The Big East resumed basketball after exams earlier this week and it seems every game that North Carolina Wesleyan plays is against a team undefeated or with one loss.
Tonight the Battling Bishops put their 2-0 record in USAS conference play and Maryville is in town from Tennessee boasting an 11-3 and 2-1 league play. The Bishops 9-5 over all started the night with senior starter Jesse Simpson in street clothes and the first five minutes the Scots ran out to a 13 point lead. The next ten minutes the Bishops out scored the Scots by 20 to take a 7 point lead. The push by the Battling Bishops consisted of an aggressive full court defense. By the half the Scots had pushed back in front by 2 at 39-37.
The second half started just like the first as the Scots were pushing the lead to ten when a mystery technical foul was called on the Bishops after a drive to the basket. A second foul was called on coach John Thompson for taking his coat off and in a matter of seconds the Scots lead ballooned to 19.
The Bishops pecked at the lead but by games end the final score stood at 86-80 as the Bishops could get no closer than 83-80. D J Weaver led the Bishops with 18, followed by Brandon Brown with 16. Off the bench John Edwards added 16 points. The Bishops forced 20 turnovers but could not catch up. Maryville had four double digit scorers in Jay Bowyer 17, Joshua Brooks 16, Tyler Spicer 15 and Spencer Shoffner 11.
The girls action saw some tall trees in the Maryville basketball team and the Lady Bishops struggle with the outside game because there was not much on the inside as the Ladies lose to to the Scots 78-54. The Battling Bishops are on the court starting at 2pm Saturday hosting Covenant College. The boys play at 4pm.
The Hunt Warriors have started of 2-0 in conference play knocking off Rocky Mount 68-56. Rocky Mount drops to 0-2 in conference play and now have lost their first 12 on the season. The Lady Gryphons got to 1-1 after whipping Hunt 65-38. Hunt drops to 0-2.
Nash Central sweeps Fike. The girls game saw the Lady Bulldogs winning 51-46. The Bulldogs go to 2-0 while Fike drops to 1-1. The boys of Nash Central push their record to 2-0 whipping the Fike boys 66-59. Fike drops to 0-2
Northern Nash girls man handled the Lady Birds 58-10. Not much of a surprise in that score. The Lady Knights go to 2-0 while the Lady Birds are 0 for the last two seasons. The Knights of Northern Nash rebounded after their lost to Hunt with a 72-62 win over Southern Nash. Both teams are 1-1.
Hunt and Nash Central have said no to the league in every team being 1-1 in the league like everyone did last year. They are tied at 2-0 Northern Nash and Southern Nash are in the middle at 1-1 and Rocky Mount and Fike bring up the rear at 0-2.
The girls side of the ledger has the Lady Knights at 2-0 along with Nash Central. Fike and Rocky Mount are in the middle at 1-1 while Southen Nash and Hunt trail the field.
Friday, January 15, 2016
The Divisional Round
If last week and this week are the two best weeks in every NFL season which of the two weeks is the best of the best and my pick is this week. Most of the time this week's games are more competitive than any other playoff week including the Super Bowl. I got 3 of the four game right last week missing out on the Skins.
The weekend's action starts Saturday with Kansas City traveling to New England for the 4:40pm kickoff. New England has lost four of their last six games and it has had nothing to do with coasting because they play in one of the worse divisions. They are hurting something that most of the time at this time of year they are healthy. Belacheat most of the time has a nack of fitting a new player into a hole and making it work to New England's advantage but it hasn't worked this year.
Kansas City is the hottest team in football and Brady just like every other quarterback has a hard time throwing from his back or on the run throwing. KC will pressure Brady all day with their beat up line. This doesn't happen often but I see KC beating the Pats in any weather conditions. A home playoff loss for New England KC 27 England 20
The night cap Saturday has the NFC front and center with the 8pm game Green Bay at Arizona. These two played just a couple a weeks ago and it was all Cardinals. How many times have you seen a team crushed one week and have a down to the wire game the next time. I don't see this happening here.
