The Campus Chronicle

Volume 3, No. 10
January 24, 2003

SCAD’s James Omedo goes for two of his nine points in the Jan. 21 win against Fisk University at the Savannah Civic Center. Omedo also had a career high of 12 rebounds.
Photo by Ben Dashwood

Men’s basketball team’s win streak at 10

By Michael MacEachern

Keith Davis scored 24 points as the Savannah College of Art and Design men's basketball team rallied from nine points down in the second half to defeat Fisk University 78-73 Jan. 21 at the Savannah Civic Center.

The Bees won their 10th consecutive game and improved to 15-5 while Fisk fell to 7-6. The victory streak is the second most in school history for SCAD as the Bees won 11 straight during the 1996-97 season. SCAD will try to tie that streak Jan. 26 when they host Rust College in a 3 p.m. contest at the Savannah Civic Center.

SCAD, which led 41-38 at the half, saw the Bulldogs reel off nine unanswered points to take a 54-45 lead with 13:06 remaining on a jumper by Jeffrey Anderson, who finished with 20 points. The Bees responded with a 21-6 run capped by a 3-pointer by Labeeb Abdullah to take a 66-60 lead with 6:05 remaining. Abdullah finished with 15 points.

The Bulldogs closed to within a point (66-65) on a free throw by Anderson with 3:58 remaining, but Ryan Kaminski's put-back 27 seconds later ignited a 6-0 run for the Bees that gave SCAD a 72-65 lead with 1:10 left. Fisk would get as close as four points the rest of the way, but SCAD made four free throws in the final minute to seal the win.

Adam Thomason also scored in double figures for the Bees with 10 points while James Omedo pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds. Omedo also added nine points.

The team’s swarming defense stung another opponent Jan. 20 at the Savannah Civic Center.

The Bees, who are ranked 12th in field goal defense (38.3 percent) limited the Scots of Maryville College to 25.0 percent shooting from the floor (16-of-64), including a frigid 17.1 percent (6-of-35) in the first half as SCAD defeated Maryville College 68-58.

With the SCAD win, Maryville saw its 11-game winning streak snapped and fell to 13-3. The Bees have handed the Scots two of their three losses this year.

Davis led the Bees with his 11th double double of the season as he scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. Abdullah finished with 11 and Kyle Jones kicked in 10.

SCAD rode the guard combination of Jones and Abdullah as they shot 54 percent from the floor en route to defeating Apprentice School 80-69 Jan. 18 in Newport News, Va.

Jones hit four three-pointers for 17 points and Abdullah scored 13 points with 13 assists as four Bees were in double figures.

SCAD led from start to finish as the Builders only tied the game once at 2 on a jumper by Charles Holiday.

Davis led SCAD with 20 points while Otim finished with 10. Adams also finished in double figures with 11 points.

National anthem singers needed at basketball games
Open auditions for singers of the Star Spangled Banner for the remaining home men’s and women’s basketball games are now being held. For more information contact Andrew Levine, music master in the media and performing arts department, at 525-6941 or by e-mail at alevine@scad.edu

Also, the cheerleaders are looking for performers to be the "Art the Bee" mascot at home basketball games. You must be between 5-feet-5-inches and 6-feet-5-inches tall and be in good condition. For more information, contact head cheerleading coach Wayne Evans at 238-1747 or by e-mail at wevans@scad.edu.

Scots down women’s basketball team 73-59
The Maryville College women’s basketball team scored a 73-59 victory over SCAD Jan. 20 at the Savannah Civic Center.

The Scots, who have won the past five meetings with the Bees, picked up their seventh consecutive game and improved to 12-4. The Bees, who have dropped five of their past six games, fell to 9-10. SCAD returns to action Jan. 26 when they host Rust College in a 1 p.m. contest at the Savannah Civic Center.

Maryville led the game from start to finish and had a 33-25 lead at the half.

Nicole Moody led the Bees with a career-high 27 points. Laura Hagwood added 13 points for SCAD.

Becki Tower scored a career-high 32 points, including 21 in the first half, as the women’s basketball team held off Wesleyan College 75-67 Jan. 17 in Macon.

Tower, who hit five three-pointers in the opening 20 minutes, helped the Bees lead by as many as nine points (29-20) before SCAD took a 33-28 lead at the half.

The Pioneers got as close as four points three times in the second half before SCAD cracked the game wide open. The Bees used a 14-2 run that was capped by a jumper by Hagwood with 12:01 remaining to give the Bees a 57-41 lead. Hagwood scored all of her 12 points in the second half.

Wesleyan gradually whittled away at the SCAD lead and closed to within seven points (71-64) on a jumper by Jessica Smith with 56 seconds remaining, but that would as close as the Pioneers would get.

Monique Lewis added 15 points for the Bees while Rachel Briener added 11 rebounds.

Women’s golf ranked nationally
Golfstat ranks the SCAD women’s golf team seventh in the region and 25th nationally among NCAA Division III institutions in its mid-season statistical report.

The Bees have averaged rounds of 360.0 in their three tournaments last fall.

Individually, junior Amber Weller is ranked fifth in the region and 16th nationally among NCAA Division III golfers for the Bees with an 81.60 stroke average per round. Freshman Ashley Warsaw is ranked 24th in the region with an 87.20 stroke average per round.

SCAD opens the spring portion of its schedule Feb. 24-25 when they compete in the Blade Sportswear Intercollegiate Tournament hosted by Mercer University in Macon.

MacEachern is the SCAD sports information director.