Category: Men’s Basketball (Page 13)

DETROIT, MI–A full slate of summer workouts and pickup games were not enough to keep Coach Donahue from signing another student-athlete on Monday. Covert High School product Delaney Roseburgh was the latest to join Mustang basketball by signing his letter of intent. Roseburgh, a 5’11” point guard, comes to Marygrove with speed, and a lot of it. His unique skillset landed him three years on varsity as a starter. During…

DETROIT, Mich. — First year head coach Craig Covington and the Marygrove men’s basketball team (4-26; 3-19 WHAC) sent the 2014 seniors out on a high note with a 73-70 victory over the Wolverines of Michigan-Dearborn (8-22; 5-17 WHAC) Saturday (Feb. 22) inside Detroit’s Northwest Activities Center. With the win, the Mustangs eclipsed last year’s win total after finishing the 2012-13 campaign 3-27 overall. At 3-19 in conference play, the…

DETROIT, Mich. — Another late season home game, another highly competitive, exciting game put forth by the Marygrove men’s basketball team. The Mustangs (2-26; 2-19 WHAC) received a season-high 24 points and 10 rebounds from Xavier Walker (Flint, Mich./Powers Catholic) and 22 points from recent 1,000-point scorer Darryll Dixon (Flint, Mich./Hamady), but ultimately fell shy of their third Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC)  win of the season as the visiting Indiana…

LIMA, Ohio — There was a silver lining in Saturday’s (Feb. 15) 103-74 setback at the University of Northwestern Ohio when junior guard Darryll Dixon (Flint, Mich./Hamady) became the sixth men’s basketball player in Marygrove history to eclipse 1,000 career points. Dixon went over the 1,000-point mark in Saturday’s game after nearly achieving the mark in Wednesday’s 40-point explosion against Siena Heights. The 40-point game was the most points scored…

ADRIAN, Mich. — Wednesday’s (Feb. 12) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference men’s basketball contest between Marygrove (3-24; 2-17 WHAC) and Siena Heights (11-16; 7-10 WHAC) played witness to a back-and-forth battle and great individual performances before the Saints pulled away late to win in Adrian, 101-89. The Mustangs lost the tight matchup despite receiving a career-high 40 points from junior guard Darryll Dixon (Flint, Mich./Hamady). Dixon’s previous career-high, 29 points, was set earlier this…

DETROIT, Mich. — First year head coach Craig Covington and the Marygrove’s men’s basketball team (3-23; 2-16 WHAC) picked up their third victory of the 2013-14 campaign by earning a 78-70 decision over the visiting Gray Wolves of Lourdes University (14-12; 9-9 WHAC) in Saturday’s (Feb. 8) Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference contest. The win, coming inside Detroit’s Northwest Activities Center, marked the Mustangs second WHAC win of the season and moved…

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — Down by as many as 16 points early in the second half, the Marygrove men’s basketball team (2-23; 1-16 WHAC) cut the Indiana Tech (15-10; 10-7 WHAC) lead down to five before the host Warriors pulled away late to win, 86-72, Thursday (Feb. 6) inside the Schaefer Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) game was played a day later than originally scheduled…

DETROIT, Mich. — The Marygrove College men’s basketball team (2-22; 1-15 WHAC) fell to the Cardinals of Concordia-Ann Arbor (11-13; 8-8 WHAC) Saturday (Feb. 1) by an 85-68 final inside Detroit’s Northwest Activities Center. The Mustangs, down by 15 at halftime, fought back to within four in the second half before Concordia answered with a 10-0 run as the Cardinals went on to win the weekend Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC)…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A rough shooting night for the Marygrove men’s basketball team (2-21; 1-14 WHAC) Wednesday (Jan. 29) in Grand Rapids was enough for the Aquinas College Saints (10-12; 7-7 WHAC) to pull even in the conference and top the Mustangs by a 98-63 final. The host Saints went up 52-27 at the half and never looked back despite a tough battle from the Mustangs in the latter…

LIVONIA, Mich. — Down six at the half (47-41), the Marygrove men’s basketball team came back in the second half to take a seven-point lead on two occasions before faltering late to a tough Madonna University (16-6; 12-2 WHAC) squad by an 86-77 final. The Mustangs (2-20; 1-13 WHAC) were looking for their second upset of Madonna in as many years, but fell short due to a difficult day at…