Men's Basketball | 1/3/2017 3:27:00 PM

Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, January 3-8, 2017 — Featuring men's and women's basketball and wrestling. Head over to goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
 

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Men's Basketball Live Coverage Tuesday, 6 p.m., at Davis & Elkins College Elkins, West Virginia Friday, 8 p.m., vs. No. 18 Indiana University Southeast Saturday, 3 p.m., vs. Brescia University Baisi Athletic Center | Montgomery, West Virginia
WVU Tech Golden Bears | 9-4, 3-1 (RSC)	Roster	Stats
Davis & Elkins Senators | 4-9	Roster	Stats
IU Southeast Grenadiers | 10-3, 4-0 (RSC)	Roster	Stats
Brescia Bearcats | 2-9, 0-4 (RSC)	Roster	Stats

 

• Junior Ryan Atkins surpassed the 1,000^th career point milestone in WVU Tech's 86-72 victory over Grace College to mark their fifth consecutive win.
• In a game that featured 17 lead changes and 11 tied scores, the Golden Bears move to 9-4 overall while the Lancers are now 8-7 this season.
• Atkins needed 20 points at the beginning of this contest to reach 1,000 career points in just two seasons at Tech and he did just that.
• The Miami, Florida native catapulted himself over the milestone when he made a three-pointer in the second half for his 20^th, 21^st and 22^nd points in the win.
• He finished with a game-high 32 points on 13-for-17 shooting from the foul line and three made from beyond the arc.
• The junior also pulled down seven rebounds to go with four assists.
• Atkins has now combined for 105 points in the Gold and Blue's last three games, leading all scorers in all contests.
• Fellow classmate Elisha Boone finished 8-for-14 from the field towards his 18 points while grabbing seven rebounds and posting two steals.
• The Golden Bears received nine points off the bench from the perfect three-point shooting effort of junior Enson Garcia (3-for-3) while senior Ra'Shaud Kincaid and junior Kievonn Banks added seven points each. Banks also marked six rebounds and Kincaid dished three assists.
• The Lancers, a team from Winona Lake, Indiana, received a team-high 13 points from forward Erik Bowen and ten each from four separate players
• The Golden Bears controlled the boards on both ends of the court, pulling down 20 offensive rebounds compared to their opponent's seven and grabbing 20 defensive rebounds while the Lancers had 12.
• Tech also held advantages in points off turnovers (17-10), forced miscues (17-14), second chances points (18-4) and points in the paint (38-34).
• Grace just outshot Tech from the field, 52.8 percent (28-for-53) compared to 49.2 percent (29-for-59) while Tech showed better numbers at the bonus line, 71.4 percent (20-for-28) compared to 56.3 percent (9-for-16).

 

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Women's Basketball Live Coverage Friday, 6 p.m., vs. Indiana University Southeast Saturday, 1 p.m., vs. Brescia University Baisi Athletic Center | Montgomery, West Virginia
WVU Tech Golden Bears | 9-5, 2-2 (RSC)	Roster	Stats
IU Southeast Grenadiers | 7-6, 2-2 (RSC)	Roster	Stats
Brescia Bearcats | 2-13, 0-4 (RSC)	Roster	Stats

LAST GAME

• Senior Brooke Gee had a career game, posting a game-high 18 points off the bench as WVU Tech women's basketball dropped a River States Conference (RSC) game to No. 21 Indiana University East, 85-72.
• Gee finished 7-for-8 from the field and 4-for-5 from the bonus line towards her career-high 18 points.
• The Ashland, Kentucky native also pulled down seven boards and marked a game-high three blocks.
• Senior Cheyanna Lusk finished with 17 points, five assists and four rebounds while sophomore Savannah Shamblin had 16 points, four rebounds and two steals.
• Lusk was perfect at the free throw line (5-for-5) and Shamblin made two from beyond the arc.
• Sophomore Zjhane West led the team with eight rebounds to go with eight points and a game-high three steals.
• The team held the Red Wolves to just 36.7 percent (29-for-79) shooting from the field while finishing at 39.4 percent (26-for-66) themselves.
• The Gold and Blue were outrebounded by IU East, 47-45 and the Red Wolves also held the advantage in turnovers, 10-22.

 

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Wrestling Live Coverage Saturday, 9 a.m., at Washington & Lee Invitational Lexington, Virginia
WVU Tech Golden Bears	Roster

LAST COMPETITION

• Senior Terry Nance II and junior Jephte Jeanpaul scored falls and WVU Tech wrestling split a triangular in Lynchburg, Virginia.
• The Golden Bears defeated Southern Virginia University 31-18 and fell to Liberty University 40-12.
• In the loss to Liberty, Jeanpaul earned six points for the Golden Bears with a fall over Andrew Burgette at 157 pounds.
• At 197, Nance pinned his SVU opponent, Caleb West, at 4:48.
• Junior Corey Palmer won at 165 by major decision over Jared Watts (SVU) while senior Paul Gonzales picked up a win at 133 with a 9-4 decision over Jayson Cody (SVU).
• The remainder of the Gold and Blue's team points against Southern Virginia were earned by forfeit.

 

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