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Saturday, February 24, 2007

‘Dores Lose Hatfield’s Farewell Game; Lady ‘Dores Don’t

PANAMA CITY - Thirty-five years of coaching ends in an 88-75 loss to Okaloosa-Walton for Gulf Coast men’s basketball head coach Jim Hatfield. 

Marcus Nicks led the Commodores (7-23, 1-11) in scoring with 19 points.  Darryl McGee chipped in 16. 

Gulf Coast could not stop the sharp shooting of Raiders guard Tay Waller.  The freshman connected on 10 three-pointers for 39 points.  Uriah Hethington added 13 points.

“I’ve coached for a long time,” Hatfield said.  “I’m 63 years old.  Right now I am physically drained.  I couldn’t ask for a better place to coach, couldn’t ask for a better group of people to be around.  It’s time.  It’s just time to give it up.”

Hatfield was 48-67 in his four-year career at Gulf Coast.

The Lady Commodores (25-3, 13-2) won their ninth game in a row, defeathing Okaloosa-Walton 65-48.  Gulf Coast will enter the conference tournament in Chipola on March 3 as the No. 1 seed.

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