GAME DAY: UMES @ Hampton - Starters (ESPNU)

UMES - Maroon uniform
00 - Obame Obame
3 - White
23 - Bradshaw
24 - Haley
32 - Hines

Hampton - White uniform
1 - Pellum
4 - Agbelese
5 - Tunnell
20 - Funches
32 - Morgan

GAME DAY: UMES @ NCCU - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniforms
3 White
5 Bell
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley
32 Hines

NCCU - Gray uniforms
3 Clement
5 Leemow
12 Wilkerson
35 Chasten
42 Manns

UMES @ South Carolina State - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniform
3 White
5 Bell
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley
32 Hines

South Carolina State - White uniform
1 Toombs
4 Porter
5 Sanders
12 Pitt
22 Bennett

Tip in about six minutes.

GAME DAY: UMES @ Oklahoma - Starters

UMES -Maroon uniform
3 White
11 Burns
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley
32 Hines

Oklahoma - White uniform
2 Pledger
4 Fitzgerald
14 Blair
21 Clark
34 Davis

Practice

Some photos from tonight's practice at OU's Lloyd Noble Center:

 Kevin White and Mark Robertson go through some defensive slides at the beginning of practice.

 Some of OU's tournament banners (conference, national, etc.)

 Stacey King and Mookie Blaylock's retired numbers

Hillary Haley has been on a kick of wanting me to take photos of him, so here's one of him doing "post moves" - ummm, Pop, isn't that just you dunking so I get a pic of you showing off? :-)

GAME DAY! UMES @ Colorado - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniform
3 White
11 Burns
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley
32 Hines

Colorado - Gray uniform
1 Tomlinson
5 Relphorde
10 Burks
11 Higgins
33 Dufault

GAME DAY - Washington College at UMES - Starters

UMES - White uniform
3 White
11 Burns
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley
32 Hines

Washington College - Maroon uniform
4 Bernstein
20 Holcombe
25 Naymick
33 McShane
44 Breslin

GAME DAY - UMES @ PITT - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniform
3 White
11 Burns
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley
32 Hines

Pitt - White uniform
5 Brown
14 Gibbs
22 Wanamaker
42 Zanna
52 McGhee

Lasky's Lounge Week 2

It’s week two of Lasky’s Lounge and I just returned from Evansville, Indiana with the men’s basketball team. This is your one stop shop for some interesting tidbits about UMES athletics, in particular, the men’s and women’s basketball programs. If you have any questions or comments for me, please feel free to email, umesbroadcast@gmail.com. Talk to you all on the radio soon!

Did that Happen?: It was relatively easy to find something that screams “Did that Happen?” this past week. The Lady Hawks were locked in a dandy against LIU on Wednesday evening. With the score tied at 49, there was a 30-second timeout called by LIU. Ashley Palmer was ready to inbound the ball from the sideline near her team’s bench. Palmer was up against the 5-count, panicked and called a time out. However, LIU was out of time outs. Technical foul. The Hawks weren’t able to capitalize and win in regulation but it brought back memories of Chris Webber. Let’s take you into the time machine. It was April 5, 1993 and Michigan was playing UNC for the NCAA title. Michigan is trailing 72-69 with 46 seconds left when they call their last time out. Then, Webber scores after a UNC turnover to trim the deficit to 72-71. UNC’s Pat Sullivan is fouled and he makes the first and misses the second free throw. Webber grabs the rebound (gets away with a travel) and brings the ball into the forecourt. He then gets trapped and calls a timeout. Technical foul. UNC’s Donald Williams hit both free throws and UNC seals the title. Williams was the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four. (Kansas and Kentucky were the other two teams in the final four in case you were wondering).

