Indians defeat Denmark Tech on the road, 83-81

 

The USC Salkehatchie Indians were sitting at 2-1 in Region X play after three road games. USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett was looking for one more win on the road, "I told our guys that Denmark Tech was going to be ready to play us. We look at several other teams in the Region as rivals and Denmark Tech always guns for us. They just got a new coach yesterday and I don't know what he could have put in since his hiring."

Denmark Tech came out in the first half ready to take it to the Indians and they did early leading by as many as 11-points early on. The Indians were able to fight back but trailed 38-27

at the half.

In the second half it was all Indians until late in the half, they would retake the lead with 9:30 remaining 54-50.

The Indians would extend the lead to as many as 12-points but Denmark Tech would give it one more go but fell short 83-81.

"It was a dogfight tonight, I thought we played them hard in the second half but you can't win every game like that. We have to learn to play from the tip-off until the final buzzer. We missed 12 free throws tonight and we have to work on that as they are going to be crucial in tight games. I will take tonight's win, it is hard to go on the road four straight games in this region and come out with three wins," said coach Garrett.

The Indians beat Clinton Jr. College Monday night in Clinton 58-57.

They will finally be back at home February 8th against Cape Fear with the tip-off set for 7:00 pm.

 

#3 Spartanburg Methodist 64, USC Salkehatchie 60

                                                                          (File photo)
The #3 team in the country Spartanburg Methodist College defeated the Indians last night 64-60 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The Indians fall to 1-1 in Region X play.

They will face Clinton Jr. College on January January 28th (Away) tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 pm.

Indians set to face #3 team in NJCAA tonight, tip-off 7:30 pm

The USC Salkehatchie Indians men's basketball team is set to face #3 Spartanburg Methodist College tonight in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
   Tonight's game will be a rematch of the Region X championship game from last season in which Spartanburg Methodist won.

The Indians are 1-0 after defeating Aiken Technical College earlier this week.
We will have updates from the game as they become available.

Indians start Region X play with a win against Aiken Technical College

The USC Salkehatchie Indians traveled to Aiken, South Carolina to face Aiken Technical College. The Indians would trail 29-24 at the half but fought back in the second half to earn a 65-60 victory over the Knights. USC Salkehatchie is now 1-0 in Region X play.

They will face Spartanburg Methodist College in Spartanburg, South Carolina this Thursday at 7:30 pm.

 

USC Salkehatchie vs Aiken Tech "LIVE" now- NJCAA Mens Basketball

Watch USC Salkehatchie vs Aiken Tech "LIVE" right now by clicking on the link below-
http://www.ihigh.com/atc/broadcast_276320.html?silverlight=1

Coach Garrett's Annual Fish Fry Friday, February 1st on the East Campus in Walterboro, SC

Emilio Parks recognized by the CIAA as Newcomer of the week. This is the second time this season Emilio has been recognized

Hampton, VA " Johnson C. Smith University head men's basketball coach Stephen Joyner, Sr., along with senior guard Trevin Parks (Hickory, NC) and sophomore forward Emilio Parks have been recognized by the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) as the Coach, Player, and Newcomer of the Week, respectively. This is a third time honor for Trevin, a second for Emilio and a first for Joyner this season.

This week, Joyner showed why he's the active coaching czar in the CIAA with three blowout conference wins. First, Joyner led the Golden Bulls to an 85-52 road victory over VA Union. The next night JCSU earned an 88-69 win against Chowan on their home floor. Two days later, the Golden Bulls knocked off the top team in the Northern Division (ECSU) for an 89-57 win. JCSU earned three wins in four nights and outscored their opponents by a combined 84 points.

Trevin Parks averaged 26 points and 5.6 assists in three games played this week; all victories. Parks scored 32 points in an 89-57 win over the top team in the Northern Division, Elizabeth City State. Despite the high point total, he is still shooting an impressive 51% from the floor and averaging four assists on the season. Parks has four games this year where he has scored 30-plus points.

Emilio Parks continues to make his mark in the CIAA by scoring and rebounding. In three wins this week, Parks averaged 15.6 points and 7.3 rebounds while shooting 58% from the field. On the road against VA Union, Parks produced a double-double of 18 points and 12 boards. The very next night, he put up 19 points and nine rebounds versus Chowan.

