MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[pbrooks3]

Frank, you've been on target about your Majors all season. They do tend to yo-yo back and forth. Centre had the good fortune tonight of having one of their seniors (Britt) hot as a firecracker the 2nd half. Good thing because the Colonels didn't have an answer for Montgomery.  Wes, you did the entire SCAC proud tonight. I think it was an epic game. Understand #1 Rochester went down to defeat tonight, is that right.

[Ralph Turner]

Yes, both Rochester at Emory and Brandeis at home to Chicago!

That tears up the Top 25! 

Altho' Centre and Millsaps stay on my ballot! 

[pbrooks3]

Any other finals from the SCAC, like DePauw-Hendrix?

[pbrooks3]

2nd half score at Mallory Gym with 10:17 to go:
Austin 50
Rhodes 49

[Major_Fan]

DePauw knocks off Hendrix handily, 81-53, as Mike Moore goes for 28 on 10-of-12 shooting with five 3s ... they also outscored the Warriors 46-21 in the second half.

On the Millsaps game, it was all it was cracked up to be.  I've got to give it to Britt, he was the man coming in to ruin the Majors.  A tough 3-ball with 0.3 left to send it to overtime along with 27 points in the second half alone.  Hats off to Montgomery as well tying a career-high with 34 points.  I just hope there's no let down in Greencastle on Sunday as the Majors have another tough road game.  What a great ballgame, and I enjoyed the broadcast.  I hope to see a Millsaps/Centre rematch in the SCAC Tournament Championship game in Conway!

[DPULefty22]

DPU 81, Hendrix 53 from Greencastle tonight. Mike Moore with 28, Schott a 13-10 double-double. Andrew King held to 14 points and just 4 rebounds. Credit DPU's defense with frustrating King all night.

I have to say I wasn't terribly impressed by King in my first look at him. Thought he got away with a few traveling violations when he tried to back down players, and when Oilar and Schott got physical with him, he got frustrated. But hey, everyone's entitled to an off-night here and there, so I'll withhold further judgment on him until I see how he fares on Sunday against Centre and in future SCAC clashes.

[pbrooks3]

I think it's great for the conference that these 2 teams gave the D3Hoops guys such an exciting game to broadcast. The SCAC has some fantastic student athletes and competitive, thrilling hoops for the fans of the schools to watch!  Centre and Millsaps, you were great tonight.

[pbrooks3]

Rhodes is down 60-55 with 3:47 remaining.

[pbrooks3]

Rhodes goes down quietly at the end 70-61. The struggling tale continues. 

[FlightofthePetrel]

Wish I could have heard the Centre Millsaps game... sounded like a hell of a game.  Oglethorpe came away with a big win tonight against a very balanced Trinity game.  BJ Moon opened up the game on fire hitting his first 3 3-pointers but cooled off late in the game as he wouldn't hit another one.  Oglethorpe continues to be led by their freshmen, this time it was Joe Kennedy who stepped up big scoring a game high 19 points 5 rebounds and 4 assists (7 of 7 from the field) and Todd Ward's 13 points 6 rebounds and 2 steals in his first start of the year.  One thing to note, Oglethorpe was without starting forward Sr. Nick Watterson today as he has been ill all week.  I know it's not really a big point but his Sr. leadership out there on the court is big and I know the guys missed it tonight-  great to pull out a win like this to improve to 10-6  (5-2) conf.

[pbrooks3]

FlightofthePetrel, your squad is looking impressive.  Good win against Trinity.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Thank you Brooks, but all the credit should go out to the players- they've really stepped it up since being embarassed by your squad.

Congrats on the improbable comeback win tonight.  Centre is FOR REAL!!!

[DPU3619]

Thanks for all the kind words, folks.  What a great ballgame.  Fantastic from halftime on.

First ballgame I've done in nearly two years.  Needless to say, I was a little rusty.  Also, I've lost a lot of voice strength since the olden days.  As bad as I sounded in OT, that's what you heard starting about 3 minutes in.  My voice left shortly after tip off. 

It's just so loud in there all the time.  Something about the way that building is designed.  Haven't seen the attendance numbers, but I wouldn't guess many more than 600 or so were in the stands this evening.  Even so, when the crowd got into it, it sounded like more than a couple thousand.

As far as my thoughts on the game go, that performance by Thomas Britt is one of the more remarkable I can recall.  He had 3 only at the half, and winds up with 31 (including the one that tied the game, and the dagger in OT).  Fantastic.  And a great night from Edrick Montgomery, as well.  I haven't seen him since he picked up that nice 12-18 foot jumper.  Centre couldn't stop for the first 38 minutes. 

[pbrooks3]

Wes, I have enjoyed the rewind of your call of Thomas Britt's 3-pointer to send the game to OT. My wife and I listened to the last 3 minutes plus overtime through her cell phone tied to my daughter's PC on the other end of the line while watching the Rhodes-Austin game. How's that for following SCAC hoops?  Thank you again for doing the call.

[pbrooks3]

The Rhodes Men lost a good opportunity to get a much-needed win last night. Two things struck me about the game - one, it was a slugfest from the opening tip to the final buzzer. The 3 officials allowed a ton of mugging to take place. While there was a fair amount physicality on both ends from each team, Rhodes got the least benefit from the few whistles the officials blew throughout. The other thing that shot the Lynx down were about 7 or 8 bad passes and ill-advised shots taken that led or contributed to baskets on the other end. They frankly should have won this ballgame. Perhaps they can reflect on this performance and realize they've got the "right stuff" to get some wins. CC provides them another great opportunity Sunday to chalk up a victory.