June 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—St. Andrews Presbyterian College finished hosting one of the biggest summer basketball camps for the state of North Carolina in early June.

The Battle at the Border summer camp, which is run by SAPC men’s basketball head coach Rob Perron, lasted for 12 days and drew in some 850 participants. The camp was broken into three 4-day segments. Two of the sessions were for boys and one session for girls. The participants were from all different age groups including middle school, junior varsity and varsity.

Perron was able to attract a total of 132 teams to the camp including teams from North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The size of the camp just about doubled from last year due largely because of one of its main attractions.

Even though the camp works on all areas of the game the big attraction is that the teams and players involved play full court games throughout each day of camp. This approach, which doesn’t take place at a lot of camps, is more enjoyable for campers. It also gives teams the chance to work together in simulated game situations long before the 2004 season begins.

Perron is happy with the camps growth and looks forward to next year. The campers stay on campus in the dorm rooms but Perron may have to look into other options next year if the camp continues to grow. In order for the camp to be a success Perron also relies on the help of approximately 50 staff members including some Knights players.

March 1, 2004

THOMASVILLE, NC—The Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference announced the 2004 Men’s Basketball Tournament Bracket on Monday morning.

St. Andrews (6-21 overall, 4-16 CVAC) will be the No. 10 seed. The Knights will travel to Due West, South Carolina to face No. 7 seed Erskine College (13-14, 8-12) on Tuesday evening at 7:00 p.m.

SAPC split the season series with the Flying Fleet. The Knights defeated Erskine, 73-62, at home on January 7th but lost on the road to the Flying Fleet, 84-59, on February 21st.

If the Knights pull out the victory on Tuesday they will have no time to celebrate as they will have to travel and face the No. 2 seed Mt. Olive Trojans (21-6, 15-5) on Wednesday evening.

The tournament semi-finals and finals will be played in Due West (Erskine hosting) on Friday and Saturday.

February 23, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—The Mt. Olive College men’s basketball team shot an outstanding 90 percent from the free throw line, including 20-for-23 in the second half, in route to a 94-84 victory over Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference foe St. Andrews Monday night on Harris Court.

The Trojans, who are ranked No. 6 in the east region of NCAA Division II, clinched home court advantage in the quarterfinal round of the CVAC Tournament. MOC improved to 19-6 overall and 13-5 in the CVAC while the Knights fell to 6-20 and 4-15.

The first 13 minutes of the game featured seven lead changes and three ties. Then St. Andrews started to gain control building up to an eight-point lead. Mt. Olive bounced back to tie the game up with 23 seconds left in the first period but Clarence Ferguson (Miami, FL) hit a 3-pointer with four seconds left to give the Knights a three point halftime lead, 37-34.

Marcus West (Phoenix, AZ) tied the game up at 48 for the Trojans at the 13:37 mark of the second period with a trey. West would then put Mt. Olive on top for good with two made free throws on the next possession.

The Trojans would then capitalize on 22 turnovers and 23 fouls by the Knights by hitting most of their free throws and shooting 18-for-39 (46.2%) in the second half. Mt. Olive would pull away to a comfortable lead and win by 10.

Johnny Galarza (Hollis, OK) scored a game high 25 points for the Trojans. West followed with a double-double including 23 points and 11 rebounds. Elton Coffield (Williamston, NC) and Maurice Horton tallied 17 and 10 points, respectively. Horton just missed a double-double with nine rebounds.

Derrick Darkis (Independence, KS) led St. Andrews with 21 points, connecting on 5-of-7 three-pointers. Mike Smith (Washington, DC) chipped in with 17 points and five assists while Ferguson finished with 14 points.

The Knights will finish their regular season in Misenheimer, North Carolina against CVAC rival Pfeiffer on Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. Mt. Olive hosts Coker Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.

February 19, 2004

BELMONT, NC—Saint Andrews Presbyterian College, despite shooting just 35% from the field, played outstanding defense, which held Belmont Abbey to just 26% and won the rebounding battle, as the Knights upset the Crusaders 52-48 at the Wheeler Center Thursday.

Neither team seemed to be able to find any rhythm offensively, as the Crusaders led just 12-7 midway through the first half. Saint Andrews (6-18 overall, 4-13 CVAC) held Belmont Abbey (16-8, 10-7) without a field goal for the next 6:05, and took a 17-14 lead with 5:32 left on a basket by David Truesdale (Charlotte, NC). The Crusaders cut the lead to one twice more before the half, but Saint Andrews still held a 21-20 lead as the teams went to the locker room.

The second half was a seesaw affair that saw four lead changes and four ties. St. Andrews held the largest lead of the second half, 43-38, after a steal and dunk by Clarence Ferguson (Miami, FL) with 5:26 left.

Belmont Abbey answered by scoring seven of the next nine points, tying the score at 45 on a bucket by Damien Humphrey with 2:19 left. Derrick Darkis (Independence, KS) gave the Knights a 47-45 lead on a basket with 1:15 left, then the St. Andrews defense stiffened, stopping the Crusaders on their next two possessions, and extending the lead to 50-45 after one free throw by Darkis and two more by Truesdale with 17 seconds left.

