Monthly Archives: January 2011

SHATAYA “THE PLAYA” GIVES THE INFERNO A WIN WITH HER BUZZER BEATER

MILWAUKEE — Shataya McComb (Kingston, N.Y.) hit a fade-away 3-point basket at the buzzer to give Alverno College a 56-53 victory over visiting Lakeland College tonight in Reiman Gymnasium.

With .5 seconds remaining Alverno College’s Kristen Speerschneider  inbounded from half court to McComb Continue reading

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SPOT-CHECK: HOW ARE THE PRAIRIE WOLVES DOING?

NEBRASKA WESLEYAN PRAIRIE WOLVES – MEN – The men are Continue reading

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TRITONS BASEBALL PICKED TO FINISH FIRST IN THE CCAA

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Two-time defending conference champion and NCAA Division II Championship runner-up UC San Diego has been selected to win the 2011 California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) regular season baseball title in a vote of conference coaches, it was announced on Wednesday.

The Tritons, who finished with a 54-8 record in 2010, totaled 100 points and garnered 10 first-place votes to finish Continue reading

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RED LIONS RALLY TO BEAT ROBERT MORRIS

SPRINGFIELD, IL –  The Red Lions Men’s Basketball team of Lincoln Christian University rallied from 16 points down at one point in the first half to defeat  the Eagles of Robert Morris 83-76 Tuesday evening.  Kyle Rust came off the bench to lead the Red Lions Continue reading

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SPOT CHECK: HOW ARE THE TRINITY CHRISTIAN TROLLS DOING?

TRINITY CHRISTAN TROLLS – MEN – The men’s team is currently Continue reading

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JACKIE PATTERSON OF THE LADY BLUE DRAGONS IS THE JAYHAWK CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Hutchinson Community College freshman Jackie Patterson was named the Verizon/Jayhawk Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for the second Continue reading

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL – REVENGE OF THE LEADER BOARD

Let’s take a look at who the number one college basketball teams are in the Divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers. Continue reading

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RAILSPLITTERS BASKETBALL MOVES UP TO NUMBER 8

HARROGATE, TN – One day before squaring off against their biggest arch-rival, the Lincoln Memorial University men’s basketball team learned it has moved up to no. 8 in the latest National Association of Basketball Coaches poll released late Tuesday afternoon.

The announcement of the Railsplitter’s highest ranking since joining the ranks of the NCAA Division II and their second highest ranking in the program’s history comes just hours before the Continue reading

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SPOT-CHECK: HOW ARE THE FIGHTING KOALAS DOING?

COLUMBIA COLLEGE FIGHTING KOALAS – There are no men’s teams at Columbia College so this will just be a look at how their women’s  basketball team is doing. Their season started for real on November 3rd at Voorhees College (Insert your own Friday The 13th film series joke here). Their Continue reading

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TALIA RAYFORD OF THE GILA MONSTERS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Women’s Basketball player Talia Rayford for being named Player of the Week for Eastern Arizona College.  Talia averaged 20 points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals, and 2 assists in two games last week.  The freshman comes to Eastern from Inglewood, California. 

And one of the perks of being covered by Balladeer’s Blog is getting your Official Balladeer’s Blog Nickname. So as of now, allow me to dub this outstanding student athlete Talia “The Hoops Monster” Rayford. I thought about spelling it “Goops Monster” like in Gila Monster, but I didn’t want bombarded with e-mails from people telling me they didn’t get it.

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