proud of the way some of the younger guys stepped up.
Up next for Westwood is the DRVC tournament.
Nova Knocks Off Dores
Villanova knocked off Vanderbilt on Saturday in college basketball 62-52. Rod Odom led the Commodores with 14 points. Kedren Johnson added 12. Freshman Kevin Bright notched his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
The Dores play at Xavier on Thursday night and you’ll hear it live on Thunder Radio.
Lady Bucks Drop Two Games– Men Get Huge Wins
Devante Jones sets up a play in win over Cleveland St... Photos by Barry West
Erica Ervin hit a free-throw during Saturday's game
On Saturday The Cleveland State Lady Cougars beat the Motlow Lady Bucks in Cleveland. The Lady Bucks (3-6/2-3) were led by LeKera Tayler with 11 points.
The men’s team continued their great weekend play beating the 13th nationally ranked Cougars of Cleveland St 66-58.
11 Bucks scored on the day led by Perrin Buford’s 12 and Devante Jones chipping in with 11.
The Motlow Bucks lead TCCAA standings with 5-0 record, 7-2 overall.
Motlow will host Walters St on Friday and Roane St on Saturday.