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FOOTBALL HIT WITH PROBATION Program to lose scholarships, telecast opportunities

by Justin Langston Senior Staff Writer On Wednesday of last week, the NCAA made final decisions concerning the punishment of the university and its football program concerning what the NCAA calls "major and secondary violations in the football program."

The penalties include a three-year probation, lasting until February 20, 2011, a reduction in scholarships and complete ineligibility for any telecast opportunities during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons.

"This is the decision they've made and we're just going to put it behind us and move on," said Mike Kirk,

school on probation for three years, and has reduced football scholarships to the school. First, there was a

of four scholarships for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years. The football team is also completely

casts. Furthermore, game footage exceeding a total of five minutes on coaches' shows was also been

"This is the decision they've made and we're just going to put it behind us and move on."

-Mike Kirk director of media relations for the university's athletic depai tment.

The NCAA has put the

reduction of two scholarships for the current academic year. In addition, there has been a reduction

ineligible for any telecasts, including live broadcasts, delayed broadcasts, cable, web and broadband broad-

barred.

In addition to the penalties placed on the school, the NCAA has put former

head coach Chuck Langston under a "show-cause penalty" for two years. If Langston seeks employment related to athletics, he and his potential employer must appear before the NCAA Committee on Infractions to determine whether his duties at the job should be limited.

UCO spokesman Charlie Johnson issued a response on Wednesday about the decision, saying the "University of Central Oklahoma has already taken swift action on the allegations" and that "two campus committees have been see NCAA, page 5

by Vista photographer Chris Albers

The Bronchos huddle up between plays at Wantland Stadium Sept. 1. The football program was placed on three years probation for a host of recruiting violations, including paying for a prospective athlete's surgery.

UCO launches first-ever Relay For Life event Feb. 20

by Jordan Richison Staff Writer UCO launched their first ever Relay For Life event last Wednesday, Feb. 20 with the official Relay For Life Kickoff celebration and information meeting inside the Nigh University Center.

The event will take place overnight, as a way to represent that cancer doesn't sleep on April 25 and 26 from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. at Plunkett Park.

Relay For Life is a nationwide event sponsored by the American Cancer Society to help raise money and awareness for cancer research. It is also designed to honor those

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who have fallen to Cancer and praise those who have survived it.

UCO Relay For Life chairman Beth Marcotte said she participated in Relay For Life in high school. She said when she came to UCO she noticed they had one Relay event in the summer, but they didn't have one that students could get involved in.

"I saw UCO didn't have one during the year so I contacted the American Cancer society to try and establish one on Campus," Marcotte said.

UCO Relay For Life publicity co-chair Tiffany Palmer said she had participated as a team captain in a Relay event

by Vista photographer Brenda O'Brian

Sara Parcell, community manager from the American Cancer Society, speaks at the Relay for Life meeting with Beth Marcotte, event chair of Relay for Life, in the Nigh University Center on Feb. 20.

"Do not mistake consequence For fate."

-Kirstin Brown

in Houston and wanted to bring a relay event to campus last year, but the local organization said it wasn't plausible at the time. She said when she heard about the event coming to campus this year she was excited and wanted to help out any way she could.

"When I heard about this event finally coming I was so excited and eager to jump on board," Palmer said.

"Cast out Cancer" is the theme for this year's event.

Marcotte said each team who signs up would dress up as characters from either a television show or movie.

Marcotte said anyone on campus could be involved in the event. Every team that

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signs up would have between 8 to 15 members with one of those members being a team captain. She said it is something everyone needs to get involved with because everyone has been affected by cancer one way or another.

"It's important students get involved because who hasn't been affected by cancer?

Whether it is yourself, your family, your friends, and your neighbors. Almost everyone has been affected in some way and now they have a chance to make a difference," Marcotte said.

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Rappin' about hip-hop 'The Voice' dies at 71

by Jana Davis Staff Writer Last Thursday, five panelists discussed what hip-hop is and what it isn't at the fifth annual NAACP/IMPACT Forum in Constitution Hall.

