MBB: USA South Conference

[CNU85]

Left Christmas party a little early I had to go alone - wife was home sick with a sick daughter as well. I caught the last 2 minutes on the webcast and also saw live stats.

Riki Tiki- dude leave the stats up longer than 22 seconds after the game ends.....man, it went blank while I was looking at the CNU dismal FT %. Other than that it looks like they had a good game beating Eastern Mennonite fairly easily. Led 13 at half, as much as 20 and final margin was 11. Imagine if CNU can EVER put a complete game together - they would blow people away!! Blasingame had 6 blocks!!

Alumni night   for CNU - about 60 former players were there according to coach in post game interview.

[cnububba]

85 I was at the game--missed a good one.   CNU (despite what the radio announcers were saying after the game) played very well.  Free throws were a sore pot and we had one stretch of 4 turnovers in a row where we let them back in the game in the second half.  But all and all the Caps were solid.  First five Barton, Baker, Whinnet, Green and Blasingame played well together.   Davon looked healthy and was really hitting his shot.  Thomas' best game by far, very aggressive on both ends tonight and finished with a double/double.  Green and Blasingame were solid at the four and five--very!  Sometimes we get away from the inside game, but both guys shoot a high percentage and both were relentless on the inside tonight.  Defense was solid.  Bench did well—Russell was his steady self and hit some big shots.  He is really good coming off of screens.  Paul did a nice job of relieving Davon.  Several freshmen played and did well.  Still get a little nervous with the substitutions patterns.  But they held the lead tonight.  Hopefully it will pay off in conference play.  A good, solid win for the Captains. 

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Left Christmas party a little early I had to go alone - wife was home sick with a sick daughter as well. I caught the last 2 minutes on the webcast and also saw live stats.

Riki Tiki- dude leave the stats up longer than 22 seconds after the game ends.....man, it went blank while I was looking at the CNU dismal FT %. Other than that it looks like they had a good game beating Eastern Mennonite fairly easily. Led 13 at half, as much as 20 and final margin was 11. Imagine if CNU can EVER put a complete game together - they would blow people away!! Blasingame had 6 blocks!!

Alumni night   for CNU - about 60 former players were there according to coach in post game interview.

Sorry about that 85, had a technical issue and had to recreate the whole game. Sucked big time, at least the game was great tho. If thomas doesnt shoot 4-13, he drops 25 in that game. His shot will come, he was a beast on both ends tho, grabbing a ton of boards and Mark was a force in the middle. Made a few careless turnovers, but other then that, everyone I thought had great court vision tonight. Ton of assists for cnu, lots of great no-look passes from everyone. Green was filthy tonight too. Russell had a great game off the bench.

[hasanova]

Final Greensboro 71, Hiram 68 OT

I know GC was down 30-23 at the half and it was 55-all in regulation, so the Pride must have outscored the Terriers 16-13 in OT.

Hiram and the Emory Eagles are on two-game trips to Greensboro, NC.  The Pride took the the first game this afternoon and will face Emory tomorrow.  Meanwhile, the Guilford Quakers entertain HC tomorrow night and Emory on Tuesday.

[CNU85]

CNU drops the second game in Phoenix. This one looked bad from the score. I didn't catch it on radio. Saturday night they lost to Lewis and Clark by 6, 85-79. CNU started slow, down 34-9 at one point. They pulled to within 3 a few times. Major comeback, just not enough time. Blasingame had 21 pts and 17 rebounds. Freshman Hermann dropped in 14.

It seemed like another game where CNU didn't put together a complete game. In this one, they just started out slow and then dominated. I'm not sure what happened tonight against UW-Oshkosh. I guess in addition to children's clothing and a world famous airshow, they also play some hoops in Oshkosh. 

[PrideFan1986]

Final Greensboro 71, Hiram 68 OT

I know GC was down 30-23 at the half and it was 55-all in regulation, so the Pride must have outscored the Terriers 16-13 in OT.

Hiram and the Emory Eagles are on two-game trips to Greensboro, NC.  The Pride took the the first game this afternoon and will face Emory tomorrow.  Meanwhile, the Guilford Quakers entertain HC tomorrow night and Emory on Tuesday.

