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Ford
Nov 18, 2003 19:34:26 GMT -6
Post by admin on Nov 18, 2003 19:34:26 GMT -6
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Ford
Nov 19, 2003 15:11:04 GMT -6
Post by pnthr97 on Nov 19, 2003 15:11:04 GMT -6
If I remember right, didn't this guy originally sign with UWM, then be declared ineligible? Also, Athlon's rates him one of the top 10 JUCO centers in the country.
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Ford
Nov 19, 2003 15:24:16 GMT -6
Post by pnthr30 on Nov 19, 2003 15:24:16 GMT -6
You are right pnthr97.........guess persistence on the recruiting side of things does pay off.
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kaygee
Sophomore
Panther Pride since 1994!
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Ford
Jan 26, 2004 17:42:28 GMT -6
Post by kaygee on Jan 26, 2004 17:42:28 GMT -6
He is a shotblocker, who will most likely make an impact on the defensive end. Not much offense here, maybe a more athletic Mielke.
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kaygee
Sophomore
Panther Pride since 1994!
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Ford
Feb 10, 2004 16:36:44 GMT -6
Post by kaygee on Feb 10, 2004 16:36:44 GMT -6
Ford is currently averaging 4 pts, 4.5 rebs and nearly 2 blocks a game for Olney CC.
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Ford
Feb 10, 2004 16:41:13 GMT -6
Post by pnthr30 on Feb 10, 2004 16:41:13 GMT -6
Ford is currently averaging 4 pts, 4.5 rebs and nearly 2 blocks a game for Olney CC. 4 points? Come on big man! ;D
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Feb 10, 2004 21:09:21 GMT -6
Post by UWMFan on Feb 10, 2004 21:09:21 GMT -6
Like the coach said, his defensive abilities are above his offense.
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Ford
Feb 12, 2004 5:26:10 GMT -6
Post by reggiewheelerfor3 on Feb 12, 2004 5:26:10 GMT -6
Are we going to have to go JUCO to find a guy besides Adrian and Joah that can score in the paint next year? Adrian can do some crafty things with his back to the basket, but he's the only one coming back that can.
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Ford
Feb 12, 2004 14:34:35 GMT -6
Post by tuckfinn42 on Feb 12, 2004 14:34:35 GMT -6
As far as big men go, it would appear so unless McCoy has some decent offensive prowess. On the same note though Passley is only a 2 or 3 but he is supposed to be extremely skilled at scoring anywhere from inside to mid-range and has great post moves from what I've read on scouting reports. Maybe we could do some nice things as far as posting up him and Tuck who might have mismatches and bringing the big guys inside out everynow and then.
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kaygee
Sophomore
Panther Pride since 1994!
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Ford
Feb 26, 2004 13:20:00 GMT -6
Post by kaygee on Feb 26, 2004 13:20:00 GMT -6
Ford went for 16 points and 5 rebounds in Olney's final home game of the season vs. John A. Logan, including three monster jams (two alley-oops). He is still averaging over 2 blocks a game and has moved his scoring average up to just under 6 points a game to go along with just under 5 rebounds a game. www.eteamz.com/occblueknights/
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kaygee
Sophomore
Panther Pride since 1994!
