MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[pbrooks3]

In case there is any interest among SCAC followers, some D3 posters each year like to rate the top 25 teams on a weekly basis.  This board is called Posters Poll and is listed under Multi-Regional Topics.  Check this out if you've got an interest in participating.  The first Posters Poll for this basketball season will be through games this coming weekend.  It's kind of fun to compare weekly how the Posters Poll looks versus the real D3 Top 25 rankings.

[pbrooks3]

Pretty decent game at the half in Danville with Oglethorpe leading 30-26. Todd Ward has 9 points. Centre is being led by Jeff Mullaney with 8. OU is shooting close to 50% while Centre is struggling at around 30%. Colonels have a slight rebounding advantage. Very few fouls and only 2 free throws attempted collectively in the half.

[pbrooks3]

Never quite sure with Live Stats but I think Centre prevailed in OT 59-58 thanks to a short jumper from Jeff Mullaney.

[hendrixfan]

Hendrix dropped another game tonight, this time at home against Trinity.  The Warriors aren't playing well, and don't seem to have any chemistry. 
Heathscott continues to play well.  Other than that it's ugly in Conway.

[pbrooks3]

Speaking of ugly, Centre won on a late jumper in OT over Oglethorpe in a game that was anything but pretty. Actually it was a defensive slugfest and the Colonels can count themselves fortunate to come out of their gym with a 'W'.  As evidenced the last 2 home game, this Centre squad has a different makeup than in recent years. Part of the deal is blending young, new players with the experienced ones.  So far though this team is more physical and is using its size to create 2nd chance points much of the time. This is of the utmost importance when your team shoots only 30% like the Colonels did last night.  Sophomore Jeff Mullaney was Centre hero last night converting the late basket in OT to go along with 26 points and 5-11 from behind the arc. Both Danny Noll and Alex Lloyd had double-digit rebounding efforts, and Noll's was a double-double. Todd Ward led OU with his own double-double and a team high 19 points. 

I think on paper and for the majority of last night's game Oglethorpe was the better team. The road in the SCAC can be a sobering experience as OU discovered. 

[phillipst]

Rhodes fell to Birmingham Southern tonight 62-100.  The Panthers were lights out from beyond the arc, shooting 18-32 for the game.  Birmingham Southern will give anyone fits if they shoot the way they did tonight.  Rhodes is back in action this weekend with SCAC road games to Austin College and Colorado College.

[pbrooks3]

Second what Phillipst said about Birmingham-Southern today. B-S was fired up and playing tough 15 deep into their bench. Even a reserve canned 5 triples in a row today. While the score got out of control in the 2nd half, it didn't have laugher written all over it until near halftime. B-S did come out of the gate fairly strong with plenty of quick, crisp passing that got them some easy baskets against a Rhodes man-to-man. Then Rhodes switched to a zone and it took some time for Birmingham-Southern to figure this out. With 5 minutes left in the opening half it was a close game. Then B-S caught fire hitting some 3's and setting up their full court press. Rhodes began turning the ball over and they couldn't buy a call. B-S was able to stretch the lead to double digits by the half. The opening 2 1/2 minutes of the 2nd half then set the stage for the onslaught that would occur.  Birmingham-Southern turned up their defensive intensity and quickly upped their lead to 25 points. They were extremely efficient, patient and as the looks opened up, they took advantage hitting shots from everywhere.  Rhodes' spirit and will got broken, and the final 16 minutes wasn't much of a game from a spectator's vantagepoint unless you were hanging around to see if Birmingham-Southern could hit the century mark!  B-S is good; there is no doubt about that.   

[pbrooks3]

Centre gets an easy win today defeating Sewanee 71-36.  Sewanee got only 8 points in the opening half. Jeff Mullaney had another nice game shooting the ball with 18 points. Colonels shot 50%, a significant improvement over the 30% from the Oglethorpe game.

[pbrooks3]

Good weekend for Millsaps as they defend their hometurf well with wins over Southwestern and Trinity. Maybe this will inspire a few pearls of wisdom from Frank on his beloved Majors.

[brave heart]

Nice weekend for Depauw with large margin wins over Univ of the South and a tough Oglethorpe. :)The Sewanee men were just over-matched and the Oglethorpe squad suffered with the Sunday road trip blues just as Depauw did earlier at Birmingham-Southern.I don't think for a minute we are a 20pt better ball club than the Petrels,Sundays are tough on the road in the SCAC.Heck all road games are tough in this conference.We look forward to playing Hendrix this weekend esp. on Friday.Millsaps on Sunday may well prove to be tough.WE have to be able to play well in their facility obviously,to have any tourney hopes should we be fortunate enough to get there.   Hats off to Centre for an overtime win over Ogelthorpe and thanks for wearing them down!!

[pbrooks3]

Nice weekend for Depauw with large margin wins over Univ of the South and a tough Oglethorpe. :)The Sewanee men were just over-matched and the Oglethorpe squad suffered with the Sunday road trip blues just asY Depauw did earlier at Birmingham-Southern.I don't think for a minute we are a 20pt better ball club than the Petrels,Sundays are tough on the road in the SCAC.Heck all road games are tough in this conference.We look forward to playing Hendrix this weekend esp. on Friday.Millsaps on Sunday may well prove to be tough.WE have to be able to play well in their facility obviously,to have any tourney hopes should we be fortunate enough to get there.   Hats off to Centre for an overtime win over Ogelthorpe and thanks for wearing them down!!

You're welcome. Agreed Sundays on the road are especially tough, but particularly so after difficult Friday night losses.

[brave heart]

  Just curious SCAC posters,are the injury bugs hitting you favorite teams very hard? DPU has had its share esp.the big men.Stress fracture,Hamstring injuries and nasal fractures most recently.Are there many out there missing games due to injury?

[Patriot_Pride]

Don't look now, but Tim Wise and the Majors have strung together four in-a-row to get to 6-7 on the year and 2-3 in the league. Millsaps is 4-1 on a season-long 7-game homestand with two to play, as Centre and DePauw come to Jackson this weekend.

Freshman Quinn Lemieux and junior college transfer LV Sumler have looked good off the bench as of late and have helped the Majors win some key home games and get a little confidence as they make a push for the SCAC Tournament.

Both games live online this weekend: http://www.sportsnation360.com/schools/webcast/Millsaps-College

[pbrooks3]

Millsaps is capable of making some noise in conference.  I think they're especially tough on the homecourt. Should they hold serve at home, and win a couple road games, they can definitely position themselves for a strong finish with them hosting the tournament. This is one year I find it hard to figure which team might be the last one standing.  The Majors could be that team.

[pbrooks3]

Everyone from the East heads West this weekend. Friday: Rhodes @ Austin; BSC @ CC; Oglethorpe @ Trinity; Sewanee @ Southwestern; Centre @ Millsaps; and DePauw @ Hendrix. I'll give my Friday predictions & see if anyone else wants to chime in

Austin by 13
CC by 4
Oglethorpe by 2
Southwestern by 21
Millsaps by 5
Hendrix by 3