February 18, 2013
Roundup: State’s Bailey gets 1,000th win
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INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- West Virginia State baseball coach Calvin Bailey earned his 1,000th career victory Monday in the second game of a home doubleheader.

Bailey is one of only seven baseball coaches in NCAA Division II history to reach the milestone.

After dropping the first game to Pitt-Johnstown 12-8, the Yellow Jackets gave their veteran coach the victory he needed with a 7-4 victory in the second game.

No other details on the games were provided to the Gazette.

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  • SC'S MOLES TO TECH: Hunter Moles, a two-sport athlete at South Charleston, will sign a letter-of-intent to attend WVU Tech at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at the high school.

    Moles will compete in both soccer and basketball for the Golden Bears.

    He's a starter on SC's boys basketball team, ranked No. 3 in Class AAA.

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  • STATE MEN LOSE: Mike Boyd tallied 17 points as host Concord downed West Virginia State 81-77 in Athens.

    Jordan Davis and Damien Tunstalle each contributed 16 points for the Mountain Lions (15-9, 11-9 WVC).

    Anton Hutchins paced the Yellow Jackets (10-16, 7-13 WVC) with 17 points and David Ford had 14. Ramon Austin and Jalen Walker each tallied 11 points for State, and Austin provided a double-double by also grabbing 11 rebounds.

    State led at halftime 41-38.

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  • UC WOMEN LOSE: The University of Charleston women's basketball team couldn't keep pace with Glenville State as the Pioneers cruised to a 80-66 win Monday at Eddie King Gymnasium.

    Charleston (13-11, 10-10 WVC) was able to match No. 16 Glenville State (24-2, 19-1 WVC) for the first 10 minutes of the first half, keeping the game within single digits. However, turnovers and poor shooting by UC enabled Glenville State to generate a 22-point halftime lead at 53-31.

    The Golden Eagles were paced by Tianni Kelly and Nichole Perry with 13 points apiece. The Pioneers were led by Kenyona Simmons with 25 points and Ginny Mills with 23.

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  • STATE WOMEN WIN: Jasmine Blanton erupted for 27 points as the West Virginia State women's basketball posted a 93-89 win at Concord on Monday.

    Asia Greenleaf chipped in a double-double with 21 points and 11 boards for State (12-13, 10-10 WVC). The Mountain Lions (7-19, 6-14 WVC) were paced by Amanda Smith with 23 points.

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  • CONFERENCE HONORS: University of Charleston's Jessi Cowden and West Liberty's Hillary Southworth have earned co-West Virginia Conference women's basketball players of the week.

    In a win against Bluefield State, Cowden erupted for a conference-season best 44 points while making 14 of 19 shots from the field, including eight 3-pointers. The 44 points were just two off the school record and marked the most points by a student-athlete at UC since moving to Division II.

    Southworth, the second-leading scorer in Division II, netted 34 points in a win over Charleston. At Fairmont State, she recorded a double-double by totaling 19 points and 11 rebounds.

  • West Liberty's Chris Morrow and Fairmont State's Isaac Thornton have been tabbed with co-conference men's basketball honors.
  • Morrow guided the Hilltoppers to a 2-0 week with 19 points and snagged 14 rebounds against Charleston and added 11 points, six rebounds and two blocks against Fairmont State.

    Thornton led the Falcons to a 2-1 week. In the win over Pitt-Johnstown, he totaled 12 points, 12 rebounds and dished out six assists. Against Alderson-Broaddus, Thornton registered 21 points and four assists in the victory. In the four-point loss to West Liberty, he registered a conference-best 44 points.

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