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Bannister's 15 assists fuels FlamesClick Here for Full Story
By Chris Lang
Lynchburg News & Advance
January 22, 2008
To account for TeeJay Bannister's passing prowess, an opponent has to keep track of every lane on the floor. Considering the Liberty senior has found a way to exploit any crack of daylight in an opposing defense during his current six-game run of distributing excellence, that's no easy task.
Bannister has steadily climbed the national leaderboard in assists per game in January, and his 15-assist showing in Monday night's 78-59 LU win against Coastal Carolina won't hurt his pursuit of the national lead in the category. Not that he pays attention to such trivialities.
"Nah," Bannister said. "I can't worry about that."
The fans in the front row of the Vines Center student section keep Bannister abreast of his progress during games, scribbling his assist tally onto a dry-erase board. Bannister had four more assists than the entire Chanticleer roster Monday, and he tied Liberty's Division I single-game assist record, which Matt Hildebrand set against Winthrop in January 1993.
LUconn wrote:Does anybody else love those halftime games between the little kids in the rec leagues? I just keep thinking that's probably one of the greatest thrills of their lives so far, to play in front of so many people. And everybody seems to get really into it.They are fun.
kazport wrote:Sorry i am off the topic. But can anyone tell me what I can do about the audio. It as been 2 games now that I haven't been able to get it. ThanksThis is a technical problem on the school's end. Even CCU lost their audio signal. I have a strong feeling this being addressed right now (if not already).
Cider Jim wrote:Loved big Russ' dunk at the end of the game: the crowd erupted when he threw it down.If you could see teh look on Russ' face as he was going up for that dunk it was priceless...he apparently doesnt get much chance to throw it down in a game
TeeJay's 15 assists tied the LU record set by Hildo, according to Jerry Edwards on the post-game show.
sweetnahmah1 wrote:yeah i was surprised at how long everyone stood up. everyone was standing at tip-off and stood throughout almost the whole game.There were some folks sitting around the top but when Jerry Jr and Dr Godwin started surfing, they were on their feet.
it was awesome
Schfourteenteen wrote:Well, they didnt do a good job of boxing out, cliff needs to spend more time on that oneWell I guess they didnt work hard enough on it in practice...
BJWilliams wrote: If you could see teh look on Russ' face as he was going up for that dunk it was priceless...he apparently doesnt get much chance to throw it down in a gameapparently?
Schfourteenteen wrote:Russ is the greatest player for Liberty as long as there is 30 seconds to go in a game and were up by 30.only exception was last year's ecu game. he made a huge dunk that turned the game around with a couple minutes left and we won.
Throws down the nastiest meaningless dunks too
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