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Sports
Track teams set four school records in Lubbock
Hit' MtMurry track teams set four
lojm records during their third trip to
lexas lech in three weeks
I he Indians were in Lubbock I eb
7 lor the Keel Raider Invitational
I he were also at the Fexas lech
ihletic Mining C enter the week
belore lor the Red Raider C lassie and
to open their season on Jan 2'
I he latest trip proved to be the
most siicccsslul The women's squad
set three school records
Sarah Keyna ran a 21-mimite and
26 23-seeond tune in the so()(l meters
to place eighth senior Dareell
1 dwards leaped 40 feet. 2 14 indies
in the triple jump lor second place
and Ircshman Samantlia Hurgess had a
2 29 53 clocking in the N00 run lor
ninth
On the men's side freshman Matt
Drown ran a 4 30 2 in the mile lor
another leturr record finishing in
thud place
Junior shot-put All-American
( od llrotherton and I dwards are
NC AA Division III automatic quali-
fiers based on their ellorts
Urotherton's heave ol -U) 1 4 was
good enough for third place
Sophomore All-American Ryder
I'eatotk is a provisional qualifier in
the high jump after going 6-9 3 4.
which was good lor second place
The week belore. ( ourtney
C bane) set a school indoor record and
Jerrod C ook won the men's weight
throw at the Red Raider C lassie
C h.ine placed seventh in the
women's weight throw with a heave of
41 feet and 7 I 4 inches but broke her
own school mark which she set just
the week belore at the Red Raider All-
C omers meet
Cook meanwhile won first place
m the men's weight throw besting a
field that included seven Division I
and II athletes he threw 56-1 I 4
Other top performances by the
Indians included Ryder Peacock (3rd
place-high jump) and Dareell Ldwards
(3rd place-triple jump and 5th place-
high jump)
The team will get a short break
before finally heading somewhere
other than Lubbock The Indians are
scheduled to participate in a meet in
Oklahoma I eb 20-21
Basketball teams on winning streaks!
Mens four-game
tear boosts record
I he ltliirr. men's basketball team is on a
lour-game winning streak with lour critical
games left belore the ASC championship tourna-
ment begins I eb 27
The Indians' last loss was Jan 29 at Texas
1 uther.ui They have since been on a hot streak
avenging that loss with a victory over lexas
I utheran a week later and adding two victories
over Schretner and an important victory over
cross-town rival llardin-Sunmons
I he streak has impioved the Indians' leconl to
1 3-S overall and 6-4 in ASC play and has helped
the team climb up the ASC West Division stand-
ings to within a I 2 game ol the division leaders
However the Indians have lour games remaining
against ASC opponents that will have a big
impact on the final standings
I he Indians will beat Concordia-Austin on
I cb 12 and at Mary llardm-liaylor on I eb 14
belore returning to kimbrell Arena tor its final
two games a I eb 19 matchup with Howard
I'avne at 7 10 p m and a I eb 21 game against
Sul Ros at 3 p m
I eh. 7: McMum 94 .Schreincr 7(1
I he Indians drained six 3-pointers in the first
lull and shot 67 percent beyond the arc on their
sis trevs to take a 4S-2S lialfiime lead Michael
Quails led the Iribe with 17 points including
loin 3-pointers JR Williams and kelon 1 cw is
also scored in double liguies lor the Indians with
IS and 12 points respectively
D I cl. 5: McMurr) 75 lexas Lutheran 52
lexas L utheran held the lead with 12 33 lelt
in the first hall when Quentin Lanklord's 3-
pomter ignited a 15-2 McMurry run that turned a
9-X deficit into a 23-1 1 lead
McMurry never trailed again Kcndrick 1 His
dunked the ball on a teed Irom kelon Lewis in
the fin il seconds ol the first hall and in the sec
ond hall the Indians led by double-digits
I lbs led the Indians with 14 points on 7-ol-N shooting
and seven rebounds McMum held Fl I to S2 points to
set an opponent season low
D I el). .3: McMum 71 - llardln-Mniiuiins 63
1 rcslinian post Iravis lennison had a big game oil the
bench with a careei-high 21 points on III ol 14 shooting
lie also grabbed sis lebounds while playing just IS min-
utes Juan Muni another McMurry post player added 16
points eight rebounds and lour assists lie was perlecl
liom the tree throw line making all 10 attempts
I he game was close and leatured 12 lead changes but
Michael Quails and J R ilhams each had a steal with
under a minute left to preserve the win
Jan. 31: McMurry HI -- Schreincr 59
Ricky Torres came oil the bench to score a season-
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Photo by Tyler HarrellWar Whoop
McMurry's Kendrick Ellis goes up for a dunk In a victory over
Texas Lutheran at Kimbrell Arena.
