December 23, 2008
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Barton College's L.J. Dunn (5-3 overall, 2-0 conf.) has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas men's basketball Player of the Week during week number five in the 2008-09 season. This is the second time this year Dunn has received this award.
The 6-foot-3 junior forward from Raleigh, N.C., recorded his fourth double-double of the season on Friday night as surging Barton won its third straight game, 80-70, against visiting Wingate. Dunn canned 5-of-6 shots from the floor en route to 11 points and snared a game-high 12 rebounds.
Wingate came into Wilson Gym having won five of its last six, and its streak had started with Barton, so the host Bulldogs were happy to avenge that earlier setback. Once again, a balanced Barton attack had six players score in double figures.
For the season, Dunn is hitting 54.7 percent from the floor and 76 percent from the foul line.
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December 19, 2008
WILSON, NC - Six players scored in double figures Friday night as Barton ended the 2008 portion of its schedule with an 80-70 men's basketball victory over visiting Wingate University.
Barton is 5-3 overall while Wingate slipped to 5-5. Barton, which lost 91-83 to Wingate in November, next plays at Queens University of Charlotte on Jan. 5. Wingate plays in the Armstrong Atlantic Classic on Dec. 29-30, facing Georgia College & State University at 5 p.m. on the 29th and the host school at 3:30 p.m. on the 30th.
Friday's matchup featured two teams that played in the 2007 Elite Eight, when Barton claimed the National Championship. Red-shirt sophomore Mike Flowers dumped in 13 points to pace the host Bulldogs. Eddie Kershaw, L.J. Dunn and Aaron Suggs tallied 11 apiece and David King and Greg Mammel dumped in 10 each. Dunn snared a game-high 12 boards and Mammel dished off four assists.
Barton canned 34-of-57 shots for 50.7-percent accuracy while Wingate was just 27-of-70 for 38.6 percent. The visiting Bulldogs dominated the offensive glass, claiming 21 boards on their end, but Barton finished with a slight 45-43 advantage in overall boards.
Barton led by as much as 10 points (31-21) in the first half before settling for a 37-34 halftime edge. The lead changed hands four times before intermission and seven times in the second half. Wingate's last lead came with 12:43 remaining on two Kenny Villines foul shots. An 8-0 run that included 3-pointers from Flowers and Errol Frails and a shot by Suggs made it 55-49 Barton at 10:17. Wingate got as close as four points twice from that point (at 9:51 and 2:46). However, in the last few minutes, Flowers scored five straight points and Kershaw had a dunk and layup to seal the victory.
For Wingate, Villines tallied 15 points, David Johnson scored 12 and DeMario Mattox swished 11. Ben Davis added eight boards and Mattox recorded four assists and five steals before fouling out late in the game.
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December 16, 2008
High Point, N.C. — Barton College's Esty Flores (6-1 overall, 3-0 conf.) has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women's basketball Player of the Week during week number four in the 2008-09 season.
The 5-foot-3 junior point guard from Virginia Beach made her return to the Barton lineup a memorable one on Saturday afternoon as she led the Lady Bulldogs to their sixth straight win. Barton belted visiting Elizabeth City State 89-74 behind 24 points in 24 minutes by Flores, who had missed two games with concussion symptoms.
She canned a 3-pointer, drove in for a lay-up and assisted on a 3-pointer in the Lady Bulldogs' first three possessions as they bolted to an 8-2 lead they would never lose. She sizzled the nets for 50-percent accuracy, hitting 8-of-16 shots, including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, and making both foul shots. She also dished off six assists, committed only one turnover and logged a steal.
For the season Flores is leading Barton, one of the nation's highest scoring teams at 86.4 ppg, with 23 points per game. She has a 2-1 assist-turnover ratio, averages 3.6 steals per game and is shooting 50 percent from the floor and 87 percent from the foul line.
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December 13, 2008
WILSON, NC - Junior 5-foot-3 point guard Esty Flores (Virginia Beach) scored 24 points in her return to the lineup Saturday afternoon as the Barton College women's basketball team defeated visiting Elizabeth City State University 89-74.
The Lady Bulldogs finished the pre-holiday portion of their schedule at 6-1 while ECSU slipped to 1-5 overall. Barton will return to action on January 5, when it visits Queens University.
Flores, who missed the last two games with concussion symptoms, canned 8-of-16 shots, including four 3-pointers, and added six steals. Sophomore guard Jamila Johnson (Garner, NC) scored 12 points and dished off a career-high nine assists; senior Sara Fleming (Stanley, NC) netted a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds; freshman Jannetta Robinson (Willard, NC) totaled 11 points and five assists; and senior 6-4 center Anita Fenner (New Bern, NC) hauled 10 rebounds.
