MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Rose Basketball · December 01, 2005, 09:43:24 PM

Quote from: Rose Basketball on December 01, 2005, 09:42:16 PM
Halftime

Trinity 39, Southwestern 29

Bates (T) 22 points, 8-8 FG, 6-6 3-pt. FG, 6 rebs.

Little (SW) 10 pts., 5 rebs.

Southwestern's gotta be pleased with a 10 point defecit considering Trinity came out firing and nearly turned this into a laugher.

Make that 41-29, and give Bates 24 points as he collected two free-throw's before the half.

Herb · December 01, 2005, 09:54:34 PM

Intersting half of basketball. I wonder if Trinity can keep up the hot shooting. Can Southwestern make a run? I bet Coach Raleigh makes some adjustments and Southwestern makes this is a game. The history of this series tells us that this should be a close game.

Rose Basketball · December 01, 2005, 10:06:57 PM

Andy Bates is in the midst of one of the greatest single-game performances in SCAC History tonight......

14:38 / 2nd Half

Trinity 54, Southwestern 37

Bates is 11-for-11 from the field, 7-for-7 from 3-pt. land, and has 32 points.

Rose Basketball · December 01, 2005, 10:13:22 PM

Unreal.

I don't think I have ever seen or heard anything like this before.

Rose Basketball · December 01, 2005, 10:22:49 PM

The only thing Bates hasn't done with perfection tonight is shoot free-throws. He is currently 3-9 from the line.

Herb · December 01, 2005, 10:27:42 PM

Just think if he could have hit his free throws.

Rose Basketball · December 01, 2005, 10:44:54 PM

Andy Bates finishes the night with 39 points.

13-15 FG
7-9 3-pt. FG
6-13 FT

9 Rebs.
4 Asst.

Trinity wins in convincing fashion as they blitz the Pirates of Southwestern.

carlweathers · December 02, 2005, 02:29:47 AM

I would like to be the first to congratulate Andy Bates on his SCAC POW for this week.

A long day on the road, catching updates on via phone via live stats while in an airport. What a great game for Trinity.

With Ross Burt playing hurt and Brandon York out with an injury, Andy Bates steps up BIG TIME. The greatest line I have seen in my time following Trinity hoops. Ryan Hyslop hit Rhodes up for 38 back in the day on 18 of 18 from the line but this has to top that. Seems like a very impressive performance by the Tigers as a whole and it wasn't as if the entire team was lights out. Mitch Walker and Casey Hill stepped up with some offense. James Lake can't hit a shot tonight but seemingly helped out in other ways. Lake now has 17 assists and 2 turnovers for the year. He must be doing a great job.

Wish I could have been there.

Herb · December 02, 2005, 09:31:28 AM

Carl,
I would have to say that is the most impressive performance that I have heard about in all my years of following Trinity. Ryan Hyslop had another 38 point performance in 1996 against Wesleyan. He hit 9 threes that game. He missed his first 2 three attempts and then hit 9 threes in a row. He stayed in a little long trying to get 40 and forced some shots at the end, but I have to say Bates performance was more impressive.

scaccommish · December 02, 2005, 09:43:34 AM

Just to add another historical note on Bates' performance last night, his 39 points is the most in a SCAC game since Neal Power of Rhodes had 43 against Millsaps on Feb. 18, 2001.

Ron Boerger · December 02, 2005, 10:16:51 AM

And per TU's web site, the most points by a TU player since 1996.

evacuee · December 02, 2005, 12:19:15 PM

Ryan Hyslop...What a clown

. I heard he ended up on "Elimidate" not too long ago. Must have been celebrity elimidate. Good guy. Haven't seen him since before I graduated.

warriorfan · December 03, 2005, 02:04:40 AM

Hendrix beat Depauw tonight in overtime. Three Hendrix players scored double digits in front of a rowdy Hendrix crowd.

frank_ezelle · December 03, 2005, 08:25:12 AM

Trinity with a big home win over Southwestern was interesting but hardly earth shaking. The Indiana teams opening up with road losses at Rhodes and Hendrix, the preseason 9th and 10th picks in the coaches' poll is far more telling of just how tough the conference will be this year. It doesn't look like there will be any easy road games this year and defending your home court won't be a given against any team.

In non-conference play, Millsaps beat a solid Piedmont team 82-76. I was surprised to see that Piedmont outshot Millsaps by a large margin on 3-pointers (10 of 20 vs. 4 of 22) and even scored more on free throws (20/29 vs. 18/23) despite the quick foul tactic towards the end of the game. Those numbers would have meant a sure loss for Millsaps in the past couple of season but they have improved tremendously on scoring inside the arc.

Tyler Warren lead the scoring with 25, followed by Edrick Montgomery(21), Rodney Rogan(18) and Justin LeBlanc(11). Millsaps had a 36-23 edge in rebounding, led by Montgomery with 12 and Rogan with 8. Millsaps plays NAIA Belhaven College this afternoon in a game that should provide stiff competition. After that, the December schedule is completed with road games to Rust College and Division 1 Birmingham Southern. It is a great non-conference schedule to get ready for what shapes up to be a great year for the SCAC Conference from top to bottom in men's basketball.

Herb · December 03, 2005, 08:51:54 AM

First off, Congrats to Hendrix on a big win Friday. It looks like they are ready to make a return to conference competitiveness.

Thanks for the update on the Millsaps game, Frank. I thnink you are right about the conference being tougher this year. Do you think the bottom teams have gotten better or does the perceived lack of a dominant team(s) make the conference tougher? To me I think it is a combination of both. The bottom teams have gotten better and at least right now, you can't say that one or more teams are head and shoulders above the rest. A team or teams may end up seperating themselves from the pack by the end of the season, but right now it is too early to tell.