MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[jekelish]

Box score/write up are both up on AC's website...

[ASCfan237]

A friend of mine went to the AC/UTD game last night and had some interesting points I'd like to bring up here....

If anyone follows AC in the last few years can they tell me what good Adam Bishop has brought to the team? I mean the times I have seen him play he was a decent role player. Maybe come in and play 10 mins a game and knock down some 3s but he cannot guard anyone. Last night he plays 14 mins and has 2 rebounds to show for it. Thats not much production from your starting 2 guard.

03 Adam Bishop......... *  0-3    0-0    0-1    1  1  2   0   0  0  0  0  0  14

They have a kid on their bench I saw play in high school that finnally got some time last night and had 22 points in 20 mins on 6-10 shooting. Maybe that coach ought to think about playing him more.

05 Mark Foster.........    6-10   2-3    8-9    2  0  2   2  22  0  1  0  2  20

Either way I think it is going to be another long and bad season for Austin College. I know it is hard to get good players in to school there but I don't see that team playing as efficient as they could be. If anyone else follows them please let me know what you think.

[Walter17]

Looks like Sturtevant wasn't much of a factor in last night's game.  Hopefully AC can get some production out of him to help them get on track.

[jekelish]

AC will be just fine.  As for the comment about "another bad year"...considering they went to the SCAC Tournament last year and were competitive all year, I don't think you can count that as a "bad year."

Sturtevant will be fine, as well.  It's the first game of the season, and these guys are all trying to get their legs.  Sturtevant was a little slow starting last year, but he finished up just fine.

As far as Bishop, what he brings to the table is a 6-3 kid who can hit the three, has good fundamentals, works his butt off, plays solid defense, and understands the team concept and is willing to do whatever is asked of him.  You can't look at just the stats to see the value of a basketball player.

[pbrooks3]

If anyone is attending or listening to the Centre-Maryville game tonight, please post an occasional update on the action. I'll be at another ballgame tonight and will miss the broadcast.

[frank_ezelle]

Centre 73-71 over Maryville is a final.  Got that off the SCAC board.

[pbrooks3]

Another solid road win for Centre tonight beating Maryville at the buzzer 73-71. Both the Franklin & Maryville games could have gone either way.

[frank_ezelle]

How about this one--Southwestern 75, UMHB 68.  Go SCAC!!!

[Ralph Turner]

How about this one--Southwestern 75, UMHB 68.  Go SCAC!!!

A chink in the Crusaders' armor?

[pbrooks3]

Here's the link from the Centre website on the recap of tonight's game -

http://www.centre.edu/web/athletics/basketball_m/news/0809/mbb_maryville_0809.html

[Walter17]

whoa!  Does anyone know what happened to UMHB?  That's a huge win for Southwestern!  I definitely thought UMHB was a little overrated with a preseason #10 ranking. 

[pbrooks3]

Congratulations to Southwestern in beating Mary Hardin Baylor.  I guess UMHB decided they didn't like the Pirates' gym any more than most of the teams in the SCAC.  I've only attended one game there; I thought the back-drop didn't lend itself to good shooting.  Obviously, the Pirates didn't have any problems torching the nets from the new 3-point line with uncanny accuracy.  This win stacks up as another good one for the SCAC over a ranked team.  I'll be curious to see how UMHB plays in San Antonio this weekend.

[Walter17]

actually, UMHB will be playing in San Antonio Tuesday.  Trinity and Southwestern host Schreiner and Wisconsin Stevens Pointe this weekend.  It would be nice to see two SCAC wins against #6 UWSP!!!

[tarheelfan]

I was surprised to see that Southwestern caused 21 UMHB turnovers.  The times I've seen Southwestern play, I don't remember them playing with too much pressure on defense.

[pbrooks3]

actually, UMHB will be playing in San Antonio Tuesday.  Trinity and Southwestern host Schreiner and Wisconsin Stevens Pointe this weekend.  It would be nice to see two SCAC wins against #6 UWSP!!!

Thanks for correcting me on this, Walter17.  I seem to be getting my facts mixed rather frequently.