Xavier guard rides with the enemy
Xavier starting guard Mark Lyons was supposed to have a sidekick when he walked onto Albany's team bus for a very unusual and potentially awkward 12-or-so-hour trek that began at 10 p.m. Sunday night.
However, Musketeers star Tu Holloway couldn't get from Hempstead, N.Y. to Albany due to a major snowstorm that hammered much of the country. He was forced to return home for the night, meaning Lyons was flying solo on the Albany team bus en route to Cincinnati for Tuesday's game against Xavier.
"I didn't have much of a choice," Lyons told FOXSports.com shortly after getting on the bus. "It was a little uncomfortable at first."
Lyons and Holloway both had their flights canceled out of New York on Sunday , leaving Xavier coach Chris Mack and his staff scrambling for alternatives.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/12/27/xavier-guard-rides-enemy/#ixzz19Ymhwi35
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Pretty cool story. They give a player from the other team a 12-hour bus ride to the next game and he goes off for a career night against them, but the opposing coach definitely did the right thing.
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Xavier, Lyons halt Danes' win streak
The Xavier men's basketball team extended its home winning streak to 30 games after an 88-64 rout of the University at Albany on Tuesday at Cintas Center in Cincinnati.
Xavier's streak is the nation's second-longest behind Kansas, which has won 65 straight decisions at Phog Allen Fieldhouse.
Schenectady native and Schenectady High graduate Mark Lyons, who joined UAlbany for a 12-hour bus ride thanks to a flight cancellation, scored 18 points to lead five Musketeers in double-figures scoring.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/default/a...alt-Danes-win-streak-925425.php#ixzz19YmK6bri
Xavier starting guard Mark Lyons was supposed to have a sidekick when he walked onto Albany's team bus for a very unusual and potentially awkward 12-or-so-hour trek that began at 10 p.m. Sunday night.
However, Musketeers star Tu Holloway couldn't get from Hempstead, N.Y. to Albany due to a major snowstorm that hammered much of the country. He was forced to return home for the night, meaning Lyons was flying solo on the Albany team bus en route to Cincinnati for Tuesday's game against Xavier.
"I didn't have much of a choice," Lyons told FOXSports.com shortly after getting on the bus. "It was a little uncomfortable at first."
Lyons and Holloway both had their flights canceled out of New York on Sunday , leaving Xavier coach Chris Mack and his staff scrambling for alternatives.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/12/27/xavier-guard-rides-enemy/#ixzz19Ymhwi35
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Pretty cool story. They give a player from the other team a 12-hour bus ride to the next game and he goes off for a career night against them, but the opposing coach definitely did the right thing.
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Xavier, Lyons halt Danes' win streak
The Xavier men's basketball team extended its home winning streak to 30 games after an 88-64 rout of the University at Albany on Tuesday at Cintas Center in Cincinnati.
Xavier's streak is the nation's second-longest behind Kansas, which has won 65 straight decisions at Phog Allen Fieldhouse.
Schenectady native and Schenectady High graduate Mark Lyons, who joined UAlbany for a 12-hour bus ride thanks to a flight cancellation, scored 18 points to lead five Musketeers in double-figures scoring.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/default/a...alt-Danes-win-streak-925425.php#ixzz19YmK6bri
