Weekly Guide to WVU Tech Athletics | November 21-28, 2016

Men's and Women's Basketball, Men's Soccer

By: Becky Brouse

Women's Basketball | 11/21/2016 10:41:00 AM

Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, November 21-28, 2016 — Featuring Men's and Women's Basketball and Men's Soccer. Head over to goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.

Men's Basketball Live Coverage NAIA DII Showcase Saturday, 11 a.m., vs. Southeastern University Sunday, 1 p.m., vs. Milligan College Kingsport, Tennessee
WVU Tech Golden Bears \| 2-2	Roster	Stats
Southeastern Fire \| 2-2	Roster	Stats
Milligan Buffaloes \| 3-3	Roster	Stats

LAST GAME

Dropped a road contest to (RV) Mount Vernon Nazarene University in an offensively charged game, 98-85.
Junior Kievonn Banks finished with a double-double effort of 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds including seven offensive boards.
Junior Ryan Atkins led the team with 20 points while pulling down eight rebounds, grabbing a game-high four steals and dishing three assists.
Junior Elisha Boone also hit double-digits in the loss, posting 12 points, six rebounds and a team-high four assists.
Freshman Junior Arrey and junior Enson Garcia had nine points each to round out Tech's top offensive coordinators.
The team shot 47.6 percent (30-for-63) from the field while the Cougars finished with a 51.5 percent (34-for-66) effort from the field.
Tech just barely held the advantage in rebounds 36-35 while also holding advantage in second chance points (14-10), bench points (37-36), points in the paint (46-42) and fast break points (7-0).

Women's Basketball Live Coverage Saturday, 2 p.m., at Longwood University Farmville, Virginia Sunday, 2 p.m., at Newport News Apprentice School Newport News, Virginia
WVU Tech Golden Bears \| 5-3	Roster	Stats
Longwood Lancers \| 1-3	Roster	Stats
Newport News Builders \| 1-2	Roster	Stats

LAST GAME

Enjoying a five-game winning streak after defeating Wilberforce University Thursday, 90-83.
The Golden Bears now hold a record of 5-3 and the streak is the best since their 2014-15 campaign (five-game, February 3 - March 1).
The Gold and Blue currently hold 13 top-50 rankings in the nation (NAIA DII) and four top-20 rankings including No. 11 in Total Steals (90), No. 17 in Field Goal Pct Defense (0.341), No. 18 in Total Scoring Offense (570), No. 20 in Total Rebound Offense (325)
Individually, sophomore Savannah Shamblin boasts four top-50 NAIA DII rankings while seniors Brooke Gee and Cheyanna Lusk and sophomore Zjhane West have one each.
Shamblin is No. 3 in total steals (25), No. 20 in steals per game (3.125), No. 42 in total scoring (115) and No. 47 in field goal percentage (0.485).
Gee is No. 27 in total rebounds (59), West is No. 34 in total assists (26) and Lusk is No. 48 in total steals (16).
In the contest at Wilberforce, Shamblin went 5-for-6 from three-point range towards her 28 points which led the game and gave the Cross Lanes, West Virginia a new career-high.
West was 6-for-8 from the bonus line and finished with 16 points, seven assists and six rebounds while Gee had a double-double effort of 13 rebounds and 12 points in the win.
Gee also posted a game-high two blocks.
Rounding out the top offensive contributors, sophomore Alexandra Combs went a perfect 8-for-8 from the foul line, scoring 11 points to go with four rebounds.
Freshman Logan Dudley pulled down eight rebounds, four offensive and four defensive, to go with five points and an assist for WVU Tech.
The team finished with a 30-for-66 (45.5 percent) effort from the field while shooting 8-for-15 (53.3 percent) from beyond the arc and 22-for-31 (71.0 percent) from the foul line.
Tech held the advantage over the Bulldogs in bench points (83-75) and points in the paint (28-26).

Men's Soccer Live Coverage NAIA National Championship \| Second Round Monday, November 28, 11 a.m., vs. MidAmerica Nazarene University Delray Beach, Florida
No. 8 WVU Tech Golden Bears \| 17-2-2	Roster	Stats
No. 9 MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers \| 16-3-1	Roster	Stats

LAST GAME

For the first time in WVU Tech men's soccer program history, the Golden Bears advance to the second round of the NAIA National Championship after a 2-1 victory over Olivet Nazarene University Saturday afternoon.
The contest was hosted by Tech at the YMCA Paul Cline Memorial Youth Sports Complex in Beckley, West Virginia.
The Golden Bears, who are the No. 8 seed, move to 17-2-2 this season while the Tigers 14-game winning streak was snapped and they finish their season with a record of 16-4-2.
With both goals from Tech coming off the bench, the first occurred when freshman Sergio Sanchez sent the perfect pass to fellow classmate Carlos Tormo in the 35^th minute.
The Tigers answered back in the second half when Marcus Wollak sent a ball to the back of the net in minute 51 for the equalizer.
Junior Francisco Neto scored the winning goal with ten minutes left of play off a free kick that found its way past ONU goalkeeper Chris Taborn.
Olivet Nazarene managed one more shot on goal for an effort to knot the game but Tech's goalkeeper Hunter Moles made the save with 4:26 left to play.
In goal, Moles (17-2-2) finished with three saves in 90 minutes of play while ONU's Taborn had six saves.
As a team, the Golden Bears held the advantage in shots and shots on goal, 20 (8), compared to their opponent's 5 (4).
The Tigers had nine opportunities from the corner while Tech had four.

Print Friendly Version