Below Right: Brent Miller stops in his tracks astwo MountVernon playersteam up on defense. Below: A loose ball, who will gain the possession? Above: Nate Huffman looks up as he prepares to drain a three pointer, while Krueger looks on for the pass. Right: Dr.Jim Phippsand Ben Failor call the Varsity Yellow Jackets' games for CDR Radio. After32yearsofcalling the play-by-play, Jim Phipps calls this year his last as the Voice of the Yellow Jackets. Thanksfor 32dedicated years of bringing the action to the fans--you'll be missed! MEN'S BASKETBALL It wasa yearin transition all the way around for the Yellow Jacket men's basketball team. The biggest and obvious change was that offirst-year head coach JeffReep taking over for Don Callan, who stepped down following eight straight 20-win seasons and a legendary 35-year career. "Weplayed our best basketball at the end of the season," said Reep,whose team finished 17- 15 for the school's llth straight winning season. "I can't say enough about the players. They always played hard and won some difficult games down the stretch." The Jackets were seeded fifth outoften teamsin the NAIA Great Lakes Tournament and opened with a 92-85 win at Mid-Ohio Conference for Rio Grande. Two nights later came a trip totop - seeded West Virginia State where rookie John Krueger's threepointer at the buzzer provided a dramatic92-89victory. Cedarville then played for the championship at Findlay, another MOC member,forthe rightto gotothe NAIA Nationals. It was the Jackets' first title gamein 14 years and the two teams had split their two regular seasongames. The host Oilers pulled away for a 98-88 win. Seniorforward JeffBradley averaged a team-high 18.2 points and earned spots on the All-MOC and NAIA GreatLakesFirstTeams. He started all 95 games he played during his three-year career, finished sixth on the Jackets'all-time scoring list with 1,833points,and drainedaschool-record243threepointers for his career. Senior guard Jason Quinn averaged 14.5 points and was an All-MOC Second Team selection. Hewasvoted Cedarville'sMVPbyhisteammates. Quinn,aswellassophomoreguard Brent Miller, who led the team with 140 assists, were both AllNAIAGreatLakesScholar-Athletes. Senior guard Todd Lane was presented the coveted Ted DeShields, Jr. Coaches' Award and classmate Nathan Huffman, who averaged 10.7 points,earned hisfourth letter in the program. John Krueger averaged 11.3 pointsandwasvoted the Freshman of the Year in the Mid-Ohio Conference.Juniorforward Jon Woolley supplied 11.1 points and 6.1 rebounds before missing the final four games with a knee injury. Mark Womack,Sports Information Director sports
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