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Nicholson Grabs Double-Double in Return Home – Bethune-Cookman University Athletics
CLEVELAND – In her return home to the Cleveland, Ohio area Friday evening, Bethune-Cookman junior forward Asianae Nicholson picked up her fourth double-double of the season while the Wildcats fell 78-59 to Cleveland State in a women’s basketball game inside Woodling Gymnasium.
FIRST QUARTER
Bethune-Cookman (2-7) shot 50 percent from three-point range in the opening quarter performing a 3-for-6 shooting touch from beyond the arc. After falling behind, 7-2 just over two minutes into the game, the Wildcats answered on the strength of a 10-2 run to claim a 12-9 advantage with 4:35 remaining in the quarter.
Shomari Phillips opened and closed the run for the Cats with bookend three-pointers, coupled with a layup from center Kayla Clark. Freshman Mya Johnson’s successful layup made it 14-13 in favor of the Wildcats before Cleveland State responded with a 7-3 run of its own as Mya Moore’s layup put the Vikings back on the positive end, 15-14. Mickayla Perdue scored the final six points of the period for the Vikings to give the hosts a 20-17 edge at the close of the period.
SECOND QUARTER
CSU’s Kali Howard gave her side its largest lead of the opening half at 22-17 with 7:59 remaining.
Asianae Nicholson kicked off a 9-0 B-CU run with a layup off the pass of junior guard Daimoni Dorsey. Fellow Cleveland native and senior Kayla White –making her first return back to Ohio as a collegiate student-athlete, laid a pass into Dorsey for a jumper at the top of the key before Nicholson stepped to the line to connect on 1 of 2 and tie the game at 22-22. Janessa Kelley added a basket to put the Cats back on top, while Phillips closed the run with a spinning layup and a 26-22 lead with 4:26 left.
Karianna Woods hit a pair of free throws to put the visitors up 28-26, but the Vikings got baskets from Perdue and Sara Guerreiro to close the half and give CSU a 34-30 lead at the break.
B-CU held CSU without a three-pointer in the first half, forcing the Vikings into a 0-for-7 mark from long range.
THIRD QUARTER
The free throw line was the key to CSU stretching the lead in the third quarter as the Vikings finished 7 of 9 at the line for the stanza. In all, the Vikings outscored the Cats 21-12 in order to burst out to a double-digit lead at 55-42 at the end of the period.
CSU went on a 15-5 run to open the quarter beginning with Guerreiro’s putback layup, as well as one of the team’s leading three-point specialists in Destiny Leo, as she was fouled by Johnson while attempting a corner three. She connected on all three attempts, and teammate Jordan Reisma – finishing 11 of 13 from the field and shooting more than 70 percent from the field on the season, collected the rebound on one end and finished it on the other for a 46-35 Vikings lead. Reisma added another basket moments later to extend the lead, 49-35.
Jordan Brooks, a freshman point guard from Atlanta, Georgia, recorded her fifth three-pointer of the season just a minute before the close of the quarter. But it was a Macey Fegan layup off the assist of Guerreiro stopping a potential B-CU run. Nicholson stole a Perdue pass and raced to the basket for a buzzer-beating layup.
FOURTH QUARTER
CSU shot 67 percent in the fourth quarter – adding two (2) three-pointers), while managing a 9 of 11 showing at the charity stripe in the final quarter. Meanwhile, B-CU was limited to just 5-for-13 in the period using a pair of baskets from Nicholson. Three different Vikings were perfect from the field including Reisma and Fegan with 2-for-2 mirror performances. The Cats did manage to out-rebound the Vikings at a 7-4 edge and convert those into seven second chance points.
CSU was sparked by a career-high 25 points from Reisma, while teammate Perdue added 22 points and four assists. Fegan had 11 points to finish in double figures as well, also passing out a game-high five assists.
B-CU was led in scoring by Nicholson with 14 points, as she also pulled down 12 rebounds (six offensive) to go along with two steals and two assists. Kayla Clark had 10 points and three assists.
Bethune-Cookman stays in Volusia County traveling to Stetson for the Hatter Classic taking place December 19-20, at Insight Credit Union Arena at Edmunds Center. Once in DeLand, the Cats will take on Bradley (Dec. 19) to open the event, followed by South Alabama (Dec. 20).
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CLEVELAND — For the first time in U.S. history, a Navy warship will be commissioned in Ohio.
Commissioning a ship is a time-honored naval tradition that formally places a ship into active duty.
The USS Cleveland arrived in its namesake city on Saturday, coasting into Cleveland’s North Coast Yard. It’s the fourth ship in U.S. Navy history to bear the name Cleveland.
“It’s a little bit bigger than a flight deck. About 25% bigger,” said Commanding Officer Bruce Hallett. “And it’s higher up, the water makes it a little easier for pilots to be able to land on it. So they like it.”
Hallett has served with the Navy for more than 20 years.
“There are up and overs. So these flags are actually single flags. So we have quartermasters on board,” Hallett said of the colorful flags seen across the ship. “So they can use these to send signals to other ships. But in this capacity right here, they’re just purely for decoration.”
Inside the ship, the decorations pay homage to Cleveland, with two murals in the waterborne mission zone depicting key landmarks and Cleveland Browns signs in the gym.
“It’s all swagged out with all kinds of Cleveland Browns stuff new,” said Hallett. “We got the colors down there, the flags, the towels. It looks phenomenal. And the crew loves it.”
Sailors have been touring the city throughout the week, and Executive Officer Adam Cline has been coordinating community relations events with the crew. He sent two specific sailors to City Hall.
