MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

mattgrubb · December 03, 2008, 02:57:06 PM

The Gubby One will be in attendance tonight to watch Dad Walsh coach against his alma mater, then ready to watch Eryk Randy Watson run the court Div 2 style.
the scots D vs. CN's offense, it will be a fun one

There will also be a former fighting scot who is now a pro star there and his game is busted

Ralph Turner · December 03, 2008, 10:34:38 PM

How many fans paid the $20.00 for the video stream of the Murvul-Carson Newman game?

scottiedoug · December 03, 2008, 10:36:29 PM

Maryville 95 - Carson-Newman 91. Getting better and better...

Ralph Turner · December 03, 2008, 10:40:40 PM

Quote from: scottiedoug on December 03, 2008, 10:36:29 PM
Maryville 95 - Carson-Newman 91. Getting better and better...

Congrats!

KnoxCounty22 · December 03, 2008, 10:41:56 PM

Any Defense?

scotswin · December 03, 2008, 10:57:43 PM

Scots own CN

Spencer Beaty · December 04, 2008, 12:01:48 AM

the final score of the game was 95-91 Scots. It was a very back-and-forth game with MC's offensive execution versus CN's pure athleticism and size. I was very pleased with our play overall, but we did have some mistakes (turnovers, fouls, etc.) Overall, the freshman did very well. My man Mav used his fouls wisely. GO SCOTS!!! Is that not the winning team?

mattgrubb · December 04, 2008, 12:42:05 AM

Go Scots!!! Murvul won the game when CN's transfer center from Auburn got hurt. If they had played him 25 minutes, the scots lose the game, but coaching helps. The scots did what they had to do to win. Lambert/Hernandez had a great game. Orr was in foul trouble thanks to my friend barry mathis. The scots wanted to win and CN wanted to look good missing dunks and stuff like that. As good as Greg is, he could not guard Cameron. That guy is an SEC player. I know that D3 teams beat D1 and D2 teams all the time and i am fine with that when it happens once in a while, but CN has not beaten Murvul in 3 or 4 years. It is not really a rivalry b/c i cant remember them winning. The young guys learned how to play and win in a tough environment when the other team is pressing and trapping.

bballlover · December 04, 2008, 01:02:30 PM

Lions lost a heartbreaker last night. They did show a lot of spunk coming back from 14 down in the second half.

old_lion · December 04, 2008, 04:27:00 PM

Quote from: bballlover on December 04, 2008, 01:02:30 PM
Lions lost a heartbreaker last night. They did show a lot of spunk coming back from 14 down in the second half.

That was an impressive comeback. They competed well all night ... but I thought they looked particulary good when they went to the full court pressure D late in the game.

When you consider ...
* no stars, particularly in the half court offense
* much better depth than last year ... 10 or 11 good, really scrappy guys
* Coppage, one of our best players, thrives in chaos ... attacking the basket, and getting to the line

To me, all of the above just screams ... go with 40 minutes of pressure D ... use our depth to rachet up the intensity, create chaos ... and hopefully, string together some runs of easy, transition buckets and take some pressure off of our half court offense ...

But, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

A couple of other random thoughts ...

* Coppage is doing an admirable job, running the 1 ... but I think it goes against his basic nature, asking him to slow things down, see the entire floor, and think "get others involved" first. I wish we could find someone else to play PG, so we could free Sam up to do what he does best, be aggressive and look to score first ... I hear that redshirt freshman, Mike Chatman, may be a candidate, if we can get him healthy? Couldn't Rubio run some 1 to free up Sam to go back to full attack mode?

* I really like Josh Chapman ... a real "warrior" type, just loaded in intangibles .. drew 2 charges last night ... I'd get that guy more minutes. I would have loved to have had him playing some 4 for us last year.
East! Hall... East! Hall ... Sorry, inside reference.

scottiedoug · December 05, 2008, 10:35:03 AM

Knoxville News-Sentinel had a good article about MC's beating Carson-Newman. This is a pretty big deal locally and the two teams recruit many of the same players.

http://www.maryvillecollege.edu/athletics/news-detail.asp?sportNameID=5&id=2741

MCScotsFan · December 05, 2008, 07:45:41 PM

Congrats to the Scots on that nice win!! Sorry I missed it. Work gets in the way...

Ralph Turner · December 07, 2008, 02:39:15 PM

Greensboro 60, LaGrange 56, tough loss! $:-\$

LaGrange -- FG 55%, 3FG 45%, FT 60% (?) 16 TO

Greensboro -- FG 37% 3 FG 22% FT 81% 13 TO

old_lion · December 08, 2008, 10:21:43 AM

Wow! Another tough loss for the Lions. Rust is not an easy place to pick up a "W" ...

http://www.piedmontlions.com/News/mbball/2008/12/7/12_6_08_mbkb.asp?path=mbball

I haven't seen a box score yet (Nova, if you can go on Rust's website and find one, then I'll be truly impressed.) but it sounds like they played (at least shot and rebounded) much better.

Unfortunately, sounds like not taking care of the ball was their undoing. Also, I heard that we've lost Josh Chapman for a few weeks. If so, that hurts.

Hang in there Young Lions ... you are making progress. We all knew that early schedule was going to be rough.

old_lion · December 08, 2008, 01:01:53 PM

Quote from: old_lion on December 08, 2008, 10:21:43 AM
Unfortunately, sounds like not taking care of the ball was their undoing.

Boxscore:
http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/08-09stats/pcm05.htm#GAME.BOX

At least we had 20 assists to go with those 25 turnovers ... that's an improved assist/TO ratio over the first 4 games. 10 steals is a significant improvement, as well.

Baby steps ...