Hendrix defeated Trinity tonight in a very fast paced game.  Senior Michael Bennet had a game high of 20.  He was followed by freshman Cal Rose and Andrew King.  Senior Matt Secrease is out with an injury, but should be in shape to play soon.  I believe this the first time Hendrix has beat Trinity in 10 years.  Southwestern will make a visit to Grove Sunday afternoon.  Hopefully, the Warriors can keep the streak alive!!!

Thanks Scottiedog for the links.  Great story.  In our neck of the woods, d3 sports is under reported and less respected than our d2 and d1 counterparts.  It's a shame for the student athletes.  Maybe if they were getting arrested and/or graduating without showing up to classes their teams could get more press!!!!

Hendrix's Coach Priest and Coach McCracken did some serious recruiting and have put together a good team with a good bench.  If one player is not making it happen, there are a few more itching to get in there and mix it up.  The bench has been vocal and pumped up.  Andrew King is doing great inside and has two double doubles for the season.  Secrease just missed his first free throw of the season last night.  The Warriors have some hot handed outside shooters and some big kids inside.  The layoff won't hurt this team.  These players have the work ethic to keep themselves going until their first practice. 

Hendrix just returned from a hard, but successful weekend of play in Dallas.  On Friday evening, they took on Dallas Christian and won 79/48.  The Warriors held Dallas to only 16 points in the second half but struggled with fouls.  It was a hard game to watch, seems like Hendrix couldn't move without something being called and in the end had 24 fouls while Dallas had 13.  Saturday afternoon, Hendrix beat the University of Dallas 71/68.  Hendrix actually was scoreless the first five minutes or so of the game.  They rallied though and pulled out a tough win over an aggressive Dallas team.  One player from Dallas was ejected from the game after running across the court and punching a Hendrix player in the face.  The Dallas coach escorted him out of the gym.  Later, a foul was called on a Dallas player, which was his 5th, and then the refs decided to give the foul to another player after the call was made and after a short discussion on the court. When the buzzer sounded that the game was over, another Dallas player kicked the basketball against the wall so hard it echoed all over the gym!!!!!  I don't remember playing in Dallas as being this crazy the last couple of years.

Here's a question for you that have been to the gym.  Why don't they cover the doors and windows that allows the sun to beat on the court during the games?  During the first half, the sun was glaring through the glass so much that some of the crowd had to move to see the game.  I was wondering if it was effecting the players.  When the second half came and Dallas shot on that end, someone decided to cover the windows and the doors with paper.  Wonder why they didn't do this before the game started?

Hendrix extended their winning streak tonight to 4 with a conference win over Austin.  At one time, the Warriors led by 20 points.  They never trailed during the game and had a final score of 72-55.  Freshman Cal Rose led all scorers with 15, followed by sophomore Andrew King who scored a double double with 13 rebounds and 12 points.  Matt Secrease continued his sharp shooting from the charity stripe going 6/6 and 12 total points.  Secrease is now 16/16 from the line for the season. 

After a 20-2 run Saturday afternoon, Hendrix went on to beat Principia 90-50.  Coach Priest took advantage of the game and played everyone.  Freshman Cal Rose led all scorers with 23.  Sunday's game against Rhema was also successful.  At one time during the game, Hendrix led by 30.  Again, after obtaining a nice lead all players got a chance to show their skills.  This is the second time these two teams have met.  Hendrix beat Rhema at the Rhodes Classic in overtime.  Hendrix will play Rust College at Grove Gym Wednesday evening.

Wooster/Witt?  Hope/Calvin?  Are these refs?  Coach Priest closely and quickly followed the refs off of the court at the Westminster game yesterday.  As soon as the refs took off, he was on their heels!!!!  The refs blew the whistle, hustled off of the court and Priest hustled off with them.  The very end of the game was questionable.  It looked as though a whistle should have been blown with a couple of seconds left on the clock.  There was some hesitation by the officials.  Instead, they blew the whistle to end the game and quickly exited.

Hendrix lost by 1 to Westminster in the Rhodes Tip Off Classic Saturday afternoon.  Hendrix led by 1 at the half, found themselves down by 7 then went on a 6 point run.  They held the Blue Jays scoreless in the last 4 minutes of the game but came up short.  Freshman Cal Rose led the Warriors with 17. 

I have a question.  During the Hendrix/Rhema game, two fouls called on two seperate players were officially posted to a third player (Andrew King), causing this third player to foul out early in the game.  This is the first time I recall seeing this happen.  Anyone seen anything like this before?

Rhema had some kids that were dangerous from the three point line.  They also had a very vocal bench  and crowd that got their players pumped up at the right times.  From talk in the crowd, they were a much improved team over last year. 

Hendrix beat Rhema tonight in overtime.  Matt Secrease, who led all scorers with 28 points, shot a three pointer to move the game into overtime.  Secrease passed 1000 points during the game.  The team, although heavy with freshmen, looked great even with several out due to  injuries and illness. 

Hendrix lost their exhibition game last night to division 1 Arkansas State University as expected but........Hendrix looked great on the floor even without two regulars who were not playing due to health reasons.  Hendrix took the lead a couple of times early in the game and even outscored ASU the second half.   ASU rarely sat their starters down during the game, which, in my opinion,  is a credit to Hendrix.  Hendrix definately played with ASU and according to their coach gave them "lots of trouble."  They could not let up all night.  This looks to be a great season for Hendrix.  Coach Priest and Coach McCracken have done a fantastic job recruiting and have many returning players that are revved up and ready to play some ball. 

Hendrix is currently advertising for someone to run their wellness center.  Looks like this will be the last year for ballgames in Grove.

Hendix men will play an exhibition game against in state division one Arkansas State University November 4th.  With several players from the Jonesboro area, hopefully there will be some support there for the Warriors.

http://www.hendrix.edu/athletics/newsItem.aspx?i=1577

Made a trip through Conway yesterday and construction has started on the new gym.  Looks like this will be the last season the Warriors will play in Grove!  Hendrix is turning over a new leaf.

We are really proud of Andrew King for earning Newcomer of the Year.  He is a very impressive player.