MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[frank_ezelle]

Looks like Trinity will have a chance to extend UMHB's losing streak against the SCAC to 3--don't forget that Millsaps beat UMHB in the playoffs last year.

A reminder to all that the Millsaps at Louisiana College game is scheduled to be webcast by Millsaps with the tipoff at 7:00 Central time.  The link to that is:

http://www.atwsportscast.com/Colleges/Players/Millsaps%20College.htm

[Walter17]

No problem pbrooks!

Tonight Southwestern gets a chance to upset its second D3hoops top 10 team in a row with UW-Stevens Pointe.  It looks to be a great weekend for the SCAC.

[ASCfan237]

Keep us updated...that would be another huge win for the conference

[DPULefty22]

DPU opens up tonight at Boys Town in Crawfordsville against a perenially tough Franklin squad in a tournament that could set up an extra DPU-Wabash meeting this year.

I haven't the slightest idea what we'll see from DPU in the frontcourt tonight. David Gray and Joe Bergfeld return. Eric Hagen is back from a scary condition that required heart surgery last year and at 6'8" he's the tallest Tiger, though he lost some development time last year. Personally I think Ryan Sever has a chance to shine if he gets some minutes - his only minutes last year were late in blowouts but he always looked like the best player on the 'third team', as it were.

The backcourt looks solid - Mike Moore is back, of course, along with Tom Callen. Matt Bennett is a transfer who walked on and saw time at Valpo the last two seasons, so I'm guessing he could see some time. Not sure who the third guard starter will be - could be Bennett or Steve LeMasters if the Tigers don't decide to sacrifice size for speed by starting Moore and Tony James in the same backcourt (I always liked that alignment myself, though James is a really good fit coming off the bench). Ryan Russell should get some burn too. No idea about any of the frosh, so I'll be learning about them at the same speed as the rest of you.

Go Tigers.

[frank_ezelle]

Jumping over to the men's board after my Lady Majors lost to Louisiana College by 17, getting down by 21 at the half.

A tough night for DePauw as their ladies fell by 1 to Ill. Wesleyan and the men fell hard to Franklin, going down 75-61. 

Hendrix followed suit with their women's team and they rang Westminster's bell by a score of 86-53.

Millsaps is playing Louisiana College right now and the audio of that game is being webcast at the link I have a few posts back.  Game just started and Millsaps trails 7-6.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Oglethorpe pulls out another squeaker as they down Haverford at the buzzer 69-67 as Alex Richey hits a put back at the buzzer for the game winner.  OU had 4 players in doubles figures and shot well from behind the arc (9-17)... at one point they were 8-11.  OU improves to 2-0 early in the season and will take on Swarthmore tomorrow at 3.  Live stats can be found here: http://blogs.swarthmore.edu/athletics/2008/11/18/2008-equinox-classic/

Stats from tonight's game, if they're still up:  http://www.haverford.edu/athletics/basketballm/0809statslive/xlive.htm

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps falls at Louisiana College 65-57.  Millsaps cut a 13-point LC lead in the second half down to 1 with about 3 minutes to go, but could never take the lead.  There's no doubt that the rest of 2008 will be a rebuilding period and time will tell on how competitive they will be in the two months of 2009.  They have a lot of guys in new situations and it's going to take a little time for things to come together.

[frank_ezelle]

To round out the scores:

Wisconsin SP over Southwestern 74-59

Trinity over Schreiner 77-66

Sewenee is on the wrong end of a 77-66 score, falling to Rust this evening.

[pbrooks3]

Appreciate the updates from everyone - I've only been on the blackberry tonight. Quite curious about the DPU-Franklin result. Hope someone will post more details on this one. I am not surprised that Franklin won; they're a scrappy bunch. The margin of victory on a neutral court was a bit surprising.  Know one game doesn't make a season this early. This result makes me appreciate the Centre win at Franklin even more.

I am learning from the early Centre games that the first 5-6 players on Coach Mason's squad are really producing. However, there is a considerable dropoff from there. Another tough rivalry game awaits the Colonels tomorrow night in Transy. It will take another solid effort to win. The best part is that this one is on the homecourt. Though there'll be plenty of Transy partisans in the seats.   

Good road win for OU.

Might be a pretty fair game in San Antonio tomorrow between UW-SP & Trinity.

[brave heart]

doomed by the long ball.No made 3pts by Depauw for first time in well over 400 games.Early season rash of turnovers wasnt helpful either.Depauw closed to 6 pts in second half then Franklin went on a 15-2 run that finished off the Tigers.Franklin played their typical fast paced game with alot of contact as they did vs Centre.Depauw needs to take care of the ball and knock down some threes to open up the middle this PM vs Wabash.Going to be a tuff place to play to get a win.

[Walter17]

I watched the Trinity vs. Schreiner game yesterday and it appeared to be in the Tigers' favor the whole way (even though the score makes it seem like it was a much closer game).  In typical Trinity fashion, the Tigers played 14 players with only two players (BJ Moon and Charles Houston) getting over 20 minutes in the game (22 and 21, respectively).  In just 21 minutes, Houston posted an 18 pt. 12 reb. game.  Looks to be a good start for the Tigers.

Southwestern scrapped their way to a close first half against UW-Stevens Point, but UWSP was just too tough in the second have and blew the game open with a 15+ point victory. 

Tonight's matchup between Trinity and UWSP should be a competitive one, which I should be attending.

[FlightofthePetrel]

OU nails two 3 pointers in the final minute of the half to blow open what was a relatively close first half.  The Petrels lead 42-29 and have 3 players in double figures. 

Check out live stats: http://www.swarthmore.edu/athletics/team_mens_basketball/livestats/XLIVE.HTM

[FlightofthePetrel]

Oglethorpe dominates Swarthmore 93-70

In a game where Oglethorpe President Larry Schall, formerly at Swarthmore, had mixed emotions about winner of the game the Petrels used a balanced scoring attack that saw 6 players finish in double figures to secure the win.

The Petrels were led by Todd Ward and Alex Richey's 18 points.  Other players scoring in double figures were Allison (16), Kennedy (10), Buckley (10) and Weldon (10 pts. 8 reb.)

The Petrels improve to 3-0 and will take on Emory for the second time in 8 days to complete their season series on Tuesday.  The Petrels will then welcome Maryville and Lagrange to Dorough Filedhouse this upcoming weekend in their annual tournament.  All 3 upcoming games should provide some very good tests for OU.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps has a tip off with Loyola-New Orleans in 10 minutes--that's 5:30 Central.

Live stats link:  http://www.dakstats.com/Websync/Pages/WebcastPlayByPlay/WebcastPBP.aspx?association=10&sg=MBB&compID=78489&sea=

If that link doesn't work, go to this link and click Loyola:  http://www.dakstats.com/WebSync/Pages/Webcasts.aspx?association=10

Also should be a radio broadcast but the link on the Loyola website and the Millsaps website does not work.  Supposedly WGSO (990 AM in New Orleans) is carrying the game but I couldn't find a valid link for the station.

[jekelish]

Halftime at Austin College, AC leads Hardin-Simmons 51-30.  'Roos came out hot, got up 11-0 out of the gate.  Sturtevant and Alade were on fire early...Sturtevant has 12 at the half, and Alade has 17, 6 assists, 4 boards...the 'Roos are shooting 52% overall.