College Insider: East’s Emrick leading shooter for Fairmont State

Andrew Emrick is the top shooter for Fairmont State University’s men’s basketball team this season.

The sophomore forward and Lakota East High School graduate has a team-best 56.9 field-goal percentage for the Falcons, who are 19-7 overall and 15-5 in the Mountain East Conference

Emrick has made 15 starts and is averaging 10.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game.

FSU, based in Fairmont, W.Va., closes the regular season with two in-state road games, West Virginia Wesleyan on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and Shepherd on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Women's basketball: Wilberforce sophomore guard Alexandra Shealey (Middletown) shot 52.2 percent from 3-point range this season. That percentage ranks No. 1 at the NAIA Division II level.

Shealey averaged 12.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.2 steals per game for the Bulldogs (11-12). She started 16 games, shooting 41.4 percent from the field and 64.9 percent from the foul line.

• Cincinnati sophomore guard Sam Rodgers (Lakota East) hasn’t missed a free throw this season. She’s 18 of 18.

Rodgers is averaging 4.8 points, 2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in 23 starts for the Bearcats, who are 16-10 overall and 8-5 in the American Athletic Conference. She’s shooting 34.5 percent from 3-point range.

UC will travel to Temple on Wednesday at noon.

Men's indoor track & field: Ohio State junior Coty Cobb (Madison) was the pole vault champion in the Buckeye Tune-Up event in Columbus.

Cobb’s vault was a personal-best 5.42 meters (17 feet, 9.25 inches). He was just short of Cole Gorski’s school record (5.47 meters/17 feet, 11.25 inches).

The Buckeyes will compete at the Big Ten Championships on Friday and Saturday in Geneva.

Wrestling: Marian sophomore Anthony Jagel (Middletown) took fourth place at 133 pounds at the American Midwest Conference tournament in Belleville, Ill.

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