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Wake Forest football team arrived into RFK led by the team's mascot on motorcycle and later left with the Eagle Bowl trophy. Photo by John E De Freitas - WI Sports Photo EditorMeeting for the second time this season, Navy (8-4) and Wake Forest (7-5) battled one another on Sat., Dec. 20 in the inaugural EagleBank Bowl at RFK Stadium in front of a crowd of 28,777. Wake Forest’s Rich Belton made a 35-yard touchdown run with 54 seconds left to upset Navy. The Demon Deacons’ 16 seniors finished with a 32-19 record, three bowl appearances and the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
Rookie guard/forward Natalie Day rose to the occasion and scored a game and career-high 20 points in her second start for the Lady Bison. Howard cut a 22-point deficit down to 10, but the freshman's effort was not enough as Bucknell took a 63-53 victory over Howard at Burr Gymnasium on Mon. Jan. 5. Day started for the first time since the season opener in place of Morgan Neal, who did not dress after sustaining an injury versus Colgate the previous week.
Bowie State University put together a late second half rally, erasing an 18-point deficit before falling 73-69 down the stretch to West Virginia State University on Mon. Jan 5. Senior Ted King (Columbus, OH) scored a game-high 31 points and teammates Hensley Charles (Hillsdale, N.J.) and Darren Jones (Cleveland, OH) added 17 and 16 points respectively to pace the WVSU Yellow Jackets.
The University of the District of Columbia Firebird’s men’s basketball team was defeated by the Alderson-Broaddus Battlers, 86-73 on Mon. Jan. 5. Alderson-Broaddus led the entire game, shooting 54 percent (27-50) in two-point field goals, and 80 percent from the free throw line.
“During the season, I try to let things come to me and during the game I let the offense come to me. During the second half they did a good job at taking away good looks and I didn't want to force anything. I wanted to do a better job at letting the game come to me,†said Georgetown’s DaJuan Summers. Photo By John E. DeFreitas - WI Sports Photo Editor In a rematch of the last two Big East tournament championship games, Pittsburgh (14-0, 2-0 Big East) broke open a close contest with a 17-4 run midway through the second half.
Leeandrea Walker races down the court for an easy two. Photo By Khalid Naji-Allah Knights of Lynwood, Ca., at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. on Fri. Jan. 2 in the Michael J. Gilbert Foundation Tournament. The game had several lead changes in late in the fourth quarter as the Lynwood Knights took a two-point lead with 4 ticks left on the game clock.
Scene from Coach Lynch's vigil. Photo By Khalid Naji-Allah
H.D. Woodson Warriors quarterback Ricardo Young rushes up the middle for a score. Photo by Khlaid Naji-AllahDuring last year’s Turkey Bowl game, Ricardo Young performed like a sophomore quarterback starting in his first big game, his lack of poise and gamesmanship contributing to H.D. Woodson’s 20-9 loss to Dunbar. Fast forward one year, and Young demonstrated the maturation and savvy that resulted in a 24-9 win over the Dunbar Crimson Tide in the 39th Annual Turkey Bowl. The 6’1†junior completed 10 of 17 passes for 141 yards while rushing for 31 yards and three touchdowns.
“Last year, I didn’t have control of the offense. This season, I was under control and the coach allowed me to check off,†Young said.
The University of the District of Columbia Firebirds Women’s Basketball Team
is ranked 25th in the country in the most recent USA Today /ESPN Division II Top Coaches’ Poll, released on Jan. 6. This is the first time, ever, that the team has been so highly ranked in this poll. The Firebirds are 12-2 for the 2008-09 season after defeating Mansfield State College, 73-45, in Mansfield, Pa.
is ranked 25th in the country in the most recent USA Today /ESPN Division II Top Coaches’ Poll, released on Jan. 6. This is the first time, ever, that the team has been so highly ranked in this poll. The Firebirds are 12-2 for the 2008-09 season after defeating Mansfield State College, 73-45, in Mansfield, Pa.
Kechan Myers, a senior guard from Philadelphia, Pa., scored a game-high 22 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead the University of the District of Columbia Firebirds Men’s Basketball Team to a, 79-74, win over the Apprentice School Builders in Newport News, Va. On Thur. Jan. 15. Sophomore guard Tim Ellison (Alexandria, VA) chipped in 19 points and collected 5 rebounds as the only other Firebird to reach double figures during the game.
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