by Parker O'Neal | Feb 4, 2022 | News Slider, Sports
NASHVILLE – The Lipscomb women’s basketball team dropped their third straight game to the Stetson Hatters by a score of 61-50 Thursday night at Allen Arena. Despite a season-high 20 points from sophomore guard Jalyn Holcomb, the Bisons’ 16-point comeback bid in the 4th quarter came up short. A closely contested game in the first four minutes was thanks to a strong defensive affair on both sides of the ball. Despite the Bisons shooting 44.4% from the field, they trailed most of the quarter. Stetson took an 8-0 run due to a total of six turnovers by the Bisons in the first quarter. Sydney Shelton, the transfer from Butler, cut the Stetson lead to one point, and after free throws by Sophomore Diana Saleh, and a forced shot clock violation, Lipscomb held the lead at 13-12. Senior guard Yazz Wazeerud-Din continued to shoot well for Stetson from three-point land, and led the half with 11 points. Despite her big numbers in the half, the second quarter was a defensive slug-fest. Lipscomb only scored 7 points in the quarter, but Jalyn Holcomb, a native of Murfreesboro, ended a scoring drought with a layup and then a three pointer to follow a Stetson make from behind the arc. At half, Stetson led 23-20 with both teams shooting 4-11 from three and Lipscomb edging out Stetson in field goal percentage at 31.8% to the Hatters’ 27.6% Assistant coach Chris Sumski felt there was a dichotomy in the Bisons’ play. “I feel like we really battled the defensive speed,” Sumski said, “[but] I think offensively we had some struggles to make important threes and...
by Kahwit Tela | Feb 3, 2022 | News, News Slider
Lipscomb kicked off Black History Month by hosting a Black History-oriented trivia Wednesday night. The event, which was held at the Bennett Campus Center, had students team up as they were tested on their knowledge of various people and events throughout Black history. The Office of Intercultural Development and the Student Activities Board worked together on forming the event. The two organizations had previously collaborated on numerous cultural events on campus, such as Welcome to Our World Week and Hispanic Heritage Month. For Britany Gonzalez, a Junior Law, Justice, and Society major from Memphis and OID Intern, the trivia night was a success. Especially since it was her first time hosting the event since she’s been an OID intern. “We had a pretty good number of people show up and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves,” Gonzalez said. “I would say it was an overall success!” Britany Gonzalez & Esteban Gonzalez After four rounds of trivia, the teams found themselves competing in two different tiebreaker rounds. Finally, Team “Goo-Goo Clusters” broke the tie by answering “When did Dr. Martin Luther King deliver his ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech?” correctly. The team was comprised of Abigail Gunter, a sophomore Nursing major from Raleigh, NC, Dustyn Baker, a Junior Theology and Ministry major from Atlanta, GA, Dan DiGrazia, a Sophomore Theology and Ministry major from Elgin, IL, and Tim Earles, a Junior Mechanical Engineering major from Damascus, MD. The four students won tickets to The National Museum of African American Music and free merchandise for the museum’s gift shop. Baker, along with his teammates, was excited to win the trivia contest...
by Danny Kotula | Feb 2, 2022 | News Slider, Sports
The athletics rivalry between Lipscomb and Belmont has stood the test of time, dating back to 1953 in men’s basketball, where the rivalry is most heated. One hundred and forty-nine games later, the Battle of the Boulevard continues to be an event of importance on campus across all sports. While NCAA Division I basketball’s closest geographical rivalry is the jewel in the Battle of the Boulevard’s crown, sports across campus feel the effects of the rivalry between the two sides in south Nashville. Since nearly every sport hosted by both schools pits the two together, a common benchmark for who is winning the Battle is the overall number of wins across all sports during a season. Midway through the 2021-22 school year, it’s time to have a look at how Lipscomb is doing against its rival up the road in each sport. Baseball: TBD Basketball: 0-2 Women: L 62-67 @ Belmont. The women’s team put up a valiant effort against a Bruins team that received preseason top-25 votes, but their performance came up 5 points short despite a 4th-quarter lead.Men: L 65-94 @ Belmont. The men’s team struggled in perhaps the worst Battle of the Boulevard performance in Lipscomb men’s basketball history. Belmont dominated from start to finish and played a large portion of the second half with their reserves in the game. Soccer: 0-1-1 Women: L 0-1 v Belmont. While technically a preseason contest, the women’s soccer team suffered a rare loss in a highly successful fall 2021 season against their rivals to the north. They went on to achieve an ASUN championship and a NCAA National Tournament...
