MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

[kyballr]

HCAC Scoring Leaders thru 11/29
E Spurlin  Transylvania    23.0 
B Rash  Transylvania      19.3  
D Kinn  Bluffton             18.5 
M Case  Hanover           18.2 
J Moss  Manchester       18.0
W Conoley  Franklin       17.8 
D Mann  Mt. St. Joseph  17.5 

[Darryl Nester]

The two conference games are over; the visitors picked up both wins:

Bluffton 52, MSJ 39 -- tied 22-22 at the half.  The Beavers were 0-5 from distance in the first half, but went 4-6 in the second half.  BU's Farley (13) and Pope (11) were the only players in double figures (for either team).

Anderson 70, Defiance 69 -- AU trailed by 12 at the half, 31-43.  Jake Browne hit a layup with 3 seconds to go to take the win.

In nonconference action, Earlham came very close to picking up a win at DePauw, falling 74-78.

RHIT lost to #26 Wabash, 44-58.

With under 15 minutes left, Franklin leads Millikin 42-30 -- live stats  Final: Franklin 67, Millikin 56.  The Grizzlies up their record to 2-3, while MU slips to 0-5.

[zander]

ok... i've got.......  Rose at Defiance...... Defiance
                         Hanover at Manchester.... Hanover
                         Earlham at MSJ................MSJ
                         Anderson at Transy...........Transy
                         Franklin at Bluffton........... upset Franklin                        Anyone else out there want to chime in?

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

ok... i've got.......  Rose at Defiance...... Defiance
                         Hanover at Manchester.... Hanover
                         Earlham at MSJ................MSJ
                         Anderson at Transy...........Transy
                         Franklin at Bluffton........... upset Franklin                        Anyone else out there want to chime in?

Based on my predictive ability in national games so far this season I probably shouldn't... but here's my opinion anyways
Rose at Defiance
Hanover at Manchester
Earlham at MSJ
Anderson at Transy
Franklin at Bluffton

[WAlum]

Rose at Defiance - Defiance has athletes.  They win.
Hanover at Manchester - Hanover is coming off a stunning loss to ONU. Hanover wins.
Earlham at MSJ - Earlham could go 0-25. 
Anderson at Transy - Transy is really good!
Franklin at Bluffton- Bluffton wins at home.  Franklin has talent but doesnt get it done year in and year out.   

[zander]

ok... i've got.......  Rose at Defiance...... Defiance
                         Hanover at Manchester.... Hanover
                         Earlham at MSJ................MSJ
                         Anderson at Transy...........Transy
                         Franklin at Bluffton........... upset Franklin                        Anyone else out there want to chime in?

Based on my predictive ability in national games so far this season I probably shouldn't... but here's my opinion anyways
Rose at Defiance
Hanover at Manchester
Earlham at MSJ
Anderson at Transy
Franklin at Bluffton
[/cmon... you are not even taking YOUR tream???quote]

[zander]

i guess I did that wrong??    ....... grizzly not taking your team?

[kyballr]

All HCAC games finals
Rose-Hulman    87   Defiance            70
Hanover            59   Manchester            60   
Earlham            44   Mt. St. Joseph    63
Anderson (Ind.)    67   Transylvania    82
Franklin            82   Bluffton            79

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

i guess I did that wrong??    ....... grizzly not taking your team?

Realistically I didn't think they'd win @ Bluffton. Maybe all they needed was for me to pick against them. I also picked Hanover to win and they lost so quite a good day all around

[zander]

i guess I did that wrong??    ....... grizzly not taking your team?

Realistically I didn't think they'd win @ Bluffton. Maybe all they needed was for me to pick against them. I also picked Hanover to win and they lost so quite a good day all around

Hanover needs to learn how to put teams away. They were up by 16 points at one point. They also lost to Ohio Northern the same way. Free throws are killing them.

[kyballr]

Dec. 7 
Bluffton        Kalamazoo       7:00 PM
Hanover        Franklin           7:30 PM 
Manchester   Rose-Hulman    7:30 PM 
Transylvania  Earlham           7:30 PM 

[WAlum]

Kalamazoo 75  Bluffton 66     
Hanover 60  Franklin 46       
Rose-Hulman 59  Manchester 29   
Transylvania 81  Earlham 57         

[FCGrizzliesGrad]

Kalamazoo 75  Bluffton 66     
Hanover 60  Franklin 46       
Rose-Hulman 59  Manchester 29   
Transylvania 81  Earlham 57       

Was it 1 vs 5 in that game? One player scored 21 of the 29 for Manchester and the rest of the team shot 1 for 33 The teams combined to hit a FG every 75 seconds.

[sac]

Kalamazoo 75  Bluffton 66     
Hanover 60  Franklin 46       
Rose-Hulman 59  Manchester 29   
Transylvania 81  Earlham 57       

Was it 1 vs 5 in that game? One player scored 21 of the 29 for Manchester and the rest of the team shot 1 for 33 The teams combined to hit a FG every 75 seconds.

I had to see it to believe it..   http://www.manchester.edu/athletics/basketballm/stats/stats2012/12mbb07.htm 

The 1 shot was a three with 9:11 to play.   Manchester did not score a single FG from that point on and did not score a 2 point goal for the last 11 minutes of the game.

From the 7 minutes to go mark on, both teams combined to make 1 FG. 

[zander]

....and Hanover gave the game to Manchester last week