Humphrey hit a three with seven seconds left to cut the lead back to two, but Darkis sealed it, hitting two free throws with five seconds left to give St. Andrews the upset victory.

Truesdale and Will Livingston (Charlotte, NC) had 14 points apiece for the Knights, with Truesdale adding 11 rebounds to his total. St. Andrews won the battle of the boards, 46-40.

Rafael Moreira led Belmont Abbey with 15 points, and Humphrey added eight points and eight rebounds.

The Knights will go on the road Saturday when they face Erskine in Due West, South Carolina at 7:30 p.m.

February 16, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—Four Knights scored in double digits in a well-distributed attack as St. Andrews Presbyterian College rolled to a 67-58 victory over Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference rival Coker Monday night on Harris Court.

The Knights snapped a 13-game winless streak dating back to January 10th to improve to 5-18 overall and 3-13 in the CVAC while the Cobras fell to 6-15 and 3-12. St. Andrews was well overdue after losing seven of those games in the last minute of overtime.

St. Andrews looked strong from the opening tip-off, as they never trailed. The Knights jumped out to a 16-6 lead in the first 8:52. Coker hung around for most of the game on good shooting, 21-of-51 (41.2%). SAPC went into the locker room up 38-30.

The Knights lead 61-48 with 6:17 left in the game but watched the Cobras make one last run. A big 3-pointer by Ryan Queen (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) with 29 seconds left capped a 10-1 run to pull Coker to within four. At that time the Cobras had to start fouling and Mike Smith (Washington, DC) sealed the win for St. Andrews hitting 5-of-6 free throws in the last 28 seconds.

SAPC won the game on the boards out rebounding Coker 41-27 and scoring 24-second chance points on 17 offensive boards. The Knights took advantage of 26 fouls on Coker by hitting 22-of-29 (75.9%) freebees from the charity stripe.

Freshman center Hazael Andrew (Portsmouth, Dominica) led St. Andrews with his seventh double-double of the season with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Rommie Williams (Kinston, North Carolina) chipped in with 11 points including three 3-pointers. M. Smith and David Truesdale (Charlotte, NC) contributed with 10 points apiece.

“The guys (SAPC) are more together now then they have ever been. They have been through a lot of adversity and deserved to win,” stated head coach Rob Perron after the game. Perron added, “it was good to get the monkey off our back but I’m most impressed that the team is already talking about Belmont Abbey on Thursday. We need to have a different person step up in each game and it will be exciting to see who that will be.”

The Knights played without leading scorer Clarence Ferguson (Miami, Florida) and Derrick Darkis (Independence, Kansas). St. Andrews will be without M. Smith for the next week as he has surgery to repair his broken nose tomorrow.

The Knights face the Crusaders on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Belmont, NC.

February 12, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—Moustapha Diouf’s (Dakar, Senegal) double-double helped Queens University of Charlotte to a 74-58 Carolinas Virginia Athletics Conference win over St. Andrews Saturday night on Harris Court.

The Royals, ranked No. 9 in the Eastern division of NCAA Division II, improved to 16-5 overall and 11-3 in the CVAC while the Knights fell to 4-17 and 2-12.

The game started off very close with six lead changes in the first 13 minutes. At that point Queens went on a 9-0 run that was capped off by a tip-in from Kendrick Harris (Greenville, NC) to go up 32-23 with 3:32 left in the first period. The Royals kept that lead and went to the locker room up 38-29.

St. Andrews played hard to start the second half but seemed to be matched bucket for bucket, as Queens still held a nine-point lead with 7:19 to go. At that point the Royals put together an 11-4 run in the next 3:28 and pulled away to the 16-point victory.

Queens held a slight advantage on the boards, 48-43, and controlled the ball better with 10 turnovers to the Knights 14. The Royals shot 28-for-66 (42.4%) from the field while St. Andrews went 23-for-68 (33.8%).

Diouf finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds. The leagues leading scorer, Spencer Ross (Chesapeake, VA), tallied a game high 18 points. Ross also added four assists, two rebounds, and two steals. Drago Pavlovic (Queens, NY) and Harris contributed with 12 and 10 points, respectively.

Clarence Ferguson (Miami, FL) led St. Andrews with a team high 10 points. Freshman Hazael Andrew (Portsmouth, Dominica) ripped down nine boards and Derrick Darkis (Independence, KS) chipped in nine points. Mike Smith (Washington, DC) recorded eight points and four assists.

St. Andrews will next visit league rival Lees-McRae while Queens will host a CVAC match-up with Pfeiffer. Both games will be on Saturday, Valentine’s Day, at 5730 p.m.

February 7, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—Hot shooting helped Anderson College coast past St. Andrews, 80-61, in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics men’s basketball action Saturday night on Harris Court.

