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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 2008
Page
10
Oklahoma sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford earns the 2008 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, chosen over Texas’ Colt McCoy and Florida’s Tim Tebow. Bradford totaled 4,464 passing yards and 48 touchdowns in 2008.
A snapshot of top NBA records as of Saturday evening shows Boston at 22-2, Cleveland 20-3, Los Angeles Lakers 19-3, Orlando 17-6, Denver 15-7, Houston 15-8, San Antonio 14-8, New Orleans 12-7, and Utah 15-9, with winning percentages listed for each. The standings highlight dominant starts for multiple teams and reflect early-season pace across the league.
Temple guard Dionte Christmas scored 35 points and hit six of seven 3-pointers in the second half to lift Temple Owls to an 88-72 upset over Tennessee. Tennessee led by none in the second half as Temple seized control. Georgetown beat Memphis in overtime and UMass toppled Kansas in a surprising day across college hoops.
Virginia Tech plans a basketball doubleheader in Blacksburg this afternoon with the men facing Longwood at 2 p.m. and the Hokies women meeting James Madison afterward, reflecting a packed local college hoops slate.
Bluefield College defeated Trevecca Nazarene 95-82 in Nashville as Coryon Ross scored 28 to surpass 1,000 career points reaching 1,021 and Curtis Dixon added 19 to pass 1,500 career points at 1,503. The team, now 7-4, also reentered the NAIA Top 25 at No. 19 after beating Martin Methodist.
Northwest Missouri State, ranked 13-2, lost 21-14 in the NCAA Division II title game to Minnesota Duluth, 15-0. Duluth earned its first playoff win this season, while NML coach Mel Tjeerdsma, with 25 playoff wins, remains the top Division II postseason winner but is 0-for-4 in this decade.
Maurice Cheeks was dismissed as Philadelphia 76ers head coach after a 9-14 start. Assistant general manager Tony DiLeo was named interim coach as the franchise joins a wave of NBA coaches let go this season.
Tusculum College guard Jimmy Boone scored 19 points off the bench to lift the Pioneers to a 63 55 road win over Concord University at the Carter Center. Concord shot 38.2 percent overall and connected on only four of 23 three point attempts.
Bluefield, led by coach Charles Large, aims for the Class AA state tournament after a rebuild. The Beavers return only one starter, junior point guard Craig Ponder, as Large notes a strong regional field and many tough local teams. Large succeeds Craig Havens, who left for an administrative post in Mercer County.
The 2008-09 Bluefield Beavers athletic director Havens replaces Ernie Gilliard who left for Princeton. Large, a Graham High School and Bluefield State College graduate, is a 27 year coaching veteran and will debut full time Tuesday as Bluefield hosts Graham after three weeks of practice.
The piece argues for a playoff system in college football and criticizes the current BCS bowl setup. It notes 34 bowls with 68 teams, leaving 51 schools without bids, and questions the value of many 6-6 and 7-5 programs. It calls for meaningful postseason stakes and a return to merit-based rewards.
In Nashville Bluefield College upset Martin Methodist 105 104 in double overtime. Omar Reed led with 29 points 10 rebounds while Curtis Dixon added 28 and Coryon Ross 24 as the Rams improved to 8 4 and the Red Hawks 13 1 dropped to 14th in NAIA rankings.
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