MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

tarheelfan · November 21, 2009, 09:21:44 PM

Quote from: pbrooks3 on November 20, 2009, 10:37:37 PM
Rhodes pulls out a victory - 71-67. Reid Hamilton leads the way with 20 points followed by Saberion with 18. This one was close the whole way with the lead changing hands a number of times. Saberion took over down the stretch to hit some key baskets. Hamilton went down with about 8 minutes to go with a severe ankle sprain and did not return. These teams were pretty evenly matched, though Greenville turned the ball over a ton in the 2nd half.

The hero of the 1st game, Jesse Ford, went down with a bad injury to his knee with about 20 seconds remaining after he'd put Hendrix in the lead for good. He was going to have knee evaluated after the game. No news yet.

Rhodes does have a young leader in the making in freshman point guard, Andrew Gallows. He scored 11 points and demonstrated pretty fair court awareness much of the game. While he made a few silly mistakes, he's got good ballhandling skills and seems to know when to drive it and when to distribute. He has nice size (6'4") and decent quickness.

Ford's knee is not an ACL tear, that's the good news. Best case scenario, it is his MCL and he will be back in 4-6 weeks. Should know more after a visit to the doctor on Monday.

pbrooks3 · November 21, 2009, 09:25:42 PM

Rhodes fought their way back gallantly in the 2nd half to take a lead but couldn't pull away, losing it in the last minute 80-79. Westminster built a 4-point lead in the final seconds, and Gallow hit a three with 0.5 seconds to bring the Lynx within 1. This one honestly could have gone either way - no team dominated throughout.

Centre took it on the chin again tonight at Lexington against Transylvania. This one ended 68-60 with Centre closing the gap in the later stage to 3 points after being down 17 points with about 11 minutes remaining. Didn't see much of the video feed, but the Colonels shot poorly again early and dug themselves a hole of which they could not overcome.

Heard the young man on Hendrix's team (Jesse Ford) who suffered a knee injury Friday did not tear his ACL. That's good. It could be his MCL which would possibly allow him to resume his senior campaign in January sometime.

hendrixfan · November 21, 2009, 10:20:49 PM

That is good news for Ford and Hendrix. No one ever wants to see a kid go down with a knee injury, and this one looked scary.
Ford was somewhat forgotten last year after starting a few games as a sophomore, he has played well so far this season. He will be missed inside, where a lack of depth is already a problem.
Hopefully the Warriors can build on their wins in Memphis, and will be healthy again by the time conference season begins.

phillipst · November 21, 2009, 11:29:21 PM

Final Record from Memphis and The Rhodes Classic Tipoff by Hampton Inn-Poplar

Hendrix 2-0
Rhodes 1-1

Rhodes lost a hard fought ball to a good Westminster club (picked to win the SLIAC). Follow up on the story is at:
http://www.rhodeslynx.com/news/2009/11/21/MBBALL_Westminster_1121092845.aspx

Rhodes will host a Thanksgiving Tournament this weekend. Fellow SCAC member Sewanee will also be in town for the tournament. Gametimes are as follows:

Friday, November 27th
Earlham vs. Sewanee 5:00 pm
Rhodes vs. Principia 7:00 pm

Saturday, November 28th
Principia vs. Sewanee 1:00 pm
Rhodes vs. Earlham 3:00 pm

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving and a blessed season... SCAC play is just around the corner

jekelish · November 21, 2009, 11:46:56 PM

AC beat Sul Ross today to improve to 4-0. Kola Alade went for 24 to lead the way. The 'Roos have UTD next after upsetting them in the first game of the season, so we'll see what happens (this time it's on the road).

Great start to the season for AC, and Kola should be a legit contender for conference POTY, if you ask me.

pbrooks3 · November 22, 2009, 09:53:21 AM

Good stuff phillipst.

The Rhodes squad I believe has a chance to make some waves in the SCAC this season. The team is beginning to see who are the go-to guys are and put the ball in their hands in critical moments. Saberion plays passionately and is getting better with his on-court decision-making. Hamilton, if he stays healthy is a scorer with a balance of shots & range. Freshman Gallow showed in the late stages yesterday why Coach Hilgeman is so high on him - he's got a strong basketball IQ. The kid on this team that really has grown on me is Kilpatrick. He's a lunchpail sort of kid who seems to play his heart out every single moment while in the game. He's really Rhodes' best rebounder and only one that consistently goes after the ball. He's refreshing to me in that he'll dive on the floor for a loose ball. The Lynx would benefit from using him in some other ways offensively, too. Seems to me he's too perimeter-oriented - because he's got a nose for where the ball is and he's got decent size, I think he should be getting some plays closer to the basket. While this may not be his natural game, I'd like to see him develop this part of his game.

