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UNCG Women’s Basketball Clinches Regular Season Title 

Sergio Guerra, Sports Editor/Photographer  UNCG Women’s Basketball won its final home game of the season against Western Carolina on Saturday, Feb. 22. UNCG was 13-0 at home and leading the SOCON standings coming into this game. A win on the day saw UNCG reach an unsurmountable record of 11-1 and clinch the SOCON regular-season title. It was also the final home game of the regular … Continue reading UNCG Women’s Basketball Clinches Regular Season Title 

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UNCG Women’s Basketball Wins Black History Month Game 

Sergio Guerra, Sports Editor/Photographer  UNCG Women’s Basketball took on Wofford in a game that celebrated Black History Month. The game saw UNCG defeat Wofford 68-60 while many in the crowd as well as all the UNCG Women’s Basketball staff wore shirts that bore the words, “Black History is American History.”  Leading up to the game, the UNCG Women’s Basketball Instagram page posted several of the … Continue reading UNCG Women’s Basketball Wins Black History Month Game 

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Highs and Lows of UNCG Basketball This Week 

Sergio Guerra, Sports Editor/Photographer  Four home games were on the schedule this week. We saw our UNCG Men’s Basketball take on East Tennessee State University and Wofford while the Women’s Basketball team was tasked with beating Mercer and Samford.   First up on the schedule was men’s basketball, taking on ETSU at Fleming Gym on Wednesday, Jan. 29. UNCG was able to narrowly win this game … Continue reading Highs and Lows of UNCG Basketball This Week 

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UNCG Women’s Basketball: Spartans Down Wake Forest, Look Ahead to Future

Brayden StampsStaff Writer Coming off a huge road win at Wake Forest last weekend, the UNCG women’s basketball team looks poised for a major turnaround this season. Here’s a recap of their opening action, as well as predictions for the season to come. Last year’s team didn’t quite find the on court success it was looking for last season, finishing with a record of 11-19 … Continue reading UNCG Women’s Basketball: Spartans Down Wake Forest, Look Ahead to Future

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WNBA Finals Recap: Mystics Beat Sun in Five Games

Alexis Pitchford Staff Writer This year’s 2019 WNBA Finals between the Connecticut Sun and Washington Mystics was worth watching every second and every minute of each game. This was the first time that the Connecticut Sun have returned to the WNBA Finals since 2005. As for the Mystics, this was their first back-to-back WNBA Finals appearance, and their first championship. Game 1: Washington Mystics Defeat … Continue reading WNBA Finals Recap: Mystics Beat Sun in Five Games

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Upcoming: The 2019 WNBA Finals

Alexis Pitchford Staff Writer The 2019 WNBA Finals are finally upon us. At the end of the regular season, the Washington Mystics and Connecticut Sun finished first and second place, respectively, in the league standings, and now these two teams will be competing for the WNBA Championship.  For the 2019 WNBA Season Awards, each award recipient was well deserved. Leilani Mitchell was named the WNBA … Continue reading Upcoming: The 2019 WNBA Finals

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Women’s College Basketball: Baylor Defeats Notre Dame in the National Championship

Alexis PitchfordStaff Writer Men’s basketball will always receive more attention than women’s basketball. That’s how the current world operates, but each day, leaders of female collegiate sports fight for equal appreciation for both sides of the sport. Most everyone saw the theatrics of the men’s Final Four, but March Madness was just as crazy in the women’s Tournament, as Baylor defeated last year’s champions Notre … Continue reading Women’s College Basketball: Baylor Defeats Notre Dame in the National Championship

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Recapping the UNCG Women’s Basketball 2019 Campaign

Andrew Salmon and Brayden StampsSports Editor and Staff Writer Coming into the 2018-19 season, fans were hopeful for UNCG Women’s Basketball. What had been the youngest team in all of Division I was now a year older and returned All-SoCon forward Nadine Soliman as well as 2017 SoCon All-Freshman selection Te’ja Twitty. However, things didn’t pan out for the Spartans, finishing 11-19 and falling in … Continue reading Recapping the UNCG Women’s Basketball 2019 Campaign

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UNCG Women’s Basketball: Season Concludes With Loss To Chattanooga

Andrew SalmonSports Editor UNCG Women’s Basketball season came to an end in Asheville on Thursday, falling 72-62 to Chattanooga in the SoCon Tournament. The Spartans finish the 2019 campaign with an 11-19 record after finishing 13-18 last season. The sixth-seeded Spartans knew they’d have their hands full with no. 3 seed Chattanooga, whom they had split the season series with. UNCG had earlier defeated the … Continue reading UNCG Women’s Basketball: Season Concludes With Loss To Chattanooga

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UNCG Women’s Basketball: Spartans Defeat Wofford, Fall to Furman

Andrew SalmonSports Editor Clad in pink sneakers and pink headbands in honor of February’s National Cancer Prevention Month, UNCG Women’s Basketball returned to Fleming Gymnasium last week after a two-game road trip, shrugging off a slow start to defeat Wofford 77-61 on Feb 6, then falling to Furman 59-49 on Saturday. The Spartans (9-15, 3-6 in SoCon) trailed the Terriers (11-12, 3-5 in SoCon) by … Continue reading UNCG Women’s Basketball: Spartans Defeat Wofford, Fall to Furman

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