Saved by the Bell πŸ””: The Cavalier College Years takes us inside some Gyms tonight and we look ahead to Thursday Night showdown and 1st place in the SoCon !!

Carroll County High School 🏫 currently has five former Cavaliers that have earned a roster spot at a College / University. Like everything else we take a look at, we try our best to treat the five as equal.

When the day began, four of the five were slated  to play on Wednesday night and then tomorrow night πŸŒ™, Alyssa Ervin and Furman University will play against UT – Chattanooga.

Bryce and Brayden Smoot play at Southwest Virginia Community College this season but Mother Nature πŸ‘© prevented that one from taking place. The school has already announced that they will be ending its Athletic Department at the end of the current school year.

Elijah Cox is the lone Junior in the group and will always be the very first player from an Anthony Barnes led team to move on to play at the next level.

Cox starts for the Randolph College Wildcats and they play in the ODAC. Tonight they came up short in North Carolina at Guilford College.

Cox logged 23 minutes, scoring four points and grabbing three rebounds. For most of the season the 6’5 Big averaged 10 points per game but that number has dropped just a smidgen as of late.

Katie Lam and Roanoke College recorded an ODAC victory against cross-town Hollins University. Lam did not have an opportunity to log minutes tonight but continues to work hard for her floor time.

Alyssa Ervin has scored in double figures in 17 of the Paladins 22 games and in her most recent outing hit the game winner at the buzzer which earned her a spot in the ESPN Top 10 list.

Five players = Five reasons to be proud !

February 4th arrives with a busy Morning πŸŒ„ Brew for The Hill !

Four of our Five Saved by the Bell πŸ”” Hoopsters are set to be in action 🎬 tonight…

The forecast…
Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Isaiah 26:4 Trust ye in theΒ LordΒ for ever: for in theΒ Lord JehovahΒ is everlasting strength:

Only 18 more days until The Classic is set to take place at Hillsville Elementary School 🏫.[Sunday, February 22nd]

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Welcome πŸ™ to Saturday as we prepare to show January the Door πŸšͺ!!! Here’s our Morning πŸŒ„ Brew

Welcome to the Weekend

As the second round of weather is upon us now, we already know that the Wrestling has been moved.

Elijah Cox and Randolph College are slated to play up at Exit 313 in Winchester today. Shenandoah University is set to welcome the Wildcats.

Over in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, we have some dedicated Carroll County Volleyball 🏐 players set to compete for Cindy Edwards and her staff. With both Travis Osborne and Marion Harris on hand βœ‹we should be in a position where we can show some appreciation for this group of Ladies.

Speaking of Travis, his Bible Verse πŸ™ of the Day:

Philemon 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

As for the two of us, we have wondered up from the safety of the Desert 🏜 towards the Top of the State in hopes of visiting more of the 11 College campuses here in the Bee 🐝 Hive state where College Hoops are played.

Two of the 11 are Utah Tech and Southern Utah University, down in our end. The other nine are in the Greater Salt Lake City area.

Utah State – 11am

Weber State – Noon

Salt Lake CC (JuCo)….off

Westminster University – D2 1 &3 pm

University of Utah – 4pm (Men)

Snow College ❄ (JuCo) 1 & 3

Utah State – Eastern (JuCo) 1 & 3

Utah Valley University

Brigham Young University – 2pm

Amazingly 9 of the 11 will be hosting Basketball πŸ€ games today ranging in Tip Times of 11am Mountain β›° until 4pm Mountain.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, sounds like a good question ???

We will see some College Basketball today but I’m not sure if it will rival what we watched last night.

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Thank You Vickey Ritchie for sending in the clip from Coach Ed…

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Borrowing from the Legendary Jack Buck, ” I don’t believe what I just saw”!!!! Alyssa Ervin sinks the Terriers on a mid – air basket 🧺 with 0:00.4 remaining…

When a sportswriter is watching a game there can be multiple times when the storyline changes dramatically and that was certainly the case Friday night πŸŒ™ as Furman University refused to lose against their neighbors and rivals, Wofford.

Alyssa Ervin, our former Lady πŸ‘© Cavalier, finished with a game high 21 points with the final bucket coming on a well designed inbounds play by Head Coach Pierre Curtis. After Wofford took a one point lead at 64-63 with a made free throw, Furman called a timeout with 0:01.9 seconds on the clock ⏰ and Chantelle Stuart lobbed a pass over a 6’4 defender that Ervin caught mid-air and shot before landing for the victory.

It might not have been Grant Hill to Christian Laettner back in 1991 but it will be running on Furman highlight reels for a hot minute. The victory moves the Paladins to 6-1 in the SoCon at the midway pole, alone in second place !

Ervin also scored the previous basket to tie the game at 63 – 63 with 0:26 remaining but Wofford secured an offensive rebound after a late miss, allowing the home team to seemingly claim a hard fought victory.

Clare Coyle finished up with an impressive double – double ( 17 points, 11 rebounds ) and the 6’1 forward simply carried the ‘ Dins in the fourth quarter by scoring 11 down the stretch. Coyle set the table for Ervin and her Grand Finale in the closing seconds.

Wofford led most of the game but everytime the lead reached seven or nine, Ervin found an answer. When it happened again in the fourth quarter it was Coyle who said, ” Not on my watch”.

Furman University will now hunker down ahead of the pending storm as they are off until February 5th when league leading UT – Chattanooga comes to town.

Five of the seven regular season games left on the calendar πŸ“… will be played at Home 🏑.

The video πŸ“Ή of the basket 🧺 is available on ESPN for subscribers…

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