One last observation - Lynx showed the ability to play good continuous flow defense on several possessions yesterday against Wesminster. Several times they forced the Bluejays to consume the entire 35 second clock. Think if Rhodes will exert this sort of energy more consistently throughout 40 minutes, things will improve, including the rebounding. Luckett probably ought to supplant Cunningham among starters when he begins to figure things out.

brave heart · November 22, 2009, 08:37:36 PM

DePauw Men off to a nice start.Won a nice tourney at Albion this weekend. We had a strong Albion team down 20 in second half.A bit of inexperience allowed a much closer finish than need be.Battling a lot of injuries,but young players getting a chance to step up.

mford · November 23, 2009, 08:52:23 AM

Thanks to everyone for all the kind words for Jesse. He will have an MRI today or tomorrow in Conway.
We received a glimmer of hope from the orthopedic doctor at Rhodes on Saturday and continue to hope that surgery will not be necessary.

We appreciate those who offered their prayers and support after the game!

Go Warriors!

mitch ford

jekelish · November 23, 2009, 05:25:01 PM

Congrats to Kola Alade, who was named the SCAC Player of the Week after averaging nearly 19 points along with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals to go along with nearly 54% shooting from the field as the 'Roos went 4-0 to open the season.

pbrooks3 · November 24, 2009, 10:01:22 AM

Important game tonight as the Colonels look for senior Danny Noll to break out and lead his team to a victory against a scrappy Franklin team. Think it's important for the players' mental state to play an effective opening half. Shooting 30-35% in the 1st half has been as prescription for trouble so far. While Franklin is probably not in the category of a Maryville or a Transy, they usually exhibit solid guard play which can wreak havoc on a team that's not prepared. Looking for Coach Mason's bench to assert itself more tonite. This is an important component of the team that needs to take shape before the SCAC schedule begins. I believe Centre will be purposeful in their play and execution against Franklin. One thing the pundits can say is Centre didn't schedule 3 "softies" to open their season!

Good post from mford. Hope Jesse is able to get back on the court real soon.

pbrooks3 · November 24, 2009, 10:38:56 AM

Quote from: jekelish on November 21, 2009, 11:46:56 PM
AC beat Sul Ross today to improve to 4-0. Kola Alade went for 24 to lead the way. The 'Roos have UTD next after upsetting them in the first game of the season, so we'll see what happens (this time it's on the road).

Great start to the season for AC, and Kola should be a legit contender for conference POTY, if you ask me.

Austin has another match-up tonite with highly rated Texas-Dallas on the road. This will be another game to gauge the consistency of this Roo squad early. They are off to a great start and Alade is playing at a very high level. Is this a team to watch in the SCAC West? Think so.

brave heart · November 24, 2009, 02:14:40 PM

The Franklin roster does not list any Juniors or Seniors on their squad.Is that in error? Any insight into that situation?

pbrooks3 · November 24, 2009, 06:37:10 PM

Brave Heart - you read it correctly. I think there's one or two juniors and the rest are freshmen and sophomores. They don't have a deep bench either but they've traditionally competed hard against Centre, even in Danville. They lost a bunch of good kids after last season. This I believe is their 1st road game. I expect Centre to win, but you can't discount this group; that's why they play the game.

jekelish · November 24, 2009, 07:40:22 PM

On another AC note, this past weekend Kola Alade surpassed 1000 career points. Considering he missed a good portion of his freshman season, that's a pretty good accomplishment. He's the 17th player in AC history to reach that milestone, and the first since I think 2006-07.

pbrooks3 · November 24, 2009, 11:09:18 PM

Centre finally notched a win tonite @ Franklin 79-51. Danny Noll led the way with 25 followed by Jeff Mullaney's 22. Alex Lloyd narrowly missed a D-D with 13 rebounds & 8 points. Colonels shot the ball much better and got higher % looks/makes. Noll scored mostly inside the arc. Team was 4-10 from the 3-point line, over 50% on FGs and more than 80% on the line. A much-needed victory and now an opportunity for the team to enjoy Thanksgiving.