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Ford
Mar 2, 2004 16:16:00 GMT -6
Post by kaygee on Mar 2, 2004 16:16:00 GMT -6
Derrick Ford had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 7 BLOCKS in Olney's region tournament win. Knights Survive Late Logan Scare OCC survived a late game comeback by John A.Logan to hold onto a 78-72 victory. OCC won their first game of the region 24 tournament and will travel to play Wabash Valley Valley on Wednesday. OCC started the scoring last night with Darius Glover's 12 foot jumper to give OCC a quick 2-0 lead. After Melvin Hall retaliated with a 3pointer to give Logan a 3-2 lead, Glover scored again this time off a steal and assist by Danny Gibson to give OCC a 4-3 advantage. Andy Kissell's driving layup pushed Logan to a 10-7 lead. Clint Burris then followed an Ivan Kovacevic missed shot to make it 10-9 game at 14:01 mark. OCC then went on a 8-0 run behind a post up by Tony Brown,and consecutive 3 pointers assisted by Danny Gibson(one to Clint Burris,the other by Adam Bussard) to give OCC a 17-10 lead. Melvin Hall stopped the run with 2 free throws to chip into the OCC lead at 17-12 with 12:17 remaining. After Gibson and Hall traded hoops to make it 19-14 OCC. OCC went on a 16-5 run the next 7 minutes. Adam Bussard knocked down consecutive 3 pointers to give OCC a double digit lead at 25-14. Burris then found Derrick Ford for a layup(27-14). Eric Gomez connected with Ivan Kovacevic for a layup(29-14). At the 6:51 mark Trevor Voss connected on 2 free throws to make it 29-16. Gibson then found Gomez for a 3pointer to make it 32-16. Gomez then stole the ball kicked up to Gibson who gave it back to Gomez for the foul and the hoop. Gomez connected on the free throw to make it a 35-16 game with 5:40 remaining in the half. Gibson then fouled Ty Johnson shooting a 3pointer on a questionable call. Johnson made all 3 free throws to make it a 35-19 game with 5:12 left in the half. Logan scored again on a nice drive by Andy Kissell to make it a 35-21 game. OCC responded with hoops by Gibson and a reverse lay up by Kovacevic to push the lead back to 18 points at 39-21. Ivan's putback of a Burris miss made it 41-26 at the break. OCC's defensive intensity caused 13 turnovers in the first half. OCC also held Logan to 24% shooting(6-25). OCC shot 17-32(53.1%). Logan only had 6 field goals for the half but connected on 13-17 from the free throw line. OCC held Logan's top scorer Cordell Jeanty to 0 points in the first half. Logan came out quick in the second half and scored the first three points to cut the deficit to 41-29 with 17:30 remaining. A hoop by Darrell White and two free throws by Darius Glover made it a 45-29 game. Jeanty scored his first hoop of the game,Tony Brown responded by hitting 1-2 at the line to make it 46-31. Eric Gomez then hit Darius Glover for a rare 3pointer as the Knights pushed the lead to 49-31 with 14:15 to play. Glover then found Tony Brown for a layup as OCC increased the lead to 20 points at 51-31.After Logan went 2-4 at the line on their two ensuing possessions Derrick Ford connected on an old fashioned three point play to gice OCC their largest lead of the night at 54-33 with 12:17 left in the game.Melvin Hall connected on two free throws and Trevor Voss connected on a layup to cut it to 54-37. Ford then found Clint Burris for a 3pointer to push the lead back to 20 points at 57-37 with 10:33. After giving up just 37 points the first 30 minutes of the game Logan would score 35 points in the final 10 minutes of the game. A three pointer by Ty Johnson cut the lead to 64-52 with 6:20 to play as Logan called timeout. A logan steal and layup by Andy Kissel cut the lead to 10points at 64-54. Ford and Gibson then each connected on 2-2 from the line to push the lead to 68-54 with 4:54 to play. 1-2 free throws and a layup by Whitehead cut it to 68-57. After a OCC turnover, Cordell Jeanty connected on an old fashioned 3point play to cut the lead into single digits at 68-60. Whitehead then followed with 1-2 at the line to make it a 68-61 game. Glover then putback a Gomez miss to make it 70-61 with 1:50 to play. Whitehead then made 2 free throws and Barrington connected on a laypu following his steal to cut the lead to 70-65 with 1:30 remaining. Eric Gomez would then go 6-6 at the charity stripe in the next 30 seconds to preserve the OCC lead. Cordell Jeanty hit a 3pointer to make it 76-70 eith 31.9 secs remaining. Jeanty ended the scoring with a putback to make the final 78-72. OCC made 45.4%(25-55) from the field including 