The New and the Old (School)

- Joey Wilson-
Staff Writer / Intramural Analyst
jeffery.j.wilson@student.mercer.edu

Defending men’s rec champions, Old School, successfully began defending their title run on Tuesday night.  They won their first game of the season against the RUF Riders on the heels of a combined 46-point effort by new additions to the team.  Big man Clayton Ware signed-in late but dominated down low with a 15-point performance while limiting the RUF post game.  Dr. Dwight McIntyre also contributed with 15 from the guard position, but the youngest member of the team, Brandon Ingersoll, lead Old School with 16 points.

RUF had the lead for most of the game off the effort of Kevin Roberts, Andrew Lockwood, and Stafford McCoy but could not stop Old School in overtime.  With about ten minutes left in the second half, RUF had a comfortable lead, but Old School went on a short run to cut the lead to single digits.  But RUF would not back down with Kevin Roberts answering back with a few big shots to contribute to his 17-point performance.  This answer could not stop Old School though with Old School going on another scoring run to force overtime. 

In overtime Old School showed its discipline and pulled away with the win.  Andrew Lockwood fouled out after an 11-point effort, and RUF did not have any subs so the game became a 4 on 5 contest.  Even with another double-digit effort from Stafford McCoy with 12-points, RUF could not hold the lead for the full 40-minutes.  In the end, Old School relied on the new members of their team to lead them to victory and begin the defense of their 2008 championship.