MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[cmsme]

I've been watching the live stats on the CMS vs San Diego Christian game. Its been very exciting--especially considering the stats are updated only occasionally. CMS has led by a little most of the game. Hope they can hold on.

[OxyBob]

CMS has led by a little most of the game. Hope they can hold on.

They did. Claremont 71, San Diego Christian 69.

I will have a hard time talking about the second game, especially in view of the other performance the Sagehens mustered in the finals.

I am tempted to say that they had the perfect game against the Panthers, shooting better than 68% overall and hitting 6 of 8 3-pointers.

But the refs weren't calling anything, which clearly favored the team with the more aggressive defense. As proof, fouls per team was 12 and 13 FOR THE ENTIRE GAME!! Sometimes, you get that many in one half.

PP was clearly spent and had the game gone into overtime, I bet doughnuts for dollars that the Panthers would have pulled away with a win.

Now, I didn't watch the finals against Redlands, but looking at the stats, I can't believe that it was the same team that showed up the following night.

OK, you can say it's all about defense and I will be the first one to admit that the Panthers have a lot of work to do in this area, but the difference points to another reality.

What a whiner.

OxyBob

[stag44]

Great win for the stags down in San Diego over another GSAC team, pushing them to 2-0 in this stretch.

Now is the game that really has D3 implications and the Stags always have circled. Tomorrow night they go into Hutton to play Chapman. It will be their 3rd game in 5 nights and probably in a hostile environment. Chapman doesn't have their usual suspects from the last 3 years, but will always be competitive. It seems like Ricard and Lin have really picked up the slack and frosh Young from Keppel has come in impressive.

As for the Stags, they have had an impressive offensive games through this 7-0 stretch, and have shown glimpses of defensive dominance. An alarming stat was Maciera and Blees going a pathetic 4-13 from the free throw line. Its out of character, but something that needs to be addressed. The Stags as a team are shooting sub 70% from the line and need that fixed going forward.

One of the biggest surprises for me thus far for the Stags has been rebounding margin. They are +14.8 right now, which is just astonishing. I don't have any D3 stats yet, but I can assure you this is right up there in the top of the nation. It's an aspect of the game that Scali really empasizes, especially in rivalry games, so its very nice to see the Stags dominating on the boards.


I'll be very curious/excited to see how the Stags are able to play on Wednesday. They have had 2 big GSAC wins, and would be easy to lay an egg vs Chapman. For some reason I think that Blees will have a bad taste in his mouth from his last game vs them in the NCAA tournament, where he shot 2-13 and looked just gassed at the end of the game.

[OxyBob]

One of the biggest surprises for me thus far for the Stags has been rebounding margin. They are +14.8 right now, which is just astonishing. I don't have any D3 stats yet, but I can assure you this is right up there in the top of the nation.

SUNY Old Westbury led D-III in 2010-11 with a 10.7 rebound margin. Top 10 perennial Amherst was second at 10.0.

OxyBob

[cmsme]

What websites are there for D3 Basketball statistics?
I have looked at ncaa.com and d3boards. I didn't see much, but maybe i am looking in wrong area.
Is there some other website to look?
Thank you 

[OxyBob]

What websites are there for D3 Basketball statistics?

NCAA puts D-III stats on its web site here:

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d3

Unfortunately, the stats are only good for games played through March 20, 2011.

OxyBob

[John Gleich]

What websites are there for D3 Basketball statistics?

NCAA puts D-III stats on its web site here:

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d3

Unfortunately, the stats are only good for games played through March 20, 2011.

OxyBob

... The leaders list is so variable in the beginning of the year that they don't even put it out until later in the year... perhaps early January?

[CMSfan]

One of the biggest surprises for me thus far for the Stags has been rebounding margin.

I'm not surprised. 

Blees was tentative at times, but looks primed for a great year.  Maceira looked great.  With the two of them and Joey Anderson, I imagine we'll see the Stags out-rebounding most opponents (though maybe not quite like tonight's 38-18 advantage, which included an impressive 21 offensive boards).

[cmsme]

Chapman--the schedule says that today's game (Dec 7) is going to have video/live stats/audio. I am getting nothing. Do I need to do something?

[stag44]

Chapman--the schedule says that today's game (Dec 7) is going to have video/live stats/audio. I am getting nothing. Do I need to do something?

no video, but audio

[stag44]

Good win for the Stags last night 57-45 over Chapman.

http://www.cmsathletics.org/sports/mbkb/2011-12/files/CMS-CU.HTM

Nice for them to get the always pesky Chapman off the schedule as the Stags moved to 8-0. They get an "extra" day of rest and will be hosting Point Loma on Saturday night to end their schedule pre-winter break. More importantly they have the opportunity to go 4-0 through their gauntlet of 3 GSAC teams and Chapman in 8 days.

The Stags got a very balanced performance top to bottom with 5 players scoring 8+ pts. They were paced by Blees who put up a very average 12 and 8, and from the audio was seeing double and triple teams as soon as he put the ball on the floor. He was helped by nice games from Gaffney (11 and 3) and Anderson (10 and 5). Off the bench providing their usual scoring punch were Mivshek and Sullivan with 8 pts each and contributing all the 3s the Stags made.