by Kahwit Tela | Jan 31, 2022 | COVID-19, News, News Slider
While other schools delayed the return to in-person for remote learning, Lipscomb returned to school with an indoor mask mandate that has been extended from Jan. 21 to Feb. 7. “Currently, our overall number of COVID-19 cases in the Lipscomb community remain fairly consistent. We also had a significant increase in the number of cases among faculty and staff this past week,” Dr. Matt Paden, executive vice president, said in the email Thursday. Positivity rates on campus have been increasing steadily since the start of 2022, and on Jan. 4, Lipscomb reached its highest rate so far. According to the Campus COVID Statistics, more than 40 positive tests occurred on Jan. 18. The majority of the positive tests were from students. Maggie Bradford, a junior marketing major from Onekama, Michigan, is in quarantine after testing positive last Wednesday. Bradford originally went into quarantine with her roommate in their dorm room Monday after showing symptoms. After receiving her positive test results, she was moved to the quarantine floor Wednesday. “I feel like it might go up a little bit more just because of how contagious the Omicron variant is and just with how many people are (together) all the time in class and things,” Bradford said via Zoom. “…With this [variant] especially, it’s easy to have and not realize you’re sick with it until you come down with symptoms. You can be contagious before you have symptoms.” Despite the cases on campus possibly going up, Bradford said Lipscomb has done a “good job” in keeping their students safe through protective efforts, such as encouraging students to wear masks. The mask...
by Parker O'Neal | Jan 28, 2022 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb Bisons fell to the Jacksonville Dolphins with a final score of 66-59 Thursday night at Swisher Gymnasium in Jacksonville, Florida. Looking to continue a winning streak, the Bisons played tough against a Jacksonville team that had lost their last three games. Guard Greg Jones led the team with 14 points which included 4 made 3-pointers. Point guard KJ Johnson and freshmen Will Pruitt and Jacob Ognacevic all scored in double digits as well, each scoring 10 points. Ognacevic shot an efficient 4-5 on field goals and 2-3 from three-point range. Ahsan Asadullah, a center from Atlanta, GA, brought in a team high 10 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 assists, tying Johnson for the top assists on the night. The Bisons led 39-35 at the half thanks to high shot percentages from both the field (58.3%) and from 3-point range (50%). Lipscomb led a majority of the half with 7 points being the highest lead in that span. Despite the shooting success in the first half, Lipscomb struggled to convert that same momentum in the following half. Lipscomb was only able to cash in 20 points in the 2nd half with a field goal percentage of 29.6% and from going only 2-15 from 3 point range. Jacksonville in return shot 5-10 from three in the half and maintained the lead for the last 14:56. Junior Kevion Nolan from Jacksonville led the game with 15 points respectively. The game was very close throughout with 7 ties and 5 lead changes. However, the difference in this close contest was that Lipscomb was not able to score enough in the final...
by Kahwit Tela | Jan 27, 2022 | Arts and Entertainment, News Slider
A Black history-themed trivia night, in celebration of Black History Month, will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Bennett Campus Center. The Office of Intercultural Development (OID) and the Students Activities Board (SAB) have teamed up to coordinate a trivia night that will have students test their knowledge on certain events and people pertaining to Black history. Candace Williams, director of Community Life over OID and student organizations, said she is excited to be working with SAB again this year after previously collaborating on numerous past events. “We have traditionally partnered with Students Activities Board in the past for different cultural trivia nights and they’ve gone exceptionally well,” Williams said. Previous collaborations between OID and SAB include Welcome to Our World Week and Hispanic Heritage Month. “[Trivia Night] is a fun event that students already know about,” Williams said. “So, it’s very easy for [OID] to just use our cultural themes to kind of enhance the month but also allow students to be able to participate and have fun.” Britany Gonzalez, a junior Law, Justice, and Society major from Memphis and OID Intern, has been helping with planning for the upcoming trivia night. “Making it tailored to Black History Month, we’ll have questions that will not only be about the historical aspect of it but also a more modern sense to it,” Gonzalez said. This will include how black culture is influencing modern-day society. Esteban Gonzalez, a junior graphic design major from Ensenada, Baja California, México, and OID intern, has also been part of the preparation. Part of his help includes putting together a small slideshow that presents...
