HobbsDailyReport.com BELMONT – Mason Hawks scored 20 points in his second start of the season on Wednesday afternoon, sparking Lenoir-Rhyne University’s 80-77 road victory over Belmont Abbey. The Bears improved to 9-3 and the Crusaders dropped to 9-3 after their battle in the Wheeler Center. LRU is now idle until a Jan. 5 home game against Tusculum. Hawks hit six …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Bears’ Cronic wins regional award from national coaching group
HobbsDailyReport.com WACO, Tex. – Drew Cronic’s first season as head football coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University caught the eye of his coaching colleagues. On Tuesday, Cronic was named the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Regional Coach of the Year after LRU won three games in 2017 and 12 this season, the biggest turnaround in NCAA Division II. “It’s great that our …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Anderson nips Lenoir-Rhyne, leaving Bears 2-2 in conference play
HobbsDailyReport.com ANDERSON, S.C. – Gage Ellis had a double-double and Shawn Bernard was a rebound away from one on Saturday, leading Anderson (S.C.) past Lenoir-Rhyne University 74-69 in men’s basketball. Ellis had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Bernard had 17 points and nine rebounds as the Trojans (6-4, 2-2) won at home after scoring 44 of their points in …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Easter helps Anderson snap Lenoir-Rhyne’s 4-game win streak
HobbsDailyReport.com ANDERSON, S.C. – Anderson (S.C.) snapped a four-game win streak by Lenoir-Rhyne University in women’s basketball on Saturday and remained unbeaten in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) games. Anderson beat the visiting Bears 70-59 behind 13 points and seven rebounds by Alexy Mollenhauer, 11 points, five rebounds and three assists from former Bandys High star Ace Easter and 10 points …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Suddreth scores 30 as Lenoir-Rhyne women stun Eagles
HobbsDailyReport.com JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Led by Madi Suddreth’s season-high 30 points, the Lenoir-Rhyne University women shocked 20th-ranked Carson-Newman 78-75 on Wednesday night in basketball, halting the Eagles’ home win streak at 27 games. Suddreth, a 5-foot-11 senior forward from Taylorsville, had the second-highest scoring game of her career to help provide Bears head coach Cameron Sealey with her first …