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Men's basketball captures SAC tourney title ship, defeating No. 3 seed Carson-Newman 9-4. After losing its opening game in the tournament, the Tusculum Pioneers recorded six consecutive victories, including two against the Eagles. Tusculum College’s George Hanger went 2-for-4 in the second game with C-N while driving in three runs batted in, while Tim Brown, Greg Stotser, Adam Hicks and Adam Beacham each posted multi-hit outings. Pioneer Chap Morris (3-0) came up with one of the biggest pitching performances of his career as he tossed 7.1 innings, scattered nine hits, allowed four runs (two earned), walked one and struck out one. In the first inning, two-time All-Conference performer Skip Talarek of the Pioneers reached on a twoout single and scored on Hanger’s 13th double of the season. The Pioneers led 1-0. Tusculum College added another run in the bottom of the fourth as Kenny Reed led off with a double and crossed the plate himself on Stotser’s RBI single. Carson-Newman fought back with three runs in the top of the fifth frame. Tusculum got the three runs back in its half of the fifth. TC added two more runs in the sixth inning. But the Eagles trimmed the deficit at 7-4. The Pioneers added two more runs in the eighth. 2005 SAC Tournament MVP, who tallied a careerhigh 24 points. • • 40 Celebrating the victory! Tusculum College captured its first Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament title in men's basketball with a 79-73 victory over Lenoir-Rhyne College held at the Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, North Carolina. The win sent the No. 4 seeded Pioneers (18-10) to the NCAA Division II South Atlantic Regional Tournament for the first time ever by earning the league’s automatic bid. The No.2 seeded Bears end their season at 17-12. In the first half, the Pioneers broke open a closely contested game with an 8-0 run to pull ahead 21-10 at the 11:48 mark on a three-pointer by junior guard Donald Sexton, of Oneida, Tenn. Sexton scored six of the eight points during the run. Tusculum extended their lead to its largest margin of the opening half at 17 points to 43-26 on a three-pointer by Sexton at the 3:46 mark before the Bears closed the half with a pair of treys by senior guard Tony Connelly, of Char- baseball (Begins on preceding page) lotte, N.C., and sophomore guard Eric Mauldin, of Albemarle, N.C., to cut the lead to 45-32 at the half. Both teams shot the ball well in the first half as the Pioneers were 48.5 percent from the field including nine-of-16 from beyond the arc while the Bears were 46.2 percent from the field on six-of-13 from three-point range. Tusculum College held a 12-2 advantage in fast break points and a 13-3 edge on points off turnovers in the first half. Sexton led the Pioneers with 20 first half points on five-of-six from three-point land while sophomore guard Stephen Hinds, of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Connelly led Lenoir-Rhyne with eight points apiece. The second half saw the Pioneer lead expand to 17 points at 60-43 on a lay-up by two-time All-SAC forward Brad Hawks, Galax, Va., at the 11:55 mark before the Bears began their comeback. Lenoir- Rhyne outscored the Pioneers 14-2 over the next three minutes to cut the lead to 62-57 with 8:57 left in the game. L-R s senior forward Roman Davis, of Greensboro, N.C., keyed the comeback with six points during the run. The Pioneer lead was cut to only two points at 72-70 after L-R connected on a three-pointer. Hawks scored on two straight possessions and junior forward Douglas Tshomba, of Brussels, Belgium, hit three-of-four free throws in the final 22 seconds to seal the victory. The Pioneers were led in scoring by Sexton, the
117 Pioneers lauded for scholastic accomplishment The South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll has been announced and Tusculum College leads the way with a league-record 117 student-athletes recognized. The conference had a record 679 student-athletes honored for their achievements in the classroom. This marks the seventh consecutive time and eighth in the last 11 reporting periods that Tusculum has led the conference in honorees. Wingate University was second with 105 honorees, while Newberry College also reached triple digits with 100, followed by Mars Hill College (90), Carson-Newman College (68), Presbyterian College (68), Catawba College (66) and Lenoir-Rhyne College (65). The SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll recognizes those student-athletes who carry at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and have completed the season in the following sports: football, women's volleyball, men's soccer, women's soccer, men and women's cross country, men and women's basketball, baseball, softball, men and women's tennis and men and women's golf. The Pioneers also claimed two SAC Team Grade Point Average Championships. The sports of volleyball and women's basketball boasted the highest team grade point average in their respective sports. The volleyball team tallied a 3.604 team GPA, including nine honorees to the honor roll, including four who posted a 3.8 or better. The women's basketball squad had a 3.345 grade point average and 10 SAC Honor Roll representatives. Of Tusculum's 14 sponsored sports, eight were in the top three of the conference in team GPA. TC men's basketball (2.809), baseball (2.932), women's tennis (3.525) and softball (3.403) teams were second in their respective sports. Of Tusculum's honorees, 18 have earned All-Conference, All-Region or All- • American recognition during their careers. For a list of all Tusculum College Pioneers on the SAC Commissoner's Spring Honor Roll, visit www.tusculum.edu/athletics 41
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