MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

pbrooks3 · January 06, 2008, 04:38:37 PM

Southwestern is about to go down to defeat at Hendrix - 71-60 with 24 seconds to play. Andrew King looking big with 21 points and 18 boards.

pbrooks3 · January 06, 2008, 04:39:54 PM

Final - Hendrix 72 Southwestern 60

frank_ezelle · January 06, 2008, 04:42:29 PM

Scores from the weekend so far with the Hendrix win over Southwestern not included and the Sewanee at Centre games still in progress I assume:

Jan. 4 8:00 PM Trinity (Tex.) 75 Hendrix 50 Final
8:00 PM Sewanee 63 DePauw 80 Final
8:00 PM Oglethorpe 68 Centre 80 Final
9:00 PM Southwestern (Tex.) 57 Millsaps 66 Final
Jan. 5 3:00 PM Austin 63 Colorado Col. 56 Final
3:00 PM Birmingham Southern 70 Rhodes 58 Final
9:00 PM Trinity (Tex.) 67 Millsaps 73 Final
Jan. 6 2:00 PM Oglethorpe 69 DePauw 67 Final
3:00 PM Southwestern (Tex.) Hendrix
3:00 PM Sewanee Centre

It may take a while to get the Sewanee-Centre score but it looks like the only real surprise of the weekend was the OU win at DePauw. Austin won on the road against a Colorado College team that is still winless. Birmingham Southern won at Rhodes, maybe a little bit of a surprise, but BSC did come in with the better record.

frank_ezelle · January 06, 2008, 04:57:34 PM

In the final result of the weekend, Centre wins over Sewanee 85-68.

Box score: http://www.centre.edu/web/athletics/basketball_m/box_scores/0708/cen-sewm.htm

pbrooks3 · January 06, 2008, 04:59:03 PM

I would agree on outcome so far. My surprise with the B-S Rhodes game was how easily Birmingham-Southern won. I think Rhodes needs to look forward to playing Colorado College!

Good for Centre partisans like me; Colonels win 85-68.

d3allstar · January 06, 2008, 05:15:58 PM

i saw hendrix shot 50 free throws in their win vs. su. is that a record? and if anyone was there, any explanations for why hendrix got that many attempts??

pbrooks3 · January 06, 2008, 05:23:38 PM

I looked at action during the last 5 minutes of the game. Hendrix earned lots of trips to the line down the stretch as Southwestern attempted to get the ball and cut into the Hendrix lead. As for the first 35 minutes I can't say; don't know about any records on this.

DPULefty22 · January 06, 2008, 05:38:06 PM

Rough loss for the Old Gold this afternoon at home. 9-of-31 from the 3-point line sure isn't going to get it done. Despite being outshot, DePauw had a shot to win with 6.5 seconds left when OU's Eric Palmer missed the front end of a one-and-one. DPU grabbed the rebound and could have called their final time-out, but they did not and Mike Moore couldn't get his desperation three off before the buzzer.

OU is an improving young team, but DPU should have beaten them at home, where they hadn't lost in their last 20. Give Phil Ponder's guys credit - they made more shots and wouldn't let DPU take the game over in the second half. Every time the Tigers got it to 1 or 2, OU would respond with the next five or six points.

hendrixfan · January 06, 2008, 09:45:23 PM

Congrats to Andrew King, who grabbed 18 rebounds to give him 501 for his career. 1,000 points and 500 rebounds is pretty impressive for a junior!

Dave84 · January 07, 2008, 09:36:44 AM

Wow, it sounds like it was a good game there in Jackson! I'm very excited about this Trinity team. A close loss on the road against a more experienced Millsaps team and a solid victory at Hendrix could be taken as a positive for this group. It seems like Patrick Robinson really shot well this weekend. I hope Rogan bounces back from this injury, as I've grown up as a friend of his and would hate to see his senior season plagued with injury. Thanks for the postgame summary Frank.

does anyone have a breakdown of what happened in the OU/Depauw game?

spfan22 · January 07, 2008, 10:19:49 AM

First let me say I have alot of respect for the depauw program.. they have a very good team but I just didnt think they would be quite as good this year.. losing their best shooter in Sakel and one of their best players in Brown was a big loss.. he did everything.. rebound, play great defense, and score the basketball with his slashing mentality

Oglethorpe's biggest problem this year has been getting off to slow starts.. with a young team like that you have to get off to a good start to give yourself confidence that you can play with good teams like depauw, centre, millsaps and so on.. they got off to a terrible start at centre on friday and ended up being down 23 at half.. they bounced back and got off to a great start against depauw.. they gained confidence early, which is huge when playing road games.. from the webcast it sounds like depauw didnt shoot well and got killed on the boards which is a rarity for depauw

Also.. matchups play a huge rule in basketball and I think this years OU team matches up well with Depauw

hendrixfan · January 07, 2008, 10:42:38 AM

Quote from: Dave84 on January 07, 2008, 09:36:44 AM
It seems like Patrick Robinson really shot well this weekend.

Robinson was huge Friday night. It seems that every time Hendrix needed a stop on defense, Robinson got loose and nailed a big shot. Can't say much for style points on his shot, but the results are all that matters!

Dave84 · January 07, 2008, 05:17:22 PM

haha, ah yes, the shooting form of Patrick Robinson. Trinity seems to have a way with good unorthodox shooters. Robinson's shot reminds me of an Andy Bates' shot for those of you who remember him. Elbow flairing out and all, but hey, i guess that goes to the argument of "if it goes in, then it's okay."

I've been around the DePauw program long enough to know that they are a tough team year in and year out. Moore has always impressed me with the ability to push the basketball. Brown was a solid player, but I feel like he fed off of his teammates more than created for himself. This is mainly because they have always had solid low posts as long as I can remember.

what are the matchups for this weekend?

pbrooks3 · January 07, 2008, 06:23:41 PM

Friday:
Hendrix at Austin (like Hendrix in tight finish)
Centre at Birmingham Southern (Centre by 5)
DePauw at Rhodes (DP by 18)
Millsaps at Colorado College Millsaps by 16)

Saturday:
Southwestern at Trinity (Trinity by 20)
Hendrix at Colorado College (Hendrix by 10)
Oglethorpe at Sewanee (Sewanee wins at the buzzer)

Sunday:
DePauw at Birmingham Southern (DP wins by 15)
Millsaps at Austin (Majors by 11)
Centre at Rhodes (Colonels by 10)

FlightofthePetrel · January 07, 2008, 07:03:23 PM

I'd like to comment on a few of the upcoming games.

Just curious why you picked Depauw to beat Rhodes by 18 and Centre to only win by 10... as well as Centre beating Bham by 5 and DPU winning by 15? Centre beat Depauw... as well as every other SCAC team they've played, handily. It only make sense that they would be winning by the larger margin- especially against the weaker SCAC East Teams.

I believe the DPU at BHAM will be alot closer than 15. Birmingham started off rough at the beginning of the year but I believe they've hit their stride. They recently just lost to Emory by 5. I think this game will be closer than 15 and wouldn't be surprised if Bham pulled off the upset.

Oglethorpe and Sewanee has always been an unpredictable game but after OU's upset of Depauw I see them going to the mountain with a load of confidence as well as focus b/c OU now controls their own destiny to capture the East #2 seed... Both teams have had up and down years, playing spordaic ball to say the least. I think the game will be close but OU should come out with a win and a 3-1 SCAC record at the mid point.