Basketball practice goes mad
By SHAWN HUGHES
Issue date: 10/22/09 Section: Campus Life
The Tarleton Texan and TexAnn basketball teams hosted their annual midnight madness practice in Wisdom Gym on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Tarleton hoops fans filled the stadium to celebrate and see what the teams have to offer for the upcoming basketball season.
The doors opened at 11:15 p.m. with the fans storming the gym and filling the bleachers quickly in one of the best turn outs in several years. The night kicked off with the co-ed and all-girl cheerleader squads and the Texan Stars for a combined show.
By Bobbi Haire/ The J-TAC
The Sound and the Fury Marching Band played after the cheer and dance routines and added regular background music throughout the event. Then the drum line performed to an excited crowd.
Students competed for scholarships and gift cards with events such as musical chairs and a lay-up, free throws and a three-point shot and half court shot competition.
With seconds left, the crowd began to count down to midnight before the basketball teams took the court.
The TexAnns entered and were introduced first. After a short warm up the TexAnns divided into two teams and took part in a short scrimmage against themselves to display the team's skills.
Then the men's basketball team entered and had the annual dunk and lay-up contest. After the players were introduced and divided into teams, they began to scrimmage each other.
TexAnns' junior Sonya Sundberg and the Texans' senior Effran Bryant took part in a three-point shooting contest, Bryant lost to Sundberg 7-4.
The Texan basketball season begins at home Nov. 17 with tip off set for 8 p.m. against Dallas Baptist and is one of 17 home games this season. The Texans will begin Lone Star Conference play Dec. 1 against Central Oklahoma at 8 p.m. in Wisdom Gym.
The TexAnn basketball team opens the season with two home exhibition matches, the first is scheduled for Nov. 10 against the University of Texas at Dallas with tip off at 6 p.m. and against University of Texas Permian Basin on Nov. 17. The team will have 14 total home games across the season. The TexAnns open conference play on Dec. 1 against the University of Central Oklahoma at Wisdom Gym.
The doors opened at 11:15 p.m. with the fans storming the gym and filling the bleachers quickly in one of the best turn outs in several years. The night kicked off with the co-ed and all-girl cheerleader squads and the Texan Stars for a combined show.
By Bobbi Haire/ The J-TAC
The Sound and the Fury Marching Band played after the cheer and dance routines and added regular background music throughout the event. Then the drum line performed to an excited crowd.
Students competed for scholarships and gift cards with events such as musical chairs and a lay-up, free throws and a three-point shot and half court shot competition.
With seconds left, the crowd began to count down to midnight before the basketball teams took the court.
The TexAnns entered and were introduced first. After a short warm up the TexAnns divided into two teams and took part in a short scrimmage against themselves to display the team's skills.
Then the men's basketball team entered and had the annual dunk and lay-up contest. After the players were introduced and divided into teams, they began to scrimmage each other.
TexAnns' junior Sonya Sundberg and the Texans' senior Effran Bryant took part in a three-point shooting contest, Bryant lost to Sundberg 7-4.
The Texan basketball season begins at home Nov. 17 with tip off set for 8 p.m. against Dallas Baptist and is one of 17 home games this season. The Texans will begin Lone Star Conference play Dec. 1 against Central Oklahoma at 8 p.m. in Wisdom Gym.
The TexAnn basketball team opens the season with two home exhibition matches, the first is scheduled for Nov. 10 against the University of Texas at Dallas with tip off at 6 p.m. and against University of Texas Permian Basin on Nov. 17. The team will have 14 total home games across the season. The TexAnns open conference play on Dec. 1 against the University of Central Oklahoma at Wisdom Gym.
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