193 points scored added to enjoyment
Saturday highlights :
Write ✍ about both the Carroll County High School Varsity Basketball 🏀 teams.
Watch Lin cheer on her Blue Devils on TV 📺💙
Cedar City Trifecta : Watching the Women’s version of SUU and UT in person ➕ the Duke Women and Furman Women on-line.
Snuck in a nice hike 🚶♂️ and weather updates from back on The Hill.
Fun Western Athletic Conference tilt was the perfect flavor of icing on the Basketball 🏀 cake 🎂….
The top 3 teams in the league are in action 🎬 just 20 minutes apart. Cards and 🐺🦊🐺 in Raleigh at 1pm, then Duke hosts Georgia Tech with Special Olympics Basketball in the House!
Great Women’s Basketball 🏀 !!!
What a great game taking place in a sold out Reynolds Coliseum !!!
Louisville was down 47 – 34, now leads 62 -58
Naturally, a game this great needs OT !!
88 – 80 for the Cards…
Imari Barry = Gamer
U of L was down five in the final minute of regulation, Barry scored the final five to force OT.
What an entertaining 2+ hours !
21 – 2 run after trailing 4 – 0…We see you Lady 👩 Blue Devils
50 – 16 now, might have to resort to the NFL……. 10th straight Win after 3-6 start.
93 – 46 (F)
Abilene Christian University ✝️ Wildcats are the opponent tonight for the Thunderbirds…..
Denver just defeated Josh Allen and Buffalo 🐃, 33 – 30 in Overtime.
Outside the Gymnasium, SUU has a Rotunda dedicated to the 12 greatest minds in History !
I could have been a contender, No, Not really…..
ACU calls 📞 a TO at 9:47, Thunderbirds lead 22 – 16 !
Seahawks up 17 -0 late in the 1st quarter over the Niners….
ACU with another TO at 3:35, T-Birds 🐦 up 37 – 25 !!
At the Break – SUU leads 44 – 27
Utah Tech up 46 – 40 with 13:20 to play ▶️
Back atop the Mountain ⛰ in Cedar City, the Thunderbirds have reached the final Media TO.
The Texans just missed two free throws = free Ice Cream 🍦🍨 from Culver’s !!!
Utah Tech 61 -51, now 61 – 57 (4:30)
Trailblazers TO at 4 :15, leading 64 – 57
Looking for the I-15 Sweep !!
Final Media TO (3:44), leading 64 -57
Up in Seattle, Hawks up 34 -6 !!!
We are in for a fantastic finish…
UT 66 -61 (1:57)
Walker with another Seattle TD, 41-6
Texans call 📞 a TO at 1:10, UT 68 – 63…
0:37.6 – Texans with a steal and bucket, lead down to 69 – 66…💅bighter
TO UT at 0:29.6, up 71 – 68
Dior Johnson went for 40 two nights ago against SUU and just drilled a corner 3 ball with 0:19.4 to trim the lead to 73 – 71.
Utah Tech University 75 – 71 is your Final score 👏
So much more to follow…..
End of 1st, Furman 22 – 10 !!!!
Ervin has 10 early in the second, Furman maintaining lead.
In Berkeley, Duke has a rough 3rd quarter, trail by 10 now. Bears 🐻 outscored Duke 24-12 and lead 64-54.
It’s bothersome that they keep calling our Kiddo, Erving instead of Ervin…..
Furman University rolling at the break, up 41 – 28. Ervin with 12…
Duke just went on an 11-2 run and lead 73 -70 with 1:19 left
6:08 Mountain ⛰ Time and Duke caps off a thrilling 78 – 74!!!!!!
Miami 3-0 @6:15 (3)
Back to Furman University
Obstacle #1 – Samantha Lark – Smith is in the Gym where cell service goes to die. Hence, the delay in reporting Cavalier scores.
Ole Miss with a 73 yard TD, lead 7-3
End of 3rd – Furman leads 56 – 48
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JV boys basketball lost 64-28 to Patrick.
Varsity boys won 79-61! We had several guys sick.
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Thank You Mr DeHaven
Alyssa Ervin, no G, hits the Game winner !!!!!! 72 -70 !!!!!
Both Vickie Easter and Samantha Lark – Smith are out of cellphone jail and on their way 🏡 = Cavalier Photos 📷 coming soon !
Vickie Easter with 3 Pics from Varsity !
Miami 17 – 13 Halftime…
Southern Utah 39 – 29 Half
Here in St. George we have a good one, California Baptist leads 32 -31 with 1:39 left in the half.
Trailblazers 37, California Baptist 34 (H)
4 Laps around the inside of Burns Arena gets you 1,500 steps 🚶♂️ during halftime !
Cal Baptist 57 – 54 after 3rd
It’s final now up in Cedar City
Tie 👔d up at 64 – 64 late here.
Anthony Barnes has made it home 🏡 safely 🙏
Tough moment here as one of our Trailblazers has suffered a serious injury with 1:47 left. Always tough to see at any level. Thoughts and Prayers for her and her family 👪🙏❤
8:46 MT
Made it back just as Ole Miss scored with 3:13 left, taking a 27 – 24 lead. Will get to watch the ending !
Touchdown for the Atlantic Coast Conference with 0:18 seconds left !!!!
9:28 Mountain ⛰ Time and Miami wins 31-27. The ACC went 8-4 in bowl 🥣 games and now will play for the Natty !!!
Obstacle #2 was a freak snow ❄ storm on the way across the Mountain Pass up to Cedar City. Its a short drive 🚗 up but with serious elevator involved. After the car in front of us slid into the guard rail the decision to hang a U – Turn 8 miles from the Arena.
Obstacle #3 – Patrick County is a Hudl broadcast versus the normal Network.
Next up is to take the 411 from Anthony Barnes and create a Gamer.
Alyssa Ervin will get a feature story on her Night 🌙 and kudos to the Lady 👩 Blue Devils for storming back along way from home. Looking forward to seeing them play at Stanford University on Sunday!
Bill Gallimore is safely 🙏 back on The Hill at 11:42 EST
Final piece of business was to clear 20,000 steps 🚶♂️ for the fifth straight Day!
10 : 42 MT, finished our Boys 👦 Varsity gamer and snuck in the Junior Varsity final score.
At 12 : 20 am MT…
The Song 🎵 by Cher, ” If I could turn back time ” wasn’t about Basketball but it fits my thought process after watching our Alyssa Ervin with the ball in her hands with the game on the line Thursday night in Johnson City, Tennessee!!!
Now that’s a wrap !
As soon as I saw the November schedule for Duke University Women’s Basketball 🏀 I immediately thought two things. First, I am so going to travel to the bizarre eight games and my second one was I hope we can go 4-4.
Paris, France 🇫🇷 was the starting point and from there it was The Greenbriar Resort (versus West Virginia ) ➕ at Liberty University and University of South Florida. The team did sneak in two home games before heading to Las Vegas, joining Texas, UCLA & South Carolina in a Thanksgiving doubleheader.
After the stretch (3-5) it was home to host LSU. That loss dropped the team to 3-6 on the season and I wondered if Lawson had possibly damaged the team psyche by throwing them into the deep end of the pool ?
Fast Forward to today and Duke sits at 9-6 and one of four undefeated teams in the ACC !
First five victories were non – descript but this one came against an always tough Notre Dame team that entered the day ranked #18.
Womens Basketball 🏀 is alive and well, especially in the Atlantic Coast Conference !!!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 