10 Second Violation: During the LIU broadcast, one thing that Dave Byrd and I discussed was the missing 10-second violation in women’s college basketball. It puzzles me that the men’s game enforces a 10-second count in the backcourt but the women’s game doesn’t. I understand that the men’s game is played at a different speed but still. You mean to tell me that Bria Jackson, Casey Morton and Amber Cook can’t get the ball across in 10-seconds? I don’t buy that for a second. The only thing the lack of a 10-second count affords the ladies is a chance to casually bring the ball across. Sometimes late in games you’ll see the point guards dribble in the backcourt and evaporate the clock. They could do the same thing in the frontcourt right? Also, I feel that at least 95% of the time, they get the ball across in under 10 seconds anyway.­­­ I’ll have to get coach Batchelor’s thoughts on this. Maybe he has a profound explanation. What are some of your theories? Should the 10-count be enforced?

Two Good Reads: I was doing my homework on coach Frankie Allen and his dominance in the Old Dominion state of Virginia before the ODU game and I stumbled upon this article. It’s a really interesting read about coach Allen’s time at Roanoke and some of the obstacles he has overcome in his career. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/timeline/frankie_allen.htm

On a sad note, the 33^rd anniversary of the horrific 1977 Evansville basketball team plane crash was yesterday (Dec. 13). Since the Hawks just played Evansville, I have read quite a bit about the incident. For those that were born after 1977, you might not remember a lot about the tragedy. Here is one of the many articles I found. http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/local/article_0bb7d4e2-e7b8-11de-8314-001cc4c03286.html

Trivia time: Who is the only UMES basketball player (men’s or women’s) to make at least 100 3-pointers in a single season since the 2002-03 campaign?

Shout(s) out of the Week: I have multiple so let’s start.

1. Adobi Agbasi for stepping to the forefront and making the coaching staff look like geniuses for diagramming the biggest two plays of the game (against LIU) for her. Agbasi tied the game with a lefty lay in with 57 seconds left. She is tough to guard when moving to her left and turning over her right shoulder.
   
2. Kevin White for chasing a ball in the second half against Evansville (when they Hawks were down big) that was destined for his own bench and diving full-extension after it to try and save it. It wound up being out of bounds off the Hawks but it’s those types of hustle plays that will be paramount come conference play. Kevin really asserted himself in the second half.
   
3. Tyler Hines for recording his third career double-double against Evansville (11 points, 11 rebounds). Hines ripped down six offensive rebounds. He is a tireless worker.

Road Warriors: We had a Thursday afternoon departure with the men’s basketball team for Norfolk, Virginia. The hotel in Norfolk might be one of my favorites for three reasons…1) It’s literally right across the street from the Ted Constant Center. We left the hotel and walked across the street – can’t beat that for convenience. 2) Breakfast provided a wide variety – eggs, sausage, fruit, yogurt, oatmeal, bagels, muffins, waffles, pastries, juice and more. 3) Complimentary tea and honey…for a broadcaster suffering through a winter cold, that is as clutch as a free throw with seconds left to ice a game. We awoke at 6:30 a.m. to catch our flight to Chicago (we transferred and caught a flight to Louisville and then bused to Evansville). One thing I found interesting on the aircraft was the food the flight attendants handed out. Everyone was offered a “Newtons Fruit Crisps” bar. Whatever happened to pretzels and peanuts? I guess I’m just old fashioned. Nothing out of the ordinary in Evansville except for the constant change of the time zone we were in. We flew to Chicago (central time) then transferred and flew to Louisville (eastern time) and then bused to Evansville (central time). Easy trip though. Kudos to Curtis Peery and the coaching staff for taking good care of everyone. It’s a lot harder than you think to travel with a group of 19 people, especially when there are practices, games, laundry to be done, food to buy, scouting reports to finalize, flights to catch and so on.

