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Bucknell Ready For Mountaineers

... League Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. “Their big guy is really good,” Huggins said. “He passes the ball well out of the post.”. In addition to pointing out Foulland was the Patriot League “MVP,” in Huggins’ words multiple times, he added the Bison had other ways they could hurt his team. “They shoot the ball extremely well from the perimeter,” Huggins said. “They have multiple ballhandlers.”. The biggest focus for the Bison heading into the game has been handling West Virginia’s pressure defense. “It’s not the first time that we’ve played a team with a press,” junior guard Stephen Brown said. “I expect them to deny the point guard, which is my position, but we have plenty of guys who can handle the ball.”. West Virginia forces its opponents to commit the highest percentage of turnovers compared to possessions in the nation. “We know we’re going to get pressure because that’s the ...

20 Schuylkill League Swimmers Head To Bucknell

... heading to Bucknell — 15 boys and five girls. Of that group, 12 have competed at states before, while eight will be there for the first time. Like Kurzinsky, Schuylkill Haven’s Mary Zimmerman will be making her third straight trip to Bucknell. The change in format eliminated the possibility of Zimmerman accomplishing one of her goals — making it back for the evening session. Zimmerman was 25 th in the 200 freestyle and 28 th in the 100 freestyle last year; she’ll compete in those two events again this year. She’s seeded 12 th in the 200 freestyle and 22 nd in the 100 freestyle. “When I saw that I was ranked 12 th, I was excited because I had a chance to make it back at night and get to swim again,” Zimmerman said. “Now that there’s no prelims, I don’t have that opportunity. “There’s pros and cons,” Zimmerman continued. “I’ve never made it back to the consolation finals or finals, and it would have been really good to do that this year. It was one of my goals. “But what is great is that if you have the perfect race the first time, you don’t have to worry about ...

Smaller Bucknell Managed The Press, But Not The Boards

... at 18, 19 percent you’re doing a pretty good job.”. The Bison made turnovers on 20 percent of their possessions. “Once we got the rebound and got it out in transition, it was easy to beat the press,” Brown said. “But out of bounds, under the basket, on the sidelines, it was tough for us at times.”. Prime-time player: Bucknell sophomore point guard Kimbal Mackenzie hit a career-high five three-pointers and scored 23 points, two shy of his career high. Mackenzie, the Oakville, Ont., product, made 5 of 7 threes and 7 of 15 shots overall. “What Bucknell did was make shots,” West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. “They don’t always, nobody does, make shots that well. Mackenzie’s 5 for 7 for three and Steven Brown hit some big threes. Seemed like every time we started to get away from them a little bit they made a three.”. Bright future: Bucknell has won the past two ...

Thomas Doesn't Get Win, But Sees Dream Come True With Bucknell

... to fourth-seeded West Virginia 86-80. “Aside from losing, of course, it was a great experience coming here,” Thomas said through a smile afterward in the locker room. “You know, experiencing all the stuff, the press and everything, it’s cool.”. Thomas did not have a good-shooting performance. He was 3-for-9 from the field. But he sank seven of his nine free throws and was credited with a steal, four turnovers and four fouls. “We played pretty good, especially in the second half. We went on a little run there,” Thomas said of the Bison, who cut what once was a 15-point West Virginia lead down to three on three occasions. “We got into a little foul trouble. I had to come out. So, it was tough for us to get offensive rebounds. That’s where I feel we lost the game, offensive rebounds.”. The Mountaineers (27-8) pulled down ...

Pulitzer-winning Composer To Perform At Bucknell

... them down. The list became the backbone of the movement. “I felt it was important not just to be doing doom and gloom, but also have some representation of the vitality of the lives they led,” Wolfe said. “In this dark subject, we need some flowers.”. The other movements are centered on the bleak existence of a miner. In the second movement, Breaker Boys, lyrics recount the misery of the children who worked without gloves to pick stone from coal. The movement that follows, Speech, sets a dialogue by labor activist John L. Lewis to music. Wolfe, who has written several works about various labor industries in the United States, said stories like these fascinate her. While other labor tragedies are more notorious, she believed the horrors of the Anthracite mines shaped the way Americans viewed working. “It was such an important moment in history. A lot of the change came about ...

