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Photo of Nolan Williams courtesy of UMHB Athletics BELTON — After being held to just three runs over the first two games of its season-opening series against high-powered No. 12 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, UMHB’s bats came alive in the finale on Sunday afternoon. Home runs from center fielder Nolan WIlliams and catcher Jacob Newland bolstered an offense […]
BELTON — Before UMHB men’s basketball’s ASC home opener against ETBU, Sam Patterson talked to his team about resiliency. “Bending, not breaking,” as he put it. Little did Patterson know just how fitting that theme would be for the contest that played out inside the Mayborn Campus Center Saturday afternoon.
BELTON — Facing the tallest frontcourt in the ASC for the second time this season on Saturday afternoon, UMHB walked into the Mayborn Campus Center knowing it would need both a collective edge and an individual catalyst to get the job done against ETBU.
BROWNWOOD — All season, UMHB head coach Sam Patterson has talked about The Cru’s non-conference slate serving as preparation for the ASC portion of the schedule, particularly in the styles of play his team has faced.
MARSHALL, Texas — The UMHB men’s basketball team walked into Ornelas Gym for its first game of American Southwest Conference play on Wednesday night with the same level of grit and toughness that they displayed in their final non-conference tilt 10 days before.
NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia — For the nation’s 16th-most efficient offense, Saturday yielded a relatively difficult shooting night, with an 8-of-31 mark from 3-point range serving as the most glaring evidence of that fact.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Behind an offense that shot over 47 percent and a defense that allowed its fewest points in a game this season, UMHB women’s basketball closed its Connecticut trip on a high note Monday afternoon, giving head coach Katie Novak-Lenoir her 100th career victory.
NEW LONDON, Conn. — Katie Novak-Lenoir’s Crusaders made the 1,800-mile trek to New England with the intent of building momentum before ASC play, getting a pair of newcomers inserted into the mix, and snapping their eight-game losing skid.
BELTON — LeTourneau may no longer be one of UMHB men’s basketball’s American Southwest Conference opponents, but with the familiarity at play in Monday night’s duel, it certainly gave the feeling of being a high-level conference showdown.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Playing on a neutral court for the first time this season Monday night, UMHB men’s basketball found itself forced to win in a way very different from what the Crusaders have become accustomed to.