Number(s) of the Week: 406 – the number of points Tim Burns has scored since arriving on the UMES campus. Burns scored 10 second half points against Evansville to cross over the 400 points marker in his career with the Hawks. Burns has 640 college points (two seasons at High Point). 15.2 – the percentage that the Lady Hawks are holding the opposition to from beyond the 3-point line. Through five games, opponents are 12-of-79 from 3-point range against UMES. Syracuse sputtered to a 1-for-23 night from deep and LIU shot 1-of-7 from deep. 41 – The number of bench points that Fred Batchelor received last week against Manhattan and LIU combined. The Hawks scored a total of 107 points. Therefore, 38% of their points last week came from the reserves.

Five Stars: Time to crown the crème de la crème from the last week. Ladies first. She sometimes reminds me of watching a game on West 4^th street in the cage or at Rucker Park with her razzle-dazzle shake-‘n-bake dribbling style but she has a silky smooth jumper that will splash the net from NBA range. Kwinnyata Mercer had a “Five-Star” type of week. Mercer poured in 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the two games last week. She made the two technical free throws late in the second half to give the Hawks a brief lead vs. LIU. She nailed a three-pointer early in overtime to give the Hawks a 54-51 lead. She also made two free throws in OT. It was a challenging week for the men’s basketball team so it took some thought to decide who would receive the award. I’m giving “Five-Stars” to Tim Burns this week. He scored ten points (all in the second half) against Evansville. In the four UMES games prior, Burns had only scored six total points. Burns has lost a lot of playing time of late (8.0 minutes per game in the four games prior to Evansville) and maybe his performance against the Purple Aces will get him back in the thick of the rotation. Remember, Burns started 21 games last season and averaged 33.1 minutes per game (second most of the team). He was also second on the Hawks in scoring (11.2).

Two for the Road: Next up for the men’s team… the Pitt Panthers. Here is a little nugget to digest about Pitt. Before Tennessee tripped them up on last Saturday, they had won 58 consecutive non-conference games in the city of Pittsburgh. Bucknell downed Pittsburgh on Jan. 2, 2005 (last loss before Tennessee). The Lady Hawks next two opponents are Towson, Saturday Dec. 18, and Wake Forest on Monday, Dec. 20. The Lady Hawks have never beaten Towson (0-7 all-time). It has been 23 years since the UMES women’s basketball team has faced Wake Forest. The ‘Deacs beat UMES 73-61 in 1987.

Trivia Answer: If you guessed Toni Kennedy of the women’s basketball team, you are correct! Kennedy knocked in exactly 100 3-pointers during the 2005-06 season. Kennedy made 157 3-pointers in two seasons with the Lady Hawks.

 If you have any questions for me, please feel free to contact me at umesbroadcast@gmail.com.

This week’s broadcast schedule:

Thursday – Coaches’ Corner 7-8 @ Peaky’s Pub (WGOP 540 AM, 100.7 FM)

Saturday – Men’s basketball @ Pittsburgh (95.5 The Sports Animal)

GAME DAY - UMES @ Evansville - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniform
00 - Obame Obame
3 - White
23 - Bradshaw
24 - Haley
32 - Hines

Evansville - White uniforms
2 - Lacey
11 - Ryan
32 - Harris
34 - Holmes
41 - van Tongeren

GAME DAY - UMES @ Old Dominion - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniform
00 - Obame Obame
3 - White
23 - Bradshaw
24 - Haley
32 - Hines

ODU - White uniform
3 - James
20 - Cooper
21 - Hassell
24 - Bazemore
35 - Finney

GAME DAY - UMES @ Delaware State - Starters

UMES - Maroon uniforms
00 - Obame Obame
3 - White
23 - Bradshaw
24 - Haley
32 - Hines

Delaware State - White uniform
4 - Threatt
5 - Washington
21 - Stowe
22 - Walker
32 - M. Oliver

GAME DAY - Northern Illinois at UMES STARTERS

UMES - Gray uniforms
00 - Obame Obame
3 - White
11 - Burns
23 - Bradshaw
32 - Hines

Northern Illinois - Cardinal Red uniforms
1 - Hall
5 - Toler
12 - Rucker
13 - Silas
24 - Landers