high Is points on 6-ol-7 shooting and had live assists to
lead McMuirv I he Indians also got hot shooting liom
kelon I ew is who m ide 7-ol-9 field go lis lor 14 points
Lewis led the wav in lebounds with eight
McMuriv cnioved a comlortable 21-9 lead II minutes
into the game beloie Schreincr went on a 1 1-0 to tut the
deficit to 21-22 Hut the Indians didn't (old and went on
an Ml run on the way to a 11-26 lialfiime lead
Schreincr never got tlosc again as the Indians built as
much as a 26 point advantage in the second hall
Jan. 29: McMurry 55 lexas l.uthiran 73
I he Indians' day started badly when the team bus
broke down near Rising Star and it didn't get better
when the Indians finally took the court more than an
hour late Rickv lorres was the only McMurry storer in
double figures with 10 points
Women take four
of last five games
T he Lady Indians have won lour ol their last
five basketball games to improve to 14-7 overall
and 5-5 in the ASC West Division
The women's only loss in the last two weeks
game was against nationally ranked Hardin-
Simmons University Meanwhile the Indians
beat Sthreinerand Texas Lutheran twice each
lib. 7: McMurry III Schreincr 71
The women had their highest point total ol
the season jumping to a 9-0 lead and never
looking back I hey got balanced scoring as all
players scored at least two points led by
Traeie Robbms who had 20 on S-ol-9 shooting
Sony a West and Kate llounshell tallied 16
points apiece lollowed by C arh I ngelke with
12 and Drittany Densman 10
I rcslinian point guinl Symbri futile ranked
No 1 in the ASC in assist-to-turnover ratio
dished seven assists with zero turnovers and
retorded four steals
I cl). 5: McMurry 8S lexas Lutheran 64
Kate llounshell tame oil the bench to store a
career-high 16 points and lead McMurry to an
SS-64 victory over Texas 1 ulheran
She shot 6-ol-S liom the field and made 4-ol-5
tree throw attempts to atcount lor her team-
best 16 points playing only II minutes This
time McMurry jumped to a 1 3-4 lead that they
never relmguished
Carh I ngelke finished with 1 1 points and
Drittany Densman and Tratie Robbins each
added 12 points lor the Indians
Lib. 3: McMurry ll.inlln-Simmons
Sonya West and Carh I ngelke each had IS
points but the nationally ranked Cowgirls made
10 three-point shots to take over what was oth-
erwise a tlosc game
Neither team held more than a six-point lead
in the first half McMurry led IS-1 Oat one
point belore HSU took the lead lor good
Jan. .11: McMurry 68 Sihrilncr 60
Drittany Densman and Iillney Dames stored
15 points apiece leading McMurry on what was
a tomebatk victory on the load I he Indians
lorted 27 turnovers and retorded 16 steals
Jan. 29: McMurry lexas I utheran
1 he start ol the game was delayed more than
m hour because the Indians' bus broke down
but once on the court the Indians betame the
first ASC team this season to beat the Dulldogs
on their home floor
Sonya West stored a game-high 32 points and
12 rebounds lor MtMurry Symbri futile added
11 points and Drittany Densman hauled in 14
rebounds
Densman accomplished in two McMuny sports
Drittany Densman senior
Multidisciphnary Studies
major is one ol the leading
storers and lebounders on the
women's basketball team
She is also an accomplished
iiinncr in the 800 meter 1500
Hitter and one mile relay in
track
Drittany graduated Irom I ula
High Stliool and those to tome
to MtMurry so she could pi iv
basketball under Coach Nichols
and run tratk under C oath
C'rousen
Drittany ranked as one ol the
top storers during the last
series ol games storing 10
points against Schreincr and 12
against Texas Lutheran
