The vacancy left by Cynthia Cooper-Dyke as the UNCW women’s head basketball coach did not take long to fill, as the university announced this past Thursday that Adell Harris has been appointed as the 10th head coach in program history.
Jimmy and Jenny Garrity, both coaches in the UNC Wilmington Athletics Department, have been married for 17 years. When sitting down to talk about anything, even as basic as the way that the two met, competition ensues. “Well, we were both involved in athletics over at NC State and she kept dropping by my office,” said Jimmy Garrity, interim head women’s basketball coach.
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Normally, public letters are written to an entire athletic program or administration. Whether or not they have actual influence can be debated, but it’s believed that a letter should be sent to the highest level. This is for Keith Rendleman.
UNC Wilmington’s Cynthia Cooper-Dyke has resigned as head coach of the women’s basketball team Tuesday morning. Cooper-Dyke has led the Seahawks to two consecutive WNIT appearances since taking over the position in 2010.
John Haskins and John Calipari used to watch Monday Night Football together, back when the pair were UNC Wilmington men’s basketball teammates in the late 1970s. This Monday night, over three decades later, Haskins and Calipari have different plans.
Thursday’s WNIT matchup against the Appalachian State University women’s basketball team started off with things going well for UNC Wilmington. Tawanna Lee recorded her first steal of the game within 30 seconds of tip-off.
The UNC Wilmington women’s basketball team had high expectations coming into this season following the success of last year’s record-breaking squad. The 2010-11 team won 24 games and was selected to play in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Both accomplishments were firsts in program history.
Cam Chambers, the lone fourth-year senior on the UNC Wilmington men's basketball squad, has had an interesting journey to becoming a member of the Seahawks. A team manager during his freshman and sophomore years, Chambers had to wait for his opportunity to join the team as an official member.
When UNC Wilmington's women's basketball players pack their bags and get on buses and planes to play their away games, it may seem like a normal travel day. But, for Mike Merrill, 26, it's a busy and somewhat hectic week.
One of next year's brightest, budding players is redshirt freshman Craig Ponder. Ponder was expected to play a major role this year before sustaining an ankle injury in practice at the beginning of the season.
The UNC Wilmington men's basketball star earned All-CAA First Team honors because of his tenacious play that warrants lots and lots of rebounds. Yet, the bruising defensive style of Drexel University's Daryl McCoy kept him off the glass entirely en route to the Dragons' 59-47 victory in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament.
The Seahawks took a step out of the familiar, first-round-exit rut by defeating James Madison University, 70-59, in the opening game of the CAA Tournament, Friday afternoon. With the victory, UNCW earned a date with regular season champion Drexel University, Saturday at noon.
Two UNC Wilmington men's basketball players tallied career-high point totals Friday afternoon as the Seahawks defeated James Madison 70-59 in the opening game of the CAA Tournament. Cedrick Williams finished with 22 points and Shane Reybold added seven. Math lessons aside, the latter may have been more important.
The UNC Wilmington men's basketball team has wrapped up its regular season and is preparing to begin play in the CAA Tournament this weekend. The Seahawks roll into Richmond, Va., the site of the tourney, as the No. 9 seed in the field, scheduled to play the No. 8 Dukes of James Madison University
In its last home game of the regular season, the UNC Wilmington women's basketball team gave its fans something to cheer about with a 64-54 win over Georgia State University. The Seahawks improved to 18-11 overall and 11-7 in the CAA season.
As such a young team, the players were expected to go through the struggles of adapting to the more fast-paced college game and perhaps take a while to progress. For Adam Smith, a second-team Parade All-American from Jonesboro, Ga., this has not the case.
No matter how hard a team plays, no matter the situation, sometimes it's the basics that are key to success. The UNC Wilmington men's basketball team found that out in losing fashion Wednesday night, when the Seahawks dropped their final home game to Virginia Commonwealth, 63-59.
UNCW had a chance to complete the season sweep of its CAA counterpart, Sunday, but ODU survived a late rally by the Seahawks and escaped with a 59-57 victory in Trask Coliseum. The game was UNCW's annual Play 4 Kay/Molly Maid Pink Game, in which the Seahawks donned pink uniforms and other apparel to support breast cancer awareness.
The UNC Wilmington men's basketball team gathered before Saturday night's game to express the need for a "defining game," the game that this team will be remembered for. In a way, the Seahawks did just that in their loss to conference powerhouse George Mason.
Trevor Deloach, the lone scholarship senior on the UNC Wilmington men's basketball team, has served several different roles for the Seahawks this season. He's been an asset off the bench, a high scorer and a leader for the underclassmen.
The UNC Wilmington women's basketball team won 80-77 Sunday afternoon in a tight game against William & Mary. The win came after the 62-53 loss against Delaware this past Thursday, which ended the Seahawks' five-game winning streak. UNCW improved to 14-8 overall and 7-4 in the CAA.
When Trevor Deloach connected on his first three-point field goal at the 14:14 mark of the first half, he backpedaled with his tongue out and flashed a smile. Things had changed.
When words like "All-American" and "professional draft pick" are thrown around, it's easy to get caught up in the hype and become an instant bystander, admiring a good show. The UNC Wilmington women's basketball team was determined not to fall into this trap.
Coming off an embarrassing loss to Towson, which had previously lost 41 consecutive games, the UNC Wilmington men's basketball team was back in the comfy confines of Trask Coliseum looking for a win over Georgia State. The Seahawks came out flat to start the game and never caught up, losing to the Panthers 68-53.
Call it a defensive battle, call it a slow-paced game, call it two tired teams who have each played four games in the past eight days. Or call it a conference game.
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