The Trojans shot 35-for-61 (57.4%) from the field for the game to improve to 9-9 overall and 5-6 in the CVAC while the Knights (4-15, 2-11), losers of 10 straight, shot 22-for-55 (40.0%)

After leading 10-9 with 16:13 left in the first half, St. Andrews would trail the rest of the game. Anderson slowly took charge in the first period taking a 16-point lead, 43-27, at halftime.

The Knights rallied with an 11-1 run in the middle of the second period to cut the lead to 58-53 but could never get any closer. Anderson responded by scoring five of the next six baskets to pull away and roll away with the 19-point victory.

The Trojans maintained control of the boards out rebounding SAPC 41-30.

AC’s Osvaldo Haynes nailed eight of this nine field goal attempts for a game high 19 points. Haynes also tallied six rebounds, four assists, and two steals. Kennedy Bass and Chris Poore followed with 18 and 16 points, respectively. Bass and Poore’s nine rebounds tied for a game high. Joel C. Zimmerman contributed with 11 points and six assists.

Justice Graham led the Knights with 13 points. Mike Smith recorded 11 points while Hazael Andrew fell just shot of a double-double with nine points and eight rebounds.

St. Andrews continues on the road Monday night against non-conference Fayetteville State at 7:30 p.m.

Bulldogs Rally By St. Andrews, 92-80, in OT

February 5, 2004

WILSON, NC—John Green had a career night Thursday as the Barton men’s basketball team rallied from five points down in the final 2 1/2 minutes of regulation to knock off visiting St. Andrews, 92-80, in overtime.

Green went 7-for-8 from 3-point range and 14-for-16 from the line en route to a career-high 43 points, which was the second-most points in the school’s nine-year NCAA history. He swished five 3-pointers in the first 4 1/2 minutes of the game to put the Bulldogs up 17-2, but the St. Andrews roared back to a 33-33 tie by intermission.

St. Andrews led for much of the second half, but a key 3-pointer by Green and a lay-up by Derek Becton off a Steven Burroughs assist at 0:26 sent the game into overtime. Green controlled the overtime, scoring 18 of Barton’s 19 points.
Five Knights scored in double figures including 16 by Justice Graham and 14 by Derrick Darkis. Mike Smith and David Truesdale supplied 13 points each. Hazael Andrew recorded his fifth double-double of his freshman campaign with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Smith and Graham also helped out with 5 and 4 assists, respectively.

Barton has won three straight and now stands 13-5 overall and 7-4 in the CVAC. St. Andrews is 4-14 overall, 2-10 in the league.

The Knights will try and rebound Saturday night as they host Anderson at 7:30 p.m. St. Andrews won the first meeting, 76-75.

January 31, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—The Limestone College men’s basketball team shot 19-for-29 (65.5 %) from the field in the second half to defeat Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference rival St. Andrews, 85-79, Saturday night in Harris Court.

The Saints (4-13 overall, 3-7 CVAC) shot almost 52 percent for the game while the Knights (4-13, 2-9) only shot 39 percent.

St. Andrews looked solid in the first half taking its largest lead, 32-20, with 2:38 left. Limestone finished the first period with a 9-4 run to pull within seven, 36-29, at halftime.

The Saints took the momentum to start the second half with a 26-12 run in the first 7:05 of the period to take 55-48 lead. Limestone was able to pull out to a 12-point lead, 69-57, with 6:57 remaining. The Knights remained strong as David Truesdale capped off a 16-4 run with a made jumper to tie the game at 73 with 2:54 left.

On the next possession Limestone went up for good when Donald Ray Johnson converted on a lay-up. The Saints sealed the six-point victory by nailing their final eight free throws down the stretch along with the Knights missing a couple shots.

Brandon Shipman had a game high 19 points for Limestone on 7-of-12 shooting. Shawn Popple hit all five of his shots in the second half as he scored 14 of his 17 points in the second period. Johnson added 12 points and nine rebounds while Bryant Camp and Marquintus Jones tallied 13 and 10 points, respectively.

Truesdale’s 18 points led the Knights. Hazael Andrew recorded his fourth double double of the season with 14 points and 14 rebounds. Mike Smith added 15 points for the Knights on 6-of-9 shooting.

St. Andrews is off until Thursday when the travel to Wilson, NC for a CVAC match-up with Barton.

January 29, 2004

CHARLOTTE, NC—Queens University of Charlotte outlasted St. Andrews Presbyterian College 76-72 in an exciting CVAC men’s basketball game at “The Oven” Thursday night. B.J. Timmons scored 17 points and Spencer Ross added 16 as the Royals, ranked No. 17 in NCAA Division II, won its sixth straight game.

St. Andrews (4-12 overall, 2-8 CVAC), losers of seven straight, nearly pulled off another upset. The Knights lost on a last second lay-up to No. 3 Pfeiffer last week. With Queens (12-3 overall, 7-1 CVAC) in front 74-72 with 27-seconds remaining, the Knight’s Derrick Darkis worked for a steal and missed a contested lay-up to tie the game. Queens’ Hector Valenzuela was fouled and made 1-of-2 free throws. Darkis missed a three-pointer to tie with two seconds remaining, all but sealing the Royals’ victory.

