MBB: Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference

smedindy · December 31, 2005, 05:07:11 PM

Kane landed on someone's foot last night and never returned. He was on crutches for the second half. I don't know if it's a twist or a sprained ankle.

Darryl Nester · January 02, 2006, 09:23:32 PM

There is one less undefeated team in D3 hoops tonight:

Bluffton 96
Carnegie Mellon 83

For Bluffton: Bergman 26, Anthony 16, Schwieterman 15*, Sweet 13, Reucher 10*. (*career high)

CMU: Barlow-Wilcox 27, Maurer 19, Straub 15.

David Collinge · January 02, 2006, 09:45:37 PM

Wow--Bluffton moves to 10-1, the only blemish a one-point loss to some non-D3 team. Whaddya think, nesterd, are the Bison for real?

Darryl Nester · January 02, 2006, 10:13:16 PM

David:

Not too sure about the Bison

. This year's Beaver squad, however

, is the best I've seen -- watching them since 1984.

Bluffton took the lead for good at the 16:23 mark in the first half, but they had to hold off several strong runs by the Tartans, who got as close as 4 with 6 minutes remaining before the Beavers pulled away.

PowerBall · January 02, 2006, 10:43:57 PM

Looks like Bluffton had the hometown refs show up. The disparity in fouls and foul shots in the second half is appalling. 26 - 5. Overall they've gotten to the freethrow line +100 times more than their opponent this season alone. Either they go in looking to draw fouls or they've got a great ref program in the Heartland conference?

David Collinge · January 02, 2006, 10:47:11 PM

Quote from: nesterd on January 02, 2006, 10:13:16 PM
David:

Not too sure about the Bison . This year's Beaver squad, however , is the best I've seen -- watching them since 1984.

Oops.

Not sure what I was thnking.

Darryl Nester · January 02, 2006, 11:06:39 PM

Quote from: PowerBall on January 02, 2006, 10:43:57 PM
Looks like Bluffton had the hometown refs show up. The disparity in fouls and foul shots in the second half is appalling. 26 - 5.

Can't speak for all the games, but (IMO) the fouls tonight were not too far off--there were a few missed calls (BOTH ways), but a large part of the difference came down to the style of play: Bluffton drove to the basket and got fouled on the way in, while many of CMU's buckets were open shots. Three of CMU's 5 second-half FTs, and 3 of their 7 first-half FTs, were of the "and-1" variety, while ALL of BU's were two shots (or one-and-one). Also bear in mind that the Beavers shot 10 or so FTs in the closing minutes when CMU was trying to stop the clock.

A CMU fan -- and perhaps even an unbiased observer of the game -- might differ with my opinion. But I wouldn't assume that the stats tell the whole story by themselves.

Darryl Nester · January 03, 2006, 12:09:59 PM

Spartan fans:

Is Jamaal Wade injured? He's on the roster, but hasn't played at all this season.

Darryl Nester · January 04, 2006, 09:46:51 PM

My question about Wade was answered by the removal of his name from MC's roster this afternoon.

Beavers held off the Spartans this evening; final score 68-50. The Spartans took a 30-29 lead late in the first half, but Bluffton scored the last 5 points of the first half and the first 10 or so of the second half to push the lead to double-digits, and kept it there the rest of the way.

Darryl Nester · January 04, 2006, 09:53:52 PM

I see the other scores have been posted at the HCAC site:
Anderson over MSJ, 74-69
Transylvania over Defiance, 54-47
Hanover over Franklin, 70-64

Transy wins on the road, the other winners were at home.

RO_24 · January 04, 2006, 09:59:45 PM

Darryl, I wanted to listen to the game, but glad to see that they are still rolling along. How did they look tonight, a 20 point win, notes they must've played prettywell. I'm hoping to get to watch them soon, are they home SAturday? My brother plays at 1 I believe so be nice if I could get over and watch them. nonetheless, hopefully they will continue playing well. Who in the conference is up this year?

Darryl Nester · January 04, 2006, 10:11:09 PM

Rod:
The Beavers travel to Hanover Saturday; they are home the next three Wednesdays, and then the next three Saturdays (beginning with the last Saturday of January).

MC challenged early -- the Spartans rallied from a 9-point deficit to take that 30-29 lead I mentioned earlier, but the defense clamped down and went on an 18-0 run over the next 6 minutes.

It looks like Hanover and Transy will be tough again this year; Franklin was off to a good start, but has lost their last three (to solid teams, including Hanover). Not sure what to say about AU, MSJ, DC, MC; they seem to be down somewhat, but I expect they'll all play tough in conference games.

Darryl Nester · January 11, 2006, 09:46:19 PM

I feel like I'm talking to myself here, but I'll pass along what I know on the off-chance that someone is actually reading this out there ...

Bluffton over Franklin, 93-88
Kane: 32 points and pile of rebounds (won't know that number until the stats are posted).
Bergman: 43 points, including 9/12 shooting from 3-point range.

Beavers led the whole second half; the five-point final margin was as close as FC got (it came on a trey by Jace Redman with 2 seconds remaining). Bluffton hit 19/22 free throws in the second half.

I also see on the scoreboard that MSJ beat Transy 86-77. Any reports on HC @ AU or MC @ DC?

gordonmann · January 11, 2006, 10:17:50 PM

Darryl:

I don't have much to say, but I appreciate the updates.

So you're at least talking to one person.

RO_24 · January 11, 2006, 10:19:42 PM

Darryl.

Sounded like a good one, wish I could've watched it. My brother had a game tonight so watched that. How did the rest of the guys do? I'll be up there for the alumni game will probably be the next game I get to see, that will be against Transy I believe.

So is BU now in 1st in the HCAC or is there a tie? Well I'm glad that these guys are playing this well together, coach deserves a good team after all these years.

Well hopefully they can continue this streak and keep it rollin...Anyone can sneak up on them if their not ready.