Jackets Drop Third Straight
The Cedarville Yellow Jackets men's basketball team lost a close game to the Findlay Oilers on Wednesday night, 69-60. The Jackets trailed 33-26 at half and could never get any closer than three as Findlay won their first game of the year on the road.
With 11 minutes to go in the second half, junior guard J.C. Faubion drove in for the and-one layup to cut the lead to 49-42. Although he missed the free throw, on the next possession Faubion came down and hit a three as the Jackets battled ...
Jackets Drop Season Opener
Despite an impressive performance by freshman forward Kwenton Scott, the Yellow Jackets opened up the season with an 88-71 loss to the visiting Lewis University Flyers.
The Jackets got off to a fast start to their first game of the Don Callan Classic. Scott scored eight of the team’s first 12 points, making all four of his shots. They took a 16-10 lead seven minutes into the game. This would be their largest lead, however, as the Flyers went on a 22-8 run to go up, 32-24.
Foul trouble ...
Dribbling Across Demographics
Aside from making up the biggest class in school history, the freshmen on Cedarville’s men’s basketball team bring cultural diversity, talent and humility to the court.
Seven players make up this year’s recruiting class. Center Roshane O’Brien and wing Gregory Wallace come from Jamaica. Forward Robert Okoro is from Nigeria, and forward Gabriel Portillo, a sophomore by credit, is from Italy. Stateside, wing Kwenton Scott hails from Arizona, and guards Colton Linkous and Kyle Laffin ...
Division I Transfer Starts Over, Serves Others
Starting over is hard to do, as Justice Montgomery would tell you.
A transfer athlete from American University, a Division I school, Montgomery has had to adjust to Cedarville this semester as a junior. According to himself, his coaches and his teammates, Montgomery brings not only talent to the men’s basketball team, but an unselfish spirit and a servant’s heart.
Starting over
Montgomery has started over before, but that doesn’t make it any easier for him, he said. When he switched ...
New Zealand, New Zeal
When Cedarville basketball player Lane Vander Hulst found himself on the other side of the world talking to a big crowd, he said he was a bit nervous.
“It was the first time I really had to get up in front of everyone and share the gospel,” he said. “It’s really easy to do in your head, but once you’re looking at all those people looking at you, it’s kind of difficult.”
In the summer of 2013, Vander Hulst and teammate Marcus Reineke, in partnership with Athletes in Action, ...
Seniors Lead Cedarville in Senior Night Win
The seniors on the Cedarville men's basketball team gave the fans a performance to remember. On a frigid Thursday night, the Yellow Jackets used blistering three-point shooting and hustle to beat the Salem International Tigers, 103-72, in front of a crowd of 1,113.
This being the last home game of the regular season, seniors Jason Cuffee, Marcus Reineke, Leighton Smith, and Connor Scott were introduced before the game.
At the start, Cedarville jumped out to an early lead. Senior swing ...
Jackets Hold Off Senators
On Lil' Sibs' Weekend, the Yellow Jackets beat Davis & Elkins, 82-73, in front of a crowd of nearly 1,500 people.
The game started out at a fast pace. Both teams committed early turnovers, but their three-point shots were falling. The Senators grabbed several offensive rebounds and turned those into second-chance points. They also got open looks from behind the arc and cashed in on the opportunities. Seven minutes into the game, they led the Jackets 15-11.
Then Cedarville made ...
Cedarville Loses in Final Seconds
The Cedarville men's basketball team let a lead slip away as they fell at home to Alderson Broaddus, 76-74. The Jackets led the Battlers up until the closing seconds, when the visiting team tipped in a missed shot with six seconds left.
Cedarville came out of the gate aggressively in a full court press and fell back into a zone. Sophomore forward Easton Bazzoli had a great first half. He hit two early threes and drove to the rim. The Jackets were executing in the half court and running the ...
Cedarville Falls to Central State
On a crowded night in the Callan Athletic Center, Cedarville saw its three-game winning streak come to an end, losing to Central State University 95-85.
An entertaining half highlighted by blistering three-point shooting and numerous transition buckets saw Central State go into the locker room up one, 43-42. The two teams combined to go 15-30 from the field in the first half from three-point land. Central State’s leading scorer, Masceo Harmon, scored 25 in the first half on 10-13 shooting. ...
Second Half Surge Lifts Jackets
The Cedarville men’s basketball team scored 52 points in the second half to pull away from cross county rival Wilberforce in Thursday's 91-73 non-conference home victory.
The Yellow Jackets locked down defensively in the opening minutes, forcing a Wilberforce timeout less than two minutes into the game after a Cedarville jumped out to a 6-0 lead. The Jackets built the lead to as high as 13, but Wilberforce wouldn't go away easily. The Bulldogs kept the game in reach and stormed back ...