9-19(47.4%)from long range. OCC also shot 73% from the free throw line(19-26). Logan shot 33.3%(20-60) from the field including 3-13(23.1%) from deep. Logan shot 29-40(72.5) from the charity stripe. Both teams had 36 rebounds and both committed 16 turnovers. OCC was lead by a trio of players with 12 points each. Adam Bussard had 12 points(4-8 from 3pt range) to go with 3 rebounds. Darius Glover added 12 points 6rebounds and 2 steals. Eric Gomez added 12 points(7-7 from the line) 3 rebounds,3assists,and 2 steals.Danny Gibson added 11 points and 7 assists. Derrick Ford chipped in with 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 blocks. . Clint Burris added 8 points(2-3 from long range) and 5 rebounds. Ivan Kovacevic played well adding 6 points and 5 rebounds. The Knights improve to 15-16 on the year. They travel to Mt. Carmel to face Wabash Valley in the semifinals of the region 24 tournament Wednesday night at 7:30pm. We hope you travel with us and help the Knights try to keep their season alive! www.eteamz.com/occblueknights/
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kaygee
Sophomore
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Ford
Mar 5, 2004 16:02:43 GMT -6
Post by kaygee on Mar 5, 2004 16:02:43 GMT -6
Knights Headed to Championship Game OCC defeated Wabash Valley in a great defensive game, 58-53 to advance to Saturday's Region 24 Title game to take on Southeastern Illinois(defeated Lincoln Trail 53-49). It was the typical OCC-WVC game with both teams laying it all on the line. Darrell White got the game off to a great start connecting on a pullup jumper to give OCC a 2-0 lead. Antwon Coleman responded with a reverse lay in to tie the game at 2-2. Darius Glover then connected on a 5 foot turn around jumper and then found Derrick Ford who sunk a 15 foot jumper to put OCC ahead 6-2. Moments later Danny Gibson rebounded a Wabash miss, pushing the ball in transition he found Tony Brown open on the wing as Brown connected on the trey ball giving 0CC a 9-4 lead. Jerell Jamison then connected on a difficult 15 foot baseline jumper to make it a 9-6 game. Brown then found Eric Gomez on a 17 foot jumper to push the lead to 11-6 as WVC called timeout at the 14:42 mark. WVC responded with a run out of the timeout.Antwon Coleman connected on a post move to cut it to a 11-8 OCC lead. Gibson made 1-2 free throws on OCC's next possession for a 12-8 lead. WVC went on a 10-0 run started by a give and go lay up by Derrick Graham. Antwon Coleman connected on a 17 footer followed by two consecutive baseline jumpers by Tyler Ray. OCC called timeout at the 7:46 mark trailing 16-12. OCC held Wabash to just two field goals for 4 points in the final 8 minutes of the first half. Coming out of the timeout Marques Dawson scored on a offensive putback to give Wabash their biggest lead of the night at 18-12. Adam Bussard then found Danny Gibson who connected on a big 3pointer to end the 10-o run and cut the WVC lead to 18-15. Gibson then found Derrick Ford for a lob pass to make it a 18-17 game. OCC regained the lead as Miro Vukorepa found a cutting Clint Burris whose layup went through the net as the shot clock horn sounded to give OCC the lead back t 19-18.Quintin Butler scored on the ensuing possession as WVC took the lead for the last time at 20-19 with 3:06 left in the half. Tony Brown went 1-2 from the line to make tie the game at 20-20. Clint Burris finished the scoring in the first half with 2 free throws and a post up to give OCC a 24-20 lead at the break. OCC shot 9-27(33.3%) in the first half,but held WVC to 10-32(31.3%). OCC held a 18-16 rebounding margain while committing 8 turnovers to WVC's 7 turnovers. OCC got on the board first in the 2nd half as Danny Gibson connected on a 17 foot jumper to push the lead to 6 points at 26-20 with 18:16 remaining in the game. Antwan Alexander scored his first points of the game on a baseline drive to make it 28-22. Danny Gibson then ripped the pocket of Scott Strahm and connected with a streaking Eric Gomez for a breakaway lay up to make it 28-22. Darius Glover was fouled underneath the hoop and connected on 2 free throws to give OCC their biggest lead of the night at 30-22. After Dawson connected on 1-2 free throws and a layup off an Adam Bussard turnover to cut it to 30-25 Bussard came back and connected on a trey to make it 33-25 as OCC called timeout with 13:40 to play. WVC connected on 4-4 from the line the next two possessions to make it a 33-29 game.Derrick Ford made 1-2 free throws followed by 2-2 from the line by Dawson