St. Andrews’ Justice Graham was spectacular, single-handedly keeping the Knights neck-and-neck with the Royals in the second half. St. Andrews isolated Graham and his quickstep and soft touch paved the way to a game-high 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting in addition to 10-of-13 from the charity stripe.

Mike Smith added 14 points and David Truesdale 12 for the Knights. Hazael Andrew had a team high seven rebounds.

Valenzuela and Moustpaha Diouf each scored 11 points for Queens. Diouf added 13 rebounds and three blocked shots before fouling out with the game tied at 70 with 2:11 on the clock.

Queens’ Zach English got his second steal of the game and was fouled in the open court, hitting both free throws to put Queens in front for good 72-70. Timmons added two more free throws seconds later giving Queens the 74-70 advantage late in the game.

St. Andrews hosts CVAC foe Limestone on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. The Knights look to avenge a 72-67 loss to Limestone on January 12th.

January 27, 2004

MOUNT OLIVE, NC—Brad McDougald led six players in double figures with 13 points as host Mount Olive picked up its school-record 10th consecutive win with an 89-67 victory over St. Andrews in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference men’s basketball Tuesday at Mount Olive. The Trojans scored the opening basket of the game and led from start to finish.

Mount Olive (13-2 overall, 7-1 CVAC) jumped out to an 18-6 lead after back-to-back three-pointers by McDougald. St. Andrews (4-11, 2-7) cut the lead to six, but the Trojans built the lead to as many as 13 points before going into halftime with a 39-29 lead.

St. Andrews pulled within nine early in the second half, but Sharome Holloway’s put-back with 19:08 remaining gave Mount Olive a 43-32 lead and the Trojans led in double figures the rest of the way. McDougald’s alley-oop dunk from Janson Greene gave the Trojans a 15-point lead and Johnny Galarza’s three-pointer extended the Trojans’ lead to 71-50 with 9:25 remaining. St. Andrews never got closer than 16 points the rest of the way.

Galarza finished with 12 points for the Trojans, while Greene, Holloway, Sean Barnett and Marcus West added 10 points apiece.

Hazael Andrew led St. Andrews with a game-high 16 points and 10 rebounds for his third double double of the season. Clarence Ferguson contributed with 11 points while Justice Graham added seven boards and six points. David Truesdale and Will Livingston recorded nine and eight points, respectively.

Tuesday’s game was originally scheduled for Monday night, but was postponed 24 hours due to the weather. St. Andrews travels to Queens Thursday at 7:30 p.m. for a CVAC match-up.

January 24, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—Pfeiffer University’s Anthony Williams converted on an open lay-up with 0.5 seconds remaining in the game to pull out a comeback victory over Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference foe St. Andrews, 86-85. The Knights (4-10 overall, 2-6 CVAC) almost pulled off the upset over the NABC/Division II Bulletin No. 3 nationally ranked Falcons (14-0, 7-0).

St. Andrews looked very strong early leading most of the first half on 20-of-34 (58.8%) shooting in the first frame. Pfeiffer kept the game close with 17-of-37 (45.9%) shooting and went to the locker room trailing by three, 49-46.

The Knights kept the pressure on at the start of the second half taking the biggest lead of the game, 65-57, with 14:52 left. The Falcons stuck around but looked like they were about to fall apart when the bench was called for a technical and Justice Graham drained both free attempts from the line to give SAPC a six-point lead with 10:31 on the clock.

However that seemed to turn around Pfeiffer as they went on a 12-4 run in the next six minutes to grab an 80-78 lead with 4:05. The Falcons remained in the lead until Graham converted on his own rebound and shot while being fouled to tie the game up at 84-84. The 83% free-throw shooter nailed the extra point with 9.1 seconds left as the Knights regained a one-point lead.

Rico Grier missed on a jumper on the next trip down the court but Pfeiffer received a second chance as St. Andrews Derrick Darkis caught the rebound while going out of bounds. With two seconds remaining R. Grier in bounded the ball to Williams for the game winning lay-up.

The Falcons played well with the ball only turning it over seven times while the Knights committed 17 turnovers.

Williams lead Pfeiffer with 21 points, five rebounds, and the game winner. R. Grier followed with 19 points, four assists, and three steals. Damien Argrett and Kenny Mickens contributed with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Argrett had a game-high seven rebounds.

Three Knights scored in double figures including Graham (17), Clarence Ferguson (15), and Darkis (14). Hazael Andrew, Ferguson, and Darkis had team high six rebounds each. Ashford Gray chipped in with eight assists and seven points while Will Livingston tallied eight points on 3-of-4 shooting.

St. Andrews will visit CVAC rival Mount Olive on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.

