It was a loaded Lowdown on Monday, as Hampton County coach Rob Hanna joined us to set the stage for the state championship game and Tripp Richards got us caught up on USCB Sand Shark hoops!
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COLLEGE HOOPS: Foundation set, potential limitless for USCB men
Coach Ron Fudala’s Sand Sharks are gearing up for what could be their best season yet as they embark on the program’s third season — and its first with postseason eligibility as a full NCAA Division II member — and after last year’s run to the Peach Belt Conference Tournament final, any kind of continued positive progress would mean the Sand Sharks are NCAA Tournament-bound.
COLLEGE HOOPS: Sand Shark women have ensemble cast around returning stars
The shadows of an injury-torn campaign last season have broken, and the heroes who rose from those shadows have been joined by a complimentary cast as the USCB women's basketball program begins a pivotal third season in The Cove.
JARRETT: We’re fortunate Fudala found the Lowco
On a Saturday afternoon in July 2022, I received an email from an assistant basketball coach at Indiana University of Pennsylvania named Ron Fudala, who was upfront — and correct — about the fact that I didn’t know who he was, and made clear that he knew who I was — and what I had done. … Continue reading JARRETT: We’re fortunate Fudala found the Lowco
KERR: USCB men’s rollercoaster ride still climbing
“It’s nothing magical,” Fudala told the Sand Shark Gameday Network following Wednesday’s win. “They invest in each other and they work.”
LIBBY: Catwoman’s rise has Sand Sharks at high tide
Following injuries to several of her co-stars, USCB's Lydia Gattozzi has been called upon to lead. The dramatic final act of this season’s narrative — “The Catwoman Rises” — is unfolding at USCB, and you are a fool not to get out and go see Gattozzi.
This week on the LowcoSports scene (Jan. 27, 2025)
Here's what we're tracking this week on the LowcoSports scene. Get the scoop every night on the LowcoSports Lowdown, streaming LIVE at 9:30pm on the Lowco Media YouTube channel.
LIBBY: Don’t sleep on the Sand Shark women
The USCB Sand Shark women have 13 games remaining in their 2024-25 campaign, beginning with a Donnybrook versus North Georgia this afternoon at 1:30. While the men will compete for Peach Belt Conference supremacy, the women are fighting for respect. The three-win Sand Sharks look like a team on the precipice of something special: the … Continue reading LIBBY: Don’t sleep on the Sand Shark women
Surprise stars lead Sand Shark sweep
Their breakouts came about a season and a half later than expected, but a pair of legends were born in The Cove on Saturday.
This week on the LowcoSports scene (Jan. 1-5, 2025)
It's a new year, but the winter sports season rolls on this week after a couple of quiet days to start 2025, with a full slate of high school hoops on Friday and wrestling tournaments at both ends of the Lowco on Saturday, along with USCB basketball's home Peach Belt openers.