"Stayin Alive"

Today at NC Wesleyan the Battling Bishops in ninth place taking on Averitt who is just A half game out of first.  What adds spice to this game is that the entire Cougar coaching staff has a Bishop back ground.

Head coach David Doino served seven years in the  Bishops coaching staff leaving for Cougarland at the end of the 2014 season.  Assistant coach Cornelius Snow graduated from Wesleyan after the 2013 year after playing four years of Bishop Basketball three years making all conference.  David Gurganus another Bishop basketball player who graduated after the 2014 season.


Down on the end of the bench is student assistant Michael Brackett who is a 2012 graduate of Northern Nash.  Brackett is a rather known name on the Wesleyan campus as dad John Brackett has coach softball for 25 years.  Rocky Mount may Remember Michael as a Northern Nash guard during Northern's last game in the old Gryphon gym put up a ten foot rebound shot at the buzzer which was Rocky Mount's last lost during their 2012  state championship run.

The largest crowd of the season was on hand which saw a  fast paced action.  Bishops Adrian Moore saddled with three early fouls  could scored four first half points but the Bishops managed a 33-29 half time lead.

Moore came  out on fire in the second half and scored 11 quick points and in doing so became the 18th Bishop to hit a 1000 point for the Plymouth native.

The lead stayed consistently around 10 pointd and the Bishops bring home their fourth conference victory of the year beating Averitt 71-59.  The Bishops don't pass anybody in the standing but are now in a tie for 8th.

Moore finished with 21 points, Justin Tankelewicz added 13.  Moore led the Bishops with 10 rebounds.

The Bishops have five games left in this season the next three on the road.  In order to make the season ending tournament the Bishops need to win  least four.

The News is not as good for the Lady Bishops as they took on the Top team in the league Ferrum and lost 69-52.  The season ends next Sunday and the Ladies have three games to play.   They need to win all three and hope.