UNBELIEVEABLE GAME AT HJ LONG GYMNASIUM!!!

Final from Greenville, Ill

Greenville 88, MacMurray 86 (F)

That is not a typo or misprint.  Greenville d. MacMurray 88-86.  Greenville, as you saw w/ my previous post was down 19 w/ 5:00 minutes to go.  Greenville worked and chipped away and MacMurray turned the ball over.  Ill give the play by play when I can review it again.  Hate to try to remember...  What I do remember is tie ball game with 20 some odd secs to go and GC with the ball.  Simmons shoots a shot that rims in and out.  Conquest tips the GW in the goal to win.  No good shot for Mac and fans storm the floor for the 2nd time this season.  Our SID tells me GC went on a 35-13 the last 6 minutes of the game.  We were also down 13 with 1:30 to go.  It reminds me of Jason Williams at Duke.  They were down 10 with 30 secs to go and he scored 11 straight pts to go to OT and eventually win.  It wasn't and individual, but a team effort for Greenville.

Stat Rundown later!!!

Good Job Maryville winning the SLIAC. 

Results from Webster Groves, Mo.

Webster 84 - Greenville 78.

This was a great game for the fans at Webster.  Greenville jumped out early behind Matt Greene (25).  Greene had 15 first half points.  The big key in tonight's ball game came down to none other than fouls and free throws.  Here's the line.

Greenville:  29 Fouls (18 in 2nd Half).  9-12 FT. Four (4) Foul Outs.
Webster:    15 Fouls ( 9 in 2nd Half). 33-41 FT. No Foul Outs.

Greenville was assessed with fouls they deserved.  Some ticky tack.  But Webster got away with a TON.  Oh well.

Final Numbers.  First for Webster...

Leading Scorer: Corey Kuhn (24) with 28 points.  Hit three clutch three's to bring Webster back into the game and hit 17-18 FT's.  He scored 26 of his 28 in the 2nd half.  Darin Hoggatt (32) had 15.

For Greenville, Greene (25) was the high man with 24.  Ben Hensold (12) tallied 17, Josh Ream (22) had 13, and senior Bryson Taylor (11) ended his career with 10 points.

Final Score: Webster d. Greenville 84-78.

As for me, i'm also a senior and this was my final game of basketball at Greenville.  It's been a ride.  Three sub-500 seasons and one fantastic season at 19-8.  However, I have to say that this years Greenville team is young and we have had out struggles on the floor, but they are the greatest bunch of guys anyone could ask to work with.

  Thanks to all who contribute to the game I love so, Basketball.

I'll let you guys battle all this conf. tournament stuff out.  We're not in it anymore.  But, wanted to give a shout-out to the MacMurray Readers out there at I spoke with last week in Jacksonville.   It is nice knowing there are some other people out there reading.... (women.)    Thanks for saying hi.

Thanks for the kind words hopefan.  We want to get one more and go out on a positive note.  We will see what we can do!

fcnews:  I forgot about the Young Guns of Fontbonne University.  The SLIAC needs to watch out for this team in the next few years.

We upgraded our lights just last season.  We have been tinkering with it over the last few years.  In HJ Long, if you just have the lights on, it's not all that bright.  But, with our heat lamps, the gym glows a little more. 

Young Teams:  I think we might have the youngest team.

Taylor - 2nd Year/Senior
Hensold - 2nd Year/Soph - 1st season with alot of playing time
Reams - 1st Year/Soph - 1st season since 2004
Greene - 1st Year/Frosh
Williams - 1st Year/Soph - Played little JUCO

Key Bench Players

Turner - 2nd Year/Soph
Simmons - 2nd Year/Soph - Played little NAIA
Mutton - 1st Year/Soph - 1st season since 2004

Seniors - 1
Juniors - 2
Soph - 7
Frosh - 2

Greenville, Illinois - Senior Day

Greenville 93 - Principia 48.

It was all Greenville from the get go.  Greenville jumped to an early 14-3 run and lead by 32 at one point in the first half.  Greenville led 53-21 at half.  Greenville shot 20-33 from the field while Prin shot 4-17.

Greenville continued to pour it on in the second half.  Bryson Taylor (Lone Senior) picked up his second career double-double (Second in three games)  with 12 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assist, and 5 steals in his final game in HJ.

Leading the way, however was AJ Turner, off the bench, with 17.  Chris Watts was the high man for Prin with 29.  Other than Swiderski with 8, no one else has more than 2.

