WBB: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Sabretooth Tiger]

Regular season champ Oxy beats LaVerne in SCIAC Tourney semi round . . . final v. Claremont tomorrow at Oxy.

[Gray Fox]

D3 Indy Tourney at Dallas, no automatic bid:

Game 1 Nebraska Wes 83-47 over UDallas
Game 2 Chapman 70-51 over UCSC

Chapman vs Neb Wes Saturday for Championship.
Note: Neb Wes handed Chapman a loss earlier this season.
Neb Wes record is deceiving as they play several NAIA teams up in the midwest.

Good luck.  Sorry I can't make the game.

[dahlby]

In the D3 Indy Tourney today at UDallas:
Chapman over Neb Wes 65-61 for the championship
This revenges an early season loss for CU

UDallas beat UC Santa Cruz 67-62 in the 3rd place contest.

Looks like the Chapman women wrapped up a playoff birth.

[dahlby]

Congradulations to the Oxy women on their 55-49 victory of CMS to gain the SCIAC auto
bid for the NCAA Tourney. They will be a team to reckon with for at least the first 2 games of the playoffs. I am hoping for a rematch against Chapman in the first round.

[BlueZoneBruin]

First Round Predictions
-Oxy at NWC Winner
-Chapman against NWC Pool C bid @ NWC Winner

Second Round
-NWC #1 hosts NWC #2

Reasoning for predictions are simple...
-GFU and L&C are regionally ranked ahead of Chapman. Oxy isn't ranked.
-Both remaining NWC schools will get in, regardless of championship outcome.
-Chapman played two games against teams with poor records in the D3-I tournament, whereas GFU and L&C have played solid teams in the NWC tournament (L&C beat Whitman, and Fox beat UPS which was regionally ranked for two weeks - once ranked...). As a result, both NWC SOS go up, Chapman's goes down. 

[dahlby]

Chapman will move to #2 or #3, but will not impact who they play. Chapman and Oxy both play a fast paced game, but will be hard pressed to win against the bigger, more physical NW teams. But....I can hope and pray, can't I?

[WestCoastFan]

Congrats to the Occidental Tigers on winning the S.C.I.A.C. tournament final, and to the Claremont-Mudd-Scripts Athenas for giving them all they could handle. Great game.

S.C.I.A.C. will be losing a number of fine student-athletes to graduation, but every team in the league seems to have a lot of youth and some veteran leadership coming back. Next year should be very competitive and another exciting season for the fans.

Thanks, ladies.

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Eagle Rock:

Oxy 55, Claremont 49

Oxy never trailed in the game. Both teams played tight and very deliberate in the first half. the Tigers led 22-12 at the half. In the second half Oxy led 39-26 at 10:00. Claremont tried to chip away, but Oxy thwarted the Athenas every time.

For Oxy, Makenzie Brandon led the way with 22 pts and 7 rebs, and Laura Mohler scored 10. For Claremont, Frannie Hemmelgarn played a fantastic game with 19 pts and 14 rebs, Aria Krumwiede and Madeline Barnes each scored 10.

Good luck to the Tigers in the NCAA playoffs.

Chapman played two games against teams with poor records in the D3-I tournament

Typical. What else would you expect from Chapman?

OxyBob

[dahlby]

Congrads to the Oxy Women! They matured fast and have an excellent coach.

On another topic, it is good to see that OxyBob is thru mourning and back with his cheap shots. But, he needs some new material. I suggest he check the strength of schedules
a little closer and from different perspectives.

Can't wait for the pairings, both men and women. Good luck to all.

[Out_Of_My_Kitchen]

Hey now,

I don't think GF and LC would mind a trip to California!  Just kidding, I would expect Chapman and Occidental to go North.  Nothing against Chapman and Occidental, but I would imagine it to be a NW dual for a trip to the sweet 16.  But, it is almost March, so anything could happen!

