by Hunter Patterson | Mar 17, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, anchors Caitlin Selle and Michael Fox are behind the news desk. Also, Clay Smith fills you in on some warmer than usual temperatures, Connor Prady gives us the scoop on the latest Bachelor drama and Hunter Patterson gives you the Bisons’ lucky number. <iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/38650026?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”549″ height=”309″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 9, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, Jessica Burke and Wade Funderburg fill you in on what’s happening at Lipscomb, from the figurative flood of musicians on campus to the actual flood of the High Rise dormitory. Plus, Clay Smith has the latest in entertainment news, Sydney Poe gives the sports report and Hunter Patterson brings you the weather forecast. Lumination Newscast, March 9, 2012 from lumination Network on...
by Hunter Patterson | Mar 3, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week on Lumination News, Caitlin Selle and Hunter Patterson are behind the desk filling you in on the the latest from around the Lipscomb community. Also in this week’s broadcast, Clay Smith has your weather update, Wade Funderburg has sports and Connor Prady gives you his fashion winner from the Oscars. Stay tuned to Lumination for more details and updates. Follow us on Twitter @luminationnet for weather news, campus headlines and...
by Michael Fox | Mar 3, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
Brent High’s focus in the athletics department has shifted from sports information to spiritual formation. This was a welcomed change for the associate athletic director for spiritual formation because of his previous experience in youth ministry and working in non-profit organizations. After assuming the new responsibilities in October, High began taking steps to make sure team captains go through leadership training. The athletes also learn about a new chaplain program, mission trips, service opportunities, coach retreats and the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter. This past Christmas break High teamed up with Lipscomb’s mission director TJ McCloud to collaborate on a mission trip to Honduras for nine days. It was the first effort to mix multiple Lipscomb teams together to go on a mission trip. Ten men went on the trip, including McCloud and High as well as eight athletes who represented four different sports. The group worked together with Mission Lazarus to help in construction of a school and went to a village in Honduras and helped start building adobe brick houses. “The trip really had a huge impact on me,” said soccer player Kyle Erickson, one of two athletes who decided to be baptized while on the trip. “It made me realize how much God has really blessed me. Going from Honduras, seeing what those people have … how they were living with the small houses we built, to coming back to school and seeing everything that I have made me realize how much God has really blessed me.” “We knew going in we were going to help a lot of people, but at the same time...
by Hunter Patterson | Feb 29, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
Bison basketball players Damarius Smith and Marvin Williams have been suspended from the team and are not present at Wednesday’s Atlantic Sun tournament game versus Mercer. Lumination alluded to the possibility of this on Monday when the two were not at the team’s practice. As of Wednesday night at 7 p.m., Smith and Williams are no longer members of the Bison basketball team. In an official announcement from the athletic department, the two players have been “suspended” from the team permanently. “Damarius Smith and Marvin Williams have been suspended indefinitely and will not participate in postseason play. They are not traveling with the team,” the statement reported. On Monday, Lipscomb head coach Scott Sanderson said that it was mainly a “disciplinary issue” with Smith. Sanderson did not elaborate on Williams’ status at the time but said he had missed the last four games because he has been “banged up” with a knee injury. Saturday was not the first time Smith had been held out of playing. Earlier this season against Belmont, Smith dressed and warmed up with the team but did not enter the game. “It was just a discipline issue,” Sanderson said of Smith’s status in the Belmont game. “We handled it internally, and we moved forward.” “We’re just trying to learn and do what’s right,” he said. “Sometimes being young is difficult, and we are just trying to learn from day to day and do the right thing.” However, with the suspension of the players, it seems the team, as well as Smith and Williams, had reached their breaking point. This makes for eight players that have either...
by Hunter Patterson | Feb 29, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
If Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson is looking for a way to entertain his players on the way to Macon, Ga., he might want to screen the movie “Hoosiers”. The fictional Hickory High team, undersized and outmanned, won the Indiana State Championship in 1954. But it was more than movie magic. The Hickory team stood in for Milan High School which actually did win that championship in 1954, sparking the production of the movie. The Bison can certainly use the motivation. They enter the eight-team General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Tournament at the University Center on the campus of Mercer University as a No. 7 seed with an 8-10 conference record, 13-17 overall. Wednesday night at 7:30 central time they will face No. 2-seeded Mercer, the tournament host with a 13-5 A-Sun record, 21-01 overall. Video Broadcast: ESPN3 (Mike Morgan, play-by-play; Sonny Smith, color analyst) Radio: WPRT 102.5 The Game (Jonathan Seamon, play-by-play; Justin Seamon, color analyst) “We have had to shuffle some guys around,” Sanderson said. “Different guys have had to play different roles the last several games. Hopefully, we can maximize our ability. “We are going to have to manage how we play both offensively and defensively. We have to manage playing time. How you play defensively is very, very important.” It is the lowest seed ever for the Bison in the A-Sun Tournament. They have been the No. 1 seed twice (2006, 2010), No. 4 three times (2007, 2009, 2011) and No. 5 twice (2005, 2008). “Tournament play is a lot different,” Sanderson said. “We go into this tournament a lot different than we have the last couple...
