Ladies basketball bids farewell (or Farrell?) to Division I

A very historic weekend came to an end on Monday with the Ladies loss to WIU, however the game had it's very high when senior center Anne Farrell went over the 1,000 career point mark at the 36th minute of the game. She had 18 points. She joins forward Ashley Jackson and three other Ladies who've scored 1,000 in their careers at Centenary.

I also got some pics too...

The swan song as the Ladies lost 68-58 on Monday night.

This Summit logo will go away, replaced by the ASC logo.

So will these banners.

The Anne-O-Meter(SM). Inspired by a fan tracking the scoring whereabouts of former Gent Larry Robinson when he played collegiately at Centenary in the late '80s. The Anne-O-Meter(SM), pronounced uh-nom-e-ter, tracked the progress of Anne Farrell during Monday night's Ladies finale, as she reached career point 1000. She scored 18 points in the game.

The Ladies' bench once Anne hit career point 1,000. Then PA announcer Dennis Boddie made the announcement during time out.

After the game, the Anne-O-Meter at its finest.

More postgame randomness.

1004: A Space Odyssey. *cue Also Sprach Zarathustra*

(me in the left, Anne on the right)

And while on the subject of the Summit clearance sale. In the words of the Surprise Spruiker from Chaser's War on Everything: "Come on in to our massive Summit League clearance sale! Where all banners and everything related to the Summit League must go go go! To make room for all things ASC!"

Not familiar with the Surprise Spruiker:

That concludes the two thirds of what I call the "Farewell to Division I World Tour." Still come out and support Ladies and Gents spring sports such as baseball, softball and tennis!

The Streak is Over! Part Deux: The FOLLOW-UP!

Yes, it's a follow up! Post game randomness from both Ladies senior day (Ladies got their first win) and stuff from the Gents' D-I finale!

Senior forward Ashley Jackson honored. I mentioned in a post a month ago that she became the fourth player in the women's side of Centenary Basketball to go over the 1,000 point mark (I was at that game when it happened).

Senior center Anne Farrell honored. She will finish second all time in rebounds in Ladies' b-ball history, and should have a crack at 1,000 career points in the finale on Monday 2.28.

Senior forward Sarah Weiler honored. Usually an interchange player, Kristen Davis gave her the start at forward for this game.

And yes, I decided since these three are the ONLY seniors in the entire Centenary Basketball program (men or women), I brought roses for them. Tough season, but something has to be done.

Ashley and I (that is me, in the black shirt and pants)

Me again, this time with Anne (left) and Sarah (right).

And as an extra bonus...



Adam Walsh and coaching staff going barefoot for a certain cause. This is just a snippet of Walsh and his staff going barefoot during a timeout.  

And last but not least, the end of the Gents' last D-I regular season game:

Again, it's another snippet of the Gents' finale loss to IUPUI, 78-57.

EDIT: I mistakenly had it on film mode and not picture mode on my camera. Sorry folks, I was trying to get still pics.

So there you have it folks. Some of the randomness on this very historic day at the Gold Dome. But it's not over yet! Monday, Ladies D-I finale with WIU, and it's a very interesting, monumental game. First, Ashley Jackson went over 1,000 points, and now Anne Farrell is almost there. Just 14 points away! Tip off is at 7pm in the Gold Dome!



The Streak is Over! Part Deux.

On Thursday, the Centenary Gents finally ended the losing drought. On Saturday, the Ladies ante'd up and ended their losing drought, over hapless IUPUI.

Where's the love, for this Ladies squad, who only had eight players (nine, even though one is done for the year with injury), and Davis played six of the eight of them, for a reasonable victory?

It was also senior day (for more, see a few posts below). I had pics from this historic day, the Gents' last regular season game as a D-I opponent (Ladies play Monday night) which also included Adam Walsh's coaching staff going BAREFOOT for a cause.

Stay tuned. A follow up post is coming!

Friday Jukebox 2.25.11

After the Centenary Gents ended their losing streak last night...this song, appropriately enough, goes out to the winless Centenary Ladies b-ball team for their final weekend games!

