by Erika Plunkett | Dec 1, 2019 | News Slider, Sports
For the third consecutive game, the Bisons were on the road and without three of their starters. Senior guard Michael Buckland, sophomore guard Greg Jones, and sophomore guard Jake Wolfe, sat out, leaving a smaller and younger roster to face off against the five upperclassmen starters for the Xavier Musketeers, who were all 6’4” or taller. Saturday afternoon, Lipscomb traveled north to Cincinnati where they fell to No. 25 Xavier 87-62. “We were without three guys that are really key to our team, so I thought we got tired in several instances in both halves and that’s when they went on runs,” Lipscomb head coach Lennie Acuff said. With their speed, the undersized Lipscomb roster was able to disrupt Xavier’s offense for the first ten minutes of the game, but once the Musketeers got into a rhythm in the paint, the Bisons couldn’t find an answer. On both the offense and defense, Lipscomb struggled to get rebounds, allowing Xavier to score 24 second-chance points. “We have to be a little more physical. We need to turn freshman into sophomores and juniors – that would help. They had grown men out there. But we are going to be fine; we just need to keep working.” It was not all bad news for Lipscomb though. Freshman guard KJ Johnson finished with a career-high 25 points and sophomore center Ahsan Asadullah came up just one rebound short of a double-double with 18 points and 9 rebounds. “I was proud of how hard our guys fought,” Acuff said. “It was a one-point game with eight or nine minutes left in the first half,...
by Jesica Parsley | Aug 26, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
Lady Bison basketball released the competitive 2014-2015 schedule on Aug. 20. The highlight of the schedule for fans will be the game on Dec. 7 against the Tennessee Lady Vols at Allen Arena. “Hosting Tennessee at home is exciting,” red-shirt junior Danay Fothergill said. “We want to look at it as just another game. We want to use our advantages to be competitive and just have fun.” The regular season tips off Nov. 14 with Georgia Southern and Nov. 16 against Wright State. Both non-conference games will be played in Allen Arena. The highly anticipated Battle of the Boulevard matchup will be played Dec. 2 at Belmont. Before ending the non-conference schedule, the Lady Bisons will travel to Ohio to face Xavier on Dec. 20. After the Christmas holidays, Lipscomb takes on Georgia Tech in Atlanta Dec. 29. On Jan. 5 in Allen Arena, Trevecca will be the last team the Lady Bisons play before Atlantic Sun Conference play begins. The last 14 games on the regular season are A-Sun matchups. “We just want to make sure we end non-conference play after Christmas with energy going into conference,” Fothergill said. Jan. 10 starts conference play against Northern Kentucky in Allen Arena. The Lady Bisons are ready to show they belong in the stacked A-Sun conference. The first real A-Sun test may come on Jan. 29 against Florida Gulf Coast in Allen Arena. “Florida Gulf Coast brings a lot to the conference and are always a tough matchup,” Fothergill said. “We have something to prove and are ready to show what we have been working on.” The last three out...
by Cory Woodroof | Nov 6, 2012 | News Slider
Election day is upon us, and students around campus are abuzz with political fervor as President Barack Obama and former governor Mitt Romney battle to win the presidential election. While Tennessee is poised to give its Electoral College votes to Romney, such key swing states as Ohio, Florida, Colorado, Virginia, Iowa, New Hampshire and Wisconsin remain up in the air for both candidates. Freshmen Cole Meador believes that Mitt Romney has the edge in tonight’s turnout. “I think that Romney will win,” Meador said. Sophomore August Nelson believes that the election will come down to the turnout in Ohio. “I think it’s too close to call right now,” Nelson said. “I think we’ll find out at the end of the night once we know how Ohio votes.” Rasmussen Reports have Romney with a slight 49-48 lead over Obama in the national poll, while a CNN poll puts the two even with each other at 49. CNN also reports that an ABC News/Washington Post tracking poll puts the Obama ahead in the race 49-48. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has Obama ahead at 48-47. Politico/George Washington University’s survey has the candidates tied at 48. Polls in Tennessee close today at 7 p.m. UPDATE: 7:35 p.m. – CNN projects that Romney has won Tennessee and its 11 Electoral College votes. Photo courtesy of...
by Jeremy Keck | Nov 5, 2012 | News Slider
Although the votes from all 50 states in the presidential election will be tallied on Tuesday, many feel the election comes down to one state: Ohio. The candidates’ spending shows that the Buckeye State is a major focus on Election Day. Team Obama and Team Romney have already spent a combined $128 million in TV ads in Ohio alone aimed to sway voters to their side. A lot of people outside the state may wonder, “Why has Ohio been labeled the big swing state this year?” For Drew Lykins from Marysville, Ohio, the uncertainty is common practice. “They’ve been a swing state ever since I’ve been alive,” said Lykins, a senior exercise science major. “They’ve just always been so divided, and it’s a big state being worth 18 electoral votes.” For those who want to delve deeper into the topic, Emily Haas, a Cincinnati native, offered some insight. “We have a lot of big cities,” said Haas, a double major in history and political science. “We’ve got Toledo, Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. Larger cities tend to lean democratic. However, we also have a lot of rural area.” All of the rural population is important to keep in mind, as farming along with manufacturing are two of the state’s major industries. Haas explained that the state’s farming residents tend to be more conservative. While Ohio may be evenly split politically, Lykins and Haas agreed that each candidate’s stance on economic issues will play a major role in the election. “The economic downturn has hit Ohio pretty hard,” Lykins said, referencing the manufacturing that takes place. “This election is very unique,”...