GAME DAY - UMES @ American - Starters

UMES - Maroon Uniform
oo - Obame Obame
3 - White
11 - Burns
23 - Bradshaw
32 - Hines

American - White Uniform
3 - Brewer
14 - Moldoveanu
21 - Hendra
22 - Luptak
32 - Lumpkins

GAME DAY - UMES @ Columbia

UMES - Maroon Uniform
00 Obame Obame
3 White
12 Kelley
23 Bradshaw
24 Haley

Columbia - White Uniform
1 Ampim
2 Grimes
5 Frankowski
10 Barbour
44 Craig

IT'S GAMEDAY! Tulane @ UMES

Again, lack of posting due to crazy schedules, but trust me, I will back track and get everything up to date.

Tonight is the regular season opener and we're hosting Tulane! It's been a great experience all day with radio shows and whatnot.

Today's Starting Lineup:

UMES - White Uniforms
3 - White
11 - Burns
12 - Kelley
23 - Bradshaw
31 - Robertson

Tulane - Green Uniforms
23 - Mayhane
2 - Booker
0 - Richard
5 - Callahan
22 - Timmons

Relay for Life

Friday night was the annual Relay for Life event. We had a great turnout from all teams! I'm attaching some photos that I took with my phone, but will definitely post the links to the story and photo galleries that we will make on the main web site (www.umeshawks.com). I'll also see if any of the guys took some photos and I know for sure that Tyler will want to post a recap. Maybe some of the other guys will join in on the discussion?

Mark and Tyler

You can't really tell, but that's a long stretch of UMES Athletics teams and supporters in their pink camo shirts.

Coach Blaine holds the infamous "Spirit Stick." Anytime someone would walk around the track they needed to carry this and a passport in order to get spirit points.

Each tent had various candle torches with names of people who were either being honored or memorialized by that team. Here is Coach Brown's wife's torch. It was great to have her on board in addition to the numerous other ones we had at our site (additionally, Coach Brummell and a ton of family members and friends).

Move-in Day

Hello my Hawk family, I know I've been gone for a bit, but I'm back to writing in full effect. I had a very good summer, but now we're all back.

Last Thursday was the official day that all Hawk Student-Athletes came back to campus to get ready for the upcoming school year.

As I arrived to UMES, the first person I saw was Mark Robertson. Behind him was Kevin White, Mike Spence and Freddy Obame Obame. We all couldn't stop smiling because we were all excited to see each other and be back together.

Moving in was rough as I had to unload everything in my truck and then get everything out of storage. It was a long day, but I'm happy to finally be back and reunited with my UMES family.

-Tyler Hines

Photo Day

Today was photo day for the team and of course I forgot to take camera shots until the end! Man, some of those boys were cheesin' hard! Wish I would've gotten some shots of that.

Freshman Louis Bell poses for his first official UMES photos!

Coach Nick Robinson doesn't smile in photos. I feel like all 10 of his head shots looked the same, but according to him there were vast differences. Uh huh, Coach Nick.

Kevin White was definitely the diva of the day... wanting to see his photos immediately after they were taken to make sure they were good and then picking the exact one that will be used this season! I told him he was worse than some of the volleyball girls.

Before photos, we had the team's first meeting of the season. I talked to the guys about safety and rules regarding UMES' Social Media Policy that we developed. It's really important that the guys and our student-athletes in general (and anyone else!) follows the guidelines because social media can be a dangerous (yet extremely helpful and AWESOME!)

Today is also my birthday, which I usually don't highly publicize, however the men's team caught wind of this (I have very good inclinations as to who) and they all sang Happy Birthday to me! It's good to have "family" away from home! Thanks guys! It's a good thing I love them all, otherwise the season would be extremely difficult since I pretty much have to spend 24/7 with them!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUG!

Happy Birthday to the Hawks' All-Time Season Assists Leader - Kevin "Sug" White! Ask him sometime about his nickname :-)

Hope you're having a fantastic summer! (And working hard for this upcoming season!)