January 19, 2004

HARTSVILLE, SC—Coker won an incredible double-overtime game, 92-85, against St. Andrews Monday night in men's collegiate basketball. The Cobras stormed back from 17 points down at the half and hung on through two overtime periods to outlast the Knights. Coker improves to 4-8 on the year and 1-5 in the CVAC, while SAPC drops to 4-9 and 2-5 in conference.

St. Andrews got off to a quick start and led by 14 after the first 10 minutes of play. Coker briefly narrowed the margin to seven, but a big run by the Knights in the final minute pushed their lead to 48-31 at the half.

Coker patiently worked their way back into the game to pull within seven points with 3:26 to play. With the game on the line the Cobras cranked up the defensive pressure and completed their frenzied comeback on a clutch three by Andre Blackwell with 13 seconds to play. The shot was Blackwell's first career three-pointer and put CC up 69-68, their first lead since the 18:29 mark of the first half.

Jason Fullwood sent Fidel Neal to the foul line with nine seconds left but Neal missed the second of two shots and the game went to extra time. Both teams played good defense in the first OT and each held the other to four points.

The second overtime is what made the game special, as gunslingers Ryan Queen of Coker and Justice Graham of St. Andrews matched each other shot for shot. Queen answered two free throws by Graham with a long three ball as the shot clock wound down to give Coker a 76-75 lead. Queen struck again after a Knights lay up with a coast-to-coast basket and free throw to give CC a 79-77 lead.

Then it was Graham's turn as he coolly drilled a three pointer in front of the noisy Coker student section. Queen answered back with another long three to give the Cobras an 85-80 lead, but it lasted only 12 seconds as Graham went back to the same spot and buried another three-pointer to cut the margin to two.

Coker went back ahead by five on a long bomb by Jay Farrow and this time, the Knights were only able to answer with a two. Deon Briscoe iced the game with four free throws sandwiched around a defensive stop on the other end.

Queen and Graham put on a fireworks display not seen in Timberlake-Lawton Gym in a long time. The Coker guard finished with 34 points, nine in the second overtime, three assists and two steals. Graham did one better with 35 points and five rebounds. The St. Andrews forward had 20 points in the first half and went 10-11 from the foul line.

Farrow poured in 22 points and grabbed six boards for Coker and Blackwell tallied seven points and five rebounds. For the Knights, center Hazael Andrew totaled 15 points and 15 boards, and Clarence Fergusan reached double figures with 10 points.

St. Andrews will be off until Saturday when they host CVAC rival and No. 3 nationally ranked Pfeiffer University at 7:30 p.m.

LAURINBURG, NC—Lester Harbin converted on a lay-up with 0.8 seconds remaining in the game for Lees-McRae College to hold off a surging St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 79-77. The Knights erased a 16-point second half deficit before falling short in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference tilt on Saturday evening in Harris Court.

The Bobcats jumped out early grabbing their biggest lead, 25-8, in the first 5:22 of the game. LMC nailed seven 3-pointers in that stretch including four from Aaron Dugger. Dugger tallied 19 of his 22 points in the first period. St. Andrews was able to cut the lead down to six but could not hold off the hot shooting of the Bobcats and went into the locker room trailing 46-33.

Lees-McRae would extend its advantage to 16-points with 13 minutes remaining in the game but slowly watched their lead diminish. The Knights would not give up and made a gallant rally in the next 11 minutes to take the lead, 74-73, with 1:44 left. Tyreek Ramseur responded with a lay-up for the Bobcats. Mike Smith followed with a three to put the Knights up by two. Harbin tipped in an Antwon Brown shot attempt to tie the game up at 77-77 with 24 seconds remaining.

On the ensuing possession the Knights were playing for the final shot of the game. Smith drove the lane, slipped, and was called for a traveling violation with 3.8 seconds left. The Bobcats connected on a full-court pass to Jeff McGowan, who threw up a desperation shot that hit the side of the backboard. The ball came right back to a trailing Harbin who was able to convert on the winning lay-up.

Harbin recorded a double double for Lees-McRae with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Henery Williams tallied 12 while Ramseur finished with 14 boards and 11 points.

Justice Graham led the Knights with 20 points and eight rebounds. David Truesdale and Smith each contributed with 14 points. Fidel Neal had a strong night with 12 points, five steals, and three assists.

Lees-McRae improved to 4-7 overall and 2-4 in the CVAC while St. Andrews fell to 4-8 and 2-4.

The Knights will travel to face CVAC rival Coker on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.

January 16, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—There is now a solution for any St. Andrews basketball fan that cannot make it to a game. You can now follow the game live on the Internet.

The Knights and the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference has agreed to use CyberSports as a league-wide provider of stats for basketball. All CVAC schools are using CyberSports software for in-game and post-game statistics.

CyberSports also provides a conference and team web page for every men and women’s team in the league. The conference site contains standings, league leaders, game-by-game results, and links to each teams page. The team sites include schedule, results, and team and individual statistics.

You can access the conference and team sites by following these simple instructions.

