(f) u i= w _J I ~ BASKETBALL ON THE BIG ISLAND El~W~II EIOSIS O~E8 WlfSJlE8 MErsJ'S B8E~K WORDS Rachel VanCuren I I PHOTOS Evan Swearingen I n December 2017, the men's basketball team jou~neyed all the way to Hawaii to play rwo games against~ estem ashington niversity and Ha\: aii Pacific niver ity. Most on the basketball ream had never been to Hawaii before, so being able to venture to another part of the country was a great opportunity. However, for junior forward Braden Eggleston, he had been previously to Hawaii, but this time was different. "My favorite part about going to Hawaii [was] just the experience of going there with the team," Eggleston said. enior guard Zac Ward commented on the trip a well, aying that the place the ream visited together were exciting and eye-opening. " y fa rite part of the trip wa getting to explore the i land with my teammates and experience it all with them" \X'ard aid. ''\1 e went and saw a lot of the sight on the island like Pearl Harbor, Waikiki Beach and the orth Shore. We also were able to try out a lot of different authentic Hawaiian food." Junior guard Reggie Anthony said that traveling was a great way for the Bisons to be united after a frustrating tart to the season. "Being able to get away with teammates is alway a good thing, e pecially during a rough start like we had, and the fact that we were blessed enough to get away to a beautiful place like Hawaii brought us a lot closer," nthony said. For the 2017 part of the 2017-18 season, the Bisons unfortunately lost their games; however, they were able to pull some wins in the 2018 part of their season. According to Ward, along with the new players' growth on the court, the team's experiences in Hawaii helped give them encouragement for the rest of the season when they returned for the spring semester. "It gave everyone a chance who maybe hadn't gotten to kno\: ome of the new guys a chance to knm: one another a little better," ard said. ''Being able to have that kind of relationship off the court transfers onto the court in feeling more comfortable with one another. o, I think it helped on both ends." I Junior forward Braden Eggleston jumps up to block an Arkansas Tech University Wonder Boy from scoring on Jan. 16, 2017, at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. Harding defeated the rival team with a final score of 92-85. // Photo by Evan Swearingen sooes "It gave everyone a chance who maybe hadn't gotten to know some of the new guys a chance to know one another a little better. Being able to have that kind of relationship off the court transfers onto the court in feeling more comfortable with one another. So, I think it helped on both ends." - senior Zac Ward
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