Indians fall 83-81 in final game prior to start of Region X play

 

Travis Garrett head coach of the USC Salkehatchie Indians men's basketball team was looking to use Thursday night's game as a launching point into Region X play. "I knew we needed to step up our game tonight against Gray Military, they have a lot of talented players. When you are going up against this type of competition, you would expect your guys to respond," said Garrett.

The Indians came out early with what looked like a great game plan against Gray Military, with the score 14-14 with 11:22 left in the first half.

The Indians would take a 11-point lead at one point but as Gray Military would continue to fight back, the Indians found themselves only leading 41-34 at the half.

In the second half, the Indians came out of the locker room with the lead but by the time clock hit 10:22, the score was knotted up again 50-50.

The game would go back and forth down the stretch but after a couple missed opportunities by the Indians, Gray Military Academy would earn the 83-81 victory.

"I am very disappointed in our play tonight, we have to learn to play defense but more importantly we have to learn to play with heart. I am telling you that once we start Region play next week, I am going to find five guys that want to play basketball. We are heading down the stretch and right now we are limping but I know with a little effort, we can get it done," said coach Garrett.

Leading USC Salkehatchie

Chuck Crawford 15

Denzell Collins 13

Montel Baines 12

Fa'real Walker 10

Richie Wilson 10

Leading Gray Military Academy

Travis Hammonds 24

Ed Stephens 20

Waymond Wright 12

USC Salkehatchie Indians basketball HOME tonight at 7:00 pm

 

The USC Salkehatchie Indians men's basketball team will be back in action tonight at HOME in Walterboro, South Carolina. The Indians will face Gray Military Academy in one final tune up prior to the start of Region X play. "We will be tested tonight as they will be a very well prepared team. I want to see our guys come out from start to finish and set the tone early. I told our guys this is our last game to get things right for Region X play," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 pm, come out and support the Indians!

USC Salkehatchie softball car wash January 25th

Former Indians doing big things at West Texas A&M

 

From left  to right- Donald Simms, Darnell Jackson and Nate Drayton.

These three Indians have been doing great things for West Texas A&M University, to learn more go to www.uscsalkathletics.com

Go Indians!

Former Indian making impact for University of Charleston (WV)

URBANA, Ohio -For the second straight night a second half surge allowed the University of Charleston men's Basketball team to pull away from their opponent. This time Urbana fell victim to a 51 point effort as the Golden Eagles were victorious 89-61, Wednesday evening.

Urbana (6-8), a founding member of the Moutain East Conference that Charleston will join next season, held a three point advantage on their home court five minutes into the contest after the team had already traded places three times at the top of the leaderboard. Eagle-eyed Evan Faulkner (Sandyhook, Ky.)squared up from behind the arc at the 14:41 mark to drill his second three-pointer of the night to erase the final advantage the Blue Knights would see. Quincy Washington (Florence, SC) quickly stole the ball and put it in the net on the next possession to give Charleston the lead it never had an issue protecting.

The teams went on a four minute scoring drought before UC leading scorer Terrell Lipkins (Canton, Ohio) got the action started again with a slick slash to the rim. For much of the final 10 minutes of play the Golden Eagles held an eight point lead before finally breaking through to double-digits with a lay-in by Robbie Dreher (Greenville, SC) at the 2:32 mark. From this point Urbana never found its touch to cut into the lead as the University of Charleston held a 38-25 lead headed into the break.

A 10-to-2 run started the second half on a quick note for the Golden Eagles. Just as on Monday night against Davis & Elkins nearly every shot seemed to be finding net in the final 20 minutes of play.

Just five minutes into the final period Aleksander Kesic (Belgrade, Serbia) converted a three-point play the hard way to put UC ahead 54-34. Head coach Mark Downey continued to rotate in his deep bench who cruised through the final minutes of play, even having their own shooting success and extending the lead on the scoreboard.

The game was never in jeopardy as the 30 point lead came with five minutes still to play and all 13 Golden Eagle players getting extended minutes. 51 points were tallied in the last half of play to secure the 89-61 win as the visitors shot 52 percent from the floor.

On the night UC converted 20 Blue Knight turnovers into 24 points, while a 48-to-32 rebounding edge allowed Charleston to benefit from 22 second chance points.

Faulkner, Lipkins and the hot-handed Hayden Annett (Portland, Australia) paved the way offensively for the Golden Eagles with 14 points each. Lipkins directed the offense to a tune of six assists and six steals, as well.