“We have two members of our crew that are from Cleveland,” Hall said. “That’s where they grew up. So it was real nice to incorporate them into that and to get a great memento from the city, a nice flag for us.”
The USS Cleveland will be commissioned Saturday and then head to its home port of Florida. When the ship eventually retires, the USS Cleveland Legacy Foundation hopes to bring it back to become a museum.
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A U.S. Navy warship will be commissioned in Ohio on Saturday for the first time in 250 years.
The USS Cleveland is docked on Lake Erie ahead of the 10 a.m. ceremony.
Commander Bruce Hallett has commanded the USS Cleveland for more than two years.
“It is extremely exciting to be able to bring the USS Cleveland here to Cleveland and to be able to commission this ship here — obviously to introduce it to the city so that they can see the ship that bears their name,” Hallett said. “This has been a long time coming.”
The ship’s hallways are named after Cleveland streets, including East 9th and St. Clair Avenue.
A mural honoring the city of Cleveland is displayed on board. The Navy says it is rare to see something like this on a warship.
“Amazing mural, right? We’re so proud to have that on board,” Hallett said. “We’re just pretty much in awe when we saw all the stuff that we have in the city, and now we have it as part of the Cleveland. We love it as a crew.”
The ship’s weight room was outfitted by the Cleveland Browns with flags, towels, and mats.
“The Browns came and added their own touches to that weight room,” Hallett said. “So it’s all swagged out with all kinds of Cleveland Browns stuff now.”
The ship carries a crew of about 90, including two sailors who grew up in Cleveland.
The USS Cleveland is the final Freedom-variant littoral combat ship to be commissioned in the U.S. Navy.
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A trio of locally made films will grace area screens, here is your Movie Nerd Report for the week of May 11-17.
Thursday evening will bring the red-carpet premiere of “The Last Shop On Walnut” at the Cedar Lee Theatre (2163 Lee Rd Cleveland Heights, OH 44118) . The film, which was written and directed by Jason Richardson, was mostly shot in Ravenna. It stars Peter Lawson Jones and Cleveland native Kym Whitley. The screening will benefit the Charles & Margaret Jones Endowed Scholarship Fund at College Now. Tickets can be found at this link.
Can’t make the premiere? The Cedar Lee will be playing the film for at least a full week starting Friday!
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“Blood & Rust” the debut feature from Kent State alumni Jeremy Herbert, will be coming to Cranked Up TV on May 19 and The Ashland Cinema (212 Center Street Ashland, OH 44805) will be offering a screening of it this Friday evening at 7 p.m., and it is free!
Sunday at 3:30 p.m. the Capitol Theatre (1390 W.65th Street Cleveland, OH 44102) will present the directorial debut of Frank Calo IV in “Last Call”. Sounds like this one is poised to sell out so click here to grab your tickets.
Over at the Cleveland Cinematheque (11610 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44118) :
Cleveland is fortunate to be one of the five select cities of the Future of Film Is Female Series which highlights films from female and nonbinary filmmakers. The first film in this series kicks off Thursday at 6:30 p.m. with the Midwest road trip film, “Dreams In Nightmares.”
Thursday at 9 p.m. and Friday at 9 p.m. they will present a 4K Restoration of the Dutch classic “Malpertius,” which features Orson Welles.
Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 4:30 p.m. they will present the Italian dramedy “The Last One For The Road.”
Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:35 p.m. they will present a documentary that explores the effects of colonialism on Northern Argentina in “Our Land.”
Saturday at 8:50 p.m. and Sunday at 5:45 p.m. they will present a 4K Restoration of the Argentinian film “The Headless Woman”
Sunday at 3:30 p.m. they will present the documentary “Four Rational People,” which looks at the Emerson String Quartet’s final performance.
More information about the films and ticket prices are at: cinematheque.cia.edu
At the Nightlight Cinema (30 N High Street Akron, OH 44308):
One of the most acclaimed films of the year is the Canadian drama “Blue Herron,” it is the feature debut of Sophy Romvari, who gained attention for her short films.
They also will be playing the documentary “Steal This Story, Please,” which highlights independent investigative journalist Amy Goodman.
More Information about the films and ticket prices are at: nightlightcinema.com
This weekend there are a trio of new films opening in wide release: The first is one that I would recommend if you are a horror fan – “Obsession”. This film continues a trend where we are seeing Youtubers become filmmakers, in this case it is 26-year-old Curry Barker. This is a spin on “be careful what you wish for” when a young man makes a wish for his crush to love him more than anything else in the world, and it gets increasingly disturbing from there. I personally loved it and thought the performance from actress Inde Navarrette will make her a star.
“Is God Is” is a revenge tale which was based on an award-winning play by Alesha Harris. Harris makes her feature directorial debut and currently the film stands at 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes!
The other film opening is the latest from director Guy Ritchie, the action-thriller “In The Grey” with Jake Gyllenhall and Henry Cavill.
Rounding out this busy week are some anniversaries hitting screens in “Top Gun” and “Top Gun: Maverick” for one week to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Tony Scott’s original, and the original “Shrek” is also playing for one week to commemorate its 25th Anniversary (Anniversaries like this are making your resident movie nerd feel old!).
Lastly, I just wanted to wish congratulations to my longtime friend Dave Huffman, who has just been named the new director of The Cleveland Cinematheque! If you have ever attended some of the Late Shift Series back in the day at the Cedar Lee or Capitol, or the 12 Hours of Terror, you know that Dave is a huge cinephile and I am certain will do a great job at the Cinematheque!
Until next week my friends, see ya at the movies!
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