As much as I'm a big PVD fan, here's "Together We Will Conquer," which was on Out There and Back (2000) and Global (2003), his compilation of his greatest hits, that he reworked.

Planning on coming to the Gold Dome on Saturday? See two posts below.

The Streak is Over!

No not that!

Centenary Gents basketball ends their losing streak tonight 73-60 over WIU! I was there. I stood up the majority of the time! It was a blast to see that 33(?) game losing streak come to an end! Afterwards, I went down on the court, worshipped the court, then do snow angels at center court (on the 'C')!

As a bonus, there is footage of yours truly there, at the at the 20 second mark.

Centenary D-I basketball Swan Song this weekend!

It is a sad weekend on the Centenary campus when the Gents and Ladies, both winless (combined 0-50 record), say goodbye to regular season play in Division I.

Come to think about it, both programs had their ups and downs whilst in D-I. While the Gents basketball program (and other athletic programs at Centenary) flirting with conference changes, the Ladies program were in existence for a few seasons in the '80s, then went on hiatus, then revived in late '90s.

Neither program have much hardware, neither have made an appearance in the NCAA tournaments at D-I level.

Both Gents and Ladies have two more chances to get a win before the transition begins. Gents play Thursday and Saturday (4:30pm, after the Ladies game), and the Ladies close out things on Saturday (2pm) and Monday night, at the Gold Dome.

Although the Gents currently have NO seniors to honor on this last weekend of D-I play, three Ladies' seniors will be honored after the game on Saturday. NOT on the Monday night finale.

Forward Ashley Jackson of Shreveport. Remember the posting on her record setting 1,000 point a month ago, the fourth Centenary player on the women's side to go over 1,000? She is the daughter of the Gents' all-time leading scorer Willie Jackson, who has about 200 points more than the Chief. It's real. It's damn real.

Center Anne Farrell of Tulsa. 2nd in school history (women's side) in rebounds, and will finish there. Over 700.

Forward Sarah Weiler of Colorado (born in China?). Usually on the bench, interchange player.

After the Monday night, it's curtains on D-I. Please support them, especially the three outgoing seniors for the Ladies. Ring or e-mail the athletic department for information, or just show up with some money ($5 to get in?). Centenary students, like me, it's free with ID! I'll be there (hopefully)!

UPDATE! Wear black to the games! The first fifty will recieve a Centenary basketball t-shirt! Flyers will be distributed to the fans for free pizza and salad at PieWorks on Kings, in front of Gold Dome. You must have a flyer to redeem a meal between 3:30 and 4:30pm.

Can food donations and cash donations will be welcomed as part of the annual Summit Food Fight, where they'll be donated to the Food Bank of Northwest Louisiana.

Weekend Oddities 2.21.11

Some shit to ponder over from the weekend...

F1 Bahrain race could be cancelled, due to the unrest there. That's what Bernie said!

Speaking of motorsport...

The Wood Brothers are back!? Does it remind you of 1976?

Oh, and to those PTI morons who said this race was fixed for Junior (he crashed late)? Fix this! I'm happy, even though I got a little disgusted when Ragan got penalized. The race was awful with 16 cautions, typical of the fare you'd normally see at Bristol or Martinsville. Also reminded me of the '05 Coca-Cola World 600 where there were 22 cautions! For the record, 30 million tuned in to the Fox broadcast, though I really hated that they still had time to interview Gilliland and the younger Labonte, instead interviewing Junior and the younger Busch. 

On the sport front, another monumental weekend. Heritage Classic where the Flames shut out the Habs 4-0, despite some delays to the ice (and I missed the rest of the game due to cold readings that night for "Big Love"!).  

The game was played at McMahon Stadium, home football stadium of the University of Calgary and the CFL's Calgary Stampeders. Even though the delays for ice problems, I still think the atmosphere at McMahon was better than in Pittsburgh.

Also, the slam dunk competition...Blake Griffin over a KIA!

And speaking of All-Star weekend, Justin Bieber was MVP in some celebrity game, despite getting booed at MSG (good) and snubbed at the Grammy's (good!). And after all of that, he got the CSI treatment he DESERVED.



Suck on it Beliebers!

Suck it long and suck it hard!