1. Go to www.cybersportsusa.com
2. Click on ‘4 Yr College’ link in the Basketball box.
3. Click on the ‘NCAA’ link
4. Pick the team your looking for or the conference (CVAC).
*The list is alphabetical

One of the newest and most exciting features with CyberSports is live webcasting of games. With the software all CVAC schools are able to connect with the Internet and send the play-by-play of a game to everyone to follow on the net as the game is going on. Follow these simple instructions to receive the live webcast of all St. Andrews and CVAC games.

1. Wait until game time and then go to www.cybersportsusa.com
2. Click on ‘Todays Webcast’ link in the Basketball box.
3. Find the game you want to follow. Games are listed based upon start time.
Click on the picture link of a video camera next to the game you want to follow.
4. Click on the game you want to follow in the hot game list.

The page that comes up will supply you with all the game information. You will not have to refresh the page as it will do it for you every 30-40 seconds. You have to go through this process for each individual game you want to follow (i.e. doubleheaders).

Every home game and conference road game for St. Andrews will be webcast from here on out. Please contact Kevin Buczek at buczekkc@sapc.edu if you have any questions or problems.

January 15, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—With good shooting and great passing Belmont Abbey College defeated St. Andrews Presbyterian College, 87-76, in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference play on Thursday evening in Harris Court.

The Crusaders built several six-point leads in the first half but could not extend the margin any farther. The Knights rallied with a 7-2 run to finish off the first period to trail only by one at halftime, 40-39.

Belmont Abbey jumped out to early in the second with a 13-4 run in the first 4:44 of the half building a 53-44 lead. The Crusaders would never falter and would go on to win by 11 points.

The Knights had several chances to rally back in the second half but could not find their shooting touch. Ten of St. Andrews 12 baskets in the second period were scored either in the paint or on lay-ups. Ice cold shooting from the arc, 0-for-10, in the second frame finished off the Knights.

The Crusaders helped their cause with good shooting going 31-for-65 (47.7%) from the field and 11-for-19 (57.9%) from 3-point range.

With crisp passing and 19 assists Belmont Abbey was able to distribute the ball well resulting in five Crusaders scoring in double digits including Damien Humphrey (18), Greg LaVann (17), John Gordon (13), and Antonio Howard (13).

Rafael Moreira recorded a double double with 16 points and 13 rebounds while Jon Adams chipped in with 12 assists and seven points.

Justice Graham tallied a game high 27 points for the Knights while grabbing a team high nine-boards. Hazael Andrew and Clarence Ferguson scored 14 and 12 points, respectively. Mike Smith finished with 10 points.

Belmont Abbey improved to 9-3 overall and 3-2 in the CVAC while St. Andrews fell to 4-7 and 2-3.

The Knights will host CVAC rival Lees-McRae on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

SAPC Hangs On To Beat Anderson, 76-75

January 10, 2004

ANDERSON, SC—A jump shot by Kennedy Bass with two seconds remaining bounced off the rim allowing St. Andrews Presbyterian College to hang on for 76-75 victory over Anderson College in a CVAC men’s game Saturday afternoon at the Abney Center.

St. Andrews jumped out to a 19-8 lead in the first nine minutes of the game and held a 35-32 lead at the break. The Trojans kept clawing away until a 3-point basket by Chris Poore gave AC its first lead, 45-44, with 14:26 remaining.

From that point, there were five more lead changes and six ties. A 3-point basket by Justice Graham gave St. Andrews a 72-69 lead with 2:29 to play. AC cut the St. Andrews lead to one three times in the final 2:08 but never got the lead back.

Leading 76-75, the Knights missed a chance to extend their lead when Clarence Ferguson missed a jumper, and the Trojans got the ball back with 10 seconds remaining. AC advanced up the floor and Bass got the ball near the top of the key. He penetrated into the lane and put up a jumper that bounced away. A mad scramble ensued and neither team could control the ball before the final buzzer.

St. Andrews, 4-5 overall and 2-1 in the CVAC, was led by Graham with 22 points, Derrick Darkis with 17, and Hazael Andrew with 13. Graham was 8-for-11 from the field and made 5-of-9 shots from behind the arc.

Anderson, 5-4 overall and 2-1 in the CVAC, placed four players in double figures. Joel C. Zimmerman led the Trojans with 19 points. He was followed by Chris Poore with 18 points, Bass with 16 points, and Travis Tate with 11.

The Knights shot 48 percent for the game and 48 percent in both halves. AC shot 46 percent after shooting 57 percent (17-30) in the second half.

Both teams had 33 rebounds. Andrew was the game’s leading rebounder with nine. Bass had eight rebounds for AC.

In addition to having the same number of rebounds, both teams had 28 field goals and 11 turnovers.

The Knights will travel to Gaffney, SC to face CVAC rival Limestone on Monday evening at 7:30 p.m.

January 7, 2004

LAURINBURG, NC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College men’s basketball team ended a three-game losing skid with a solid 73-62 victory over Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference rival Erskine on Wednesday evening. With the win the Knights improve to 3-5 overall and 1-1 in the CVAC while the Flying Fleet fall to 3-3 and 0-2.

