MBB: USA South Conference

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

Hornets win by one, Monarchs lose by one, G'boro routs Averett. WOW what a weekend.

[SU97]

After the 1-point losses to Ferrum and Greensboro, it's finally nice to see the Hornets steal one that they should have lost...  I almost turned the radio off in the first half, Arrington came off the bench to hit his first 3 from behind the arch and NCWC jumped out to a 17 point lead  halfway through the first half.  SU shot 29% from the field - the radio guys (nice to see the band back together) could have shot better...  Credit due to the Hornets, they started chipping away at the lead and got back in it behind JLawrence's 15 point first half.  Things heated up in the second frame, as SU shot 54% overall and 47% from 3pt.  The last couple of minutes were tight - NCWC was up by as many as 4 within the 5 minute mark, and SU took the lead with 23 seconds left on a layup from JLawrence...  I thought Narch's OT prediction was going to materialize at the end, but a number of NCWC attempts fell short.

A couple of cool points for the Doah:   

*First win at NCWC since 1999   

*Onyie got his 1000th point

*JLawrence got his 14th double-double of the year (with 28 pts and 17 boards)

*SU acctually hit a 3 point shot on the road...


Mathematically, everyone is still in this race.  Makes Tuesday HUGE.  GC-FC will either keep FC tied for the lead or keep GC in the hunt. An FC loss would give us an outright first place squad - the AU and MU match up has all the makings of a prize title fight. I'm acctually picking MU to take that one and I think GC will win with their back against the wall.  I'm thinking NCWC decides to put on a shooting clinic at CNU, but the Captains keep it close as they always do.  Look for a close one at the freeman,  but the Bishops talent is too much.  NCWC at the buzzer. AU on the clock for the Hornets. 

'Till next week:  Bud Light, suck one.

[CNU85]

Bud Light, suck one.

True

[SU97]

It's Super Tuesday in the USA South...  big games tonight! 

MU over AU
GC over FC
NCWC over CNU

Good luck to everybody tonight.

[SU97]

2OT down in Ferrum...

Narch - the AU feed kicked me off with like 20 seconds left, how did  it end up?

[SU97]

hmmmm...  got the CNU game wrong.  Looked like NCWC made a late run to close the gap, but the dreaded newports held on.

[narch]

2OT down in Ferrum...

Narch - the AU feed kicked me off with like 20 seconds left, how did  it end up?

i couldn't get it to come up at all...i have no idea what happened and it's KILLING ME...

edit: found a box score on the au site...monarch 75, au 68

the monarchs shot 10% better from the field (67.4%) than they did from the ft line (57.1%) tonight...mu shot a blistering 74.1% in the first half - mcdade had 18, mcbryde had 13, shuford and smith had 10

box score

am i really rooting for gc to get a "w" tonight??? - i think it's 75-75 in the bottom of the 5th...at least that's what d3scoreboard says

7:30 PM  Greensboro  75  Ferrum  75  BOT 5

[SU97]

nice win for your Monarchs Narch.

am I reading this right - ANOTHER OT in ferrum?

[SU97]

am i really rooting for gc to get a "w" tonight??? - i think it's 75-75 in the bottom of the 5th...at least that's what d3scoreboard says

7:30 PM  Greensboro  75  Ferrum  75  BOT 5

yeah - I think they just pulled Billy Wagner from the bullpen...

[SU97]

81-80 in favor of FC in 15 overtimes...   

[narch]

cnu and ncwc combine for 206 points in regulation, and fc/gc combine for 161 in 3 ot's...when the capts and bishops get together, it must be fun to watch

[Rikki_Tikki_Tavi]

it is fun to watch narch because all both teams do is shoot and for some reason they all seem to find the bottom of the basket!!

[CNU85]

It was a fun game to watch...even with NCW runs, I felt as though CNU was in control. Sitting next to Captj was fun, too. He was stressed at times.

Captj - it was fun yelling at the refs with you tonight. They were really bad.

Barton drops in a career high 36, CNU outrebounds NCW....NCW shoots 47%,CNU 52%...only 11 and 10 turnovers for NCW and CNU, respectively.....very fun game to watch.

Let's see what happens this weekend.

[CNU85]

hmmmm...  got the CNU game wrong.  Looked like NCWC made a late run to close the gap, but the dreaded newports held on.

[CaptJ]

It was a fun game to watch...even with NCW runs, I felt as though CNU was in control. Sitting next to Captj was fun, too. He was stressed at times.

Yeah... 85 came down out of the nosebleed section tonight.  Stressed?!  Me?  What a game!