Men's Basketball | 1/29/2015 2:15:00 PM

?MONTGOMERY, West Virginia - WVU Tech men's and women's swimming will play host Saturday for the Tech Tri-Meet in the WVU Tech Pool. Women's basketball travels for two match-ups this weekend, Newport News Apprentice School and Washington Adventist and men's basketball will play the University of Rio Grande (Ohio) in the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia this weekend.

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RECORDS
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears (8-13)
• Newport News Builders (10-7)
• Washington Adventist Shock (4-14)

QUICK STATS and NOTES  
 

• The Golden Bears are on a two-game win streak, defeating University of the Cumberlands (72-63) and Washington Adventist (73-51).
• The team has four top-ten rankings in the NAIA (DI):
  • No. 3, offensive rebounds per game (17.524)
  • No. 9, total assists (327)
  • No. 10, total offensive rebounds (922)
  • No. 10, total steals (228)
• Tech earned their first USCAA ranking (Coaches' Poll) of the season, receiving 132 votes for the 19^th spot.
• Senior Roche Wimberly earned Golden Bear Star Performer of the week.
• Game-by-Game Highs from last two games:

Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocked Shots
Cumberlands (Ky.)	21 - Nia Nolan	13 - Rocio Ruiz-Berdejo	6 - Cheyanne Lusk	5 - Lusk	1 - Cierra Mobley
Washington Adventist	20 - Nolan	11 - Ruiz-Berdejo	10 - Nolan	5 - Nolan	2 - Mobley

 

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RECORDS
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears - Men's (7-1)
• Fairmont State Fighting Falcons - Men's (3-2)
• Union Dutchmen - Men's (2-7)
• WVU Tech Golden Bears - Women's (0-8)
• Fairmont State Fighting Falcons - Women's (2-6)
• Union Dutchmen - Women's (3-6)

LAST COMPETITION

• The men's team fell to University of the Cumberlands, 113-90.
• The women's team was defeated 124-44 by the Patriots Saturday afternoon
• Here are the Golden Bear highlights from the meet:
  • Freshman Quentin Cooper won the 1000 Free - 10:11.75.
  • Sophomore Matheus Montarroyos touched first in the 500 Free - 4:55.27.
  • Freshman Kendra Monnin won the 200 Breaststroke - 2:34.82
  • Freshman Manuel Serrano Laguna ended on top for the 200 Breaststroke - 2:10.82.

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RECORDS
 

• WVU Tech Golden Bears (16-6)
• Rio Grande RedStorm (14-8)

QUICK STATS and NOTES
 

• Tech is 3-1 in their last four competitions, dropping their last game to No. 14 (NAIA DI) Georgetown College, 74-71.
• The team has seven top-ten rankings in the NAIA (DI):
  • No. 1, offensive rebounds per game (17.364)
  • No. 1, total offensive rebounds (975)
  • No. 3, total rebounds per game (44.318)
  • No. 3, total rebound margin (11.409)
  • No. 5, total scoring offense (1829)
  • No. 6, total assists (360)
  • No. 10, three-point field goal percentage (.392)
• Senior Jauries Thomas has three rankings in the NAIA:
  • No. 1, offensive rebounds per game (5.182)
  • No. 2, total rebounds (253)
  • No. 3, total rebounds per game (11.5)
• Sophomore Ra'Shaud Kincaid is ranked No. 4 for his assist/turnover ratio (3.519)
• Senior Sharife Sergeant has two rankings:
  • No. 5, offensive rebounds per game
  • No. 9, total rebounds (3.727)
• Senior Leon Cooper, Jr. is No. 6 in free throw percentage (.875)
• The Golden Bears earned another ranking in the USCAA (Coaches' Poll), receiving 280 votes and dropping a spot to No. 4 this week.
• Senior Jaren Marino scored his 1,000th point during the match-up vs. Virginia University-Lynchburg
• Marino earned Golden Bear Star Performer of the week for his efforts.
• Game-by-Game Highs from the last two competitions:

Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Assists	Steals	Blocked Shots
Virginia Lynchburg	18 - Sergeant	12 - Thomas	8 - Kincaid	2 - Cooper	3 - Thomas
Georgetown College	19 - Sergeant	14 - Sergeant	6 - Cooper	2 - Thomas	2 - Sergeant