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SUGAR BEARS TOPPLE DEFENDING CHAMPS FOR 3RD STRAIGHT 20-WIN SEASON
2/11/2012 5:06:00 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. — In typical Sugar Bear fashion, Central Arkansas once again put together a big second half and overcame a double-digit deficit for another comeback victory – defeating McNeese State 64-53 at Burton Coliseum on Saturday to complete the regular-season sweep of the defending Southland Conference champions.
The Sugar Bears (20-4, 10-1 Southland) open up a two-game lead over the Cowgirls (17-7, 7-3) in the Southland's East Division standings, and remain the conference's overall leader with five games remaining with no other team having fewer than three league losses.
The win, the ninth in a row for UCA, gives the Sugar Bears their third consecutive 20-win season. It is the first time UCA has had three straight 20-win seasons since 2002-05.
"We've got a resilient group," said UCA head coach Matt Daniel. "It's a good team, a good family, and it's nice to come in here and steal one against another good team."...
I think one of the thing's about today's effort is the fact that due to travel problems with the original bus and not getting into Lake Chuck until around 8 on Friday night, the Sugar Bears literally did NOT practice at all on Friday or Saturday morning. That's how resilient and mature of a group this is. To go out and perform like that on the road today, against a team that has only lost 1 home game (LSU) this year despite adversity like that, and still compete and not give in when things out of their control go awry. This has been an amazing adventure so far, and they still realize there is work to be done, no one is resting on this win!
Btw, when CMD asked me postgame if I was shaking because I was excited or if I was cold, the answer was
COLD! Burton was the coldest arena I have ever called a basketball game in, Corpus Christi and its ice rink included. Mid-40s outside with the air conditioning on full boar inside Burton Coliseum today. It was ridiculous, but it couldn't cool off our Sugar Bears!