Back in the Iona College starting lineup, Ryden Hines of Anchorage earned his keep with two key offensive rebounds that directly led to points that sparked an 87-83 win over Siena in New York. The sophomore forward finished with 6 points, 7 rebounds, a steal and a blocked shot in 26 minutes. He also sank… Read more »
The holiday season brings out the best in a lot of people, but Ryden Hines of Anchorage plays his best basketball. For the second straight year he delivered a career-high for the Iona College men’s basketball team right around Christmas. Ho, Ho, Hines. The 6-foot-10 sophomore earned a rare start against Florida Gulf Coast and… Read more »
There was no celebration when Anchorage’s Ryden Hines of Iona College was named MAAC Rookie of the Week. He did what he always does. He went to the gym. Working on his game helped Hines reach the highest peak of his basketball career and he wasn’t about to let up now. “I’ve been here since… Read more »
So apparently getting his first college start meant the world to Ryden Hines of Anchorage. That’s because the Iona College freshman played out of his mind today against Northern Iowa, scoring 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting in a 90-78 loss in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The 6-foot-10 forward had never scored more than six points in… Read more »
Ryden Hines of Anchorage grew up watching games on TV from famed Allen Fieldhouse at the University of Kansas. Now he can say he played there. The Iona College freshman scored four points in just six minutes during an 86-66 loss. “It was awesome to be able to play in the Fieldhouse,” Hines told me…. Read more »
He came, he saw, he committed. Anchorage’s Ryden Hines visited Iona College in New York over the weekend and fell in love with the campus, the people and the basketball program. So much so that the 6-foot-9 teenage center said he will sign with the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champions that lost to Ohio State… Read more »
After watching other Anchorage boys basketball players reap the rewards of prep school, Ryden Hines of Anchorage figured he’d take the same path. The 6-foot-8, 230-pound all-state forward said he has been accepted to the prestigious Impact Basketball Academy in Las Vegas, where he will enroll in a seven-month training program. “I wanted to develop… Read more »
During the COVID-19 outbreak Alaska Sports Blog editor Van Williams will take the opportunity to take a retrospective look at Alaska sports. The first round of the 64-player bracket in the books. We have now sliced the field in half and moved closer to determining Alaska’s Greatest NCAA D1 Men’s Basketball Player. The opening round… Read more »
During the COVID-19 outbreak Alaska Sports Blog editor Van Williams will take the opportunity to take a retrospective look at Alaska sports. Big guards, small forwards and 7-footers. Bombers and bangers. All-Americans, all-conference picks and national champions. The Last Frontier produces all types of college basketball players. As the only state in the country without… Read more »
We’ve always had success in the NCAA Tournament, with Alaskans winning seven of eight potential title games. Maybe our good luck will rub off on today’s crop of Division I basketball talent. Five Alaska men are in the hunt for postseason titles this spring, most notably Anchorage’s Jalil Abdul-Bassit or Oregon and Eagle River’s Eric… Read more »