"We are just tying to analyze hip-hop," said McKenzie Bruner, sophomore vice-president of NAACP. Bruner said that there are three different types of American hip-hop. East Coast hip-hop is known for its lyrical content. West Coast is more rap and the southern coast hip-hop is known for its good dance beats.

The four topics discussed were what hip-hop is, hip-hop and its influence on youth, misogyny in hip-hop and Christian rap vs. worldly rap.

Denard Hunt, in attendance to support his pastor, said that he listens to gospel music and

listening to hip-hop depends on your own personal belief "I believe music has a big effect on you," Hunt said. He then asked, "What's your reasoning for listening to it?"

"1 think [secular] hip-hop is bad. I don't like secular, but I like gospel hip-hop," Jennaine Vaughn, a senior criminal justice major said before the discussion began.

Azar Banks, a member of the panel said, "Hip-hop is an art form. It goes deeper than rhyming words. There is a soul and a passion for it."

Each panelist had three minutes to answer the questions and after all five panelists answered, the audience had a chance to contribute.

"You're not a hip-hop artist if in those 16 bars [of a verse] you can't get me to know you a little better," Banks concluded.

"How has hip-hop changed

over the last 10 years?" Bruner asked the panel.

"I think the real hip-hop artists have been thinned out," Keisha McGee, another panelist said. "Hip-hop and rap have been blurred together."

Banks added, "There's no longer a standard of talent.

We allow anybody to excel in this profession as long as they have a catchy beat."

There was no performance for the evening, as the fliers had indicated.

"I don't believe we had any booked to begin with," Bruner said.

The panelists for the evening were, Arthur Polly, Pastor Montgomery for Greater Kingdom Works International, Keisha McGee, Millard Latimer and Azar Banks.

by Nelson Solomon Staff Writer

"The Voice" has been heard for the last time on the KCSC/KBCW radio station.

Dave Stanton, the man with the smooth, soothing radio delivery, passed away at the age of 71 after a brief illness last Sunday, Feb. 17.

Before his death, Stanton was the station's afternoon drive host and production director since August 1988, according to Brad Ferguson, general manager of the station.

Ferguson remembers going through the hiring process and selecting Stanton for the announcer position.

"We were looking for an afternoon announcer, and his voice far and away was better than any of the other applicants. So we hired him at that time," he said.

Stanton would have been at the station for 20 years this coming August, Ferguson said.

"From the start, it was an instant connection and he became a very good friend to me," said Barbara Hendrickson, operations manager for the station, when describing her relationship to Stanton after coming to the station about 10 years ago.

Hendrickson said he was "full of advice," which was especially valuable since the job was her first post-college position.

"He would tell me stories about interviewing people like Elmer Bernstein, and other experiences like that.

He was a mentor, a friend, a father figure, just an extraor•

by Vista photographer Chris Albers dinary person," she said.

The biggest lesson Stanton From left: Arthur Polly, Paster Montgomery, Keisha McGee, Millard Latimer and taught Hendrickson was not Azar Banks take part in a panel discussion in Thursday night's Hip-Hop Forum at to be hard on herself "He would always tell me Constitution Hall. The forum was sponsered by the NAACP/IMPACT. stories about mess-ups he'd done on air, and funny things he accidentally said," she said.

Stanton worked for seven years at WNAD, The University of Oklahoma's AM commercial station, hosting shows from pop and jazz to classical music, according to his profile on the official Web site of KCSC. While at WNAD, Stanton hosted a weekly program called Lollipops and Leftovers, which featured original soundtracks, Broadway original-cast recordings, and interviews with musicians, composers and lecturers, including Elmer Bernstein and Dave Brubeck, according to his profile.

Stanton is originally from West Texas and received a vocal music scholarship to Texas Christian University, Ferguson said.

