MBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ron Boerger]

Trinity survives against Oglethorpe, 60-57 despite shooting 7-20 from the free throw line.  Eric Dickinson scored 16 for OU, James Lake had 14 for Trinity.

 

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps was killed by Southwestern in a game that might have been even worse than the final 88-65 score sounds.  I say that because the halftime score was 43-19.  The game numbers are pretty bad, the seasonal numbers are worse.

For the game, Millsaps made 37% (22-58) of their FGs compared to 55% (32-58)for SW.  On 3-pointers it was 14% (2-14) compared to 37% (10-27).  The bench scoring was even worse with Millsaps subs hit 19% (3-16) compared to 52% for SW, with the 3-pointers being 0% (0-8) compared to 38% (6-16).

For the year Millsaps is shooting a respectable 45%, 6th in the league and not much behind league leading DePauw at 47.3%.  On 3-point shooting Millsaps is 8th in the league at 33.3% but that isn't much behind Southwestern who ranks 3rd in the league at 36.4%.  So Millsaps is a decent shooting team that shot poorly last night--let's give credit to the Southwestern defense.

The Millsaps problems come at the other end of the court.  Opposing teams are hitting 47.7% against Millsaps and 41% behind the arc.  Those numbers rank 9th and 10th in the SCAC. 

Two years ago Millsaps went with a starting lineup of 5 small guards.  The team was short, not particularly athletic, and there was no depth.  It's not surprising that the 2003-04 team FG defense was 48%, 10th in the SCAC.  Last year, Millsaps was bigger, more athletic, and they had more depth but they were very young.  That team had a defensive FG percentage of 47.2%, 10th in the SCAC.  This year's team is basically last year's team with a year of experience.  The FG defense is 47.7%, 9th in the SCAC.  I wish I knew the answer to this problem but I don't.  I just hope the team comes up with a solution over the course of the season.

[warriorfan]

What is Millsap's record at home this season?

[Rose Basketball]

Millsaps is 5-1 at home this season, including a 2-0 mark in the conference.

[frank_ezelle]

Sometimes a question is a question and sometimes it is a statement poised as a question.  If you go to the SCAC home page for Men's basketball and then click on "Team-Individual Stats", you will be able to see how each team has done at home, away and on neutral courts.

For example, you'll find that Sewanee is the only SCAC team with a losing record at home but they are close at 4-5 at home while they are winless on the road.  Or, you'll find that the other road losses by Hendrix came at OU which is 6-1 at home and Rhodes which is 5-1 at home.  Or, you'll find that in conference play Hendrix is 2-0 at home and 0-3 on the road.  I don't think these records tell us anything that we don't already know--for all teams at all levels, it is easier to win at home than it is to win a game on the road.

[warriorfan]

Like the rest of you, I love a good ball game and I love for my team to win.  But, that doesn't always happen at home or away.

With that said, I will say that the game last night at Rhodes was a really good competition. I hated that we lost, but enjoyed watching Rami---he was a hot shooter and couldn't seem to miss anything.  Rhodes also had a couple of kids that hit the 1000 point mark.  It's hard not to clap for these players when they do such extroidianry things----even if they don't play for your team.   I didn't expect Rhodes to be an easy team, just because of their ranking.  They played well against division 1 ASU in an exhibition game in the preseason.  Hendrix freshman John Paul Noland continued to shoot well last night and was the top scorer followed by freshman Andrew King and Matt Secrease who started the game with a nice three.  It was a good game, well called and a large crowd.  Just too bad that we lost.

[Ron Boerger]

Led by Andy Bates' 21 points and 11 boards, Trinity (11-4, 4-1 SCAC) defeats Millsaps 85-76.  Ross Burt and Brandon York added 17 each.  Trinity trailed 39-37 at the half but shot 62.5% in the second stanza to secure the win.  The Tigers also enjoyed a 32-12 advantage at the free throw line.

Rodney Rogan led the Majors with 19 points and 8 rebounds, Edrick Montgomery had 15 and 8, and both Tyler Warren and Lorenzo Bailey scored 13.  With the loss, Millsaps falls to 8-7, 2-3 SCAC.

Rose-Hulman (7-8, 3-2) defeats Centre (9-5, 2-3), 71-60.  Munchie Muskeyvalley had 19 points and 6 assists to lead the Engineers.   Centre's Reggie Magnusson led all scorers with 22 points, of which 16 came from the charity stripe. 

Southwestern (12-4, 4-1) remains tied with Trinity for the conference lead with an 82-69 win over Oglethope (9-6, 3-2).   The box isn't up yet. 

[mattgrubb]

Maryville is set to continue its domination of the SCAC, sewanee is the scots next victim, should be  a blowout, can't wait to see the results, get ready SCAC maybe you will send your conference champ to maryville again this year to get run in the NCAA tourney

[Ron Boerger]

Maryville is set to continue its domination of the SCAC, sewanee is the scots next victim, should be  a blowout, can't wait to see the results, get ready SCAC maybe you will send your conference champ to maryville again this year to get run in the NCAA tourney

Yeah, beating the SCAC's last place team really says a lot, doesn't it? 

And when, exactly, did you "run" the SCAC champion in the tournament? 

[Pat Coleman]

Methinks Matt doesn't know how to spell "SLIAC."

[Rose Basketball]

Rose-Hulman travels to Atlanta and Jackson this weekend for two very tough road games against Ogelthorpe and Millsaps. Both of those clubs are very good at home (Combined 11-2), so the Engineers have their work cut out for them.

One encouraging thought heading into this weekend's contests, is the basketball Rose is starting to play. It truly is a totally different club than we saw when they dropped their first two conference contests on the road to Hendrix and Rhodes. They are getting more consistent scoring from leader Munchie Muskeyvalley, Jared Moore is becoming a very good all-around players, Brennan Dunville is starting to become a nice post presence, Lorenzo Rice is really settling down in his first season of collegiate basketball, and Jason Bednarko has been providing solid minutes and helping to run the offense smoothly.

Alot will be evident about how improved this club is after this weekend. Can't wait!

[Ralph Turner]

For the sake of QOWI, Sewanee picked up a great win over Maryville!

[mattgrubb]

yeah well, you can still send your SCAC champ to maryville
Lightning tends to strike in the game bball around this time of year
this could be considered a rivalry game for the scots since sewanee is the closest D3 school to maryville or a great choke job by the scots
anyway you look at it, the scots are not worried by any descent team from the SCAC
and no pat i can spell SLIAC, I am good friends with Webster's coach, they did steal him from Maryville, same with ASC, the Ozarks head coach spent time at Maryville

[frank_ezelle]

Does talking trash ever accomplish anything other than making the trash talker look foolish? 

Last night's game just proved what most of us already knew--regardless of their overall record, it is always a mistake to overlook Sewanee when they are playing on their home court.  Congratulatons to Sewanee for knocking off the Scots who came into the game with a 14-2 record and a #27 ranking.

[carlweathers]

Regarding Sewanee, is Eddy coming back this year?  I really think that they have a pretty solid group if he comes back. 

As Frank said, they are tough on the mountaintop.  The visiting team often fills up on too much food at the Smokehouse.