by Hunter Patterson | Dec 4, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
The Atlantic Sun Conference and ESPN have teamed up to deliver exclusive content on its signature multi-screen sports network ESPN3. A total of 20 live league basketball games will be distributed in 2011-12. The addition of games on ESPN3 extends ESPN’s current five-year deal with the Atlantic Sun, which continues through the 2013-14 season. ESPN3 will exclusively carry three Lipscomb basketball games this season, all originating from Allen Arena. The first broadcast will be the women’s game against cross-town rival Belmont on Feb. 4. The Bisons’ final two home games against USC Upstate (Feb. 18) and ETSU (Feb. 20) will also be broadcast. Each game is set to tip at 6:30 p.m. “We are very excited about our expanded agreement with ESPN and the broad media exposure we’ll be providing for our institutions and our outstanding student-athletes,” said Commissioner Ted Gumbart. “This is a very big step for the A-Sun and we look forward to continued growth in our media package with ESPN moving forward.” ESPN3 will be the home of the conference’s women’s basketball package, which highlights each A-Sun institution through five regular season games and all of the 2012 General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Basketball Championship quarterfinal contests. A seven-game regular season men’s package, in addition to men’s quarterfinal action, will also be part of the exclusive agreement. The men’s basketball tournament championship game will air live on either ESPN or ESPN2 at 4:00 p.m. on March 3. “ESPN3’s exclusive agreement with the Atlantic Sun Conference adds to our growing slate of programming and positions the network as a leading destination and key distribution outlet for college...
by Emily Snell | Dec 3, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
Paul Warren’s friends and coworkers shared their thoughts with Lumination about the loss of an “outstanding individual.” Warren, a 2006 Lipscomb graduate, was killed Thursday morning when his car rear-ended an 18-wheeler on Vietnam Veterans Parkway. The wreck, caused by fog and an icy road, was part of a chain-reaction accident involving more than 50 vehicles on the Korean War Veterans Bridge. Aaron Flener, a 2005 Lipscomb graduate, was on the golf team and in Tau Phi with Warren. “I was immediately drawn to him because of his joyful nature,” said Flener. “I liked to surround myself with people that didn’t complain, and I was drawn to him because he was so happy.” Warren graduated from Lipscomb with a marketing degree and then worked as a graduate assistant coach for the golf program during the 2006-07 season while pursuing his master’s degree. Flener said Warren was a very talented golfer and guitarist but always maintained a humble attitude along with a great sense of humor. “If I ever wanted to feel good about myself, I would go tell Paul something…he would always laugh,” Flener said. “He would always make you feel like you were hilarious. I don’t think he realized how funny he was to everyone else.” Flener said Warren never spoke ill of people he knew. “He never had anything bad to say about anyone,” Flener said. “I consider myself a pretty good person, but I never heard him say anything bad about anyone. Not even behind their back.” Warren was employed at Volunteer State Bank, where he worked as relationship manager at the Shackle Island branch in...
by Josh Banker | Dec 3, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
For close to a decade, the Nashville Super Speedway has been a part of the many sporting event varieties offered to the residents of middle Tennessee and greater Nashville area. However, at the end of this year, the track out in Wilson County will close its doors for good. To some, this would seem a huge blow to the area but, unfortunately, this has been imminent for some time. Opening in 2001, the Nashville Super Speedway was intended to bring automotive racing back to Tennessee. The parent company, Dover Motorsports, took a risk in building the Nashville track, along with two others in Memphis and St. Louis. The intent was to bring NASCAR sanctioned races to the middle Tennessee area. The old race track at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds had a long history as a NASCAR track before it became outdated for that purpose. The Super Speedway did as intended, at least for awhile. It also drew the attention of the Indy Racing League for a few races though they have not been back since 2008. However, Dover Motorsports has announced that they will not seek NASCAR sanctioning for 2012. This essentially means that the track will be closing its doors, as NASCAR was the only series that ran professional races at Nashville Super Speedway. The future of the track and other uses for it is still geing sorted...