Densman was also a member
ol the 2001 ASC Champion
tratk team and n lined to the
All-Conlcrente tratk team and
to Academic All-C onlerente in
I rack
She also managd to make the
Dean's I 1st
Outside ol the athletic teams
she is a member ol Kappa
Delta I'l and the Fellowship ol
C hristian Athletes
Her hobbies include working
out and water sports such as
wakeboarding and watcrskimg
Shesays that her favorite athlete
is fun Duntaii
Densman plans to toath at
the high stliool level and even-
tually at the collegiate level
Swim teams
warm up for
championship
with sweep of
Southwestern
McMurry's swim teams will
head to the conference champi-
onships Feb 19-21 with iden-
tical 7-2 records after sweeping
Southwestern in the final home
meet of the season
T he men set a stliool record
m the Jan 31 meet with their
seventh dual-meet vittory
defeating the Pirates 175-53
The women's team which also
set a similar record earlier this
year won 129-91
Multiple winners lor the
Indians included Matt
Armbruster in the 50-yard
freestyle (22 44 seconds) and
100 tree (49 7S). diver Ryan
Henderson in the I -meter
(207 05 points) and 3-meter
(161 25) David Lope in the
100 butterfly (55 6) and 100
breaststroke (1 minute 2 29
seconds) and Deth Walters in
I -meter (165 05) and 3-metcr
diving (166 6) The Indians
swept all lour relay events
Amy Nitholas set a
McMurry women's record in
the 1000 tree (12 03 13)
despite finishing m second and
she took first place in the 500
Iree (5 58 23)
I iv e McMurry seniors made
their final home appearance
including Henderson Stephen
Hart. Mandi Newton. Hillary
I Vol and Randall Shaw
Hart swam the first leg of
the second-plate men's 'IV 200
medley relay team and placed
third in the 50 tree and fourth
in the 100 backstroke Shaw
placed lourth and sixth in the
1000 tree and 500 Iree. respec-
tively Newton plated third in both
the 200 Iree and lOObatkand
was louith in the tly Pool a
three-year letterw inner and an
all-tonlerence performer in the
100-and 200 breast did not
participate in any events due to
an injury
"In this our fifth season as a
vaisity sport at MtMurry
University the suteess ol this
year's team tan be attributed to
our senior class who have
worked hard during their
careers" toath Dev Dall said
alter the meet "T hey luv e
helped start a tradition of
retruitmg outstanding student-
athletes to svv im at McMurry "
The Indians head to the con-
ference thampioiiships as two-
time White Div ision defending
champions on both the men's
and women's sides
Baseball team to start season at home
McMurry's 2004 baseball
season kicks oil I eb 13-14
when the Indians play host to
I ubbock Christian and
Oklahoma Baptist
Hie two games will be the
first ol 22 games at Driggers
I icld this season
Doth Lubbock Christian and
Oklahoma Daptist are NAIA
scholarship programs and both
received votes in the 2003 pre-
season polls The games are
part of a very tough non-con-lerenee
schedule that baseball
C oath Lee Driggers said is
designed to prepare the Indians
forconlerenee play
"The ASC is a very competi-
tive baseball conference"
Driggers said "Dy playing this
type of schedule I (eel it better
prepares us to make a run at the
conference title "
The Indians first road game
will be against NCAA power
Trinity University on I eb I
The Indians kick olT conference
play I eb 27-28
The Tribe won their last six
games of 2003 to finish the
season 26-14 overall and 17-10
in the ASC West Division
good for third place behind
lexas 1 utheran and Concordia-
Austin The Feb Band 14
games both begin at 4 p in
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