Impressively they held Chapman to 45 pts. I have to give credit to Chapman for hanging tough for a bulk of the game. There were a couple of times I thought the Stags were just going to blow it open in the first half, but Chapman hung in there. In the end the Stags methodically built on their lead and showed why they are 8-0.

On an aside, the matchups I have circled right now for the SCIAC season will be Jan 18 and Jan 21 when CMS visits PP and Whittier. Those 2 teams have shown they will be competing with the Stags for the title this year. Whittier seems to be flying under the radar, but they have put up gaudy offensive numbers, averaging 88pts/game. I haven't seen them play, but I'm assuming they are pressing and getting up and down the floor with ease. To be honest I really can't wait to see Blees, Maciera, Gaffney and Anderson out on the break with regularity. Against Whitman in 08-09, Blees torched their press for 35, 9 and 6. I also am a firm believe if Blees ever had a chance to play against the Redlands system he would have had 40, 15, 15 or something absurd like that.

But the most important thing for the Stags remains PLNU on Saturday. This will be an easy let down game as the players are getting ready for Finals and have just won 3 games in 5 nights. PLNU has always posed problems for the Stags and their last win against them was in OT in 05-06 with the help of a FT miss tip in as time expired in regulation from Miles Taylor. PLNU is surprisingly 0-2 in the GSAC losing to Vanguard and Westmont. They are coming off a close exhibition loss to CSU Dominguez Hills and haven't had a W in 3 weeks. I expect a very hotly contested game.

I was corrected by a player on the 09-10 team that they were in fact the last CMS team to win, squeezing out a 64-62 win @ Point Loma. Hopefully the fans come out in full force as it will be their last night of freedom before exam week!

[OxyBob]

Good win for the Stags last night 57-45 over Chapman.

Impressively they held Chapman to 45 pts.

Whittier seems to be flying under the radar, but they have put up gaudy offensive numbers, averaging 88pts/game. I haven't seen them play, but I'm assuming they are pressing and getting up and down the floor with ease.

45 points. Scali ball.

Whittier is pressing about 30 minutes per game.

OxyBob

[WoostAr]

Tristan Kirk taking home SCIAC athlete of the week

http://www.thesciac.org/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/aow_dec_06_2011

[CMSrhino22]

Good win for the Stags over Point Loma.  I watched the streaming video of the game. I was excited to see this matchup of CMS with one of the perennially top GSAC teams, (who have athletic scholarships to offer their players and are preparing to move to NCAA DII).  From my days of playing under PLNU Head Coach Bill Carr when he was at University of San Diego, I know that he is a great coach who emphasizes disciplined play.

That being said PLNU really had trouble finishing around the basket even when getting 2nd & 3rd chances on a possession.  The stag D frustrated PLNU as they alternated between man and zone.

CMS did good job of defending the post & rebounding even without having a true center in their rotation. They defend the paint with Maciera and Anderson, who bring a lot of athleticism to the table while Blees and Sullivan are strong enough to body up true centers from other teams.  The stags gave great effort on the defensive end to start the game and jumped out to a 30-11 advantage.  This was led by drives from Blees and outside shooting from Gaffney, Pinson, Maciera and even Anderson.  Anderson looked comfortable shooting the ball from outside, which represents a large step forward in the game of the two time 2nd team All-SCIAC forward.

After the hot start CMS seemed to get a little complacent and the energy on the defensive end dropped, allowing PLNU to climb their way back into the game.  CMS went into halftime with a 37-23 lead.

PLNU tried to use both zone & man traps against the stags to away blees's driving lanes but CMS countered with great ball movement and unselfish play to handle the pressure and create open looks for their capable shooters.

I was very impressed with CMS backcourt (Pinson & Gaffaney) who both started on last years team as freshmen.  They have both taken huge strides to improve their games this season, with Pinson becoming much more of a true PG and leader on the court.  Gaffaney is probably the most improved player on the team and looked very comfortable on the offensive end both in driving to the hoop and knocking down jump shots.

In true Bill Carr fashion, I am sure he gave a fiery halftime speech-- because PLNU came out motivated to start the 2nd half.  They picked up the intensity on defense, attacked the stags in the post wherever they felt they had mismatches—even posting up their PG and immediately trimmed the lead to 10. Scali had to use an early timeout to refocus the team and get the effort level back up.  (Which led to Kevin Sullivan getting called for the foul when ripping through with the ball-- which is something I know Scali instructs his players to do on a daily basis ☺ )

PLNU kept it close for the next ten minutes—staying about 9 points behind CMS until Chris Blees went on a tear, driving by his man repeatedly in the open court for both layups and assists while stretching the lead to 19.  Bill Carr called a timeout to sub out his whole lineup, but the stags never looked back and cruised to a 65-49 victory.

I was also impressed with CMS' depth, no letdown occurred when Donnely, Mivshek, & Sullivan rotate in to the lineup and they bring a lot of scoring off the bench.  Would have liked to see some Cam Cain action earlier in the game, who I know is an incredibly hard worker and solid player.

Overall a good win for the stags against a strong opponent in PLNU.  This brings the Stags to 9-0, and I would think we will see them move into the top 25.

[cmsme]

Thank you to everyone for the basketball comments.I get a lot out of these posts. 

I was reading this message board in the multi-region section devoted to a contest on which teams will go the longest with out a loss and without a win. Stagg44 is still a contender!