by Hunter Patterson | Dec 3, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
On Saturday, Lipscomb will welcome former coach Don Meyer and many players from his 24 years at the helm of Bisons (4-4, 0-1 A-Sun) to Saturday’s Atlantic Sun Conference matchup against the Kennesaw State Owls (2-4, 0-1 A-Sun) in Allen Arena. At halftime of the game, the court will be named after Meyer. More details can be found here. Lipscomb leads the series against Kennesaw State 7-5. The Bisons have won all five meetings in Allen Arena and three of the last four meetings overall. The Bisons lost 79-72 to Mercer Thursday evening in Allen Arena. Freshman Malcolm Smith had a career-high 22 points. The Bears shot 58 percent after halftime and 50 percent overall. Lipscomb committed 21 turnovers. Quick Hits Lipscomb is 2-2 in Allen Arena this year and 96-41 overall in Allen. Zavion Williams is 8th in the A-Sun for scoring at 13.4 per contest Lipscomb shot 17-of-18 from the free throw line against Mercer (12/1) for its best day at the line since hitting 21-of-22 attempts (95.5 percent) against Florida Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2005. Justin Glenn had three blocks against Mercer, a high at Lipscomb and one shy of his career high. On the season Glenn already has 12 blocks after swatting 10 shots last season. He had 27 his freshman season at Centenary. Malcolm Smith was 10-of-10 at the line against Mercer. It was the 5th time in the NCAA era a Bison was perfect from the line with ten or more attempts. Season Notes Zavion Williams was named the Atlantic Sun Conference newcomer of the week for the week of 11/22-11/28. He scored 28 points...
by Hunter Patterson | Dec 2, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Finding itself in a defensive battle in the opening round of the 2011 NCAA Tournament, the Lipscomb volleyball team dropped a hard-fought 3-1 (16-25, 16-25, 25-12, 22-25) decision to homestanding Texas A&M at Reed Arena. Fighting with a Texas-sized heart, the Lady Bisons (20-11) refused to give up after losing the first two sets and came out roaring in the third set and gave the Aggies (23-7) all they wanted in the fourth stanza. “The message was real simple coming into the break between two and three,” said Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal. “It was let’s just go and play our game. I thought we did a nice job of speeding up the tempo. We got after it on defense and made a couple of minor adjustments but nothing big.” After hitting .029 in the first set and .057 in the second set, Lipscomb’s offense posted a .312 average in the third set and defensively, the Lady Bisons held the Aggies to a – .029 mark. “We were fortunate, especially against a team that played so hard like gangbusters against us,” said Texas A&M head coach Laurie Corbelli. “I think that it’s a style that we’re not super familiar with. It caught us off guard in set three.” The fourth set would be the determining factor in the contest. Despite falling behind 19-14, the Lady Bisons went on a 6-2 run to make it 21-21 and put the heat on the favored home team. A pair of attack errors opened the door though for the veteran Aggies and Texas A&M closed out the set and...
by Hunter Patterson | Dec 2, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
The court inside Allen Arena, where men’s and women’s basketball and women’s volleyball play their games, will be named after legendary Lipscomb head coach Don Meyer. The ceremony will take place on Saturday during halftime of the men’s basketball game versus Kennesaw State. Tipoff is at 12 p.m. Meyer will host a brunch for former players at 10:30. Then, before the tip, Lipscomb Athletics will be honoring the 1982 Bison basketball team with a 30 year reunion. The ’82 team was the first Lipscomb team to advance to a National Tournament. Nearly a hundred players, coaches, trainers and managers who worked with Meyer are returning to Lipscomb to show their support for the one they called “Coach.” Please upgrade your browser The court will officially be named “Don Meyer Court.” There will be a temporary logo on the court for Saturday’s game. The permanent logo will be placed on the floor when the floor is refinished this offseason. Coach Meyer, a member of the NAIA Hall of Fame and ESPY award winner, coached at Lipscomb from 1975-1999. He is also the winningest men’s coach in NCAA basketball history. Since his retirement from the game in 2010, Coach Meyer has been traveling the country, leading coaching clinics, seminars and promoting his book, “How Lucky You Can Be,” written with ESPN analyst Buster...
