Women's Basketball | 12/4/2017 10:03:00 AM
Check out what's happening this week in WVU Tech athletics, December 4-10, 2017 — Featuring women's and wrestling. Head over to
goldenbearathletics.com and Game Day Central to stay updated on live coverage options throughout the week.
Women's Basketball
Live Coverage
Tickets
Wednesday, 5:30 p.m., vs. University of the Cumberlands
Beckley Raleigh County Convention Center
Beckley, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 6-6 |
Roster |
Stats |
| Cumberlands Patriots | 7-1 |
Roster |
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LAST GAME
- Point Park University was unable to hit any key shots down the stretch and wound up losing a River States Conference (RSC) home game to WVU Tech, 85-79, on Saturday afternoon at the CCAC-Allegheny Physical Education Building.
- The Pioneers (5-4, 0-2 RSC) were down nine points, 54-45, midway through the third quarter but battled back to make it basically a one-possession game for most of the fourth quarter.
- Savannah Shamblin, who led all scorers with 30 points for WVU Tech (6-6, 2-0 RSC), drilled her sixth and final 3-pointer of the game for a 75-67 lead with 5:37 left.
- That was the last made basket by the Golden Bears, and they held on.
- Their final 10 points all came from the free-throw line, where they were 10 for 14 down the stretch.
- Shamblin had a big fourth quarter with 12 points to secure the win.
Wrestling
Live Coverage
Saturday, 1 p.m., vs. Southern Virginia University
vs. Liberty University
Van Meter Gym
Beckley, West Virginia |
| WVU Tech Golden Bears | 2-1 |
Roster |
| Southern Virginia Knights | 2-2 |
Roster |
| Liberty Flames |
Roster |
LAST COMPETITION
- WVU Tech wrestling had two Golden Bears place at the Messiah Petrofes Invitational including a team-best fifth place finish from sophomore Leland Swafford during the two-day competition in Grantham, Pennsylvania.
- As a team, Tech finished with 42 points good for tenth out of 14 squads.
- Swafford captured three falls towards his finish at 157 lbs. including a pin at 0:56 over Gettysburg's Noah Struss to kick off the invitational.
- The Beckley, West Virginia defeated Ursinus' Jacob Folk by decision (7-6) in the fifth place match.
- Freshman Logan Robertson earned seventh place at 133 lbs., earning a fall (4:46) in his final bout over Gettysburg's Louie Carusillo.