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RELAY from page 1 said their goal is for 30-40 teams to sign up and participate. He said the University of Oklahoma has the largest Relay event with around 7580 teams.

"With this being our first year, our goal is to half the number of teams OU has signed up," Hughes said.

Relay staff member Sara Parcell said one of the biggest misconceptions people have about the event is that everyone has to run or walk the whole night, which is not the case. She said people can do whatever they want when they're on the track, the only the requirement they have is every team must have at least one team member on the track at all time.

Each team who signs up is encouraged to raise at least $1000. Parcell said teams could do a wide variety of

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Dave Stanton, who worked at KCSC for nearly 20 years, died of complications of lung cancer at the age of 71 on Feb. 17. son, easy to be around, very easy to work with, and a real asset," Ferguson said.

Ferguson displayed this by showing a card from KGOU in Norman offering condolences to the staff.

"Everybody knew who he was, they knew his voice, and he just made our station," he said.

Ferguson recalled that during one fund drive for the station, someone called in and said they had "the Dave Stanton room" where they would sit in the afternoon to listen to him.

Teresa Brekke, an announcer at KCSC, compared Stanton to Dick Clark, host of the New Year's Rockin' Eve show.

"You know how Dick Clark is just cool? That's how I see Dave. He was very easygoing and had a wonderful, wry sense of humor," Brekke said.

"He's just the ultimate professional; he's what we all aspire to be, in terms of an announcer and his professionalism. The beauty of his voice was really quite special," she said.

Brekke said Stanton had a talent for "putting a bed of music beneath his voice and he had a real gift for matching the music to whatever the message was."

Brekke played a particular piece as an example and noted how Stanton thought to put Gershwin's "American in Paris" with the horns honking in the background for a car dealership commercial.

"That was just second

nature to him, and I think that is a gift that requires a real knowledge of the entire music collection," she said.

"I feel very privileged to have known him and to have been a colleague and a friend," Brekke said.

Stanton was a singer, guitarist, writer and photographer in addition to his radio work, according to a memorial on the KCSC Web site.

Stanton is survived by his wife Marty Richardson, his brother Jack Stanton, his extended family and friends and fans too numerous to mention.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on March 1 at the First Unitarian Church located at 600 NW 13th St. in Oklahoma City. Stanton was involved in the church's choir for many years.

Memorial donations can be made to the First Unitarian Church Choir or KCSC/ KBCW. Hendrickson was especially impacted by the timing of his death.

"He was diagnosed with lung cancer, he was going to chemotherapy and radiation and seemed to be responding well, but then he broke his hip.

"The day that I was going to go see him, he passed away," she said.

Hendrickson still has one wish that she can't fulfill.

"While I know he knows I loved and respected him, I will always wish I had the chance to tell him goodbye," she said.

things to raise money for the 1 ,t)vent. Car wash, garage sale, bake sale and a Guitar Hero tournament are just some of the different fundraising ideas she mentioned.

Marcotte said one of the most popular Relay fund raising ideas is selling Luminaries for $10. She said Luminaries are white sacks that people can buy and decorate for the event.

Each luminary purchased will be placed along the track and will have a light inside of it, which will help light up the track during the night.

"Luminaries are a way people can honor someone struggling with cancer. They are also used as a way of remembrance of people who lost the fight with cancer," Marcotte said.

Each team who signs up will receive a t-shirt to wear at the event. Each t-shirt will be purple blue or red, the Relay's official colors.

According to the Relay For Life Web Site, each color has a different meaning. Purple

represents celebration, blue represents remembrance, and red represents hope.

UCO is trying to make this a community wide project and they are trying to get word out about Relay to as many people as they can.

Palmer said she is going to hang posters around many popular Edmond businesses, restaurants, and churches. She said she wants to do as much publicity as possible because she wants this to become an annual event at UCO. "I wanted to do publicity for this event because it is such a vital component to make sure there will be many more Relay For Life events at UCO," Palmer said.

