Junior guard Cassondra Boston dives in for a lay up Saturday night at William Lindsey White Auditorium. ESU beat Washburn with a final score of 85-78. KELLEN JENKINS/THE BULLETIN
The Hornets are now ranked first in the MIAA following the 85-75 victory over the Ichabods. Following the win over Washburn, the Hornets fell to the Fort Hays Tigers 78-68.
The Emporia State basketball team played the most anticipated game of the season last Saturday.
They faced off against long time rival the Washburn Ichabods. There were 4294 fans in attendance according to ESU media relations.
“The atmosphere was great,” said junior forward Jeremiah Box. “The crowd really pumped us up.”
Security swept the auditorium issued a warning to all fans that if anyone was caught with a whistle they would be kicked out, after an ESU fan blowing a whistle each time a WU player attempted a free throw could not be caught.
The tip off was won by Washburn who failed to score on their first possession of the game.
The Hornets scored the first points of the game on a three pointer made by junior guard Lamar Wilbern. Washburn immediately answered with a three of their own.
The two teams were neck and neck throughout the entire first half of the game. With a minute remaining in the first half the Hornets had a two point lead until the Ichabods tied the game with a lay-up from DeAndre Eggins.
The teams went to the locker rooms tied at 41. The Hornets had seven fouls in the first half compared to the Ichabod’s eight. Washburn missed four free throws while the Hornets only missed two.
The second half started off with a Washburn domination when the Ichabods went on a 14 point run and did not allow the Hornets to score for almost two minutes.
“I don’t think I did a good job at the half,” said head coach David Moe. “We didn’t really make any adjustments and we made it easy for them.”
Despite the 14 point lead, Hornets didn’t panic.
“They got us down 14 points at the beginning of the first half,” Wilbern said “We fought through adversary and got the win so it feels really good.”
ESU answered by going on a 10-0 scoring run which pulled the Hornets within five points of Washburn 58-53.
The Hornets overtook the Ichabods with a Robert Moore’s three-pointer, bringing the score to 72-71 with 2:56 left in the game.
The Hornets then went on a 9-0 extending the lead to 81-71 which in turn forced the Ichabods to start fouling.
The Ichabods committed five fouls in the final minute of the game.
Dustin Andrews led the Hornets with 19 points on the night. Lamar Wilbern had 18 points and he led the team in rebounds with seven.
Jeremiah Box had 13 points and sophomore forward Adam Holthaus finished with 10 points and six rebounds.
Washburn had 10 fouls in the second half compared to the Hornets’ seven.
Following this victory, the Hornets are the number one team in the MIAA.
“Its early and it does not mean anything,” Moe said. “The real test is going to be holding onto it.”
The players seemed to be in sync and they worked together to get the victory.
“I think we played a complete game and played 40 minutes,” Wilbern said. “We came out a little flat in the second half but we competed and played 40 minutes.”
Holthuas and Shang Ping contributed to the victory in other ways.
“They don’t always get the ball all the time but they step up every game,” said Box. “The picks they set are amazing. They do not get enough credit but they are the key to our game.”
The fans had an impact on the players throughout this game.
“If they could come out to every game like this we would really appreciate it,” Wilbern said. “They make you give a little more and if they could keep coming that would be great.”
The Hornets ended their three game winning streak losing to the Fort Hays State Tigers.
The Hornets shot 40 percent in the first half, compared to the Tigers’ 50 percent average.
Tim Niles led the Hornets in points with 14 points. Wilbern and Box both scored 12 points.
The Hornets have an overall record of 13-4 and are 7-3 in the MIAA.
The Hornets’ next opponent will be Northwest Missouri at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Missouri.
Matthew Pierce/The Bulletin
New federal courthouse would stand tall in SD.(tallest courthouse in California)
California Planning & Development Report December 1, 2005 | Shigley, Paul Construction is scheduled to begin during the first half of 2006 on what will be, for a short while anyway, the tallest courthouse in California. The federal courthouse at Broadway and State Street in downtown San Diego will reach 22 stories–407 feet–into the sky.