Barton bolted to a 10-2 lead and never trailed, although the feisty Lady Vikings got as close as 33-31 with 3:41 left in the first half before Barton pulled away for a 43-35 at intermission. The lead was double digits throughout the second half and rose as high as 22 points with 5:07 left.
Briana Glover tallied 17 points to pace ECSU while Joyce Freeman, Kearah Jefferys and April Whitaker swished 15 apiece. Whitaker added a game-high 14 rebounds.
Barton outscored ECSU 27-9 from the beyond the arc, hitting 9-of-19 shots for 47.4 percent. After the two teams were fairly even in rebounding for the first half, the Lady Bulldogs finished with a decided 57-39 edge on the boards.
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December 9, 2008
High Point, N.C. – Junior 6-foot-3 Barton College forward L.J. Dunn (Raleigh, NC) has been named the Conference Carolinas Men's Basketball Player of the week for week No. 3 of the 2008-09 season.
Dunn averaged a double-double this week as the Bulldogs (4-3, 2-0 conf.) blitzed Coker 98-58 on Wednesday night and topped Erskine 74-63 on Saturday night in their first two home games of the season. Dunn pumped in 14 points per game and notched 10 boards an outing.
He sparked the Bulldogs with a first-half barrage in the win over Coker and finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and two steals in just 25 minutes of action. He canned 7-of-9 shots and was 4-of-5 from the foul line. Although the Bulldogs never trailed against Erskine Saturday night, the Flying Fleet kept the pressure on. Dunn came up with two key putbacks in the waning minutes to secure the win and finished with 10 points, 13 rebounds.
For the year, he leads a deep Barton team at 12.9 ppg and is pulling 8.3 boards per outing while shooting 52.2 percent from the floor.
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December 9, 2008
High Point, N.C. — Jannetta Robinson of Barton College (5-1 overall, 3-0 conf.) has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women's basketball Player of the Week during week number three in the 2008-09 season.
The 5-foot-6 freshman guard helped the Lady Bulldogs extend their win streak to five games this week with victories over Chowan (80-58), Coker (74-60) and Erskine (108-102). With point guard Esty Flores out with concussion symptoms the final two games of the week, Robinson, the 2007 N.C. High School Athletic Association Female Athlete of the Year, averaged 16.7 points, 5 rebounds, 4.7 steals and 2.7 assists during the week while hitting 22-of-30 shots for 73.3 percent. She had 14 points, five steals and two assists against Chowan, and then added 20 points, five rebounds, three steals and one assist against Coker.
On Saturday night, she canned 8-of-11 field-goal attempts en route to 16 points and also notched eight rebounds, six steals and five assists as Barton outlasted Erskine in one of the highest scoring regulation games in women's NCAA D-II history. The two teams combined to hit 20-of-39 three-pointers and both shot 50 percent or better from the floor. Robinson accomplished all this while averaging 28 minutes per game.
For the season, Robinson has made 70.2 percent of her shots (40-of-74) and is averaging 15.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.7 steals per game.
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December 6, 2008
WILSON, NC - In one of the highest scoring women's basketball games in Wilson Gym history, Barton College held off Erskine College 108-102 Saturday night in a battle among Conference Carolinas leaders.
The two teams combined to hit 20-of-39 shots from 3-point range and nine players scored in double figures. The teams combined for 125 second-half points, when each team connected on 22-of-38 shots for 57.9 percent. Six Barton players scored more than 10 points while Erskine got 38 points from speedy point guard Porsha Morgan and 33 points from bomber Audrey Timmerman, who drained 8-of-16 from downtown.
Barton has won five straight and stands 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the league while Erskine exited at 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the league.
The Lady Bulldogs led by 13 points twice late in the first half and carried a 47-38 into the half. In the second half, Barton was leading by 11 points when Timmerman hit back-to-back threes, followed by a bomb from Morgon to close the gap to 72-68 with 10:02 showing. Barton countered with a three-point play from senior forward Sara Fleming and back-to-back 3-pointers from senior Blair Burke for an 81-70 lead.
The Lady Bulldogs led by 12 with 2:48 to play, but Morgan (who was 4-for-4 from 3-point land), hit bookend bombs in a 10-4 run to close within 96-92 with 1:26 left. Fleming hit a jumper and Jannetta Robinson scored off a Jamila Johnson assist for a 100-93 Barton lead. In the final 30 seconds, Burke and Johnson each went 4-for-4 from the line to seal the win.
Fleming finished with a double-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds. Johnson scored 23. Robinson contributed 16 points, six steals and five assists. Junior Destiny Hamlin and freshman Erica Cisneros drilled 14 points apiece and Burke tallied 11. Cisneros' career-high night included 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc.