After neither team could score for the first 3:29 of the game St. Andrews took an early 4-0 lead that they would never relinquish. The Knights went into the locker room leading 36-25. The Flying Fleet pulled to within four, 49-45, with 10:12 left in the second half but could not get any closer as the Knights remained strong and won by 11.

Both teams shot well from the field as SAPC went 28-of-58 (48.3%) from the floor while Erskine went 25-of-55 (45.5%). The Knights held a slight 34-32 rebounding edge but won the game by swiping 16 steals and causing 22 turnovers on the Flying Fleet.

Justice Graham led the charge for the Knights bucketing 6-of-10 shots for 19 points. Graham also recorded five rebounds, three steals, and two assists.

Clarence Ferguson and Derrick Darkis drilled 16 and 15 points, respectively, for the Knights. Ferguson and Hazael Andrew each grabbed eight boards while Darkis stole four balls.

Bobby Isom tallied a game-high 26 points on 10-of 19 shooting for Erskine while Matt Odom followed with 12 points.

St. Andrews will try to make it two straight as they travel to face CVAC opponent Anderson on Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.

Coastal Men's Basketball Holds Off Knights

December 14, 2003

CONWAY, SC—The Coastal Carolina men's basketball team ran out to an early lead but had to fight off a relentless St. Andrews' squad, 91-83, on Sunday afternoon. The Knights gave a valiant effort against the Division-I Chanticleers, but could not hold off their hot shooting.

Coastal jumped out on top early, building a 24-7 lead less than eight minutes into the first half. St. Andrews came back, cutting the lead to one with a 15-2 run late in the half, before the Chants could go into the locker room with a 46-43 lead.

St. Andrews kept the pressure on early in the second half, as they tied it at 50 with just over 17 minutes to play. CCU took back the lead, building it to eight at 69-61 on Clint Reed's lay-up with 8:13 to play.

However, another Knights' run, this time a 14-3 run over 2:20, capped by David Truesdale's three-pointer, gave St. Andrews a 75-72 lead with 5:53 to play. Coastal came back though, as Moses Sonko scored the next four points in the next 1:07 to put the Chanticleers up for good with a 76-75 lead.

Justice Graham made two free throws for the Knights to pull within one at 78-77. St. Andrews provided some good pressure on the Chants next possession resulting in a big rebound by center Hazael Andrew. The momentum of the game changed at that moment, however, as Andrew make a swinging clearing motion with his arms after grabbing the board, resulting in a controversial traveling call with 3:31 left. E. J. Gallup converted on a three-pointer in the next possession for Coastal, and then the Chants converted from the line down the stretch to win by eight.

Brandon Newby led Coastal with his first career double-double with career highs of 29 points and 11 rebounds. Gallup chipped in 15, while Sonko and Reed each had 11.

St. Andrews was led by Graham, who tallied 29 points, including five three-pointers. Clarence Ferguson tallied 16 points before fouling out. Truesdale and Andrew bucketed 14 and 11 points, respectively. Andrew led the Knights with eight rebounds.

It might have been the Knights best game of the season even though they did not pull off the upset against the Division-I school. SAPC shot 29-for-61(47.5%) from the field while Coastal shot 35-for-65 (53.8%). The Knights also shot an impressive 11-for-26 (42.3%) from the arch.

St. Andrews will not play again until January when they travel to USC Aiken on the 3rd at 7:30 p.m.

December 1, 2003

LAURINBURG, NC—Ervin Gregory’s 20 points helped lead Barton College to a 72-57 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference men’s basketball win over hosting St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Harris Court on Monday evening.

There was not too much to the game except that the Bulldogs kept adding to its lead due to bad shooting by the Knights. Barton helped keep the game interesting for a little while as they did not shoot good either. The Bulldogs finished the game shooting 26-for-61 (42.6%) from the field and 10-for-24 (41.7%) for three-point range while the Knights went 20-for-58 (34.5%) from the field and 7-for-23 (30.4%) from the arch.

Barton went to the locker room up 32-23. The Bulldogs lead got as big as 16 points with 10:30 left in the game. The Knights were never able to put together a significant run to cut into the lead, as Barton was victorious by 15.

The Bulldogs won the battle of the boards, out rebounding the Knights 47-41.

Gregory led the Bulldogs with his 20 points and six rebounds. Derek Becton and Jacoby Key also scored in the double digits with 13 and 10, respectively. George Turner grabbed nine boards.

Clarence Ferguson led the Knights with 17 points and 5 rebounds. Hazael Andrew tallied a double double with 11 points and rebounds. Ashford Gray connected for 10 points including two three-pointers in the losing cause.

Barton improved to 4-1 overall and 1-0 in the CVAC while St. Andrews fell to 2-3 and 0-1.

The Knights will travel to face Coastal Carolina on December 14th at 2:00 p.m.

