MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

pbrooks3 · November 18, 2011, 07:53:47 PM

Thrilling OT win for Centre over John Carroll 92-91 in the opening game of the Mount St. Joseph Tournament tonight. The Colonels' veteran trifecta of Ross, Mullaney and Ellis combined for 73 points in leading the team. Ross fouled out in the overtime after scoring 25 with 9 rebounds. Bryon Ellis picked up the slack by draining key 3's down the stretch and nailing 2 critical free throws in the final 7 seconds to expand the margin to 4. JCU dropped in a 3-ball before the buzzer to get within 1. Granted this was John Carroll's opening game and Centre's 2nd one, but still a nice early season win for Centre against a quality opponent.

pbrooks3 · November 25, 2011, 08:02:54 PM

Just caught the final 14 minutes of the opening round game @ Rhodes in the Thanksgiving Classic. Ohio Wesleyan won a tight one over Wash U 70-67. Think the better team triumphed but I was impressed with the Bears' scrappiness and willingness to battle on the offensive boards. The Battling Bishops have decent size and ought to compete well in the North Coast. Rhodes takes on Principia in the nightcap. Expect it'll be the Lynx and the Battling Bishops tomorrow in the winner's round.

pbrooks3 · November 27, 2011, 12:49:23 AM

Attended the Ohio Wesleyan Rhodes game. Neither team dominated. Rhodes played the opening 12 minutes poorly. They proceeded to dominate the next 20+ minutes, taking as much as a 10 point lead. Unfortunate for Rhodes, they couldn't maintain their consistency in the stretch and Andrew Gallow picked up a 4th foul at an inopportune time. OWU finished off Rhodes winning by 9 in the final two minutes. Rhodes has got some decent depth and should be competitive in the SCAC this year. While they continue to struggle with consistency, they are improving with each outing.

pbrooks3 · December 02, 2011, 09:25:00 AM

SCAC play cranks up tonight!

Trinity & Hendrix
Southwestern & Colorado College
Centre & Millsaps
Sewanee & Rhodes

Anyone want to way in on his/her team?
Who do you like to lead the East and West this season?

I will be following the Colonels this weekend in hopes that they win some important road games @ Millsaps and Rhodes.

Ron Boerger · December 02, 2011, 11:35:49 AM

Quote from: pbrooks3 on December 02, 2011, 09:25:00 AM
SCAC play cranks up tonight!

Trinity & Hendrix
Southwestern & Colorado College
Centre & Millsaps
Sewanee & Rhodes

Anyone want to way in on his/her team?
Who do you like to lead the East and West this season?

I will be following the Colonels this weekend in hopes that they win some important road games @ Millsaps and Rhodes.

I haven't seen enough to weigh in on anyone.

pbrooks3 · December 03, 2011, 02:36:33 AM

Centre had a relatively easy time of it against Millsaps in Jackson Friday winning 65-50. The Colonels spotted the Majors the first 7 points of the game before eventually tying it and taking the lead for good from there. Good balance among the Centre scorers with Millsaps keying on Ross by rotating a second defender to him each time he touched the ball in the offensive paint. This is the 1st time I can recall not sweating out a tight battle in the Hanger Dome hanging on a ref's whistle to get a W against the Majors.

pbrooks3 · December 04, 2011, 07:55:58 PM

Centre found the road today not to their liking as Rhodes defeated the Colonels with a strong defensive effort 72-58. The Colonels got a bit 3-point shooting happy early and Rhodes did a wonderful job of taking Greg Ross out of his comfort zone leading by 4 at halftime. Andrew Galow led the Lynx with 19. Jeff Mullaney tried to re-ignite the Centre offense late in the 2nd half to no avail. Centre had a stretch late in the 1st half and early in the 2nd half of about 10 minutes where they were absolutely futile against the Rhodes defense scoring one lone field goal during that stretch. In essence it was a tough shooting day for Centre combined with superior Rhodes execution on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court that set the stage for a comfortable Lynx victory. My hat's off to Rhodes on a big home win.

kyballr · December 21, 2011, 05:44:02 PM

Don Lane Classic @ Transylvania 5 pm

Hendrix trails BW at half

live stats
http://www.sidearmstats.com/transy/mbball/index.htm

live video
http://tupioneers.nmtvsports.com/main.php?eventId=21802

pbrooks3 · December 31, 2011, 12:47:19 AM

Must have been crazy in Danville tonight with Centre's 69-67 OT win over Cabrini. Did not get to follow the game, but the write-ups I have seen indicate it was a classic D3 tilt. It hopefully keeps Centre on a positive path as they begin hitting the thick of the SCAC schedule.

awadelewis · January 06, 2012, 06:20:28 PM

Things start heating back up again this weekend. Rhodes & Millsaps doing the swing through Atlanta and B'ham with Rhodes at Oglethorpe & Millsaps at B-SC tonight (and vice versa on Sunday), CC and Hendrix are in the D-FW Metroplex with CC at Austin & Hendrix at UDallas tonight. Centre at Sewanee on Saturday.

jekelish · January 06, 2012, 06:26:33 PM

This is the first time I've checked in here in a long time, sad to see it's gone so quiet. A side effect of the league falling apart, perhaps?

And we've got Colorado College at Austin College here tonight, I'll be happy to provide a few updates if anyone is interested. The game is also available via live stats (free) and live video (pay, through College TV Ticket).

Interested to see Ryan Milne, who I know I've seen in the past but can't really remember too well since I think I've only seen him play twice, though I know he's a good player.

awadelewis · January 07, 2012, 03:45:04 PM

Scoreboard from last night (06Jan2012):
Rhodes 75 - Oglethorpe 55
B-SC 89 - Millsaps 62
Austin 75 - CC 66
UDallas 64 - Hendrix 56

Some notes from last night's games:
Rhodes goes 17/19 to shoot 90% in the 1st half of their game.

Jasen Jonus goes 7 for 9 from the field and 6 for 8 from behind the 3-pt line to lead B-SC in scoring. That's 36 straight wins at home for B-SC.

Ransom Okpala scores 18 on 7/9 shooting from the field (4/6 3pt) to lead AC in their win over Colorado College.

UDallas has 3 players score in double figures (Assinesi, Wyatt, and Stephens) in their win over Hendrix.

awadelewis · January 07, 2012, 10:06:23 PM

And we put five players in double figures as the Sewanee Tigers beat Centre 85-78 in action on the Mountain.

Game summary from sewaneetigers.com - http://goo.gl/fkceC

pbrooks3 · January 13, 2012, 11:56:00 PM

Centre drops 2nd in a row on the road to CC 61-58. Colonels made a late run but it wasn't enough. Colonels are now 3-3 in conference play and need a win against Hendrix on Sunday.

pbrooks3 · January 20, 2012, 09:57:34 PM

Rhodes had a pathetic opening 20 and trails at home to Hendrix at the break 33-23. Chris Goodman has 9 for the Warriors. Theo Hartwell leads Rhodes with 6.