by jowens | Jan 28, 2014
Dr. Matt Pinson, president of Welch College, launched a blog on January 24 entitledMatthewPinson.com. “I’ve finally decided to start a blog,” Pinson said. “For years people have suggested that I start blogging. Many of them have used the argument that the president of our nationally sponsored denominational college needs to be blogging. I suppose this is what finally got me thinking about it.”
The blog, with the three descriptors, “Christianity, Leadership, Culture,” will primarily discuss matters of how Christian faith affects believers’ lives, families, and churches as they interact with culture. The blog will also discuss issues surrounding leadership and education and will comment on happenings on the Welch campus.
Pinson said, “Recent studies have shown that a large percentage of college and seminary presidents blog—even more than corporate CEOs. A blog helps supporters of their institutions know what the president is thinking, what his vision is, what his theology or philosophy is. It also gives the president an opportunity to reflect on happenings on campus in a more informal way than would be seen in a typical news release.”
David Williford, Welch’s vice president for institutional advancement, said, “I and others have long encouraged President Pinson to begin blogging. He has a wealth of wisdom and information that needs to be shared with the wider Free Will Baptist and evangelical world. I think people will enjoy regularly visiting the blog.”
President Pinson’s blog may be accessed at MatthewPinson.com.
by jowens | Jan 25, 2014
Georgia Northwestern Tech 64
Welch College Lady Flames 58
January 25, 2014. Playing catch up is never fun, but it is even tougher on the road as the Lady Flames found out today, dropping a close one on the road, 64-58, to Georgia Northwestern Tech.
The Lady Cats jumped out to an early double-digit lead, putting pressure on the Flames from the opening tip-off. But Welch fought back and cut the lead down to four twice before GNT regained an eight point advantage at the intermission.
To start the second half, the Lady Cats increased their lead to 12 points. But the pesky Flames would not go away, holding GNT scoreless while making a 12-0 run to knot the game at 44 with 12 minutes remaining in the game. But, a five minute delay of game, due to faulty equipment, cooled the Flames down and the hosts were able to finish strong for the win.
“We never looked sharp after the delay,” said Flames’ coach Larry Bryan. “We were playing so well and had the momentum on our side. It was unfortunate for us when they had to work on the backboard and we cooled off. But, I was still really proud of the way we stayed in the game. I hope we can put this behind us and play a full forty minutes on Tuesday.”
Ashton Johnson led all scorers with 20 points. Amy Pickett added 18 points for the Lady Flames and Leslie Nichols chipped in 12 points while leading Welch with nine rebounds. Pickett was close behind with eight rebounds. Johnson led the Flames in assists with four.
Now, 4-8, Welch travels to Covenant College on Tuesday.
by jowens | Jan 23, 2014
Mid-Continent University 87
Welch College 64
January 23, 2014. The Mid-Continent full-court pressure was too much for the Flames as they fell to the visiting Cougars, 87-64. It didn’t help that the Flames were only able to shoot 38 from the free throw line.
Despite the lopsided loss, Lim Chol and Tim Hutchinson were able to record double-doubles on the night. Chol finished with 23 points and 14 rebounds while Hutchinson scored 11 points and pulled down 10 rebounds. David Reeves also scored in double figures for Welch with 14 points.
The Flames are on the road Saturday to play at Boyce College.
by jowens | Jan 20, 2014
Welch College 66
Hiwassee College 62
January 17, 2014. The Welch College fans were treated to fun-filled evening as the Lady Flames gave them a thrilling, come-from-behind, win over the visiting Lady Tigers of Hiwassee College, 66-62, for their third win in four games.
Hiwassee controlled the tempo in the first half, applying full-court pressure to the Lady Flames as often as possible. In the process, Welch went to the line 25 times, scoring 17 or their 37 first-half points. But, it was the Lady Tiger pressure that gave them a four point lead going into the locker room.
Early in the second half, Hiwassee went on a 10-2 run to take a 51-39 lead. But, the Flames fought back with a run of their own, scoring 13 straight points to take a 52-51 lead at the 9:22 mark. It was a back and forth game from there as neither team could mount any kind of a run. In the end, it was Ashton Johnson knocking down two big free throws to seal the deal with 5.7 seconds left in the contest.
“It was a very physical game,” said Lady Flames” coach Larry Bryan. “Because of their pressure there was a lot of contact. Because of the pressure, made some turnovers, but overall, I thought we handled their press pretty well. It was a good win for us.”
Johnson, once again, had a huge game for Welch, scoring 27 points and grabbing eight rebounds while running the Flames’ offense. Leslie Nichols also had a good night, scoring 13 points and pulling down a game-high 17 rebounds. Amy Pickett hit several key baseline jumpers to finish with 10.
by jowens | Jan 20, 2014
Warren-Wilson College 83
Welch College 50
January 17, 2014. Still lacking numbers due to injury and academic issues, the Flames couldn’t handle the quicker visitors from Warren-Wilson College and dropped an 83-50 decision to the visiting Owls.
The Flames were in it early, but went cold for six minutes and the Owls went on an 11-0 run to take a 31-9 lead. It didn’t improve much from there as Welch could only muster six more points the rest of the first half and trailed 48-15 at the break.
However, the second half was a different story as the Flames were able to mount and offensive attack and play even with the Owls, but were unable to make up the huge first half deficit.
“Playing short-handed is hard,” said Flames’ coach Nathan Willhite. “But, I was really proud of the way we played in the second half and never quit.”
Leading the way for WC was Lim Chol with 17 points. Tim Hutchinson chipped in 11 points and David Reeves added 10.