Great final game in HJ for Bryson Taylor and the Lady Panther's Seniors (Jessica Thompson, Erin Leigh, and Stacey Murfin).  They also picked up a win.  I also have to say a bit about it.  It was my final game at HJ as well as I will Graduate in May.    Great Times in Greenville.  Ending the season on positive notes!

Quote from: fcnews on February 16, 2006, 01:12:33 AM
At each game the home team is responsible for having an administrator on Game Management. In almost every instance that I have seen ,in 30 yrs. of watching college basketball, the head of the officials crew will go to the table to ask to have a fan removed. Game Management will conduct the rest.

Quite tonite with game reports.

When i was warned at Maryville, the official came and pointed me out.

MacMurray d. Greenville 81-77.

It was close for the first five mintues.  Mac pulled away after that point, taking the lead to near 15 at half and 20 at a couple times in the 2nd.  Greenville clawed their way back in normal Panther fashion, but couldnt get close enough.  

UNOFFICIAL STATS FROM MY BOOK

Off the Bench, Jerel Robertson (33) lead for MC with 19.  Ryan Eberhart (41) was on his tail with 18 (10-16 FT).

For Greenville,   Both Bryson Taylor (11) and Christopher Simmons (32) had 17.

Lot's of free throws and fouls in this game.  Greenville Called for 29 (21 in the second half).  Lot of that was fouling at the end of the game.  63 FT's taked between the two teams.

Alright fellas, Game #12 in SLIAC Play... what's going to happen?

Westminster d. Fontbonne:  Mathmatically, GC's not out of the mix.  However, WC is rolling and it will be nothing different as the Blue Jays handle Fontbonne, eliminating my Panthers (SORRY GREENVILLE PEOPLE)

Maryville d. Blackburn:  Just because I don't want to go to Carlinville for the Tourney.  Blackburn coming off a tough loss to my Panthers (YAY).  Maryville coming off a sore thrashing at the hands of Westminster.  I've got Maryville in the upset.

Greenvillle d. MacMurray:  I can't pull against Greenville.  We played very well v. Blackburn on Saturday and I think that we will continue this play as we play towards the end of the season and towards next season.  Greenville in a high scoring game

(Webster d. Prin... not much of a game....)

hopefan:  You are correct with the sportsmanship statement.

"Greenville College and the members of the NCAA, NCCAA, and SLIAC are committed to the principles of good sportsmanship.  We ask your cooporation in treating all opposing players, fans, and officials with honor and respect. We thank you for your cooporation."

I have also noticed that it isn't in the men's game so much that fans are being thrown out.  It's the women's games.  That was our case a few years ago (and my incident this year.)  The women's officials are very weak when it comes to taking some heat from the crowd.  We had a few games in the past when we had a decent size crowd and our student section was cheering and probably riding the officials a little.  They complained to the higher ranking officials about feeling threatened because of the proximity of the fans to the floor. (i.e. Our banners and no sitting in the front row aroudn the SLIAC.)

I think as you have said hopefan, it is a on going problem that needs to be delt with.   If they cannot take the heat from a few fans, then how would they handle a big time crowd.

Ex-Bluejay:  What are you talking about?  Did I miss something? 

That's right.  Ask and you shall recieve.  The Greenville Panthers UPSET UPSET UPSET the Blackburn Beavers in HJ Long 61-55.  Greenville had 4 in double figures with Bryson Taylor, Ben Hensold, and Christopher Simmons with 11 and Matt Greene with 14.  For Blackburn, Zeb Hammond had 18 and Todd Stevens with 12.

Greenville led at half by 6.  It was a 10 point game with 11 minutes to go.  The Beavers went on a 12-5 run through until the 2 minute mark, then Greenville hit some big shots from Bryson Taylor and Christopher Simmons!  GREENVILLE 61 - BLACKBURN 55.

I'll give my line on today's games too.

Blackburn d. Greenville : I think my boys will come out and play, but BC is just a very disciplined team.

Fontbonne d. Principia : Sorry, is that even a question?

Maryville d. Westminster : Could be barn-burner.  Westminster played well 2nd half vs. GC.  So, I could be interesting.

Webster d. MacMurray : Toss Up.  I'll take Webster.

I'd like to give a shoutout to the GC Women's team which has new life in them with some things that have transpired throughout the lower tier of the SLIAC.  If my ladies can take care of business the next three games, they could get the fourth seed and salavage a long season.

yjackloc - thanks.  i didn't mean to come across sarcastically.  After re-reading my post, it does sound that way a little...

Good Luck teams today!