For more information about Relay For Life, visit relayforlife.org or contact Beth Marcotte at bmarcotte@ ucok.edu . To sign up or register a team, contact Justin Hughes at jhughesl7@ucok. edu or Jeni Suarez at csuarez@ucok.edu.

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NCAAA from page 1 formed." The two committees are the UCO Committee on Athletic Infractions, which is made up of UCO faculty and staff and has been formed to give the university a way to look into potential infractions and, according to Johnson, to "provide oversight and more institutional control."

The other committee, the UCO Faculty-Senate Committee for the Foundation of an Athletic Advisory Council has been set up to provide a method for communication between student athletes and the rest of the school.

These decisions have been made to respond to violations the UCO Football program made involving six prospective students who attended two-year colleges and were provided with what the NCAA refers to as "...impermissible benefits including medical treatment, the use of faculties, as well as free housing, meals and transportation" prior to any of the prospective students enrolling at UCO. The NCAA said that Coach Langston either was, or should have been, aware of the situation and failed to meet his responsibility to "monitor the football program."

Langston was dismissed in November 2007 and the university named Tracy Holland head football coach just a few weeks later on Dec. 27.

Broncho Showcase proves a treat

by Jordan Richison Staff Writer

UCO held the inaugural Broncho Showcase dinner theatre presentation last Friday night inside the Nigh University ballrooms.

Broncho Showcase director Nate Burke he came up with the idea for Broncho Showcase because he wanted to create a new event on campus that would bring together upperclassmen from all majors to show off their different talents.

"I wanted to give the opportunity for upperclassmen to perform who don't always have that opportunity.

Many of us in the cast sang, danced, and acted throughout high school, but are now studying different majors in college that do not allow the opportunities for us to do what we love to do on stage," Burke said.

The show was hosted by both Logan Pennington and Logan Reynolds. The two were formerly known as "The Logans."

Soon after Pennington and Reynolds performed an opening monologue, the cast came on stage with an introduction video playing behind them as they took turns singing Vince Gill's Oklahoma Centennial song "Oklahoma Rising."

Following the ladies' vocal ensemble, the cast recreated classic episodes of the popular television show "Friends."

The start of the skit was setback a little after a technical difficulty with the opening friends video. But once everything got figured out, junior Christina Barkley came out as Phoebe Buffet and opened the skit with Phoebe's popular song "Smelly Cat." After a dramatic acting skit with senior Michael Goodman and junior Della Adams, junior Angela Lansdown showed off her vocal talents with a version of Jennifer Hudson's song "I'm telling you" from the 2006 movie "Dreamgirls." After the song was over, Lansdown got a loud ovation from the audience for her impressive solo vocal talents.

Miss UCO Ashley Edwards showed off her comedic talents as she poked fun of Teen USA contestant Miss South Carolina mocking her famous geography blunder from last year's Miss Teen USA competition.

The funniest and most popular skit of the night was when the cast performed a mock reproduction of the popular drama "Grey's Anatomy." The skit opened with a hilarious video created

'Metroid Prime 3,' one of the best on Wii

on physical acting to convey the plot. "Corruption," while still utilizing the old story telling methods, takes its cue The Wii should have been from earlier entry "Metroid the place for first person and produced by Reynolds, shooters. The Wiimote-nun- Fusion" and adds fully voiced which showed the cast per- chuck interface looks like cut scenes to the mix, only forming their own version of it could easily emulate the this time, there is full on voice the shows opening credits. mouse-keyboard interface that acting. While not a bad thing, Broncho Showcase assis- makes the PC just inherently long time fans of the series tant director Jayme Petete superior to consoles when might initially be put off by played the lead role of Dr. it comes to the FPS genre. the change.

