HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Queens University continued its stronghold in a series against the Lenoir-Rhyne University men on Wednesday night, beating the host Bears 76-69 in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball game between nationally ranked teams. The Royals (6-2, 1-0), ranked No. 25 in NCAA Division II, beat the 17th-ranked Bears (7-1, 11) for the 10th time in 12 meetings …
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne picks up first conference victory
Bears’ next game is at home Saturday against Johnson C. Smith HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Holding visiting Queens to 23.4 percent shooting, the Lenoir-Rhyne University women won 64-51 on Wednesday night in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) basketball at Shuford Gym. The Bears (4-3, 1-1), who next play a non-league home game on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Johnson C. Smith, were …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne’s Diallo wins league’s Player of Week award
HobbsDailyReport.com ROCK HILL, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University guard Djibril Diallo has been named the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Player of the Week in men’s basketball for Nov. 19-25. Conference officials announced his selection on Monday. Diallo, a senior from Conakry, Guinea, led the Bears to two wins during the week as they extended their win streak to seven games. LRU …
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bears win on last-second shot, remain undefeated
Lenoir-Rhyne (7-0) prepares to face Queens on Wednesday night in Hickory HobbsDailyReport.com GAFFNEY, S.C. – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s men head into their next game on Wednesday still undefeated. The Bears nipped Limestone 76-75 on Saturday on the road on a last-second jumper by Djibril Diallo, improving to 7-0 and dropping Limestone to 5-1. Jon Jean led LRU with 17 points, Diallo …
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne wins on late flea flicker, makes regional final
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Using a trick play at the end, Lenoir-Rhyne University beat visiting Wingate 21-17 on Saturday in the NCAA Division II football playoffs to earn a trip to Georgia. LRU scored the game-winning points with less than one minute to play on a double reverse flea flicker. On that play, quarterback Grayson Willingham handed the ball off initially, …