FSU women’s bas­ket­ball team loses tough exhi­bi­tion bat­tle to Oakland

The FSU women’s bas­ket­ball team kicked off the 2011-12 sea­son with an exhi­bi­tion game against Division I Oakland University. The Bulldogs gave the Grizzlies all they could han­dle in the 80–75 set­back which fea­tured 15 lead changes. Sophomore guard Sarah Deshone led FSU with 18 points and six assists. Junior guard Tricia Principe and sopho­more for­ward Nikki Arner both had 14 points for the Bulldogs. FSU out­re­bounded OU 34–30. The Bulldogs tal­lied 16 assists, seven steals and a pair of blocked shots. FSU played a total of 11 dif­fer­ent Bulldogs in the con­test, includ­ing three true fresh­men. FSU will host Calvin College for its final exhi­bi­tion game Nov. 8. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. at Wink Arena.

FSU men’s bas­ket­ball team falls to MSU in exhi­bi­tion con­test

 The FSU men’s bas­ket­ball team trav­elled to East Lansing to start the 2011-12 cam­paign and were bested by the Spartans by a final score of 85–58. The Bulldogs trailed MSU by only 9 points at half­time, but the Spartans made a final push to put the game out of reach in the late stages of the sec­ond half. FSU senior for­ward Jerrell Sanders and junior for­ward Daniel Sutherlin led the Bulldogs as they scored 14 points each. MSU out­re­bounded FSU with a 45–29 count. The Bulldogs recorded 14 assists, 7 steals and two blocked shots. FSU will return to action in an exhi­bi­tion game against Grace Bible College on Nov. 2 at Wink Arena.

FSU hockey play­ers received CCHA Honors

Freshman goal­tender CJ Motte was awarded Goaltender of the Week, and senior Chad Billins earned CCHA Defensemen of the Week recently. Billins received this recog­ni­tion twice last sea­son. At vot­ing time, Motte held a 3−0−0 record and had allowed only a sin­gle goal for the sea­son. The Bulldogs will travel to Bowling Green State University for a two-game series start­ing Nov. 4. FSU will try and bounce back from its dis­ap­point­ing losses in Ann Arbor to the University of Michigan.

FSU bas­ket­ball teams upgrade outfits

The FSU men’s and women’s bas­ket­ball teams sported new uni­forms designed by Nike in the recent exhi­bi­tion games. The new uni­forms dis­play the offi­cial FSU col­ors: crim­son and gold. The Bulldogs will don the new uni­forms for away games while con­tin­u­ing to wear the tra­di­tional white jer­seys for home games. According to FSU ath­letic direc­tor Perk Weisenburger, the new uni­forms “more closely rep­re­sent our true school col­ors.” The bas­ket­ball teams are the first ath­letic pro­grams to rep­re­sent FSU’s university-approved color scheme. Other pro­grams are expected to fol­low in the com­ing years. n

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