November 29, 2003

PEMBROKE, NC—Clarence Ferguson's 36 points on 12-of-21 shooting helped St. Andrews bury UNC Pembroke in a tightly contested 82-75 match-up in the Jones Athletic Center Saturday evening. The loss dropped UNCP to 1-4 on the season while St. Andrews evened their record at 2-2.

UNCP took a brief lead two times in the second half at 57-55 and 59-58 but the Knights fought back. Anthony Crank hit a foul shot with 55 seconds left to knot it up at 75. However, Mike Smith was fouled with 42 seconds remaining and hit one of two free throws to give SAPC the lead for good. After Smith missed the second charity shot, David Truesdale tracked down the rebound and nailed the door shut.

Both teams shot extremely well in the opening twenty minutes, but Ferguson nailed 3-5 from behind the arc, dropping in 16, and pushed the Knights to a 45-42 lead. Justice Graham added nine in the period while David Truesdale chipped in seven.

Damien Goodman finished with 22 points for the Braves on 11-17 shooting from the floor. Crank and Frank Foster had 11 and 10 points, respectively. Travis Wallace grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds while Mark Salazar chipped in ten.

For the victors, the 52.4 percent shooting behind the arc made the difference. They knocked down 11 compared to six for UNCP. Truesdale added 11 points while Smith had 10 for the Knights.

The Braves out rebounded their counterparts 45-38 but managed only 7-15 from the foul line compared to 15-25 for SAPC.

St. Andrews will kick off their Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference season with their home opener against Barton on Monday, December 1st at 7:30 p.m.

Knights Notch First Win of the Season

November 19, 2003

NEWBERRY, SC—St. Andrews junior guard Clarence Ferguson (Miami, FL) was 9-for-17 from the floor, including 3-for-6 behind the arc for 23 points to lead the Knights to a road win at Newberry College Wednesday night in Eleazer Arena in men’s basketball action.

The Knights (1-2) scored 53 points in the second half and had to make a late rally to take the lead with just under four minutes to go to secure the win.

Newberry (0-1) shot 46.8 percent (29-for-62) in the game, but committed 11 turnovers in the second half to take the season-opening loss.

The Indians jumped out to 10-point lead by the halfway point of the first half, but St. Andrews made an 11-0 run in the next four minutes to get a one-point lead on a three-pointer by junior guard Justice Graham (Brooklyn, NY). Newberry finished out the first half with a 12-3 run, capped by a pair of trifectas by guards Michael Dease and Brandon Moses. Newberry led 34-26 at the half, holding St. Andrews to just 25.7 percent (9-for-35) shooting in the first frame. The Knights were just two of 12 from long distance in the first half.

The second half went Newberry’s way for the first two minutes, as the Indians built an 11-point margin. St. Andrews answered with a 12-7 run to cut the lead to five just three minutes later, but Newberry kept the lead in that range until Ferguson hit five straight points to give the Knights a two-point lead at the halfway point of the second period.

The two teams forced four ties over the next six minutes until the Knights took the lead for good on two free throws by guard Mike Smith (Washington, DC) with 3:54 to go in regulation. Guard Ashford Gray (Charlotte, NC) then forced a steal and scored on a lay-up to grab a four-point margin on the next trip up the floor.

Newberry got the game to one-point on a three-pointer by Marcus Cheeks, but Gray hit a pair of free throws with 5.2 seconds remaining and the Indians could not hit their last-second three-point attempt.

Graham added 18 points for the Knights, while Ferguson finished one rebound short of a double double.

Head Coach Rob Perron was happy with the teams win even though he feels the team can play a lot better. Perron stated, “It helped that they cut down on turnovers while we face a lot of adversity. We had 62 turnovers in our first two games but only had 10 against Newberry. I’m proud of our team as we’re surviving while being injured. It’s going to help that we are battletested early in the season."

The adversity that the team has faced is only growing as five key players are fighting sprained ankles including Graham, Ferguson, Hazael Andrew, Fidel Neal, and David Truesdale.

St. Andrews will travel to UNC Pembroke a week from Saturday to take on the Braves in an 8 p.m. contest.

November 17, 2003

LAURINBURG, NC—St. Andrews’ Bobby Short stole the show during Monday nights junior varsity game against the Laurinburg Prep by scoring 47 points and drilling 11 three-pointers in 33 minutes of play on Monday. The six-foot freshman guard from Charlotte, North Carolina was entertaining the whole crowd with his brilliant shooting even as the Prep won the game 117-103.

Preseason All-CVAC Team

Spencer Ross, Queens University of Charlotte
Marcus West, Mount Olive College
Rico Grier, Pfeiffer University
John Green, Barton College
Bobby Isom, Erskine College


CVAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll (# of First place votes in parenthesis)

1. Queens University (8) 98
2. Pfeiffer University (2) 83
3. Belmont Abbey College 81
4. Mt. Olive College (1) 73
5. Barton College 65
6. St. Andrews College 55
T-7. Anderson College 39
T-7. Erskine College 39
9. Limestone College 31
10. Coker College 25
11. Lees-McRae College 16