NOVA men take down Progressive Christian Academy

ANNANDALE, Va. (January 26, 2009) – Joe Shewmaker connected on four three-pointers in the second half to help lead Northern Virginia Community College past Progressive Christian Academy 87-83 Monday evening at the Ernst Cultural Community Center gymnasium.

 Sam Eligwe scored a team-high 22 points for NOVA, leading five players in double figures.  Emanuel Willis scored 15 points, John Bayerdelle added 11, and Malik Garnim contributed 10 points. 

PCA, a college prep school located in Camp Springs, Md., was led by Elgin Lee’s game high 28 points.  Wesley Simmons netted 15 points, Derrick Thompson scored 14, Jameel Grace added 13 points.

 PCA (83) – Wesley Simmons, 15; Robert Brownlee, 2; Kevin Bameau, 2; Steven O’Reilly, 3; Derrick Thompson, 14; Jameel Grace, 13; Elgin Lee, 28; Dim Ka, 7.

NOVA (87) – Sam Eligwe, 22; Joe Shewmaker, 15; Mark Phillips, 4; Jeff Barksdale, 4; Emanuel Willis, 15; Malik Garnim, 10; Jake Johnson, 3; Abdullo Ahmad, 4; John Bayerdelle, 11.

HALFTIME:  PCA 37; NOVA 36

Raiders Loose to the Powerful Hagerstown CC Team

Jan 12, 2008

John Bayerdelle goes for a loose ball

In the continuing effort to play the best teams in the Mid-Atlantic Region the NOVA Raiders took on one of the top teams in the region. After taking Hagerstown to overtime in a heartbreaking 108-107 loss at home, the Raiders were looking for another simular performance at Hagerstown.  With 8 mintues left in the second half NOVA was down by four points when Sam Eligwe was called for a blocking foul which looked like a charge.  Sam made a comment and was then was given a Technical foul.  Things when down hill for the NOVA Raiders after that call.  The final score was 113-89

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NOVA scores 121 points in victory over Thomas Nelson C.C.

Sun Jan 11

The NOVA Raiders beat a very competitive Thomas Nelson Community College ( TNCC) 121-103 at the Annandale campus tonight. TNCC has been the Virgina State champion numerous times and always brings their A game when they play NOVA. The Raiders started off with a 10- 2 lead in the early minutes of the game to later see TNCC fight back with a number of runs in the first half which ended with NOVA in the lead 53-51.

In the second half NOVA’s size, speed and depth wore down TNCC. NOVA had five players  in double figures with Sam Eligwe leading all scorers with 32 and Joe Shewmaker adding 28. This is the fourth straight win in VCCS play and each game NOVA scored over 100 points bringing the conference record to 4-0.

How Avoiding Coach Roy Williams Six Major Basketball Sins have helped the NOVA Program

When the NOVA Coaching staff went to the Nike Coaching Clinic in Connecticut a few years back they were not sure who had the correct message to improve their AAU team ( the Alexandria All-Stars). In previous years the AAS had size, skill and toughness. The current team was smaller and did not have the depth of tallent.

Of all of the coaches at the clinic  Coach Roy Williams, who was then at Kansas , hit a nerve with his  Six Major Sins.  The coaches  implemented Coach Williams pointers, avoiding the six major sins,  the team went on to qualify for nationals.

The NOVA coaching staff is  still using many of Coach Williams concepts. To find out what are the six major sins and his four key defensive rules ( click on link below)

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