floor general and No. 2 scorer with 11.2 points per game, injured his ankle as time expired, meaning the Bucs were without two of their original starting guards. McArthy would miss the final seven games of the regular season, starting with a 73-70 loss at Union. So the Bucs were forced to reorganize yet again, inserting freshman Drew Hildreth into the starting lineup and walk-on junior Dominic Fragale into a key role as a backcourt reserve after only playing 20 minutes in the first 19 games. Up next was Alabama-Huntsville, the two-time defending GSC and South Regional champions, who had defeated the Bucs six straight times since the 2010-11 season. But again, the Bucs would answer the challenge. After not scoring for the first five minutes, they exploded for a 17-2 run to take a 19-8 lead, and they never trailed again. UAH came back to tie the game early in the second half, but sophomore guard Ryan Fleming scored six straight. With the Bucs ahead 42-38 with just over five minutes remaining, Fleming found Fragale for a critical three-pointer. Hildreth followed with another three and the Bucs led by 10, eventually winning 55-48. The win over UAH sparked CBU to a 5-1 finish in their last six games, wrapping up the No. 2 seed in the GSC Tournament. CBU dispatched West Alabama 75-61 in the first round and held off West Florida 66-58 to return to the finals for the second year in a row. A 13-0 run midway through the first half put the Bucs ahead 20-10, and they Hugh Teaford, Memphis City civil design engineer, gave a talk on the railroad museum and Harahan Bridge in October as part of CBU’s Lunch and Learn Series. Hugh is president of the Memphis Society of Model Railroaders. Bill Whitten has been named successor to the current CEO at HealthNet Federal Credit Union in Cordova, TN. Bill has been a vice president at HealthNet FCUY for the past 15 years and has been in credit union leadership positions for the past 38 years, including with the Tennessee Credit Union League and Volunteer Corporate Credit Union.
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James E. Kuss retired in June 2010 from Lockheed Martin Patuxent Engineering Facility (PEF). His last work assignment at PEF was principal designer of a new VHF radio (ARC-209B) for
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never trailed again. VSU used a 16-9 run over the final seven minutes to pull within a 63-62 margin in the final seconds. McArthy, who returned for the GSC Tournament, made two free throws, and VSU’s desperation three missed at the buzzer to clinch the Bucs’ second GSC championship and their fourth NCAA Tournament berth in six years. The Bucs’ draw in the NCAA? For the seventh meeting in the last two seasons, they were facing Alabama-Huntsville. UAH exploded out of the gate, making eight of their first nine threes to take a 28-10 lead in the first nine minutes. As they did all year, the Bucs rallied, scoring 14 straight points to pull within a 28-24 deficit in the next three and a half minutes. They completed the comeback in
the second half, taking a 56-52 lead with 3:41 remaining, but UAH hit a pair of threes to take the lead back. The Bucs went inside to All-GSC forward Michael Drake for the tying basket, but UAH made a pull-up jumper in the lane with 2.5 seconds remaining to give them a 60-58 win. Michael Drake was an All-GSC and NABC All-District player this season, averaging 14.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game. He was also named “Men’s Basketball Player of the Week” by the Tennessee Sports Writers Association in February, the Bucs’ first TSWA Player of the Week. Coach Mike Nienaber won the GSC Coach of the Year award, his third, after guiding the Bucs to their 11th consecutive winning season. n
the Presidential Helicopter Program. Roger Milton is working for EMC Consulting and was recently certified as an EMC Proven Expert in Cloud Architect. He and Beth Gillum recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary, have three granddaughters and live in Blue Bell, PA.
Dr. Roger Cicala was among the finalists for Memphis Business Quarterly’s “CEO of the Year.” Cathy Ross, CFO of FedEx Express, was listed among “100 Most Powerful Executives in America” by Black Enterprise.
Stephen Waechter has been appointed as one of CBU’s newest members of the Board of Trustees. Stephen is vice president of business operations and chief financial officer of ARINC, a global provider of communications, engineering, and integration solutions
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Larry Coley graduated from the Leadership Memphis Executive Program, a prestigious program which has been shaping community leaders in the Memphis area since 1979.
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Jim Pohlman, longtime head of Memphis Catholic High and Middle School in Memphis, is now superintendent of Catholic schools in Tulsa, OK.
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