What doesn't change is the Meredith Grey and said she However, it's been nothing loved playing the role because but miss after miss, with gameplay. Fans of the previit was so challenging. top-name developers manag- ous "Metroid Prime" games "I loved playing Meredith ing to screw up something will find themselves immediGrey and the audience that, at first glance, seems ately at home. The controls responded so well. I am nor- so perfect. After a year of are almost mally cast as the bubbly or missteps, underachieving and identical happy go lucky characters, outright messing up, Retro to the prebut Meredith was so dry and Studios has finally gotten it vious two dreary, it was a fun chal- right with "Metroid Prime 3: Gamecube classics, with lenge," Petete said.

Corruption."

One ofthe things you could "Corruption" follows the Wiimote see from the performance was bounty hunter, and one of simply how much work everyone put gaming's first heroines, enhancing into the show. Burke said the Samus Aran, as she helps the the expericast practiced from 9 p.m. Galactic Federation rid one of ence.

Samus until midnight every Tuesday their planets of the corruptplays like a and Thursday-this semester. _ ing intitience of Phazon, a The' 'audience was most- radioactiVe ooze that destroys dream. She ly students and the cast and planets, takes over people's jumps with crews family members. minds, makes clones of realistic Junior Brooke Martin said famous bounty hunters and, weight; she she came to the show because unsurprisingly, makes a great has impecshe had several friends who energy source. Meanwhile, cable aim, and moves with were performing and wanted Samus' eternal enemies, the superb grace. The Wiimote to see their talents.

Space Pirates, now complete- makes aiming a breeze, mak"I loved seeing my friends ly under Phazon's control, are ing it easier to riddle the evil perform, I never knew they trying to spread Phazon to Space Pirates with holes than were so talented. It is so great every corner of the universe. ever before.

While a few classic items to have talented students take While Samus is able to save the initiative to put on a show one planet, the Pirates man- didn't make it into the new like this, they were all awe- age to corrupt two others, game, almost all of the some," Martin said. and to make things worse, replacements make up for it.

Burke said he was really she herself has been infect- The life draining Hypermode impressed by the crowd's ed with the Phazon, and it's and the ability to fight with attendance. He said they even now slowly taking her over. the grappling hook open raised the capacity to an extra Samus must travel to each of up new strategies for com50 people and it still sold out the game's planets, fight off bat, and the flight-emulating a week in advance. her friends and keep herself screw attack makes for some After an energetic Hip Hop from being controlled by the interesting puzzles.

The narrative structure of dance by sophomore Chris evil ooze.

Frazier and the Bronchettes, "Corruption" does things the game is quite impressive the gentlemen's vocal ensem- a little differently from other as well. The cut scenes are ble got together to perform games in the Metroid series. mostly few and far between, an acoustic version of the In previous installments, and fortunately, most of Beatles' song "In my Life." much of the plot development the voice acting is passAt the end of the show was done through reading able. The game still relies Burke and Petete got on stage computer terminals, subtle on the game itself to tell the and thanked the audience for changes in gameplay and short story. For instance, the new being there. The two talked scenes that relied completely ability, Hypermode, comes from injecting Phazon into about what a great place UCO was and it was somewhere where everyone knew your name. Then they performed a duet of the popular "Cheers" theme song "Everyone knows your name."

Then the entire cast came out to perform the closing number of the show. Dressed in a wide variety of colorful

by Laura Hoffert The couple is working UCO t-shirts, the cast did a Staff Writer through the Chtirch of the great upbeat version of "You Harvest raising money to fund Can't Stop the Beat," the The UCO Student two separate trips. Ranuborg closing song from the 2007 Programming Board will plans to visit Rwanda to promusical movie "Hairspray." host the Broncho Jam Benefit vide help to orphaned children After the performance con- Concert today at the Jazz Lab. who have lost their family or cluded, the audience gave the Admission to the concert is parents to HIV/AIDS. Amy entire cast a standing ovation free, but donations are encour- will be working with Hagar for their performance. aged to help aid the mission House in Cambodia, helping "The standing ovation after work of Chad Raunborg and exploited women and chilour high energy, closing num- his wife, Amy. Local bands, dren to start their recovery. ber was a dream come true," The Neighborhood and The "They're doing a really Petete said.