Washington booked a career-high 13 points and seven rebounds in the victory, while Dreher rounded out the double-digit scorers at points to go along with a team-high eight rebounds. 

USC Salkehatchie basketball HOME January 10th this Thursday!

The USC Salkehatchie Indians basketball team will be in action in Walterboro, South Carolina this Thursday against SC Sports Academy at 7:00 pm.

Admission to all games is $5.00 at the gate.

Indians fall to #19 Middle Georgia 74-65

The USC Salkehatchie Indians were glad to be back at home after twelve straight games on the road but facing the #19 team in the NJCAA, Middle Georgia College was not a dream come true for Indians head coach Travis Garrett.

"They are a very good basketball team, they have proven in their first ten games of the season, they are ready to play. The come in tonight's contest with a 9-1 and we will have to bring our A game if we expect to compete," said Coach Garrett.

In the first half, the Indians lead from the opening tip-off through much of the half.
Middle Georgia would retake the lead with under a minute as they lead the Indians at the half, 34-30.

In the second half Middle Georgia would struggle to find a rhythm against the Indians defense early and it wouldn't get much better throughout the half.

The Indians managed to pull within a point 54-53 with 8:00 remaining but after that Middle Georgia extended it's lead by seven with 1:07 left.

Middle Georgia would go on to earn their 10 victory on the season by a final of  74-65.

Middle Georgia head coach Scott Moe said after the victory, "USC Salkehatchie pushed us tonight and we really needed that after the long holiday layoff. I told my guys when you are ranked, everyone is going to be gunning for you."

The Indians fall to 5-10 on the season.

"I said before the game we would have to bring our best and we did for a while in the contest. We have to learn how to close out games and take good quality shots. We have two more non-region games to get ready and then we will see what we are made of once we start region play," said Coach Garrett.

The Indians will be back in action January 10th at 7:00 pm at home in Walterboro, South Carolina to face Gray Military Academy.

Happy New Year from the entire USC Salkehatchie athletic family!

Happy New Year from the entire USC Salkehatchie athletic family! We are looking forward to 2013 and all the possibilities it brings. We hope you will come out and watch a basketball game in the new year at our newly remodeled gym on our east campus in Walterboro, South Carolina.

Also, baseball and softball will kick off their season in January!! We hope to see you at a game in 2013 and as always, Go Indians!!

Indians have tough weekend in Florida

USC Salkehatchie men's basketball finals over the weekend- December 28th-29th

Saturday's final-
Chipola 103
USC Salkehatchie 70

Sunday's final-

Gulf Coast 69
USC Salkehatchie 40

The Indians are now 5-9 on the season and 0-0 in Region X play. They will be back in action this Thursday at HOME against Middle Georgia College at 7:00 pm.

LATEST USC SALKEHATCHIE BASKETBALL SCORES




December 17 - Palm Beach State 75 USC Salkehatchie 62

December 18 - USC Salkehatchie 75 Hartford College 66

December 19 - USC Salkehatchie 59 Caldwell Community College 53

USC Salkehatchie Overall Record 5-7 Region Record - 0-0

Indians softball camp huge success with youth!!

Men's and Women's NJCAA Region X All Region Teams Selected

Former Indian Darnell Jackson


Jackson Named LSC Defensive Player of the Week

RICHARDSON, Texas _ West Texas A&M senior guard Darnell Jackson has been named the Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week announced on Tuesday afternoon by the conference's office in Richardson, Texas.
Jackson has stepped into a starting role for his first and only season at West Texas A&M as the senior guard averaged 10.5 points and a team leading 8.0 rebounds in WT's wins against CSU-Pueblo and Oklahoma Christian this past weekend to pick up MVP honors at the 29th annual Al Kaly Shriners' Classic in Pueblo, Colorado.


The Savannah, Georgia native registered eight rebounds in each game to go along with a team leading 12 assists and four steals on the weekend. Jackson found teammate Kennon Washington open in the corner for a game winning three as time expired on Friday night as the Buffs topped CSU-Pueblo in their home opener.


Courtesy of West Texas A&M Athletics

                                             Former USC Salkehatchie Basketball Player




                                             Donald Sims Named Lone Star Conference

                                                         Offensive Player of the Week

RICHARDSON, Texas - West Texas A&M senior forward Donald Sims was named the Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week announced on Tuesday afternoon by the league's office in Richardson, Texas.