Greensboro won its fifth straight game tonight by defeating Emory 59-57. Greensboro  lead at the half but let it slip away but they kept the game really close and came away with the win. They had a big game by Soph. Louis Owenby with 16pts that is his third straight game with 10 or more for Greensboro. The Pride are now 5-4

[hasanova]

If anyone saw these two games, what's the story behind Ferrum whipping Lynchburg by thirty at home, 72-42, on Dec. 18, then losing to LC, 69-64, at Averett Jan. 2?  That's a 35-point swing!

[narch]

monarchs drop to 3-7 losing at piedmont by 10...the yo-yo nature of the early part of this season is frustrating, as a fan, but jernigan is looking like a stud and connor had a nice line today (12 pts, 9 rebs, 6 blocks) - my favorite monarch (tyler sigman) struggled with his shot today (3-13) and pc hit 9-16 3's and 30-35 ft's - losing sucks, but at least it's a former monarch who got the win

[hasanova]

monarchs drop to 3-7 losing at piedmont by 10...the yo-yo nature of the early part of this season is frustrating, as a fan, but jernigan is looking like a stud and connor had a nice line today (12 pts, 9 rebs, 6 blocks) - my favorite monarch (tyler sigman) struggled with his shot today (3-13) and pc hit 9-16 3's and 30-35 ft's - losing sucks, but at least it's a former monarch who got the win

Nine of 16 on three-pointers plus 30 of 35 on FTs will win a lot of games!

[narch]

monarchs get a "w" today - jernigan almost had a double-double with 27 pts, 9 rebs (and 4 asst vs. 1 to) - connor with 5 blocks, but absent offensively (just 2 pts) - sigman had an efficient 14 points on 6 shots (4-6 from the field, 6-8 from the ft line) and no to's - and there has been a josh crumpler sighting...crump pulled down 10 boards and scored 7 points off the bench

[CNU85]

CNU finally put together a complete game last night. I think it was the second time they were able to do that this year. They beat a very talented York team. I'm surprised York is only 3-10, but I understand they added 3 studs at the semester break. One of those guys dropped in 31, I think. Anyway, CNU looked good like they did in the first game of the year. They looked deep. Davon Barton only played 23 minutes. Paul Going did a great job off the bench. Hermann was intense. Blasingame seemed to finally be over his injury from the VWC game. I watched York and Millikin Saturday afternoon and figured CNU would not beat York. Notice I said would not.....I think CNU from a talent perspective can beat anybody. But they haven't seemed to pull it completely together as a team yet. One more non conference game and then the fun begins.

I did notice that the starters once again do not talk to each other. When the bench starts coming in, the talk begins and everyone helps out. I'm not sure what that's about.

Whinett is back up to speed. he slumped a few games back. Hey Whinnett I hope you're reading this. This team is yours to to take over and become the emotional leader. Davon is recovering from knee surgery and pressing too hard. He's focusing on his game and trying to do too much. Blasingame is the rock - very steady and very good. But he's not the type to get everyone all fired up and pump fists.  This team needs a guy who can get people fired up and that's you! Take over the team when you're on the floor. Get people involved by chatting it up, talking, playing hard. Sometimes I'm not sure if you guys realize you're on a basketball court or at church.....man, have some fun out there!!

Keep playing like the last few games and CNU will make some noise. I think there are a legit 8 starters on the team. The starting 5 of Barton, Blasingame, Green, Whinett and Baker. Plus,  Going, Hermann and Russell play like they can start. Although I would leave Russell as the 6th man. He plays well coming off the bench.

Oh - anyone know why Russell didn't play last night?

9 days until first conference game. can't wait. We'll see how CNU fares against RMC this Saturday night.

[scottiedoug]

Hey Narch!  I was prepared to say I was not feeling so great about Maryville's visit to Greensboro and Methodist this weekend since the Scots are not having a great year.  But I just saw Maryville beat Averett 107 - 68 and they looked pretty good! 

[Jeremybozz]

Shenandoah 39,Bridgewater 28 Halftime

[Jeremybozz]

SU 67,Bridgewater 67 Overtime.

[Jeremybozz]

SU 75,Bridgewater 75 Double OT.

Brandon Bryan makes 2 FT's with 3.3 seconds left to give the Hornets a 1 point lead then he fouls Trawick with 1 second left. Trawick misses his first FT but makes the second to send it to OT #2.