Two ballers named All-Region, All-Conference
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Sophomore guards Trisha Patton and Shonnice Vaughn were named to the N4C and the NJCAA Region IV honors teams after their performances throughout the 2014-15 season. Patton was also named as the N4C Player of the Year after averaging 18 points and over nine rebounds per game. Patton was incredibly efficient...
Men lose to Joliet in regular season finale
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
March 9, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
A frenetic and tightly contested first half gave to a calmer second half that saw the sure-handed Joliet Junior College Wolves pull away from the MATC Stormers for a 86-72 victory on Saturday, Feb. 21. The first half concluded with the teams tied at 37. Joliet used a mix of penetration and passing to...
Hot-shooting trio clinches N4C conference with win over Joliet
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
March 9, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
It was five seconds into the Feb. 21 game against the Joliet Junior College Wolves when MATC’s All-Conference and All-Region guard Trisha Patton swished her first of five 3-pointers in the 90-79 victory for the Stormers that clinched the school’s first-ever women’s basketball N4C championship. Patton’s...
Fans jump on bus, then out of their seats
by LeShone Hosea Jackson, Times Staff Reporter
March 9, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Events, Scene, Sports
“Some of the best things in life are free,” is not just a quote, but a reality here at MATC. An opportunity to enjoy a weekend of shouting, anticipation, laughter and entertainment at Alverno College took place on Saturday, Feb. 21. The event was in support of the Play4Kay Foundation. In addition...
Road-weary Stormers get it together after losses
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The men’s basketball team bounced back from consecutive road losses against Rock Valley College on Wednesday, Feb. 4 and Triton College on Saturday, Feb. 7 with a 70-54 road win over Wilbur Wright College. The loss to Rock Valley was by a score of 77-63, and the defeat at the hands of the Triton College...
Women continue to dominate competition
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
February has been a good month for the seventh-ranked Lady Stormers basketball squad. The team followed up their 88-74 victory over Rock Valley College on Wednesday, Feb. 4 with back-to-back incinerations of Triton College on Saturday, Feb. 7 and Wilbur Wright College on Wednesday, Feb. 11. The contest...
Men burn Chaparrals to keep fire stoked
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
MATC men’s basketball team is on a roll. The latest squad to get plowed over was the College of DuPage Chaparrals on Jan. 31. The 19th victory of the season for MATC was an 83-67 knockout. Four players scored in double-digits for MATC. Guard/forward Melvin “Mass Destruction” Brown scored 15 points...
Stormer Women create blizzard of pain for DuPage
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
With an impending blizzard threatening to blanket the metro Milwaukee area in inches of the dreadful white stuff, the women’s Stormers basketball team dumped its own version of a winter storm on the College of DuPage Chaparrals, winning their Jan. 31 game by a dominating score of 80 to 50. Guard Shonnice...
Vaughn’s return puts Bulldogs on a tight leash
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
January 27, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
A 15-point run in the second half of Nov. 6’s showdown against the Richard J. Daley College Bulldogs put MATC on top for good after the frantic early goings saw 12 lead changes and five ties. The Stormers were led by the return of sophomore guard Shonnice Vaughn, who scrambled, ripped and worked her...
Men share the rock and beat Daley
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
January 27, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
Basketball is a team game. And, according to the box score, the MATC men played like a team in their 59-50 victory over the Richard J. Daley College Bulldogs on Dec. 6. The game was played at Alverno College, where MATC plays all of its home contests. All 12 MATC players who played in the game scored....
Player profile: #22, Tisawn Briscoe-Rimmer
by Wendi Coon, Times Sports Editor
January 27, 2015
Filed under Basketball, Sports
1. Program/Graduation Plan: Associate in Arts. I plan to graduate May of 2015. 2. How I Made the Team: Coach Lorenz and my A.A.U. coach Troy spoke and Coach Lorenz asked my mother if I’d like to play for MATC. 3. Position: I play the 4 mainly, but sometimes he may put me in as a 5. 4. When...
Melvin Brown causes mass destruction with mega-dunk
by Monte Driscoll, Times Editor-in-Chief
December 8, 2014
Filed under Basketball, Sports
The game was well in hand. The Stormers were a minute away from certain victory. And then it happened. Melvin Brown, after receiving a pass at half court, made a decision. “He was just standing there, and I was like. . . I’m dunking on him,” Brown later recalled in a postgame interview. ...