[dahlby]

NOT ONE, BUT TWO CINDERELLA'S GO DOWN TO DEFEAT !!!
IF ONLY IT WERE A GAME OF HORSESHOES, BOTH COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT !!!

Georoge Fox and LA College came into Chapman's Hutton Gym tonight as would be heavy favorites of Southern California rivals Occidental College and Chapman University. But both teams walked away with close wiins that were not decided until the end.

In addition to playing to keep alive in the D3 NCAA National Tourney, both teams were playing for some respect representing the SCIAC Conference (Oxy) and Independent Chapman .

The Oxy game was close until the end, with George Fox leading most of the time, but Oxy kept it close by stopping George Fox's scoring runs with a run of their own. I said it earlier iin the season after Oxy beat Chapman at their own game on Chapman's own court,
I observed that this was going to be a team to be reckoned with, I just didn't think that it would be this year. But, Oxy earned a ton of respect tonight by keeping with GF, stride for stride. GF is a very good team, and tonight beat another very good team that would not be intimidated.

Oxy had a good following and their noise was a factor, fueled by their awesome three piece drum pep band and the ever boisterous football team guys.

Congradulations to Oxy on a great season. You "dun" good and should be proud of your accomplishments.

The LA College/Chapman game saw the lead change several times throughout. Chapman's intense defense, and strong board play kept an outstanding LAC team off guard. The size advantage was definitly LAC's.

With LAC trailing Chapman by one point, and Chapman at the line with 5 seconds to go, Chapman missed the front end of a one and one. The ball bounced off and LAC had the rebound in the corner. At 3 seconds, LAC was trapped, but Chapman fouled and LAC sank both pressure filled free throws to win the game, as Chapman's last second heave was way off target. What a heartbreak for the scrappy Panthers.

Chapman also had a strong following the the stands.

George Fox and LAC meet Saturday night to see who advances to the sweet 16. The game will be video stream fed by George Fox. Check the D3 scores area for links for tomorrow's game and box scores from tonight. See  chapmanathletics.com   for a game write-up for the Chapman/LAC game.

It may not be horseshoes, where close scores, but both teams won respect tonight.


I am totally heartbroken for both teams.

[Ralph Turner]

LaCollege faces full court pressure at various times in the season in the ASC.

McMurry was able to beat LaCollege with full court pressure at home this season.  In fact the Chapman game reminded me a lot of the McMurry win.

The block of Givens' shot in the last minute was beautiful.  The in-bounds error was something, but the blocking foul was just as improbable.

I look forward to the GFU-LC game.  Californians may remember the late Louisiana College head coach Janice Joseph-Richards, also former Fresno State coach, who died of Breast CA earlier in the year.

The Lady Wildcats have done Coach Joseph-Richard proud.

[dahlby]

Ralph:

We had a slight power failure in the press, audio and video area of the gym. I hope you did not miss much action. I was at the Chapman end of the court along the baseline
looking down the court when Brandi Hood blocked that shot at the end of the game. If she had not have blocked it, a charging foul could have been called. On the foul with 3 seconds to go, I was standing only a few feet away amd knew then that Chapman was goiing to win, only to have my heart stop beating when we fouled...probably the most difficult loss I have ever witnessed. I was so disappointed for our girls. They played their
hearts out...only to come away with a loss.

On the positive side (I like making lemonaide from lemons), our girls will come back stronger next year. Our coach knows how to use the talents she has to get the most of it.
I often ask her how she gets so much juice from a turnip. You guessed her secret, she presses and runs the whole game. That makes up for the lack of size. FYI, you may have noticed that our center was subbed for quite a bit. She has been playing all year on a weak leg. But she always gives 100%. I know most of the girls, and they are good students, fine athletes and all are the kind of people that parents would like to have their sons bring home.

[Gray Fox]

http://www.oxyathletics.com/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/20111109tbuivs

  WNBA CHAMPION JOINS OXY WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF

[Gray Fox]

All SCIAC Team

http://www.thesciac.org/sports/wbkb/2011-12/releases/all_sciac