WBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[hasanova]

Good luck to EMU and Guilford tomorrow night at CNU!

[hoopstermom]

Congratulations to Jessica Mullen (Bridgewater) and Jasmine Greene (Hollins) for their selection to the D3Hoops.com 2013  All South Region team.  Jessica made 2nd team and Jasmine was selected for the 3rd team.

[y_jack_lok]

R-MC roster is posted. http://www.rmcathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2013-14/roster Six new faces to go with nine returning players. That's a few more players than Coach LaHaye usually has. Nice to see.

[hoopstermom]

Six new faces to go with nine returning players. That's a few more players than Coach LaHaye usually has. Nice to see.

I agree, one of the six is a D1 transfer too. 

Newcomers include 5-9 Division I junior transfer Taylor Huber (Ashland, Va./Utah Valley) as well as freshmen Marisha Berry (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan), Taylor Intermill (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax), Andi Prugh (Frederick, Md./Urbanna), Samm Prugh (Frederick, Md./Urbanna) and Stephanie Staples (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee).

I'm ready for the season to start!!

[y_jack_lok]

Six new faces to go with nine returning players. That's a few more players than Coach LaHaye usually has. Nice to see.

I agree, one of the six is a D1 transfer too. 

Newcomers include 5-9 Division I junior transfer Taylor Huber (Ashland, Va./Utah Valley) as well as freshmen Marisha Berry (Powhatan, Va./Powhatan), Taylor Intermill (Fairfax, Va./Fairfax), Andi Prugh (Frederick, Md./Urbanna), Samm Prugh (Frederick, Md./Urbanna) and Stephanie Staples (Mechanicsville, Va./Atlee).

I'm ready for the season to start!!

I checked the transfer's record at UVU. She had some playing time and her stats suggest she could contribute right away. If one or more of the freshmen can as well we should see measurable improvement over last season.

[hoopstermom]

R-MC takes out pre-season No. 3 Christopher Newport tonight 92-86 in their opening game at home tonight.  I would say quite a surprise given the Yellow Jackets lack of success last year.  D1 transfer Taylor Huber was high scorer for Macon with 22 pts, but 4 others were in double figures as well.  Tia Perry from CNU was impressive.  She was all over the place and led all scorers with 28 pts.

I heard about the new NCAA rule that does not allow the defense to put hands on the offensive player, well I can say for certain fouls are going to be called A L O T if this game was any example.  I think I can count on one hand the number of times play continued up and down the court for just a possession each way without a whistle being blown.  Really makes it difficult for either team to get into a rhythm.  Two CNU players and one Macon player fouled out of the game.

[y_jack_lok]

R-MC takes out pre-season No. 3 Christopher Newport tonight 92-86 in their opening game at home tonight.  I would say quite a surprise given the Yellow Jackets lack of success last year.  D1 transfer Taylor Huber was high scorer for Macon with 22 pts, but 4 others were in double figures as well.  Tia Perry from CNU was impressive.  She was all over the place and led all scorers with 28 pts.

I heard about the new NCAA rule that does not allow the defense to put hands on the offensive player, well I can say for certain fouls are going to be called A L O T if this game was any example.  I think I can count on one hand the number of times play continued up and down the court for just a possession each way without a whistle being blown.  Really makes it difficult for either team to get into a rhythm.  Two CNU players and one Macon player fouled out of the game.

I followed the last two minutes of that game via live stats during halftime of a game here in Saint Louis. Had my teeth clenched and fingers crossed the whole way. What a great win for the Jackets. I saw the play-by-play in the box score. R-MC had a 24 point lead at one time in the 2nd half. Still a pretty young team that needs to learn how to handle themselves when you have a good team on the run. Looks like they did just enough.

As for the foul calling, I saw the same thing at the two games I watched here. This will lead to higher scoring games both because the team with the ball is going to have an easier time scoring and both teams will be shooting a lot more free throws. It will also mean the games are going to last longer.

[y_jack_lok]

I looked at the rest of the ODAC scores. The other big surprise of the night would have to be Virginia Wesleyan getting clobbered by Cortland State. Cortland has four consecutive 24+ win seasons through 2009-10 but was only 11-14 last season. They must be back to their old form. I don't know what VWC has, but if last night is any indication the ODAC standings are likely to look very different in February from what the coaches poll indicates, especially with Lynchburg losing by 17. Also not sure EMU did themselves any favors by scheduling Chatham (3-22 last year). They get a team with a better record (24-5) from last year tonight, Lancaster Bible, but it was against a questionable level of competition.

[2RMCFans]

The Jackets had an incredible weekend in Crenshaw!  Congrats to all the players who contributed so much & posted some amazing stats, including Jr. Taylor Huber at .50 of her 3's for the weekend! 

This team is creating a LOT of excitement among R-MC basketball fans! 

GO JACKETS!!! 

[y_jack_lok]

What a difference a year makes for the Jackets. Tuesday against Mary Washington will be interesting as UMW beat Cortland State who had walloped VWC the day before. VWC did turn around and beat Penn-State Altoona by a ton -- an even bigger margin that UMW had over Altoona. Always dangerous to use those comparative scores to try to figure out what will happen in another game, so I won't do that.

[BH2OFan]

What a difference a year makes for the Jackets. Tuesday against Mary Washington will be interesting as UMW beat Cortland State who had walloped VWC the day before. VWC did turn around and beat Penn-State Altoona by a ton -- an even bigger margin that UMW had over Altoona. Always dangerous to use those comparative scores to try to figure out what will happen in another game, so I won't do that.

I think you just did

[y_jack_lok]

Forgot to mention that the Jackets play pre-season #21 Marymount on Thursday. Marymount already has a loss to Haverford but a healthy win over Lynchburg.

[y_jack_lok]

What a difference a year makes for the Jackets. Tuesday against Mary Washington will be interesting as UMW beat Cortland State who had walloped VWC the day before. VWC did turn around and beat Penn-State Altoona by a ton -- an even bigger margin that UMW had over Altoona. Always dangerous to use those comparative scores to try to figure out what will happen in another game, so I won't do that.

I think you just did

+1K. Well, yes, I used the results to muse about the dangers of musing about making predictions, but I stopped short of making any actual predictions.

[hoopstermom]

Well, R-MC knocked off another top 25 team last night with a 92-73 win over Marymount.  That's 3 for 3 against the CAC, including 2 previous conference champions (CNU was in the USAC last year). Saturday they kick-off their ODAC season.  Definitely a difference in this team from last year.

Looks like Taylor Hubor is definitely bringing some cohesiveness to the team.  She's the primary distinguishing change to the line-up (compared to last year) that I can surmise although a couple of the the freshman are contributing quality playing time too.  I didn't get to see many games last year, but the ones I did see, it seems liked there was potential individual talent, but the girls couldn't seem to play together consistently and definitely broke down in the latter part of games.   I've seen all four of their games so far this year, and they seem to be playing much better as a team.  More importantly, they have stepped up their game when needed.  They got up by a lot (over 20) against CNU and were heavily challenged late into the game, but kept their composure to get the win.

Last night, the game was tight throughout, tied at halftime and close up until the last five minutes of the game, when Macon just seemed to play with more intensity and focus (and made their free throws down the stretch) to pull away for the big win.

It's a long season and many tough ODAC opponents to face, but these early wins certainly have to be a big spirit lifter as well as a positive sign for this team, as well as for their fans.                                                               

[y_jack_lok]

Taylor Huber may be one of those players who makes it possible for everyone else on the floor with her to play better.