Sims continued to lead the No. 18 Buffaloes offensively this past weekend as they went 2-0 with wins over Missouri Southern and CSU-Pueblo at the Pak-A-Sak Thanksgiving Classic in Canyon to move to a perfect 6-0 on the season.



Sims averaged 18.0 points and 10.5 rebounds per contest while shooting an incredible .800 from the floor (16-20). The senior from Chester, South Carolina registered his first double-double of the season against Missouri Southern on Friday night with 19 points and 12 rebounds in the 57-55 win.

Hottest Holiday Season

Good day Salk mates! Thanksgiving has come and gone, while Christmas and New Years are fast approaching. Temperatures are sitting right around 32 degrees, perfect conditions for a white Christmas. Guess again! I'm talking about 32 degrees Celsius, and it's only getting warmer. Although this will not be the typical cold winter Christmas season spent with family and friends back in the States, the temperature is not the only thing heating up! Port Adelaide Magpies are climbing the SABL ladder and are sitting in second.

On another note, I took a visit to Cleland Park in the hills of Adelaide. Got to walk amongst the wildlife and feed the animals.
Cheers

Former USC Salkehatchie Indian Baseball Player Gary Owens

Indians basketball "LIVE" vs South Georgia!

Indians lead 36-31 at the half vs South Georgia click link to view

Indians win at home against Orangeburg Calhoun Prep 105, 82 to start the season 2-0

The USC Salkehatchie Indians came out strong taking an early 9-2 lead in the first half. The Gladiators would take the lead 11-10 with 10:50 left in the half, their only lead of the game.

The Indians would continue to pull away in the first half, leading 55-35 at the half.

"We came out and executed our game plan tonight, we had a plan and it worked. I was pleased with the way we played in the first half, we made a few mental mistakes but those are correctable," said USC Salkehatchie head coach Travis Garrett.

In the second half, the Indians extended their lead, never trailing in the half. The Indians would score another 60-points in the half to earn the victory 105-82.

The Indians are now 2-0 on the season, they will be back in action on November 9th against Waycross College in Americus, Georgia.

Leading the Indians-
Antonio Manns 20
Denzel Collins 11
Andrew Crawford 11
Fa'Real Walker 9
Sita Seasay 8
Seth Cokman 8


Leading the Gladiators- 
Russell Famble 33
Trey Keenan 15
Brannon Dark 9
Caleb McLaughlin 9

Photo's from tonights mens basketball action against Orangeburg Calhoun Prep 105-82

Indians 2012 Womens Soccer Recap~

The 2012 USC Salkehatchie women’s soccer team fought valiantly against adversity all season and as a result of their efforts claimed fourth place in NJCAA Region X behind perennial powers Spartanburg Methodist, Louisburg and Cape Fear.

In 2012 adversity for the Indians came in the form of injuries to key players. Sophomore center mid

Sherrieka Othello tore an ACL early. As the season wore on she was joined on the sideline by several other starters including freshman defender Bri Brown, sweeper Amelia Green, forward Elle Shelton and goalkeeper Danielle Danforth. Forward Kassie Contreras managed to persevere through the pain of a stress fracture to her tibia but either had to miss games entirely or just saw limited action in matches as a result.

All the injuries placed a lot of pressure on the remaining players and the ladies responded by stepping up

their game. The team was amazingly resilient. For example, despite three disappointing losses in a row during October to Spartanburg Methodist, Louisburg College and Cape Fear, the Indians came back on October 20 and beat Patrick Henry 6-0 to secure their fourth place finish. “We had a fiercely competitive group of players on the team,” said Head Women’s Soccer Coach Bill Glass, “they never gave up and played hard for a full 90 minutes or more each match no matter what.” The Indians ended up with a respectable 7-9-1 record overall and finished 5-7-1 in Region X. Forward Kassie Contreras tallied an impressive 14 goals to lead the Indians in scoring. Goalkeepers Danielle Danforth and Jasmina Smith combined to post 3 shutouts and limit opponents to 2.5 goals per game on average.

