MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Trinity leads OU 53-50 with 12:21 left.

TU has kept the lead between 1 and 6 points for the second half.

TU 56-50 11:23 left.

TU 58-55 9:49 left.

TU 63-58 8:13 left

TU 74-65 4:08 left.

TU 74-72 1:11 left (TU ball.)

Tied at 74-74  0:40 left.

TU 77, OU 74.  FINAL

[Ralph Turner]

In Jackson-- 

Millsaps 48, Centre 54, 3:02 left.

Millsaps 53, Centre 55. 1:31 left.

Millsaps 53, Centre 56.  CC ball 0:38 left. (0:13 on the shot clock.)

Millsaps 56, Centre 56. 3FG by Martinez 0:09 left.

Millsaps 56, Centre 59 3FG by Mullaney (from NBA distance) 0:01.3 left

FINAL CENTRE 59, Millsaps 56.

[frank_ezelle]

Ralph will probably beat me to this post.  Millsaps tied the game with 9 seconds to go, Centre took at long three pointer with a few seconds to go, it hit the rim, took a high bounce, and dropped down through the basket. 

A great weekend by Millsaps that still resulted in an 0-2 record.  They need a few breaks to go their way over the next couple of road trip weekends in order to climb back up to contention for an SCAC Tournament berth.

[pbrooks3]

Centre escapes 59-56. Martinez hit an unbelievable 3 to tie the game at 56-56 with 9 seconds left. Jeff Mullaney then hits 3 from the top of the circle on a fortunate carom to win it for the Colonels. TC Thomasen carried Centre much of the 2nd half scoring 4 threes. Colonels are fortunate to grasp a win in this one. Millsaps hung tough in a game they controlled for about 23 minutes.

[hendrixfan]

Hendrix held on for a 78-67 win.  After leading by 19 in the second half, DePauw cut the lead to single digits late.

[pbrooks3]

HendrixFan, nice to see the Warriors pick up a good win over DePauw.

I'll look forward to seeing Hendrix next weekend again when they come to Memphis. Maybe Andrew King will be back at full strength then.

I now see why Millsaps is a challenging venue for the Majors' opponents. Frank is generous when he talks about the lighting. At the game's start, I swear the areas under each basket appeared darker than the remainder of the court. The extra lights on the walls behind the goals don't seem to add much illumination.   Centre certainly shot the ball as if they were pitching it in the dark during the 1st 20 minutes.

Actually, I was favorably impressed with the overall facilities at Millsaps. I hadn't been on the campus in about 9 years. Really liked the football area. The other perk of sorts that is nice about out-of-towners coming to Millsaps is the excellent accomodations next door in the Cabot Lodge. It's fantastic to be able to walk from the hotel to the game. Don't know of anywhere else in the SCAC that you can do this. 

[hendrixfan]

King looked much better yesterday than he did on Friday night.  The crazy thing for the very few attending the noon start in Conway yesterday was that Priest didn't start Cal Rose on Sunday.  Rose played well and didn't seem to have any health-related issues.   

pbrooks, I agree with your assessment on Millsaps.  I was impressed with all the facilities except the Hangar Dome, but it definitely is a great home court advantage.

[Walter17]

Well, it looks like Trinity dodged another bullet on this one.  I had to be out of town and wasn't able to catch the game.  Was anyone there for this one? 

Although this weekend doesn't have a huge impact on divisional standings for Trinity, it DOES have a huge impact on regional record and the potential for an at large bid.  (Obviously, I would like to think that every game Trinity plays is a MUST win and I don't suggest that Trinity take these two games against DePauw and Centre lightly.  In fact, I think this weekend will really be the Tigers' toughest tests of the season)  What are some thoughts on where teams might be in regards to at large bids.  Does the SCAC have a shot at getting two in the tournament again this year?

[tarheelfan]

Centre wins 65-59. A real defensive tussle and Centre dominated in final 20. They got key baskets from TC Thomasen, Danny Noll, and Ryan Crowdis hit his only basket - a 3 - to bump the lead from 1 to 4 in the final minute. Veteran players sucked it up on the road and got a win against a spirited Warrior squad.

Good win on the road last night by Centre.  Any road win in the SCAC is a good win.

Hendrix has a lot of problems right now.  They have lost 5 in a row, King is not healthy, and the team just doesn't seem to be clicking.  Good effort by King, but he appears to be hurting pretty bad.

On a side note, does anyone know if the SCAC will go back to playing the ladies first again next year?  The video shows that the Hendrix men aren't getting a very good home crowd this year, and then the ladies have even less.

Hendrix had lost three in row before defeating DePauw yesterday.  They had beaten Colorado and Austin two weekends ago.  My guess is that the coaches wanted to either switch things up or motivate Rose in some way.  Chris Goodman has been shooting the ball really well and had started 2 or 3 games on the season. 

[hendrixfan]

Hendrix had lost three in row before defeating DePauw yesterday.
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You are correct.  My mistake.

[pbrooks3]

Are there any repercussions for DePauw with Mike Moore's double T yesterday at Hendrix?  I know certain leagues in Division 1 make the coach and/or player sit out a game. Perhaps someone more familiar with SCAC rules can weigh in on this.

[DPU3619]

Are there any repercussions for DePauw with Mike Moore's double T yesterday at Hendrix?  I know certain leagues in Division 1 make the coach and/or player sit out a game. Perhaps someone more familiar with SCAC rules can weigh in on this.

Don't think so.  I've seen a few ejections in my time, and I don't recall any suspensions that followed.  But those have all been coaches, I think.  Not sure I ever saw a player get run.

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity is up to eighth, Centre makes its first appearance at #23 in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25.   DePauw received 2 25th-place votes. 

Trinity is two points behind #7 (former #1) Wheaton. 

[Walter17]

I believe foul language technical fouls are class A which doesn't result in suspension if you are ejected from the game after two.  If you are ejected from a game due to fighting (class B?), then there is the automatic suspension.  For instance, anyone see the idiot from University of Houston purposely step on Arizona's Chase Budinger's face?  I think he was only given one game for that - which is too nice of a punishment in my opinion.  There is no room in the game for that.  Luckily, SCAC players have better class!

[frank_ezelle]

Trinity is up to eighth, Centre makes its first appearance at #23 in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25.   DePauw received 2 25th-place votes. 

Trinity is two points behind #7 (former #1) Wheaton. 

Millsaps lost by 5 at Trinity, and had the OT loss to DePauw this weekend and the heartbreak loss at the end to Centre.  In the scorebook that's still 0-3, but it tells you how close Millsaps has been to a fairly good season.  I think they could present real problems for someone IF they get into the SCAC Tournament, but they are going to need some good results on the road over the next two weeks in order to climb back up to 4th or better in the West.