Sherree Chamberlain Band, great thing and they need a have agreed to play, with their lot of help and a lot of money growing fan bases in atten- to go overseas," said Cassie dance, they hope to obtain Neahring, SPB President. more donations at the conThe Jazz Lab is located on cert.

100 East Fifth Street and due "The jazz lab has a casual to its size; those planning to and chill atmosphere and both attend should arrive early. of the bands match that perfectly," said Anna Lee, the SPB Entertainment Co-chair.

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tlie' body to super charge the weapon and armor systems.

However, it slowly drains life away from the player for using it. As the game goes on, and Samus becomes more and more corrupted by the Phazon, the foes become more and more resistant to weapons that aren't super charged by Hypermode, causing the player to rely on the new attack mode more and more. Regardless of whether this is an intentional design mechanic or some happy accident, it really highlights how much control Phazon has over Samus, as she becomes more reliant on it to survive as more of it begins to take her over.

On the downside, the game is extremely linear, which is odd for a series that has always been about throwing the player into a dark, scary cave with half of a map and a vague direction of where to go. Instead of a single world of cirsscrossing areas that Samus has to explore, "Corruption" has four worlds and a derelict space ship, and all of them are kind of small and straightforward. There's a bit of backtracking in this game, but given the linear structure of the game, it's more of a pain than anything else.

Also, the game gets really repetitive after about the second planet. Every planet seems to follow the exact same mission structure: show up, find the problem, get an upgrade, return to a previous planet to use that upgrade to get another upgrade, return to the current planet to finish the mission and fight a boss. Granted, the series has

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always been set up like this, but in previous installments the world was more organically structured. By breaking the areas into separate planets, it makes the similarities much more pronounced than it has been in previous installments.

Lastly, the game tries to use Samus' ship as more than a glorified save point by adding the ship visor, ship grapple beam and ship missile. The ship can be used to solve a couple of puzzles by either moving stuff around or blowing it up, or it can be used as a mobile save point.

Unfortunately, none of them are really useful; except for the save point one as Samus' ship refills missiles (normal save points only refill life).

It's impossible to use the ship missile to call in an air strike in combat (which would have been awesome), and the ship grapple beam is so underutilized as a pn771e solving mechanic, one has to wonder why the developers even bothered with it in the first place.

One good thing "Corruption" does is to try and change up the series a bit. All of the ideas are good, from the different planets to Samus' gunship; unfortunately, they're not fully realized and become somewhat disappointing. The different planets need different missions and Samus really needs to be able to call in air strikes in the middle of combat.

Still, a few missed opportunities aside, the game is phenomenal. It's easily one of the top games on the system, and is one of the most emotionally thrilling games released in the past few months. It's also refreshing to finally see the Wii give a top-notch first person shooter, thanks to the excellent Wiimote controls.

Retro Studios is bringing innovation to a series that was starting to need it, all they need is some time to clean it up a bit.

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Men b-ball downs ECU Bronchos suffer first loss

by Justin Langston

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After three games on the road, the UCO men's basketball team returned home this weekend to take on East Central for Hall of Fame Night and triumphed over ECU 80-72 on Saturday, bouncing back from a loss against Northeastern State last Wednesday in Tahlequah.

"It definitely wasn't one of our better games, but we found a way to get it done," head coach Ten-y Evans told Broncho Sports. "It was good to bounce back after losing a tough one the other day and it kept us in the driver's seat in the division."

The first half was a collection of ties and back and forth ball. The game was tied eight times in the opening 20 minutes. UCO started the game with a quick lead in the opening two minutes, but ECU struck back with an eight-point streak to take the lead away from the Bronchos.

In the closing minutes of the first half, ECU tied the game 30-30, but a lay-up from guard Brian Walker set off a seven-point scoring spurt for the Bronchos to go into intermission with a 37-30 advantage.

