Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — It seems that Eli Beard’s senior season couldn’t have started much better from an offensive standpoint.
The prolific guard entered Friday night’s road duel at Whitman with five 20-point performances and shooting 48.8% from the field, having contributed significantly to The Cru’s seven-game win streak.
RICHARDSON, Texas- It took some time early on in the season, through difficult losses and disappointing performances on the road, but the UMHB men’s basketball team seems to have found its stride as the homestretch of the regular season unfolds.
In his hometown of Abilene on Saturday afternoon, Payton Brooks emerged as the hero for the UMHB men’s basketball team.
The frustration was felt inside the Mayborn Campus Center as the final minutes of Saturday’s matchup unfolded. In a game in which the UMHB men’s basketball team led UT-Dallas 43-39 at halftime, the Crusaders struggled to the finish line.
In the midst of challenges with resources and remoteness at Sul Ross State, Clif Carroll and Katie Novak-Lenoir improved greatly as coaches during their time in Alpine. That has now carried over to their careers guiding the UMHB men’s and women’s basketball programs.
The UMHB men’s basketball team is headed back to Texas with a 2-0 record after taking down Illinois Wesleyan in a marquee victory in the championship game of the Sikma Hall of Fame Invitational on Saturday night.
UMHB men’s basketball pulled away late in Bloomington, Illinois on Friday night, taking down UW-Stout in the season opener, 84-71. It advances UMHB to Saturday’s championship game at the Sikma Invitational.
UMHB head men’s basketball coach Clif Carroll talks with us about his unique path to coming to Belton, starting in the tiny town of Meadow, Texas. He has plenty of interesting coaching insights, memories, and stories, in an interesting conversation on the True To The Cru Podcast.
All-region honors from both the NABC and D3hoops.com rolled in for members of the UMHB men’s and women’s basketball teams on Tuesday.
Clif Carroll said on Thursday night that a win in the regular season finale at Hardin-Simmons would not come without a fight. Perhaps that was an understatement.