Feminists At Oberlin, Bucknell, Temple Host Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

... an account or anonymously. Rachel Simone Weil, an art and art history lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, argued that the Edit-A-Thon events seek to fill in the gaps that might exist on Wikipedia due to the overwhelming amount of male editors. “The intent is not to disproportionately overstate the roles of women or downplay the achievements of men through a malicious rewriting of history,” she explained. “Rather, this project seeks to revisit gaps in scholarship and canonical history — places in which the accounts of women’s contributions to society may, for one reason or another, simply not exist.”. A similar event was held at Bucknell University on March 3. A page describing the event argued that Wikipedia content is “skewed” as a result of the overwhelming amount of male contributors: “Content is skewed by the lack of female participation, creating imbalance in this increasingly important repository of ...

Former Radford High Star Jones In Ncaa Tournament With Bucknell

... High star Jones in NCAA tournament with Bucknell. Former Radford High star Jones in tournament with Bucknell. BUFFALO, N. Y. — As a high school sophomore, Nate Jones helped Radford win a state title. Now he is a college sophomore — and in the NCAA tournament. Jones is a reserve guard for 13 th-seeded Bucknell, which will face fourth-seeded West Virginia at 2:45 p.m. Thursday in a West Region game. "It's a dream come true," he said Wednesday at the Key Bank Center. Jones is not the first member of his family to experience March Madness. He the son of Radford University coach Mike Jones, who has been to the NCAAs as an assistant at Georgia and at 2011 Final Four participant Virginia Commonwealth. "He's been to the tournament a couple times, so I've always wanted to be a part of it myself," Nate Jones said. "It's just incredible.". Jones started for a Radford High School team that won the Group 1 A state title in 2013. The Bobcats made it back to the state final the following year. But what he experienced last week was even more special, said Jones. The top-seeded Bison ...

West Virginia Turns Back Bucknell's Upset Bid, 86-80

... Kimbal Mackenzie made five of seven three-point attempts and led the Patriot League-champion Bison with 23 points. Bucknell (26-9) entered the tournament having won six in a row and 14 of 16. After squandering double-digit leads in both the first and second half, the Mountaineers finally pulled away in the final two minutes. Phillip made all four free throws over the final minute, and the Bison's hopes realistically ended when Nate Jones missed a three-pointer with 35 seconds lef that kept the West Virginia lead at 81-74. West Virginia forced 15 turnovers but did allow more than 70 points for the 17 th time this season. The Mountaineers entered the game 7-9 when surrendering 70 or more points. The Bison showed perseverance in facing and even overcoming the Mountaineers stifling press defense. Each time it appeared West Virginia was poised to blow the game out, Bucknell charged back. The Bison overcame a 27-12 deficit in the first half to close the gap to 36-33 on Avi Toomer's layup. Then after Elijah Macon completed a three-point play to put the ...

Unprecedented' Moment For Bucknell Hoops Programs

... popped up opposite a Maryland team that has won three consecutive Big Ten tournament titles. “We’re still celebrating the fact that we’re in the NCAA tournament,” Roussell said. “To be able to play in an arena like that against a big-time opponent in an environment like that is something we’re really excited about.”. Hardt said Sunday’s victory cemented a remarkable run for the programs over the past two weeks. It marks the first time Bucknell’s men and women have qualified for the NCAA tournament in the same season. “It’s unprecedented for us and really a special accomplishment for our athletic programs,” said Hardt. “It’s been humbling and a really special time for us.”. Bucknell was one of just six schools nationally to have its men’s and women’s basketball teams win their conference tournaments, joining Florida Gulf Coast, Princeton, Gonzaga, Texas Southern and New Mexico State. Bucknell is one of 25 schools that have representatives in the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. “It’s a testament to the leadership provided by coaches Aaron Roussell and Nathan Davis,” Hardt said. “Along with their student-athletes, they are a great reflection of the ...

Season 108 Episode 35

... and Nate Adrian had a tough game (YOU CAN’T EXPECT NATE TO SCORE 10 POINTS EVERY GAME, GUYS!) but that’s okay. Critique the other two games, but not that one. The Mountaineers had a great game, Iowa State just played better. *it happens. Don’t take it out on 20-year-olds. Tip-Off Time: 2:45 PM ET. Where: Key Bank Center, Buffalo, NY. Tickets: General Public (includes the Notre Dame-Princeton game). TV: CBS. Streaming Video: March Madness Live (or the March Madness Live app for smartphones). Radio: WZST Variety 101 (100.9 FM in Morgantown) and the Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG ( Radio Affiliates ). Streaming Audio: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG on Tune In Radio (or the Tune In Radio app for smartphones). Satellite Radio: Sirius XM 201. Where are they from? Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Series History: WVU leads the series 8-0. Last Time: West Virginia 112, Bucknell 71 on ...