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Lurnberj ack Sports . Page, 7 Alp'e1t~, Com_ri).unity College December 10, 2002 ACC Lumberj ac s Photo by JoBeth Johnson Shane Ison (52), Keith Nowak ( 40), and Eric Muszynski (22) dominate the boards. Jumps tart Season JOBETH JOHNSON Sports Editor With Tuesday night's win against Sault College, ACC's men's basketball team is beginning to look forward to the nationals in March. This last win makes the team 6-1, not bad for the first month of the season. At the start of the season, the men's team had a tremendous win over Algoma with a 65-point lead. Six of ACC's players scored over 10 points each, with sophomore Justin Miller scoring the most at 16, and Brent Wichtner leading the freshman at 15. While many of the freshmen were nervous about their first game, they played well and managed to calm down. In the men's first game against Sault College on Nov. 10th, they were able to win with a 19-point lead. The team managed to make the points, but their plays were inconsistent. they need to play great basketball the whole game. The men seemed to take that advice to heart and improved their defense against Rochester on Nov. 12th. Justin Miller scored 22 points total, with 17 of them only in the first half. Josh Walker followed the second half by scoring 9 points out of his 11. Another 19-pointlead win still didn't make Coach Mccourt happy with the offensive game. The win against Sault College on Nov. 20 th made the men 4-0, withErikParker scoring a total of 20 points, and Eric Muszynski contributing 16. The Sault was a better match this time however since two of their best players were back in the game after recovering from injuries. Still, ACC was ahead of the game with a 14-point lead win. In the East/West McCourt stated that the Tournament in Port Huron, the men barely pulled another However, in the game against Muskegon, ACC was defeated by 2 points. "The reason we lost is not because Muskegon is better, it was because we weren't doing little things we needed to do." McCourt said. He said that the point guards don't pass well enough and then no one is in place when they do pass. Last Tuesday's game brought the guys up to six wins, as once again they were pitted against Sault College. With the score too close for comfort at half-time, the guys were pumped up by McCourt and came back out to win with a 12-pointlead. Josh Walker was at the top with 24 points, with Justin Miller behind him with 10 points. All in.all, McCourt said the team is playing better. "We need better offense. If we play good offense, we'll play better defense." He says in the upcoming tournament in Muskegon, both teams are good and will be hard matches. "If we can beat guys play a few minutes of great basketball and then a few minutes of nothing, when win with a 55-53 game at least one of those teams, against Kalamazoo Valley. we'll know we're good." Player Profiles: Freesty ing DJ Rocks the Court; KARAEUBANK Features Editor Lance Edgerton has been playing basketball pretty much his whole life. He started playing when he was 8 years old on the playground back in his hometown of Indian River. Now he plays at ACC. Lance injured his ankle his senior year and was out for most of the season. Due to this injury and lack of playing time during the regular season, Lance played AAU b asketball in the summer. His AAU team came over to ACC and scrimmaged the team. Coach McCourt liked how Lance played and that is what influenced him to come to ACC. He came hoping to get on the team as a walk on. "I had nothing to lose." Lance stated. He did make the team. Lance believes the best thing about ACC is pressure. "I like how the coaches push you to be better and they tell it like it is." In his spare time, when he's not on the court or in the classroom Lance likes to D .J and freestyle. For the past four to five years he has been writing and recording his own Sugar Shane r Shane the Train? Photo by Kara Eubank Lance Edgerton freestyles for the Lumberjack editors. music. Students can often hear Lance rapping in his bedroom as he mixes and records on the computer. He said his father was a DJ also and that's where he picked it up. Lance said his dad has tons of records from his DJ days, which Lance borrows for spinning. freestyles for us." said Beth Short, a fellow student. Lance also DJ's for parti.es, mostly for friends back in Indian River. . Professor Shawn Sexton commented that Lance does well in academics as well. "Lance represents the ACC team well in the classroom. He is an excellent student "Lance's beats are crazy. with good attendance and My roomates and I love it often leads class discussion." when he comes over and Sexton said. JOBETHJOHNSON Sports Editor At 6'7" and 213 lbs., Shane Ison is one of the new players. on ACC's men's basketball team. He claims basketball was his life in high school and didn't really pay much attention to his studies. Now, however, he plans on going into criminal justice and eventually becoming a member of the SWAT team. Ison made the Hall of Fame at Cheboygan High school and won All-state 3rd team for his basketball skills. He was also in track and Photo by JoBeth Johnson cross-country. Shane Shane Ison towers above a Sault player before dunking. receivedhis nickname 'Shane the Train" from the way he would run everyone over in his sports. Before coming to ACC, · Ison was two months away from becoming a member of the Air Force before he was called and asked to play for ACC. He would like to transfer to a four-year university, either Northern or Eastern. After that, he said that the Air Force is not out of the question. ison said that college has been better than high school because he has made more friends here. Apparently, he's doing well with the ladies, since his friend and fellow team member Broderick Knight has dubbed him 'Sugar Shane.' Shawn Strickler, another team member said, "Shane is a very intense player and is always looking for ways to improve." Ison has two younger brothers and one older sister. He enjoys horror movies, rap, R&B, and working on his '74 Mustang. The Mustang has been a project of his for a few months. He and his dad have done all the work on it. "It's kind of been a father-son project for both of us, one way we can spend some time together." Ison commented. All of the work has been done at his dad's auto shop in Cheboygan, a way to get free parts. Ison also enjoys participating in bump and runs, derbies, and speed races, although he doesn't see himself on NASCAR anytime soon.