NOVA to Play Nationally Ranked Cecil College Today

Sat 11/14/09 The NOVA Raiders today at Cecil with a 4:00 pm tip off.

Chesapeake CC Coach Reggie Williams comments on the game

The former Georgetown U and NBA star player now Chesapeake CC Head Men’s Basketball Coach thoughts after loss to NOVA:

Rockeem Harris, a freshman guard from Kent County High held to five points in the Howard game, exploded for a team-high 27 points in the loss to Northern Virginia. Harris also had four assists and two steals.

“Rockeem did a pretty good job getting everybody else into the flow of the offense,” said Williams.

Freshman forward Andre Dickerson (Woodbridge High) added 17 points and Sanders chipped in 15, but it wasn’t enough to offset NoVa’s relentless running game.

“Our transition defense wasn’t very good,” conceded Williams. “We weren’t balancing the floor very well on offense. Once the shot went up, they (NoVa) ran it down our throats. We needed to run our passing game better to neutralize their fast break.”

Raiders make it three in a row against MDJUCO teams

Nov 11- NOVA beat Montgomery College (Rockville) 92 to 81 to make three straight victories against MDJUCO teams. Krizzio Washington and Shaun Ingram each had 21 points followed by Mike Walker with 12 and Cordero Holt with 11 points.

Raiders make a clean sweep at the Howard CC Invitational

The NOVA Raiders men’s basketball team played possibly the best weekend of basketball in the team’s history by wining back to back games against two of the best Maryland JUCO NJCAA teams over the weekend.

On Saturday the Raiders took on the NJCAA Division I team Chesapeake College coached by Georgetown and NBA Star Reggie Williams. The Raiders were prepared for a war deploying a tough man to man pressure defense that surprised Chesapeake with the amount of pressure on the ball and one pass away holding them to 35 first have points. NOVA on the other had three players with double digit first half points from Codero Holt, Shaun Ingram and Krizzio Washington as part of the 56 first half production. The Raiders came out strong in the second half and delivered Coach Williams his first college loss. The Final score was:

NOVA 108 Chesapeake 84
Halftime Nova 56 Chesapeake 35

NOVA
Krizzio Washington 27, Cordero Holt 18, Jermaine Wright and Shaun Ingram 17 each, Jamal Jones 8, Dion Romeo 8, Walt Smith 7, Mike Walker 2, Brad Dutton 2, Howard Lyles 2, Jon Gaston 1

Chesapeake
Rockeem Harris 27, Andre Dickerson 17, Sam Sanders 15

After the big win on Saturday the Raiders came out a little flat Sunday against the third place Maryland JUCO Howard County Community College Dragons. The lead changed hands a number of times in the first half with Jermaine Wright and Shaun Ingram carrying the load on offense with 10 points and 13 points respectively in the first half. At half time it was tided at 43. The second half was a repeat of the first half with the lead going back in forth. With a size and bench strength advantage NOVA had they wore down the Dragons. With only seconds left Walt Smith made a key steal at mid court with a tided score. Smith shot a 40 footer at the buzzer to win the game.

NOVA 89 Howard 86
Halftime 43 43

NOVA
Shaun Ingram 19, Cordero Holt 18, Walt Smith 17, Jermaine Wright 14, Krizzio Washington 10, Howard Lyles 7, Mike Walker 4

Howard
Kyle Servance 23, Kameron Crump 21, Tyrell Crowell 20

Raiders to play in the Howard CC Invitational Tourney

Raiders play Chesapeake CC on Sat Nov 7 at 5:00 PM

Raiders play Howard CC on Sun Nov 8 at 1:30 PM

Raiders lose a close one to the Nationally ranked Montgomery College

The NOVA raiders lead at half time by six but could not hold on the lead and lost by a couple of buckets to pre-season national ranked Montgomery College Germantown.

Cordero Holt lead the Raiders with 21, Krizzio Washington had 18 points and Brad Dutton 8 points, 4 blocks and 12 rebounds

Here is what MCG had to say

November 4, 2009 The MC Germantown Men’s Basketball Team were able to pull out a win against a very talented Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) team by making 22 out of 23 free throws. NOVA attempted to use its size over the smaller Germantown team. That was a very talented NOVA squad. It actually was one of the most talented teams I’ve ever coached against. Our guys were just resilient and made an amazing 22 of 23 free throws,” said Coach Joyner.

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NOVA Raiders Play the Avengers Pro Team Oct 1

This is the third year NOVA will be playing the Avengers Pro Basketball Team and the games have proven to be thrilling with NBA style dunks, many long range 3 point shots and spectacular shot blocking.

The game will be played on Thursday Oct 1 with a tip off at 8:30 PM in the Annandale Campus Gym.

For the Third Year NOVA Plays National Ranked Cecil

This November 14th the NOVA Raiders will play the National Ranked Cecil College. If history repeats NOVA will be palying against two or three future D I players. More about Cecil

Cecil’s Spencer Signs with ASU & Haymon Signs with Marshall – Jul 3, 2009 (by C Martin)
Cecil’s Spencer Signs with ASU & Haymon Signs with Marshall

Men’s basketball player A.J. Spencer has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for NCAA Division I Alabama St.. Spencer, who finished fifth in Seahawks history with 353 career assists, is Cecil’s 11th straight point guard to sign with a Division I school. Antonio Haymon has accepted a scholarship to play for NCAA Division I Marshall in West Virginia. The All-American recorded 1,209 points and 558 rebounds in his two years at Cecil.

Preview of the NOVA Basketball Team

L to R Jermaine Wright, Cordero Holt, Joe Scorah

This year’s team is big, strong, fast and very physical. The schedule for 2009-2010 is very tough but NOVA may have the team this year to take on some of the top teams in the country.
NOVA has a blend many excellent returning players and very talented new players. This week NOVA will highlight two new players and one returning player.

Joe Scorah is a returning player, a DC resident and played High School ball at a private school in DC. Joe had some big games for the Raiders last season and is looking for more big games this season. Joe is a 6’3” 190 pound shooting guard with a great outside shoot, tough defender and great leaper. Joe had many spectacular dunks last season.

Jermaine Wright is a transfer student and is on track to earn an associates degree this academic year. Jermaine has all the tools for success on the court. Jermaine is a 6’5” 195 pound shooting guard with great ball handling skills, deadly three point shot and a strong rebounder. Jermaine is one of the strongest finishers on the team with a willingness to dunk on anybody.

Cordero Holt at 6’7” and 190 pounds is an incoming freshman. Cordero can knock down the three pointers with NBA range, can take the ball to the hole with authority usually dunking in the face of anyone trying block it and has better that average ball handing skills. As a shooting guard Cordero is going to cause many mismatches for the opposing team’s defense.