Coming right out of the gate, UCO took off with a 5-0 scoring streak in the early minutes of the second half.

The Tigers attempted to take back the lead, but stopped shy, cutting UCO's lead from 12 to six. Unwilling to allow ECU to take the game, this set off a series of scoring runs, with UCO's lead going as high as 22 with six and a half minutes left.

Slightly complacent with a high lead, the Broncho's

The winning streak had just reached double digits when the No. 10 Broncho baseball team finally suffered its first loss of the season.

During the first road trip of the season the team split what could prove to be a crucial series against Angelo State.

The Rams started the season ranked ninth but have since dropped out of the rankings.

In last weekend's contest the two teams butted heads, each coming away with a pair of wins. UCO prevailed in the first game 7-4 but the Rams responded, barely taking the next contest 11 12. UCO then won the third 12-10 before dropping the final game 1-3.

Before the one-run defeat UCO had scored at least seven runs each time they took to the field while averaging more than 11 per game, an impressive output. The pitching and defense have been equally as impressive, giving up fewer than five runs per game while posting a pair of shutouts.

During the first game of the series, the Bronchos trailed going into the final two frames of the seveninning game. The team put up four in the sixth inning, scoring runs off an RBI walk, a couple of singles and a sacrifice fly. Six different players batted in runners and Tyler Carroll and Dustin Bailey lead the way with three hits each.

Ben Gamblin threw 1.1 innings and was awarded his second win of the season.

During the first game of the Saturday doubleheader, the Bronchos dropped their first game, a narrow 11-12 -

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Junior David Thomas attemps a Iayup against an East Central opponent Saturday afternoon at tha Hamilton Field House. The Bronchos won the game 80-72.

defense broke down a bit in the final minutes, giving ECU 23 more goals to cut the UCO advantage to eight.

Forward/guard Sam Belt led the team in total points, scoring 22. He went 8-16 from the field and hit 2-2 from the free-throw line.

Forward Michael Sosanya had 11 points, scoring 5-8 in the field and 1-2 from the free-throw line.

On Wednesday, UCO travels to Weatherford to take,

on Southwestern Oklahoma and returns home on Saturday to take on Southeastern Oklahoma at 8 p.m. at Hamilton Field House. The game against Southeastern Oklahoma is the final game of regular season and the final game of the conference.

The Lone Star Conference Tournament begins on March 5 and goes to March 8 and will be held in Bartlesville.

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Despite homering, Breck Draper couldn't propel the Bronchos past Angelo State in 1st game of Saturday's double-header. defeat punctuated by four errors.

Two Bronchos delivered the long ball — Miguel Moctezuma and Breck Draper.

Moctezuma, the team's leading batter with a .622 average through 45 plate appearances, continued his trend. He went 3 for 5 and knocked in four runners and scored once himself. , In the late game of the header UCO got back 'on track, winning 12-10.

The Bronchos managed 16 hits during the game as nine different players safely put the ball in play. Moctezuma cranked another one over the fence and so did Carroll.

Seven players in all registered RBIs as the team continues to successfully swing the bats.

It was the lowest scoring game of the season when the Bronchos fell in the final game 3-1. It looked as though it would be business as usual

when Moctezuma knocked in Dean McIntyre during the first inning. Unfortunately for the Bronchos, the team would not be able to score any more runs. The Rams tied the game in the sixth inning before adding a couple of insurance runs in the seventh.

UCO's homerun leader Draper pitched 6.2 innings but was credited with the loss, despite giving up only 1 earned run. The loss brings his record to 2-1.

Carroll capitalized an impressive series by leading the team in hits during this final game. He earned a pair of hits in four at bats.

Carroll is hitting .535 and is tied with Moctezuma for the team's second most homers. They each have four.

All in all, five Broncho are batting better than .400 as the resides near the top of the Lone Star Conference standings.

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