The team will lose many players to graduation including Michelle Adams, Sierra Lamar, Rosina Fadul, Sherrieka Othello, Cyles Barnes, Brittany May, and Amelia Green. “It is good to see so many players graduating,” according to Glass, “that is what this is all about.” However Coach Glass is happy that a solid nucleus of players is expected to return for 2013 including defenders Lisa Doolittle, Ashai Brown, Kimmy Giroir, Kori Hunter, Jasmina Smith and Brianna Gooden- Brown. Midfielders Sasha Crawford, and Chelsea Mayo are also expected back as are forwards Elle Shelton and Kassie Contreras. “These players gained a wealth of experience this season,” said Glass, “I expect them to form the backbone of the 2013 squad.”

Indians 2012 Mens Soccer Season Recap-

The USC Salkehatchie Indians 2012 men’s soccer team strove mightily to equal the success of the 2011 squad and while the season did not go as well as everyone had hoped, the Indians still managed to finish in third place in Region X with only last season’s champion Spartanburg Methodist and sixth ranked Louisburg College ahead of them. Along the way the Indians posted a 9-7-1 record overall going 8-4 in Region X play. This is the second year in a row that the USC Salkehatchie men’s soccer team has posted a winning record.

The Indians started out their season last August with five preseason matches against four year colleges. They played Brewton-Parker College, SCAD, USC Aiken, Newberry and Francis Marion University.

It was a grueling schedule and only one of these matches resulted in a win however on August 25 when the ball was kicked off against Wake Tech for the regular season Salk was ready to post a 1-0 victory. The next day they traveled up to Virginia and beat Patrick Henry 2-1 to start the regular season off with two important Region X wins.

As the season progressed the men brought their A game to a home match vs Spartanburg Methodist and shocked the 2011 Region X champions 3-2. After some ups and downs the Indians got it together at home again on October 17 to avenge an earlier loss to Cape Fear in a wild 4-3 shootout. Patrick Henry came for their return match with the Indians three days later looking for some payback and instead found themselves the victim of a golden goal by Salk’s leading scorer Elijah Ukpong as the match ended 2-1 in favor of the Indians. Hopes were thus high for the post season however the Indians came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 score line in their first playoff game against Florida based Broward College to end their season. “It was a frustrating way to go out,” according to Coach Glass, “the guys played very well but just could not get the ball into the net despite dominating the run of play.”

The Indians will now be looking to reload for 2013 as thirteen players will be graduating including most of the starters. Elijah Ukpong who set the USC Salkehatchie men’s soccer all time record for goals after notching 20 tallies this year along with 6 assists will receive his Associates Degree as will defenders Wayne Preddie, Gino Lucarelli, Danial Hernandez, Nas Mugozi, and Noe Guerrier. Midfielders Jarrell Smalls, Estaban Cobo, Adan Mundo, Tucker Hamilton and Jose Berbessi will also be attending a four year college next year. The team will also lose forwards Robby Bacon and Raul Gallegos to graduation.

“It will be very tough losing all these guys,” said Glass, “we have a great group of freshmen players and they all made a strong contribution to this year’s winning record, however there will be many new faces on the team for 2013 and that means a lot of work getting everyone on the same page with regard to our system and tactics." One thing is for sure about the 2013 squad, they will not want to be the ones to break

the Indians recent streak of winning records.

USC Salkehatchie "FALL" baseball and softball HOME today!

The USC Salkehatchie Indians baseball and softball teams will be at HOME today in Allendale, South Carolina for "Fall" games.

Both teams start at 1:00 pm and both have double-headers scheduled!

Come out for the final "Fall" games of the season today and support the Indians!

USC Salkehatchie mens basketball starts season 1-0 after defeating Gulf Coast State 78-76 (Today's game VS OCP scheduled for 2:00 pm has been cancelled- READ BELOW)

The USC Salkehatchie Indians started the season on a good note Friday night in Aiken, against NJCAA perennial powerhouse Gulf Coast State.

The Indians came out and played their style of basketball setting the tone early, they lead at the half 41-39.

In the second half the Indians lead throughout until 2:00 minutes left in the contest when Gulf Coast took a 75-74 lead.

The Indians would retake the lead for the final time with two seconds left 78-76, securing the victory.

"We played our hearts out tonight, I think we understand basketball and want to win. It is a long season and this is just one game but I was pleased with how we played tonight," said head coach Travis Garrett.

The Indians were scheduled to play Orangeburg Calhoun Prep today at 2:00 pm in Aiken, SC but the game was cancelled by OCP due to transportation issues.

The Indians now1-0 on the season will face Orangeburg Calhoun Prep at HOME Tuesday night with tip-off scheduled for 7:30 pm.