as WVC made it a 3 point game at 34-31. Tony Brown then stepped up again for the Knights as he connected on a 3 pointer assisted by Danny Gibson to push the Knights ahead at 37-31. Antwon Coleman was fouled on a shot attempt and left the game with blood on his jersey, Scott Strahm entered the game and connected on 2-2 at the line to make it 37-33.Moments later Strahm connected on WVC's first 3pointer of the game to make it a 39-36 game. Tony Brown then made 1-2 free throws to give OCC an 40-36 advantage. On the next WVC possession, Derrick Ford drew a huge charge call as WVC could of cut into the OCC lead. On the next OCC possession Tony Brown tipped in a Eric Gomez missed jumper to give OCC a 42-36 lead with under 6:00 to play. After a defensive stop,Darius Glover found Tony Brown as Brown connected on a 12 foot fadeaway jumper to push the OCC lead to 44-36. Dawson responded with a 3pointer to make it 44-39. Following a hoop by Eric Gomez,Alexander connected on a 3 pointer as WVC cut the lead to 4 points at 46-42 with just a little over 3:00 to play. After 1-2 free throws by Coleman,Glover found Eric Gomez on the wing for a wide open 3 pointer to give OCC a 49-43 lead with 2:24 to play. Following an OCC timeout Ford hit 1-2 free throws and Dawson's slashing drive made it 50-45. After trading 1-2 from the line by OCC and WVC, Glover went 1-2 at the charity stripe to make it 52-47 with 1:02 to play. Quintin Butler's putback as he was fouled made it a 52-49 game with under a minute to play. WVC was called for a lane violation on Butler's free throw attempt. Glover turned the ballover as Dawson made an athletic steal, Dawson drove the court and missed on his 3point attempt as Gomez picked up the defensive rebound. Gomez went 1-2 at the free throw line to make it a two possession game at 53-49. After a WVC miss Glover was fouled as he hauled in the rebound. He made both free throws at the 28.9 mark to give OCC a 55-49 lead. After both teams went 1-2 from the line Bryan Miles was fouled on a 3point attempt. Miles connected on all 3 free throws to make it a 56-53 game with 14.3 seconds remaining. Adam Bussard and Clint Burris both went 1-2 from the line to make the final score 58-53. OCC held WVC to 17-62(27.4%) shooting from the floor including just 3-20 from long range. OCC made 18-48(37.5%) from the floor and just 5-18 from 3 point territory. OCC made 17-27(62.9%) from the free throw line to 16-23(69.6%) for WVC. OCC held a slight edge in the rebounding department 38-36. OCC had 16 tunrovers to 13 for WVC. WVC was lead in scoring by Antwon Coleman and Marques Dawson who both had 13 points. OCC held Quintin Butler who had 20 points in OCC's loss at WVC a few weeks ago to 4 points. Antwan Alexander coming off a 24 point performance versus Kaskaskia in the 2st round region game was held to 5 points. OCC was lead by Eric Gomez with 13 points(11 in the second half). Gomez also added 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Eric made big play after big play in the second half and was instrumental in the OCC win. Also playing a huge role in the OCC victory was Tony Brown. Brown made numerous big plays all night. Tony added 12 points(2-2 from long range) and 3 rebounds. Darius Glover added 7 poins,10 rebounds,and 3 assists. Clint Burris added 7 points and 4 rebounds to go with 2 blocks. Danny Gibson played 39 minutes and had a great floor game. He only scored 7 points,but his intangibles were big for OCC in the win. Gibson added 6 assists and 5 rebounds to go with 3 steals.Derrick Ford added 6 points to go with 4 blocks. Adam Bussard added 4 points. Ivan Kovacevic did not score but played big minutes when Ford was out of the game. Kovacevic did have 5 rebounds. OCC improves to 16-16 on the year. They will travel to Harrisburg Saturday night to face #1 seed Southeastern Illinois at 7:30. We hope you will travel over to help keep the season alive for the Knights!! www.eteamz.com/occblueknights/
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Kingsbury
Junior
Sadly, no longer in the "Fear 42" Fan Club!!!
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Ford
Mar 10, 2004 10:38:39 GMT -6
Post by Kingsbury on Mar 10, 2004 10:38:39 GMT -6
Derrick Ford ended his career at Olney CC with 6 points and 5 blocks in a 71 - 57 loss to the 6th ranked team in the nation - Southeastern Illinois.
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Ford
Apr 2, 2005 0:02:22 GMT -6
Post by UWMBaller on Apr 2, 2005 0:02:22 GMT -6
big man!
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