Men's Basketball | 1/23/2015 2:40:00 PM

?MONTGOMERY, West Virginia - The winter season for WVU Tech athletics has been successful and the Golden Bears will look to continue that momentum Saturday with five events. Wrestling will start the day off by participating in the West Virginia Collegiate Invitational and hope to grab their third championship in as many weekends. Women's basketball and swimming compete at the University of the Cumberlands while men's basketball will play host to Virginia University of Lynchburg.

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TEAMS COMPETING
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears
• Alderson Broaddus Battlers
• West Liberty Hilltoppers
• Ohio Valley Fighting Scots
• Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals (host school)
• Marshall Herd
• West Virginia Mountaineers

 
LAST COMPETITION
 

• Leading the way for the Golden Bears included sophomore Wyatt Norfolk and junior Conrad Lacey.
• The champions all went undefeated on the day, 3-0.
• The team won the Builder Invitational (second championship in as many competitions) with a score of 121.5.

 

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RECORDS
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears (6-13)
• Cumberlands Patriots (11-8)

QUICK STATS and NOTES  
 

• Tech has three top-ten rankings in the NAIA (DI) - No. 2, offensive rebounds per game (17.947), No. 6, total offensive rebounds (842), No. 9, total assists (299)
• Senior Nia Nolan leads the team with 16.17 points per game (42.1 percent).
• Nolan ranks No. 1 for the Golden Bears in steals (2.11 average / 38 total) and assists (4.28 average / 77 total).
• Freshman Rocio Ruiz-Berdejo averages 7.44 rebounds per game and has totaled 134 this season to lead Tech.
• Senior Roche Wimberly is on top for the Golden Bears in blocks with 1.31 per game and 21 total in 2014-15.
• The team snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 70-58 victory over Ohio Christian University January 19.
• Junior Cheyanne Lusk and Ruiz-Berdejo have recorded five double-doubles each this season.
• In their last match-up vs. University of Pikeville, Nolan led with 22 points, Wimberly recorded 14 off the bench and senior Noelani Woodson had 11 points.

 

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RECORDS
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears - Men's (7-0)
• Cumberlands Patriots - Men's (3-2)
• WVU Tech Golden Bears - Women's (0-7)
• Cumberlands Patriots - Women's (3-2)

LAST COMPETITION
 

• WVU Tech men's swim team defeated Lindsey Wilson College 190-70.
• Tech women fell 133-99 vs. Lindsey Wilson.
• Freshman Quentin Cooper won the 1000 Free (10:11.05), the 50 Free (22.31) and placed fourth in the 100 Free (50.69).
• Junior Rubhi Garcia-Mercado was named Golden Bear Star Performer of the Week for her efforts:
  • Touched first in the 100 Freestyle (1:01.71).
  • Was a part of the 400 Freestyle Relay team that finished first (4:02.58).
  • Finished second as a part of the 200 Medley Relay (1:59.09).
  • Finished third in the 100 Breaststroke (1:22.86).

 

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RECORDS
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears (15-5)
• VLU Dragons

QUICK STATS and NOTES
 

• The team has five top-ten rankings in the NAIA (DI) - No. 1, offensive rebounds per game (17.5), No. 2, total rebound margin (11.3), No. 2 total offensive rebounds (882), No. 3, total rebounds per game (44.1), No. 5, total scoring offense (1665).
• Senior Leon Cooper, Jr. is averaging 15.26 points per game to lead the Golden Bears with a field goal percentage of .500.
• Senior Jauries Thomas is the best offensive rebounder per game in the NAIA DI right now, ranking first and averaging 5.200 a game.
• Thomas is also ranked second in total rebounds this season (230) in the NAIA DI while taking the third spot for total rebounds per game (11.5).
• Senior Sharife Sergeant also is ranked in the top ten for rebounds in the NAIA DI, No. 4 in offensive rebounds per game (3.850).
• Cooper is ranked No. 7 in the nation in free throw percentage (.880).
• Sophomore Ra'Shaud Kincaid earned the No. 10 ranking in the nation for assist/turnover ration (3.037).
• Kincaid leads Tech in assists (4.32 average / 82 total) and steals (1.37 average / 32 total).