MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[DPU3619]

TU 67
Millsaps 73  F

according to the SCAC scoreboard.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Tonight - I like Millsaps in a reasonably tight game 70-64.

Not bad...   only off 3 points each way, Vegas would be proud.

[pbrooks3]

Looks like Frank and his Majors got a big win.  I had picked the Majors to win, and they did on the margin I predicted - 6.  

Expect a full rundown of the game from Jackson soon I hope.

Congratulations Majors!  

[pbrooks3]

FlightofthePetrel, listened to the Pat Coleman interview with Philip Ponder earlier.  He gave a good accounting of the program and school. 

[frank_ezelle]

The Millsaps-Trinity game tonight was a classic matchup that was very close for about 34 minutes and then Millsaps hit the only real streak of the game to get a lead that went between 8 and 11, holding on at the end in the typical free throws in exchange for 3-point attempt that you see at the end of a game.

Scorers for Millsaps:  Edrick Montgomery 16, Rodney Rogan 15, Chris Sanders 10, Chad Songy and Allen Odum with 9, Lorenzo Bailey 8, and Blake Martinez with 6.

For Trinity:  Patrick Robinson 20, Luke Caldarera 10, B.J. Moon 8, Charles Houston 8, Barrett Koch 8, Nick Polidoroff 7, Mike Gilb 4, Jonathan Lewis 2.

More to come...

[FlightofthePetrel]

I'm glad you like the interview.  I believe Coach Ponder gave a pretty accurate account of the state of the school and D3 basketball as well as recruiting.

Any chance you'll entertain us with predictions for the Sunday games... I'm interested in what you might think about the OU v. Depauw game.

[pbrooks3]

Early guess - DP 81; OU 72

[frank_ezelle]

More from the box score:

--Trinity won the rebounding stat by a big margin, 47 to 23.  They may not have anyone quite the height of Sean Devin but they have plenty of big guys.

--Millsaps hit 26 of 60, 11 of 30 3-point attempts, 10 of 16 FT.  Trinity hit 28 of 61, 6 of 25 3-point attempts, and 5 of 6 FT.  

--Offsetting the rebounding margin, Millsaps only committed 6 turnovers compared to 18 for Trinity.  Millsaps was credited with 14 steals.

On the flow of the game, the play by play sheet will probably show that for most of the game the lead was 3 points or less.  As mention in the previous post, Millsaps went on a mini-run late in the game and I think it was started by two Chad Songy buckets and an assist.  Songy started both game this weekend since Deonte Oscar is on the injured list at the moment.

One last note on the game.  Rodney Rogan's 15 points came in 22 minutes of play as he sat out the last 18 minutes with an injury.  It was on a lob pass near the basket and Rogan was going towards the basket while Mike Gilb was backing up, resulting in Rogan getting undercut and landing hard on the baseline.  There was a cut to the head and it looked like a sore hip--Rodney did some jogging on the sideline after the fall but they didn't put him back in for the remainder of the game.

I think that's about it.  This marks the first 7-game win streak at Millsaps since 2000-01 and it breaks a 6-game losing streak to Trinity.

[pbrooks3]

I believe Millsaps is the toast of the town in Jackson!  Trinity is rebounding and defense, Coach Cunningham's favorite words.

[pbrooks3]

Hendrix definitely didn't have one of their better nights against Trinity on Friday.  King played well, but the injury to Foley left them too small to match up to Trinity's size.  Trinity also did a good job shutting down Cal Rose from the outside.
After beginning the conference season with tough games against Millsaps & Trinity, maybe the Warriors can bounce back Sunday with a good effort against Southwestern.

What is the extent of David Foley's injury?  He was having a good season from what I could tell.

[frank_ezelle]

One more post on the Millsaps-Trinity game.  Here's the game story written by Millsaps SID Kevin Maloney:

http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/basketball-m/010508release.shtml

Box score link along with the play by play:  http://www.millsaps.edu/athletic/basketball-m/mcm-010508.htm

[hendrixfan]

Hendrix definitely didn't have one of their better nights against Trinity on Friday.  King played well, but the injury to Foley left them too small to match up to Trinity's size.  Trinity also did a good job shutting down Cal Rose from the outside.
After beginning the conference season with tough games against Millsaps & Trinity, maybe the Warriors can bounce back Sunday with a good effort against Southwestern.

What is the extent of David Foley's injury?  He was having a good season from what I could tell.

A high ankle sprain is all I've heard.  No idea on when he will return.

[frank_ezelle]

Surprising game going on at DePauw with OU ahead 62-59 with just under 9 minutes to play.

Link to live stats:  http://www.depauw.edu/ath/live/men/xlive.htm

[frank_ezelle]

Game just over at DePauw.  Oglethorpe had an 8 point lead with 2:29 to go, DePauw hit a couple of three's to cut it to 2 with 1:03 to go.  OU held the ball until :06 thanks to a missed shot and an offensive rebound, but missed a FT at the :06 mark, DePauw got the rebound, but failed to score.  Final score, OU 69 and DePauw 67.

[pbrooks3]

Yea, ended a 20 game home winning streak.  My prediction on this game was way off.  DePauw will come into Memphis Friday night with a mean streak for Rhodes.  Oglethorpe apparently outrebounded DP big time.  This is a great road win for the Stormy Petrels.  Glad they took care of business today rather than Friday night at Danville.  Some of these road wins this weekend are surprising, but it just goes to show you the good, competitive basketball that is played in the SCAC.