Men's Basketball | 12/5/2016 1:39:00 PM
Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, December 5-11, 2016 — Featuring Men's Basketball and Wrestling. Head over to
goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
Men's Basketball
Live Coverage
Tuesday, 7 p.m., at Kentucky Christian University
Grayson, Kentucky
Thursday, 7 p.m., vs. Appalachian Bible College
Montgomery, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 4-4, 1-1 (RSC) |
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| Kentucky Christian Knights | 3-5 |
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| Appalachian Bible Crusaders |
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LAST GAME
- Had four Golden Bears finish with double-digits but fell to River States Conference member Point Park University, 90-81.
- The Gold and Blue went into the locker room at the half with a 41-39 lead but were held to just 33.33 percent (12-for-36) shooting from the field in the final half compared to Point Park's 56.25 percent (18-for-32) second half shooting.
- Junior Ryan Atkins led the game with 22 points while pulling down eight rebounds.
- Senior Ra'Shaud Kincaid and junior Michael Scott both produced 13 points while junior Elisha Boone finished with a double-double effort of a game-best 14 rebounds and 11 points to go with a game-high three blocks.
- Senior Patrick Gnagbo grabbed 11 rebounds, six offensive, to go with three points.
- Junior Kievonn Banks and freshman Junior Arrey posted seven points each in the loss.
- Game totals included 49 rebounds for Tech which bested the Pioneers' 31 and eight forced Point Park miscues compared to the Golden Bears' nine.
- WVU Tech held advantages in second chance points (24-12) and points in the paint (28-22).
Wrestling
Live Coverage
Saturday, 10 a.m., at Liberty University
Saturday, 10 a.m., vs. Southern Virginia University
Lynchburg, Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 1-2 |
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| Southern Virginia Knights | 1-8 |
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LAST COMPETITION
- Had seven Golden Bears place at the Messiah-Petrofes Invitational including a team-best fifth place finish from junior Jephte Jeanpaul during the two-day competition in Grantham, Pennsylvania.
- As a team, Tech finished with 69 points good for eighth out of 14 squads.
- Jeanpaul finished with five falls towards his finish including a pin at 6:07 in the 157 fifth place match over fellow teammate freshman Louis Bernard.
- Senior Paul Gonzales (125), Bernard (157) and junior Casey Hogg (285) all earned sixth place in their respective weight classes.
- Gonzales earned a major decision (11-4) over Springfield's Devin Marino and ultimately loss in his final bout due to medical forfeit.
- Bernard wrestled towards five falls at 157 including a technical fall against McDaniel's Aadam Abdullabi, 19-3.
- Hogg was pinned at 1:47 in his final bout by Springfield's Joe Fusco but earned two falls throughout the invitational.
- Senior Terry Nance finished seventh at 197, earning his finish with an 8-5 decision over Springfield's Justin McLee in his last match of the weekend.
- Seniors Denis Robles (133) and Bryan Overton (165) both finished eighth to round out Tech's place makers.
- Robles had a major decision (19-6) over Gettysburg's Josh Newman while Overton earned a major decision (14-1) over Mount Union's Jacob Taylor.
