MBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[(509)Rat]

Whitworth up 48-27 at the half against Oxy. McConnell leading all scorers with 10. Gebbers came out hot tonight, hitting his first 3, 3pt shots. Has 9. Whitworth hasn't got a great performance out of Wade on the offensive end for awhile now. Good to see him knocking down shots

[(509)Rat]

95-66 Final.

Whitworth got a lot of production from a lot of different guys. Looks like Oxy didn't crack 50 pts until around 4 min left in the game, so a good defensive effort if you ask me. Unfortunately I couldn't watch. Oxy wanted $13 to watch this game via webcast... 

[OxyBob]

95-66 Final.

From the box score it looks like it was a game for about 6 minutes. Tied at 11, Whitworth outscored Oxy 17-2 for a 28-13 lead, and that was pretty much that. The Pirates shot 54% from the floor, Oxy only 31%

Whitworth: McConnell 20, Douglas 15, Gebbers 11, Payne 10.
Oxy: McCoy 18, Cobb 13 and 11 rebounds.

Other Saturday SCIAC scores:

Pomona 88, Clarke (NAIA 2) 84 OT
Cal State Bakersfield 69, La Verne 49
UC Santa Cruz 68, Caltech 63
Puget Sound 63, Cal Lutheran 61

OxyBob

[dahlby]

Quasi SCIAC member Chapman defeated the visiting West Coast Baptist Eagles Saturday night 81-56.

Both Redlands and Chapman get real tests at Chapman on Tuesday and Wednesday this week as they host Whitworth and Willamette. On Tuesday Redlands faces Willamette at 4 PM and Chapman takes on Whitworth at 6:30 PM. On Wednesday Redlands faces Whitworth in the early game with Chapman taking on Willamette at 6:30 PM.

If you can't make it down to Orange, you can catch all the streamed action at "chapmanathletics.com".
Chapman videocasts are FREE OF CHARGE!

[(509)Rat]

Chapman videocasts are FREE OF CHARGE!

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[dahlby]

Any posters traveling to Chapman for the doublehitter today, or the triple hitter on Wednesday, please PM me as I would like to meet you.

Yes, a triple hitter as the Chapman Ladies will be hosting Trinity (TX) at 1 PM followed by the
Whitworth/Redlands matchup and concluding with
the Willamette/Chapman contest at 6:30

Can't make it in person, catch all the action at "chapmanathletics.com".

[(509)Rat]

Chapman should be a little stiffer test for Whitworth tonight. But the Pirates are a team with a lot of depth, a ton of travel experience, and they play very good defense. A recipe for success in terms of winning on the road. Whitworth really hasn't been killing teams with the 3 ball like they have in years past. Chapman is going to have a very efficient game on the offensive end of the court. They need to have a high shooting % to match a Whitworth team who seems very content playing inside the arc.

This will be a good barometer for Chapman. It seems that Whitworth hasn't fallen as far as some had thought (hoped).

[(509)Rat]

Chapman was up 34-34 at the half. Had a player with 14 and another with 11. They look great on offense in the half court. Looks like another tough Panther team.

[Gregory Sager]

Chapman was up 34-34 at the half.

That's a neat trick. Wish my team was always up when the score was tied!

[(509)Rat]

Chapman was up 34-34 at the half.

That's a neat trick. Wish my team was always up when the score was tied!

Whoops, pudgy fingers on the phone...35-34

Whitworth gets the W 67-62. Zavrsnick scored 22 and Hamasaki added 19. Dahlby can give an eye witness report. Looks like Chapman shot a higher % from the field, but had too many TO's and gave Whitworth too many offensive rebounds. They gave the Pirates way too many possessions. That and a few missed FT's added up to a loss at home.

I can't imagine Chapman loses any more games when they hit 56% of their shots...

[dahlby]

 After a back and forth first half  Chapman had the momentum going into halftime when a Whitworth surge, including a three pointer just before the buzzer, brought the Pirates with in 1 point. Whitworth did not shoot any free throws in the first half.
Chapman forced W/W to play its game during the first half, and freely passed and drove for buckets.

