Good morning. Who else is preparing food for tomorrow? We hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving with family and friends. 🦃🧡

What else are we mixing into today’s edition?

🏀 Men beat Florida Tech
🏈 Buck Buchanan Award finalist
🕷️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Strong Start. The men’s basketball team opened the Gulf Coast Showcase with a 67-57 win over Florida Tech. Jason Roche led the team with 22 points and hit seven three-pointers, the sixth most in a game in program history. DeLonnie Hunt had his first career double-double with 12 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. The Spiders fell to Louisiana Tech in a close 65-62 game on day two. 🏀 Read more about the win.

🔼 Top Tier. Defensive end Jeremiah Grant has been named a finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award. The award recognizes the nation’s top defensive player in D1 FCS college football. Grant has 45 tackles, 16.5 tackles for loss, a nation-leading 12.5 sacks, a pair of forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, six quarterback hurries and two pass breakups. 🏈 Read more about Grant and the award.

🔼 Thanksgiving Message. A wonderful holiday is tomorrow and John Hardt wants to be the first to wish you a happy holiday season. Read all about our Spider family happenings here.

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The final week of the Coastal Athletic Association weekly awards pointed to Quantraill Morris-Walker and Sean O’Haire. Morris-Walker was named Defensive Player of the Week after posting a career-high 11 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and a sack against William & Mary. O’Haire was the Special Teams Player of the Week. He kicked two field goals and three extra points, with a career-long 50-yard field goal.

🤔 SPIDERS TRIVIA

Top Freshman. One football player was named a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, which is presented to the top freshman in the FCS.

Which football player is a finalist?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🕷️ ONE BIG THING

Finalist. It’s been an amazing year for the football team, and head coach Russ Huesman is being recognized for it. He is a finalist for the 2024 Eddie Robinson Award. It is presented annually to the national coach of the year in D1 FCS college football.

🏈 Read about Huesman and the award.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Wednesday, November 27

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Ball State @ 6pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch

Friday, November 29

🏀 Women’s Basketball at Oakland @ 11am ET | Watch

Saturday, November 30

🏈 Football vs. Lehigh @ 2pm ET | Listen | Live Stats | Watch
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Oklahoma State @ 5:45pm ET | Watch

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Matthew Traynor!

🕷️ Have a great Wednesday!

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