Jackets Hold Off Panthers in Season Opener
1,375 pajama-clad fans packed into the Callan Athletic Center Friday night to watch the Cedarville men’s basketball team win its home opener against Ohio Dominican in a close game, 90-86.
Due to the G-MAC volleyball tournament, the game tipped off at 11:00 p.m. and head coach Pat Estepp made it a pajama night. The fans were on their feet for most of the game, only sitting down during timeouts.
Estepp said the crowd had a big part in the win.
“The crowd was phenomenal,” he said. ...
Cedarville Freshmen Abound on Basketball Teams
Freshman year is a time when memories are made: walking into the wrong room on the first day of classes, falling in love with a mysterious stranger, feeling the adrenaline rush as one gets back to the dorm two minutes after curfew, the list can go on. But year one is also a time of transition from high school to college, and some people handle the change more smoothly than others.
This transition is magnified in the collegiate sports world. Freshman athletes have to adapt to competition at ...
Moonlight Madness Previews Upcoming Basketball Season
Cedarville got a small taste of the upcoming basketball season Saturday night with Moonlight Madness.
The highlight of the night was the dunk exhibition. Instead of a contest like in years past, the audience was treated to a showcase of Cedarville’s best dunkers. Sophomore forward and former junior varsity player Josh Paul leapt over a friend on his way to a dunk, and sophomore forward Easton Bazzoli took a pass off the side of the backboard and slammed it in.
But sophomore guard Austin ...
Stepping Up Their Game: JV to Varsity
The chasm between JV and varsity sports is much greater at the collegiate level than in high school. It takes more than determination, sacrifice, time and athleticism, although it still requires all of these elements, to move from junior varsity to varsity in college. It takes something more.
Ethan Lee, a senior finance major and forward on the soccer team, is another athlete who made his way from JV to varsity.
During his freshman year at Delaware’s Seaford High, Lee worked his way ...
Yellow Jackets Blow Out Ohio Valley
The last time the Cedarville men’s basketball team played Ohio Valley, it took overtime for the Yellow Jackets to finally defeat the Scots. Tonight was quite the opposite. The Yellow Jackets dominated from start to finish in a 87-65 blowout.
The Yellow Jackets came out shooting and jumped out to an early 10-3 lead. Ohio Valley fought back, making it 10-9, but Cedarville responded with an 18-2 run to blow the game open. The onslaught continued as the Jackets held the visiting Scots to 8-33 ...
Visiting Marauders Defeat Yellow Jackets
The Central State Marauders tallied 11 steals as they defeated the Yellow Jacket men’s basketball team at Cedarville 84-69 on Saturday, Feb. 1. This loss puts Cedarville’s record at 5-13 overall and 3-3 in the G-MAC, the Yellow Jackets’ Division II NCAA conference.
Despite putting up the first points on the scoreboard, the Yellow Jackets were unable to keep pace with the visiting Marauders. The Marauders took an early lead and never looked back.
The Yellow Jackets made several ...
Cedarville Falls Short On World Record Atempt
A Cedarville org attempted a world record Saturday night.
The record was for the world’s largest knockout game, a record set by Iowa State at 571 people. Cedarville’s knockout game reached 291 people.
Delta Alpha Epsilon, an alumni-based org on campus, organized the game to raise money for their spring break MIS trip to Eleuthra, a small island in the Bahamas. On the MIS trip, they will be working with Ryan and Emily Flunker, who are Cedarville alumni and administrators at Windermere High ...
Jackets Hold On for Third Straight Win
The Cedarville men’s basketball team held on late against Davis & Elkins tonight, withstanding numerous comeback attempts by the visiting Senators en route to a 63-58 victory.
The Yellow Jackets took a 20-10 lead part way through the first half, threatening to put away the Senators early. The visitors fought back, never letting the lead extend beyond 10 points and closed it to two going into halftime.
The second half was back and forth with both sides trading baskets. Davis & Elkins ...
Jackets Dominate Wilberforce
The Cedarville men’s basketball team dominated visiting Wilberforce tonight with a barrage of offense and a mix up of defenses.
The Yellow Jackets opened the game with a 12-3 run led by Marcus Reineke’s 10 points off three 3-pointers, one of which was an and-one. Cedarville didn’t let up for the rest of the half, extending the lead to 25. The onslaught continued in the second half, ending in a Cedarville victory of 94-74.
Reineke led the team with 19 points. Austin Pickett added 14; ...
