COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ESPN story says Barnes weighing UCLA offer or staying with Vols

HobbsDailyReport.com ESPN is reporting Hickory native and former Lenoir-Rhyne University basketball player Rick Barnes is weighing his options of remaining as head coach at Tennessee or taking a lucrative offer to become the next men’s head basketball coach at UCLA. THE STORY: http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26472062/barnes-deciding-ucla-vols

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne lands all-time leading scorer from Forest Hills

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Nas Tyson, the all-time leading scorer in Forest Hill High boys’ basketball, has signed to play basketball next season at Lenoir-Rhyne University. Tyson, a 6-foot-1 guard, scored 2,169 points for the Yellow Jackets as a four-time all-league player and was the Rocky River 2A Player of the Year three times. Forest Hills won the state 2A title …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE LACROSSE: Stack scores career-best 6 goals as Bears cruise

HobbsDailyReport.com HARROGATE, Tenn. – Alyssa Sack had six goals on Saturday – two that began 16 straight by Lenoir-Rhyne University – as the Bears rolled past Lincoln Memorial 17-4 in women’s lacrosse. Sack got her scoring started after the match was tied at 1-all, and LRU (8-5, 4-1 South Atlantic Conference) held the Railsplitters (9-5, 3-3) scoreless from the 28:45 …