It helps that the Redskins were not a top of the division defense. The Cardinals are. The Cards will press the best quarterback in the NFL like they did last game. I see the Cardinals making their first step to make it to the Super Bowl. Not a blow out like the last meeting but they will be in control. 27-17.
Our home state Carolina Panthers will host the Seattle Seahawks in the 1pm game on Sunday. If the Panthers lose Sunday all the skeptics will say the Panthers didn't beat anybody all year. I think Seattle is a bad matchup for the Panthers. But on the other hand Carolina is a bad matchup for Seattle. Every time these two play it goes down to the wire. It will go down to the wire again.
Seattle defense is beginning to play at the Super Bowl caliber that they have played the last couple of years. The Hawks offense is not playing nearly as good at the last two. Carolina's defense will hold Seattle to a few points. The last four or five games Cam has gone back to some bad habits like throwing of his back foot which tends to make throws high. High throws produce interceptions which are never good but especially in the playoffs. Cam can not have and int from poor mechanics. Seattle has not shown to be a great road team and they should be home for the summer except for a kicker. Hawks falls to Carolina 17-13.
The best weekend of NFL football ends Sunday afternoon with a 4:40 kick in Denver. Pittsburgh and Denver. Will Big Ben play Probably but how good will he be? How good will the Denver offense be with a quarterback that they are afraid to let him throw anymore. Can Denver run enough to win? I'll take the 6th road team to win in these playoffs Pitt 13 Denver 10.
The weekend's action starts Saturday with Kansas City traveling to New England for the 4:40pm kickoff. New England has lost four of their last six games and it has had nothing to do with coasting because they play in one of the worse divisions. They are hurting something that most of the time at this time of year they are healthy. Belacheat most of the time has a nack of fitting a new player into a hole and making it work to New England's advantage but it hasn't worked this year.
Kansas City is the hottest team in football and Brady just like every other quarterback has a hard time throwing from his back or on the run throwing. KC will pressure Brady all day with their beat up line. This doesn't happen often but I see KC beating the Pats in any weather conditions. A home playoff loss for New England KC 27 England 20
The night cap Saturday has the NFC front and center with the 8pm game Green Bay at Arizona. These two played just a couple a weeks ago and it was all Cardinals. How many times have you seen a team crushed one week and have a down to the wire game the next time. I don't see this happening here.
It helps that the Redskins were not a top of the division defense. The Cardinals are. The Cards will press the best quarterback in the NFL like they did last game. I see the Cardinals making their first step to make it to the Super Bowl. Not a blow out like the last meeting but they will be in control. 27-17.
Our home state Carolina Panthers will host the Seattle Seahawks in the 1pm game on Sunday. If the Panthers lose Sunday all the skeptics will say the Panthers didn't beat anybody all year. I think Seattle is a bad matchup for the Panthers. But on the other hand Carolina is a bad matchup for Seattle. Every time these two play it goes down to the wire. It will go down to the wire again.
Seattle defense is beginning to play at the Super Bowl caliber that they have played the last couple of years. The Hawks offense is not playing nearly as good at the last two. Carolina's defense will hold Seattle to a few points. The last four or five games Cam has gone back to some bad habits like throwing of his back foot which tends to make throws high. High throws produce interceptions which are never good but especially in the playoffs. Cam can not have and int from poor mechanics. Seattle has not shown to be a great road team and they should be home for the summer except for a kicker. Hawks falls to Carolina 17-13.
The best weekend of NFL football ends Sunday afternoon with a 4:40 kick in Denver. Pittsburgh and Denver. Will Big Ben play Probably but how good will he be? How good will the Denver offense be with a quarterback that they are afraid to let him throw anymore. Can Denver run enough to win? I'll take the 6th road team to win in these playoffs Pitt 13 Denver 10.
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