MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Gus Sinski]

 I would have to take Centre as my No. 1 right now, but I think anyone familiar with the league would have to say that it's mighty crowded at the top. And who knows who might cram their snout into the picture before all is said and done? Trinity is coming off a mediocre season by Trinity standards, and I can only think that perhaps we've awakened an angry giant.

I'm consigned to working for a living Friday, but perhaps Saturday I'll be able to hie on over to the Hendrix Wellness and Athletic Center/Cliff Garrison Court/Oh My God For Once I Don't See Any Asbestos gym and check out the early returns on the Warriors.

That sound you hear is a contented sigh as I take in a game with actual chairback seating.

[DPU3619]

No problems for DePauw in the opener against Illinois Tech at Manchester last night.  89-66 Final.

Oilar 19 & 7.  Schott 15 & 9.  Werntz 15 pts on 5-5 shooting from 3.  A freshman going by the name of Steve Lemasters also had 15 on 5-5 shooting from deep.  They'll play host Manchester this evening.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps opens up with Pensacola Christian this afternoon, a team that led #23 ranked MS College last night in the opening minutes of the second half.  MC went on a big run at that point to cruise to a victory, but I hope the Millsaps players don't slip up and play like they did in losing to Pensacola last season.  I can't stress enough just how important it is for teams like Millsaps, DePauw, Centre, Trinity, etc., to keep alive their at-large possibilities in November and December because the SCAC Tournament will once again be a toss up between many teams.

[irion]

Sewanee beat Texas Tyler last night 75-70.  Good defensive effort, but I don't know how Texas Tyler would stack up against SCAC competition.  Sewanee plays Emory on Sunday

[golden_dome]

irion,
   What kind of team did Tyler have? They are playing without their best player right now, guard Brandon Weasby is one of the better guards in the ASC but only has one more semester of eligibility. Tyler's new head coach, Kenny Bizot, was an assistant at MC for four years.
    Looking forward to seeing Millsaps today against Pensacola Christian after our girls game against them. Pensacola has a decent team who can be competitive if you catch them on a good night.
   

[irion]

Texas T had a good team.  Very atheletic guards and forwards and one strong post player that  fouled out with about 4 min left or the outcome may have been different.  They were well coached.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps wins this afternoon by 6 over Pensacola Christian (75-69 if I remember correctly).  The first 10-12 minutes were fairly close and then Millsaps expanded it to about 16 by the end of the half.

In the second half it never had the feel that Millsaps was going to lose, but they didn't hit the shots then needed to pull away.  The game tightened up in the last minute with some missed free throws and a couple of three pointers, but there never was the feeling that the game was going to be lost.

All in all, it was a start that had its bright moment but it seemed to lack the intensity that will be needed for the rest of the season.

[Gus Sinski]

 Hendrix beat Westminster (Mo.) 69-45 Saturday, giving the Warriors a 2-0 start to the season.

I neglected to steal a stat sheet, but Andrew King had his usual night and grabbed a bunch of rebounds. A nice surprise was the outside shooting of Janson Hightower, who scored in double figures. If Hightower can knock down some long range shots from time to time, it would give Hendrix another long-range threat besides Cal Rose.

A very good defensive showing. Westminister had a guard who scored over 30 on Rhodes the night before, and Hendrix held him to six.

SCAC teams will be in for a treat when making the trip to Conway. The new gym looks fantastic, and everything ran very smoothly this weekend.

[DPU3619]

DPU won the Manchester something or other bank tourney by beating Manchester 68-60 last night.   

Werntz went for 21 points on 5-9 from 3.  He's the tourney MVP.  Oilar and Schott both with 12.  Oilar made the tourney team. 

Through two games, DPU is shooting 48% from 3.

[JJFlash]

Trinity beat Ohio Weslyan by double digists last night.  The Tigers got up by 10 early and never really were challenged.  OW did cut the lead to 7 at one point in the second half, but Trinity withstood the "run" and brought it home pretty easily. 

[irion]

Sewanee beat Emory this afternoon by 19.  I believe Emory lost 3 or more of their starters from last year so I don't know how significant the victory was but Sewanee  starts 2-0.  3 Sewanee players made the All Tournament team.  LaGrange comes to the Mountain on Tuesday.  Does anyone know what they have?

[Ralph Turner]

Ohio Wesleyan is picked to finish 2nd in the NCAC!

The win is not "in-region", so it doesn't help with the playoffs, but it looks good on the "resume". 

[Gus Sinski]

Ohio Wesleyan is picked to finish 2nd in the NCAC!

The win is not "in-region", so it doesn't help with the playoffs, but it looks good on the "resume". 

Ralph, just clicked on that link...

Let me just say that the first person to get me any kind of clothing with "Battling Bishops" emblazoned on it will be in my good graces forever.

[mattgrubb]

Lagrange should have a decent team, but no match for Pursell, if i was a betting man, i would throw money on Sewanee by 10.  I just don't think lagrange will have anyone who can match up with Ben and he will draw so much attention that it will allow his teammates to make some plays as well.  I also like Sewanee in this game b/c it is on the mountain and if it was in Lagrange i would call it a toss up

[JJFlash]

Trinity beat the University of Chicago by 5 last night.    The Tigers were down by 4 or so halfway through the second half and went on a run followng a timeout in which they got read the riot act.  It appears that Coach Cunningham has another team willing to play defense and share the ball.  The team looks very deep as they can go 10 or more down the bench!