Barton also dominated the Flying Fleet on the boards, 48-29. The Lady Bulldogs will break for exams, then entertain Elizabeth City State at 2 p.m. on Dec. 13th.
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December 6, 2008
WILSON, NC - Senior 6-foot-6 center David King scored 11 points, pulled a career-high 17 rebounds, blocked four shots, recorded three assists and made two steals Saturday night to spark the Barton College men's basketball team to a 74-63 Conference Carolinas conquest of visiting Erskine.
The Bulldogs snared 58 rebounds and limited the Flying Fleet to 37 in raising their record to 4-3 overall and 3-0 and 2-0 in the league. Erskine left at 1-5 overall and 1-2 in league action.
Junior 6-3 Barton forward L.J. Dunn notched 10 points, 13 rebounds and junior forward Eddie Kershaw claimed six points and 10 rebounds. Also scoring in double figures for the Bulldogs — who jumped out to a 7-2 lead and never trailed — were sophomore guard Jaren Haley (13), senior Bobby Buffaloe (10) and junior Aaron Suggs (10).
Barton's largest lead was 14 points at 31-17 with 6:56 left in the opening half. Erskine, whose last nine points of the half came at the foul line, pulled within 35-27 at intermission.
Back-to-back 3-pointers from junior guard Brandon Wright brought the Fleet within 47-42 early in the second half, but Barton just kept running different lineups in the game, evidenced by 11 different Bulldogs getting into the scoring act. Erskine got as close as three points at 5:36 and 4:37, but Dunn hit a pair of foul shots and soared high for two putbacks to close the deal.
Neither team shot the ball well, with Barton hitting 27-of-71 shots for 38 percent and Erskine connecting on 21-of-59 for 35.6 percent. Barton's reserves outscored Erskine's by a whopping 39-7 margin. The Fleet also struggled from downtown, hitting just 7-of-29 attempts for 24.1 percent.
Wright finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds to pace the Fleet. Junior guard Dejan Nedelkovski added a game-high 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting and freshman guard Brandon Quarles tallied 12 points.
Barton takes a break for exams, then entertains Wingate on Dec. 19th to finish the 2008 portion of its schedule.
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December 3, 2008
WILSON, NC - The Barton College men's basketball team made its 2008-09 home debut in the "Dog House" a memorable one on Wednesday night.
The Bulldogs, 3-3 overall, opened Conference Carolinas play with a rousing 98-58 win over Coker College in front of 855 fans. Coker slipped to 3-5 overall and 0-2 in league action. Barton will host Erskine on Saturday on "Community Night," when admission will be free in appreciation of the public's support of Bulldog athletics. Coker is off until Dec. 15th, when it will entertain Florida Christian at 7 p.m.
The outcome was never in doubt as Barton jumped out to a 10-2 lead and was up 28 points, 49-21, by halftime. The Bulldogs controlled the boards 54-36 and hit 48 percent of their shots (36-of-75) while clamping down defensively and limiting the Cobras to just 36.7 percent (22-of-60).
The game was delayed for some 25 minutes near the end of the first half when Coker's Stevie Evans went down with an injury which required the services of EMS. He was able to move all of his limbs as he left to a standing ovation.
Junior Barton 6-4 forward L.J. Dunn tallied 18 points and seven boards, senior 6-6 post David King canned 13 points and pulled six boards, sophomore Greg Mammel scored 11 and senior Errol Frails finished with 10 points.
Coker, who went 0-for-7 from 3-point range in the first half, got 18 points from Josh Poston, 11 from J.C. Hafner and 10 by Lukas Varga. The Cobras were hampered by 20 turnovers.
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December 3, 2008
WILSON, NC - Freshman guard Jannetta Robinson swished 20 points Wednesday night as the Barton College women's basketball team cruised to its fourth straight victory, 74-60, over Coker College in Wilson Gymnasium.
Senior forward Sara Fleming (15 points) and sophomore Jamila Johnson (10) also scored in double digits for the Lady Bulldogs, who rose to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in Conference Carolinas action. Johnson also had game-highs of six assists and four steals while junior Sharnita Alston corralled nine rebounds.
Coker fell to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in league action. Jessica Hayes powered the Cobras' attack with 16 points and Henna Kaponen added 14 points.
Barton bolted to an 18-7 lead and held a 29-22 edge at halftime. The Lady Bulldogs pushed the lead to 11 points at 41-30 with 15 minutes left, but Coker kept battling and held the lead four times between the 10-minute and seven-minute marks. The score was tied at 56-56 with 7:07 to play, then Barton went on a 14-2 run to put the game away. The speedy Robinson scored 10 points in that run.
The Lady Bulldogs entertain Erskine on Saturday night at 5:30 while Coker entertains Francis Marion University at 2 p.m. on Dec. 12th.
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