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INSIDE MOREHOUSE, MARCH/APRIL 2012
BASKETBALL
Morehouse Intramural Team Finishes No. 2 in Georgia
T he Morehouse College Intramural
Travel basketball team is the sec
ond best intramural team in Georgia.
They narrowly missed becoming the top
team after losing 51-47 to the University
of West Georgia in the title game of
the 2012 Georgia Collegiate Basketball
Championship at Georgia Institute of
Technology, February 3-5.
The intramural Maroon Tigers finished
with a 4-1 record for the weekend, defeating
two teams from Georgia Tech, and teams
from the University of Georgia and Georgia
College and State University.
Junior Laron Rodgers and senior
Josiah Anabraba were named to the All-
Tournament team.
The Maroon Tigers, coached by Irvin
Seabrook, will play in the ACIS National
Basketball Championship tournament at North
Carolina State University, April 13-15. ■
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Coach Irvin Seabrook (far left) with the Maroon Tigers intramural basketball team. (Front row, left to right) senior Joshua Burrow, junior Preston Brooks, senior Lamar
Leseur, Darian Jones, senior Bryan Jackson. (Back row, left to right) senior Merrill Rios, senior Labot Right, senior Josiah Anabraba and junior Solomon Maston. Not
pictured, junior Laron Rodgers and Nathaniel Goldberg.
Maroon Tigers Fall to
Paine In SIAC Tourney
THE MOREHOUSE COLLEGE basketball team
fought to the final minute, but fell to Paine
College 63-60 in the first round of the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament,
ending the 2011-2012 season.
The Maroon Tigers had a chance to win a thrill
ing game with four seconds left and only behind by
one point at 61 -60. But they turned the ball over and
Paine converted two free throws for the final score.
Morehouse finished the season 8-17, 8-15 in
the SIAC. ■
Paul Sulongteh, resident director in the Office of Housing and
Residential Life, shoots a free throw during the Staff/Faculty
vs. Students basketball game.
Staff and Faculty Basketball Team
Victorious Over Students
DESPITE THE ENERGY of youth being against them, a team of
staff and faculty members overcame a 17-point deficit to defeat
a student squad 55-52 in the annual Morehouse Staff/Faculty vs.
Students basketball game in Forbes Arena on March 19.
Coached by associate dean of Student Life Kevin Booker and
facility manager Gerard Ladson, the Staff/Faculty team was led
in scoring by assistant basketball coach Dominique Ingram, who
had 17 points, and Jason Reese ‘09, educational specialist for the
Morehouse College Educational Talent Search Program, who had 15
points. ■
TENNIS
Alexander Serves Up?.
Free Tennis Lessons****
Tennis coach Terry Alexander has announced the
start of tennis lessons and drills on the Morehouse
College tennis courts.
Sessions are being held Tuesdays and Thurs
days, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. In May, sessions will be
held four times a week.
The sessions contain a cardio work-out compo
nent, as well as a tennis lesson component.
“Start stretching, start walking or jogging
and start now ...work your way Into the heat by
starting now, even if you only come to one ses
sion a week,” suggests Alexander. “That will help
your body and mind adjust and prepare for the hot
summer days that are just around the corner.”
Participants are asked to wear athletic or exer
cise attire and tennis or cross-trainer shoes. Also,
bring your own non-alcoholic beverage, a towel
(mostly used for crying in) and a tennis racket if
you have it. If not, there will be rackets available for
use while you are in the sessions. Please make sure
that you have been cleared with your physician to
participate. ■
TRACK AND FIELD
Walls Named SIAC Track and
Field Athlete of the Week
COURTLAND WALLS started off the 2012 track
and field season by being named one of the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Track and
Field Athletes of the Week twice in March.
Walls, a junior from Alpharetta, Ga., ran an NCAA
provisional time of 21.23 in the 200 meters in the
University of North Florida Spring Break Open, finishing
third overall and first among college athletes. He also
ran a time of 10.74 in the 100 meters, finishing sixth.
Walls also ran a leg on the Flying Maroon Tigers’ 4x100
meter relay team. ■
READY, SET, RUN!
Morehouse Peachtree Road Race Group Seeks Members
THE 2012 PEACHTREE ROAD RACE is around the corner. Curtis Augustin, application
administrator in the Office of Information Technology, is interested in forming a Morehouse
Peachtree Road Race Runners Group. If you are an avid runner of the Peachtree Road Race or are
interested in participating in a running group this year, contact Augustin at 404-653-3471 or via
email runners@morehouse.edu.
Joggers and walkers, as well as their family members, are welcome.
For more information about the Peachtree Road Race, go to http://www.peachtreeroadrace.org/. U
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