Chris Siers
Staff Writer
The Wingate University Men’s Basketball team was able to edge the Crusaders of Belmont Abbey College on Saturday Nov 28. Freshman guard Paidrick Matilus led the Bulldogs offensively with a career-high 27 points, including being five-of-nine threes.
Matilus took the Bulldogs out to an early 11-3 lead, which would be the highest lead for either team. The Crusaders battled back and tied up the game with an 8-0 run. At the end of the first half, Belmont Abbey held the advantage with a score of 33-28.
The second half was no different from the first. Both teams held advantages back and forth, going down to the wire with the Crusaders hitting a three with 28 seconds left giving them a 71-70 lead. With 8.4 seconds left, Matilus nailed a three-pointer to give the Bulldogs a 73-71 advantage. Wingate would withstand a last push by the Crusaders and emerge with a thrilling 73-71 win.
Riding the momentum from the win against Belmont-Abbey, Wingate posted a come-from-behind road win against UNC Pembroke on Monday night. Sophomore guard Jaime Vaughn led the Bulldogs with 16 points in the win.
The first half proved a struggle for Wingate with the Bulldogs finding themselves down 40-36 at the end of the first half. The Bulldogs started the second half red hot with a 24 to six run giving the Bulldogs the lead for the final time of the night and an 82-76 victory. “The team played tough (Monday),” said sophomore guard Chase Smith. “We grew as a team and showed that we can win close games on the road.”
Wingate will begin the South Atlantic Conference season on Friday December 4, hosting Newberry College at 8 p.m. in Cuddy Arena.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Party bus, other proposals discussed at SGA meeting
Avery Day
Staff Writer
A proposal by the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity to run a party bus every other Thursday passed Monday night at the Student Government Association meeting.
A proposal by the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity passed in the amount of $3,000. The first bus will be run tonight. It makes a route from Wingate to Hilltop to Shooters and back to the college.
The buses would help eliminate drinking and driving. The $5 charge would cover for students to ride the bus all night to all three locations. Delta Sigma Pi asked for $3000 to cover all of next semester.
There were two other proposals that passed Monday night. The first was supported by Campus Outreach asking if they could receive $1,200 for scholarships to help five students go to Washington D.C. for the New Year’s Conference. This money will help students pay for the trip who otherwise would not be able to afford the $300 per person cost.
The second was made by the AD-Team. They requested that they receive $549 (plus tax equating to around $600) for a new Apple Mac mini computer since their current computers keep crashing on them. The club agreed to pay for their own design software, costing over $400, if they could receive the computer funding.
Some announcements and reminders: starting next semester, after a student’s car gets ticketed three times, the car will be towed. New movies will also be being purchased for WU Flix.
Primetime’s last meeting for the semester will be held Thursday night at 8 PM.
Letters were distributed to all the groups and organizations present to inform them of the expectations expected by SGA. Each group is allowed only so many absences from each SGA meeting; starting next semester, they will all be given a grace period and will be starting over from zero missed meetings.
The letters also address the rules for receiving funding and reserving rooms for events.
The issue of breaking into cars was also brought up at the meeting. The suggestion for video camera to be installed in the parking lots to help catch the violators was turned down due to the amount of money it would cost.
However, the suggestion for improving the lighting in the parking lot to “intimidate” anyone looking to break into cars was more reasonable and will be discussed with the appropriate personnel.
SGA will also be sponsoring part of “Refueling” during finals week.
Staff Writer
A proposal by the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity to run a party bus every other Thursday passed Monday night at the Student Government Association meeting.
A proposal by the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity passed in the amount of $3,000. The first bus will be run tonight. It makes a route from Wingate to Hilltop to Shooters and back to the college.
The buses would help eliminate drinking and driving. The $5 charge would cover for students to ride the bus all night to all three locations. Delta Sigma Pi asked for $3000 to cover all of next semester.
There were two other proposals that passed Monday night. The first was supported by Campus Outreach asking if they could receive $1,200 for scholarships to help five students go to Washington D.C. for the New Year’s Conference. This money will help students pay for the trip who otherwise would not be able to afford the $300 per person cost.
The second was made by the AD-Team. They requested that they receive $549 (plus tax equating to around $600) for a new Apple Mac mini computer since their current computers keep crashing on them. The club agreed to pay for their own design software, costing over $400, if they could receive the computer funding.
Some announcements and reminders: starting next semester, after a student’s car gets ticketed three times, the car will be towed. New movies will also be being purchased for WU Flix.
Primetime’s last meeting for the semester will be held Thursday night at 8 PM.
Letters were distributed to all the groups and organizations present to inform them of the expectations expected by SGA. Each group is allowed only so many absences from each SGA meeting; starting next semester, they will all be given a grace period and will be starting over from zero missed meetings.
The letters also address the rules for receiving funding and reserving rooms for events.
The issue of breaking into cars was also brought up at the meeting. The suggestion for video camera to be installed in the parking lots to help catch the violators was turned down due to the amount of money it would cost.
However, the suggestion for improving the lighting in the parking lot to “intimidate” anyone looking to break into cars was more reasonable and will be discussed with the appropriate personnel.
SGA will also be sponsoring part of “Refueling” during finals week.
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