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Tigers teams take on UAPB, MVSU
Thursday, March 3, 2016
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CANDICE DIXSON, BRE’ANNA
JOHNSON, TRICEE NELSON
GSU Sports Media
Shakyla Hill led her team
with 22 points, nine rebounds,
three assists and four steals as
the Grambling State University
Lady Tigers defeated the Lady
Golden Lions of University of
Arkansas Pine Bluff, 67-49 on
Saturday, Feb. 27.
The game was competitive in
the first half, but things changed
after half time.
“Our defensive momentum
changed when Chantiara Lewis
came into the game,” said head
basketball coach Nadine Domond.
“We were 22-0 in the second
half of the game. Everybody
on my team is vital,” added Domond. “We play a certain brand
of basketball that people want
to see,” added Domond.
Bre’nae Andrews of GSU
finished with 15 points, four rebounds and three assists. Niya
Head of Pine Bluff put up 10
points and pulled down five rebounds.
On the flip side, Deonte
Hearns was the lead scorer with
21 points, three rebounds and
two steals but it wasn’t enough
as the Grambling State University Tigers fell to the Golden
Lions of the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, 53-51.
At halftime, the Golden Lions were up by 3, 26-23. Hearns
put up 10 points and Nigel Ribeiro had six. Charles Jackson
of Pine Bluff put up 10 points
followed by Trent Whiting with
GSU player, Deonte Hearns, #3, goes up for a bucket.
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Bre’nae Andrews, #12, on the Grambling Lady Tigers attempts a shot against the Lady Golden
Lions of UAPB.
Ribeiro ended the game
with 13 points, three rebounds
and one steal. Charles Jackson
of Pine Bluff put up 15 points
and pulled down two rebounds
along with three assists.
This past Monday, Feb. 29
the Lady Tigers defeated the
bats well at the end of the
game,” said GSU head baseball coach James Cooper. “We
didn’t swing the bats well early
on and I think that’s the biggest difference in the game.
When they made mistakes and
we had guys on base we didn’t
make them pay for it early in
the game.”
Cooper let it be known that
it was clear why Pitt won.
“If you compare what they
did to what we did that’s how
they beat us today,” he said.
“We made errors and they
got the hits that they needed,
and that’s how they were able
to score as many runs as they
did.”
Pitching was also an issue
according to Cooper.
“We have to keep the ball
off the middle of the plate,” he
added. “They got the majority
of those runs off of homeruns
after we made errors. We cannot make errors and leave balls
that are just that good for a hitter to hit so we don’t give up
that many runs.”
Three up, three down usually is a reference to batters,
but this weekend it was in
reference to games. The University of Pittsburgh Panthers
completed the sweep of the
Grambling State University
Tigers by winning the third of
three weekend games 18-5 on
Sunday, Feb. 28.
Although not the side of
history one would like to be
on, GSU’s three losses to Pitt
this weekend helped their head
baseball coach Joe Jordano
claim his 800th career victory.
GSU head baseball coach
James was looking for a win,
and not a spot
“We got off to a good start
offensively today,” he said after the game. “We didn’t hit as
many home runs as they hit,
but we were able to put balls
out the ball park. ... We didn’t
have any errors in this ball
game so that’s a good note. The
way we swung the ball through
all three games is a good note.
We just didn’t get all the hits we
needed and didn’t make timely
pitches we needed.”
Pittsburg owned the seventh inning, rallying to take
control. Charles Leblanc started the rally, with a line drive
double, two runs scored. Nick
Yarnell stepped to the plate
and hammered the baseball
370 feet outside the ballpark.
Yarnell hit two homers in the
seventh inning and hit five
homers on the series.
Tigers third baseman Daniel Barnett made an amazing
diving catch to slow the Panthers’ bats down. Creighton
Hoover took a crack, and the
bases were loaded. Alex Kowalczyk batted in two runs. The
Panthers scoring concluded
with three consecutive home
runs from Leblanc, Yarnell and
Aaron Schnurbusch. GSU never got any offense going after
the Panthers rally.
“We played clean up until the seventh inning,” added
Cooper. “Then we just had
a stretch where we couldn’t
execute pitches. We left balls
up. They put good swings on
them. They hit them out.
“They had a stretch were
they had seven or eight hits
in a row, there’s no defense
for that. Whenever you leave
pitches belt-high over the middle of the plate, Division 1 ball
players are going to get hits on
them.”
The GSU Tigers open
Southwestern Athletic Conference play against Alcorn State
University Wednesday, March
2 at 6 p.m. in Lorman, Mississippi.
six.
Devilettes of Mississippi Valley
State University 79-55.
Hill led the Lady Tigers with
19 points and 5 steals. Andrews
finished with 18 points and senior guard Chanta Poole added
15.
GSU head coach Nadine
Domond was pleased with her
team’s dominating performance.
“If we’re gonna continue
to win, we have to take care
of things and be disciplined,”
she said shortly after the game
ended at the Fredrick C. Hobdy
Assembly Center.
The Tigers fell short by a single point against the Mississippi
Valley State University Delta
Devils, losing 58-57.
Close is not good enough,
according to head coach Shawn
Walker.
“We didn’t play smart
enough throughout the course
of the game,” he said minutes
after the painful loss.
Arnold Richmond ended the
game with 13 points and three
steals. Mitchell and Lowe each
finished with 10 points.
Mitchell had five rebounds
and Lowe had three. MVSU’s
Romain led with 19 points and
nine rebounds, and teammate
Latrell Love had 10 points an