Designed by Richard Meier & Partners, the slender, 620,000-square-foot building will have a footprint of only 24,000 square feet, leaving plenty of space on the 2.27-acre site for a new public plaza and extensive landscaping. The courthouse will provide 18 courtrooms for the Southern California District and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as office space for the Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Trustees Office and the General Services Administration (GSA). Approximately 610 people will work in the structure, according to the GSA, which in charge of the project.
“In addition to meeting the specific program requirements of the courts, the new United States federal courthouse in San Diego is designed to contribute to an urban fabric that is much larger than the construction site,” lead architect Michael Palladino, of Meier’s Los Angeles office, said earlier this year.
The courthouse will fill a corner of downtown that has been a sore spot for years with downtown boosters. The site was home to three dilapidated residential hotels–the San Diego, the Capri and the State–and an ominous corner liquor store. After purchasing the site last year, the GSA demolished the Capri and State. At the same time, the government boarded up the San Diego, which has sat vacant ever since. It is due to come down in 2006. With the residential hotels out of business, the liquor store quickly closed. here downtown san diego
While few would dispute that the government is eliminating urban decay in San Diego’s bustling downtown, housing advocates are angry that the federal government has provided no replacement housing. The residential hotels provided about 400 rooms for poor people. The group Housing Coalition San Diego fought, but failed, to preserve the Hotel San Diego.
“That was particularly galling as it is a federal project, [the hotel] was closed long before construction was due to start and tenants were evicted with no plan whatsoever to replace the lost housing,” said Richard Lawrence, co-chair of Housing Coalition San Diego.
Catherine Rodman, director of Affordable Housing Advocates, said it was wrong to evict the Hotel San Diego tenants two years before demolition. Rodman said she hates to argue to keep open substandard facilities. However, she charged, city officials showed little concern for the condition of Hotel San Diego until the site was wanted for other development.
The City Council and the city’s semi-autonomous redevelopment agency did ask federal officials to replace the low-income housing units, but city officials did not attempt to enforce a city ordinance that requires one-for-one replacement of any single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel rooms that are demolished or converted to other uses.
Federal officials have been unwilling to provide housing assistance. Instead, they emphasize the benefits that the new courthouse will bring to downtown San Diego.
“The building will be a significant architectural statement and a major contribution to the development of downtown San Diego,” Circuit Court Judge Margaret McKeown said in a prepared statement. During a design presentation in San Diego earlier this year, GSA Regional Administrator Peter Stamison called the planned courthouse “a future landmark … that will shape our country’s architectural legacy.” The design is modern yet warm, with prominent off-white tones. Materials such as natural stone, terra cotta and concrete are being considered. The rectangular courthouse will rise above an elliptical lobby, which will be visible from all approaches. The sunny lobby will include a 200-foot-long, south-facing ribbon window that frames a “mural garden.” A large jury assembly space with a terrace will sit adjacent to the lobby.
The thin high-rise will permit daylight to penetrate the entire building, and pedestrian activity within the building will be clearly visible from the public plaza. The idea is to express the dynamic, accessible judicial process, according to the architects.
The most public part of the project, though, will be the new plaza, promenade and gardens outside the courthouse. Architects and federal officials have designed the grounds as a community gathering place. The plaza will open to Broadway on the north and E Street on the south. Designers have placed all support and service areas below ground to provide space for the plaza and gardens. see here downtown san diego
The courthouse’s “front door” will be on the plaza, not on Broadway or State Street. Earlier this year, Centre City Development Corporation, the city’s redevelopment agency, complained that the design was not friendly to pedestrians on adjacent sidewalks, and some city representatives suggested incorporating retail stores or restaurants along the streets. These days, however, security needs dominate courthouse layouts, and immediate street access is a security problem.
Federal officials also cite security as a reason for providing only 105 parking spaces–none of which will be for the general public.
Officials estimate the new courthouse will cost $200 million to complete, making it by far the most expensive in California to date. Construction is scheduled to take four years, with the courthouse opening in 2010. The existing Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse will remain in use, just across the promenade from the new facility.
Just how long the San Diego courthouse will be the tallest is uncertain, as a new federal courthouse in Los Angeles is planned to have 23 stories.
Contacts:
General Services Administration, Pacific Rim Region, (415) 522-3001 Catherine Rodman, Affordable Housing Advocates, (619) 233-8441.
Shigley, Paul
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