WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: LRU returns to action Saturday, facing Tusculum in Hickory

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Lenoir-Rhyne University women return to action on Saturday with a home conference basketball game against Tusculum. The Bears (7-5) face the Pioneers at 2 p.m. at Shuford Gym in a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) game. LRU fell 77-73 in its most recent game, falling to Limestone in Hickory last Saturday. The Bears had four double-figure scorers …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Local NASCAR driver will be honored Saturday at CVCC game

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Matt DiBenedetto, a Fred T. Foard High graduate and NASCAR driver, will sign autographs and be honored in a halftime ceremony Saturday at a Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) women’s basketball game. CVCC plays Cape Fear Community College in the Tarlton Complex at 1 p.m. on Saturday and admission is free. DiBenedetto, 27, is entering his fifth …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Catawba Valley now 6-2, idle until January

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) women, off to a 6-2 start, are idle until to 2019. Visiting Bryant & Stratton edged the Red Hawks 70-63 in their last game (on Sunday), and CVCC won’t play again this season. The Red Hawks’ next game is Jan. 2 on the road, a make-up contest against Walters State at …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Story leads App State victory, reaches 1,000 career points

HobbsDailyReport.com BOONE – Former Bandys High star Madi Story reached 1,000 career points on Monday night while leading Appalachian State to a 94-70 victory over visiting Wofford in women’s basketball. Story, the all-time leading scorer at Bandys, had a season-high 28 points – hitting 10 of her 16 shots – as she became the 25th women’s player in Appalachian State …