Bad Weekend

The second straight game the North Carolina Wesleyan men played without a starting guard in the lineup and for the second straight game the Battling Bishops struggle down the stretch and lose their second straight conference game 77-71 to Covenant.

Senior Jesse Simpson was in street clothes but the first half the Bishop played eight players and seven of the eight scored at least four points and the Bishops lead 46-37.  Leading 54-46 the Bishop gave up 14 straight points  to yield the lead at 60 -54 and from that point on it was a struggle to catch up.

Brandon  Brown led the Bishops with 15, DJ Weaver 13 and John Edwards 12 were the leading scorers for the Bishops. TJ  Cox led the Scots with 23 followed by Bailey Spraggs with 11.  If you want to give the main for the loss the Bishops were just 13-26 at the free throw line.

Just to give you and idea why network TV only gives announcers one game a week to prepare.  Look at what I was faced with  doing the PA with one of Covenants players.  His name is Patjo Twagirayezu.

The Lady Bishops rebound from their Friday night loss to win over Covenant 63-58.  Kenyatta Harris led the Bishops  with  16 points and 8 rebounds.  The difference in this game was the Lady Bishops caused  29 turnovers while losing only  14.

The category of late news, I saw this in the Nashville Graphic this week.  Southern Nash baseball coach Todd a Brewer is a high school football referee during football season and while toting the chain at Rocky Mount both JV and Varsity Todd had two games at Rocky Mount.  Todd was headlinesman in the 2AA state championship game played at Carter Finley Stadium in Raleigh.  Congrats to Todd.

Finally the pronunciation  to the Convenant players name.  Here is the way I wrote it down to be able to get it.  PatJoe   Pa-yeara- yea- su.  I had to say it 12 times and I think  I got it  right every time.  The only people who knew if I didn't were the folks from Covenant but I doubt whether I got it right either.