Nice to see Oglethorpe put together 2 complete games back to back.  Impressive drubbing of a undermanned Southwestern team which saw the lead grow to as many as 39. 

They're right in the hunt of things to still be able to make a run at the east.  Big game against CC this weekend.  It's to their advantage that they play the Tigers first and then a seemingly weaker Hendrix team on the back end.  If the Petrels get the win I hope there is no letdown against the Warriors as it will make the win against Colorado a wash.

Calderera is keeping the Tigers in game with a stellar second half.

Love the reference to Trinity's facial hair... they always seem to have some interesting combination's.

Oglethorpe's second unit is outplaying the starters... especially on the defensive end... they should get extended minutes in the second half.

G1: Centre def. Millsaps by a margin of 5 points or less
G2: Oglethorpe def. Trinity by 4
G3: Austin def. Rhodes  by 12
G4: Southwestern def. Depauw by1


Oglethorpe def. Centre
Austin def. Southwestern

Oglethorpe def. Austin  in the Finals

I know that probably sounds like a stretch... especially since Oglethorpe hasn't beaten Centre in like 8 years but if they can win that game I would bet they beat whoever comes out from the other side...

Quote from: pbrooks3 on February 22, 2010, 11:24:25 PM
Maybe the coaches voting POTY will take into consideration your comments.

I have a feeling that after Oglethorpe's latest 77-70 win over Depauw that saw OU's Todd Ward score 12 points in the last 3:56 of the game, including a steal and acrobatic layup while being fouled to seal the game will no doubt garner him the honor of being left off of Coach Bill Fenlon's ballot.  While I don't have any "facts" to support this assumption but recent history leads me to believe that I might be fairly accurate.  Time will tell.....

Petrels lost a tough one to Lagrange last night falling by the score of 81-72

Freshman Sarah Jones set a school record by nailing 9- 3 pointers! 

Fellow Freshman Sarah Giles filled in nicely for starting Center Kaci Palimore going off for 18 points 13 rebounds and 5 blocks.

While those two had a wonderful night the rest of the team combined to go 8 of 39... and 20% shooting will not win you many games.

With the result, Oglethorpe is now 4-3 on the season and will get set to host East Texas Baptist on Pinholster Court this Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

Oglethorpe unveils new athletics website!

www.gopetrels.com

Oglethorpe unveils new athletics website!

www.gopetrels.com

Quote from: scottiedoug on December 03, 2009, 12:13:31 AM
First half against Carson Newman was as good as I have seen the Scots play in a long time, especially on defense.  If they can repeat that regularly, they will be real good.  Mr. Grubby is right.

Which Oglethorpe team showed up against the Lions?     

Apparently the same one that took on Lagrange...  but I only say that because we lost. 

Stats looked decent... they didn't shoot 33% from the charity stripe but 68% won't get the job done either.  Teams were almost even on every other stat line except Piedmont controlled the boards (37-28) w/ 12 offensive rebounds.  From what I remember about past Piedmont teams they were never really on the tall end.  I wasn't at the game last night but that stat seems to jump out at me.  Looks like they're in need of Allison to return ASAP.

Here's the link to the LiveStats... it should have this game until they reset it for the next one.

http://www.oglethorpe.edu/athletics/live_stats/basketball/mens/xlive.htm

Some sort of ankle injury I believe... but don't hold me to it.

I too was impressed with the win... especially after they lost to LaGrange the night before.  I think Murvul was absent of their big post player Hernandez if I was looking at the live stats correctly.  OU and Murvul have had some really tight and competitive games the past few years.  It could be that the Petrels were looking past a LaGrange team that they have dominated recently expecting to coast to a win.  In all honesty if they shoot a respectable percentage from the charity stripe (and during the Emory game for that matter) this team is 4-0. 

Now I'm not making any excuses but it looks like they finally played a complete game against the Scots and I'm sure when Allison returns the team will start to live up to it's preseason expectations.  I'm sure the Scot will be fine as well...

Quote from: old_lion on November 30, 2009, 10:53:55 AM

Congrats on a big win over what s/b a strong OU team.  All their starters are back from last year, right?

The Petrels returned all 5 starters but have been with the services of David Allison (starting PG and Honorable Mention all conference last year.) You can tell they're definitely missing him as Joe Kennedy has taken on more of the PG role.

Once he's back after Christmas this team should really gel... hopefully they're able to work on those free throws too 

Maryville hits their free throws down the stretch which made the final score a little worse than it really was.  90-79... Tough loss for the young Lady Petrels.

Maryville 80 Oglethorpe 74.  2:44. OU timeout

Maryville 78. Oglethorpe 69.  4:33 left. Sevier is nailing them from deeeeeep. 4 this half I think.

Maryville 70. Oglethorpe 66.  6:53

Maryville 63 Oglethorpe 57.   10:39.  Lots of 3's going up for both teams. Cerone is heating up.