The second half was a different story, as W/W clogged the middle when Chapman drove and forced a lot of dribbling
around, thus running the shot clock down and forcing Chapman to take some poor shots. On W/W's offensive side, the Pirates started playing a more physical inside game and as a result had many key "layups" from some quick drives.

I just got home and haven't seen the second half stats yet, but those adjustments by the W/W coach were the difference.
But, the game was not decided until around 2 minutes to go.

I was a little disappointed that Chapman could not pull it out, to say the least, but the Panthers are a young team and are still learning. They will do just fine in conference play.

W/W is not as physical as the past few years, but they appeared to play a more upbeat game in the second half. I thought the
W/W coach used his bench very efficiently.

W/W is good, but will get much better as the season rolls on. Their high ranking needs to be reinforced with wins against stronger teams than CU. CU's young team is improving each game. They will be a contender when they can put a whole
40 minutes together.

The Willamette/Redlands game was also close and not decided until the end. Redlands had a 10 point advantage at halftime, but Willamette took a 5 point lead just minutes in to the second half. Poor free throw shooting hurt Willamette, and may have cost them the game.

W/W should not have any problem with Redlands tomorrow, if they play like they did in the second half tonight.

The game recap and box scores will be available at "chapmanathletics.com" or on the D3 Hoops board.

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After reading the stats.
Whitworth had 6 steals to Chapman's 3, which were mostly from CU having to rush the basket after the shot clock wound down.
Rebounding was fairly even, but most of W/W's offensive rebounds were from drives to the basket that resulted in poor shots.
W/W had only 2 block shots, but were from unsuccessful CU drives
W/W had  5 turnovers whle forcing 7 from Chapman. Once again mostly resulting from drives to the basket.
W/W shot 6-7 from the line while Chapman hit only 11-16.

In a close game like this, it is these stats that win or lose games.

In retrospect, Chapman played a good team tough, but W/W forced Chapman to play W/W's game, which caused some turnovers, taking away opportunities for Chapman to put points on the board.

[(509)Rat]

Whitworth beat Redlands 70-57. Really didn't pull away until about 2 min left in the game. What's most impressive is holding Redlands to 30 points below their season average. Great defensive effort by Whitworth and they come out of SoCal with a clean sweep.

Hopefully dahlby has another eyewitness report.

[dahlby]

Rat:
I just got home from our triple hitter today at Chapman, where the Panther Ladies defeated a tough Trinity of Texas squad in the first game, Whitworth came on strong in the latter portion of the game to overtake Redlands, and Willamette defeated
Chapman in the night cap.

I will give my comments regarding the Pirates on the NWC board.

[OxyBob]

Thursday night score:

Northwestern Ohio 78, Oxy 66

Las Vegas Hoopla Tournament. Oxy matched up against NAIA-2 Northwestern Ohio. The Tigers had a miserable first half. They shot only 26% on 9-for-35 and trailed 44-23 at halftime. In the second half Oxy rallied and closed to 48-42 at 14:30, but that's as close as they got. Kris Montoya scored 19, Ty Cobb had 12, and Ryan Chong scored 11.

Oxy (2-6) faces Washington & Jefferson (3-8) tonight.

OxyBob

[OxyBob]

Friday night score:

Oxy 74, Washington & Jefferson 63

Las Vegas Hoopla Tournament. Oxy (3-6) took a 46-32 halftime lead on the strength of 12 3-pointers, 5 by Ryan Chong, and led comfortably the rest of the way. Chong finished with 18, Kris Montoya scored 15, and Conrad Liebowitz played a strong game with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Zack Belhy scored 21 for the Presidents (3-9).

Oxy is off until Dec. 30, when the Tigers play Colorado College at Chapman, and UC Santa Cruz on Dec. 31, also at Chapman.

OxyBob