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| Matthew Brown | The Appalachian |
| Derrick Thomas (14) goes for a
layup at Monday's bout with the Eagles of Georgia
Southern. The Mountaineers lost the game, 81-77/ |
by Brad Norman
Senior
Staff Writer
Appalachian State University may have lost the battle in
their game against Georgia Southern University, but Houston
Fancher believes his team is slowly starting to win the war.
Despite falling to GSU after a frenzied second-half comeback,
Fancher said the game made his team better in the long run.
“This team got better tonight,” Fancher said
after the team’s 81-77 loss Monday. “We improved.
Take away some dumb plays and we played exceptional, we just
didn’t execute what we wanted to.”
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| ASU grapplers come back from early deficit
to bury Davidson Wildcats |
by Hugh Kellenberger
Staff Writer
Appalachian State University Wrestling suffered a brief scare
Tuesday night, but ended up steam-rolling Davidson College
39-9 at Varsity Gym.
Patrick Coman got things started out right for the Wildcats,
outwrestling Guy Gibson for the technical victory at 125
lbs. Coman came out fighting, earning a 4-1 lead after the
first period. The two then buckled down and went to work
on each other, with only a one-point escape for Coman to
show for it in the next two periods. Gibson falls to 6-6
for the year, while Coman moves a step closer to .500, at
13-14.
In a battle of two freshmen at 133 lbs, Jim Avola scored
an overtime pin to give Davidson an early 9-0 lead. Terreyl
Williams (14-14) scored a two-point takedown to grab the
lead 5-4 with just ten seconds left in the bout. However,
Avola scored one point for riding time and took it to overtime.
There, Avola (7-9) dominated before quickly grabbing the
pin.
“We didn’t start off real well. They’re
pretty tough down there,” Appalachian State head coach
Paul Mance said. “Their kid is probably a little better
than us at 125, but we should have won 133.”
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