MBB: Great South Athletic Conference

[bballlover]

At times the young lions played real well and at others they played like ,well, Freshman. Consistency,concentration & confidence.

[Spencer Beaty]

MC gets ready for some pre-holiday travels to Rust and Trasylvannia.  Good luck to the scots and have safe travels.

[KnoxCounty22]

Good win for Piedmont. This was a good SEBC team. Good luck to the Lions @ Randolph Macon.
http://www.piedmontlions.com/News/mbball/2008/12/11/12_11_08_mball.asp?path=mbball

[bballlover]

It was a much needed win for the Young Lions. I know, I know it was a Bible school. But by golly they needed this win. Lots of good things to build on from last night.Daniel Lampl had a strong all around game. J. Rush had a big offensive night & the up-tempo was fun to watch.It's back to Virginia. Good Luck Guys.

[old_lion]

It was a good win for the Young Lions.  This SEBC team is no Warren Wilson ... they are much improved over previous seasons.  A lot of teams would love to have the 6'8" inside enforcer they have in the middle. The official box score says he had 6 blocks to go along with his 15 rebounds, but it seemed like more.  He at least altered several more ...

http://www.piedmont.edu/athletics/mbasketball/08-09stats/pcm06.htm

But back to the Lions ... one thing this team has is greatly improved depth. And Coach Glenn did a good job of using it ... shuffling guys in and out, keeping them fresh, and eventually wearing SEBC down in the second half.

I saw great improvement on the offensive end over earlier in the season, especially passing the ball and limiting turnovers.  Admittedly, aside from their shot blocker, SEBC didn't expend a lot of effort on the defensive end.  But still, we handled and shot the ball much better ... 20/21 from the line will keep you in a lot of games.

As to our defense ... we still have a looong way to go.  I knew our defense was lacking, but at halftime an astute observer (shout out to bballover) pointed out why. It's our help defense ... on a driver, the first guy is stepping over to help ... but to be truly effective, the next guy, and then the next guy, etc., etc.  has to slide over and help, as well.  In other words, we are not consistently "helping the helper".  I paid close attention in the second half, and damn if he didn't hit the nail on the head.   With our depth, there is no excuse in all 5 guys not being able to play enthusiastic help defense ... 100% of the time.  If we can make significant improvement in that one area, we s/b OK.

I realize, even though we are riding a one game winning streak  , we are still only 1 and 5 on the season. But, if we show as much improvement on defense over the next 6 games, as we have on offense over the first 6 ... we are going to be ready for that grueling gsac season.   

Finally, a name to remember ... freshman guard Mike Chatman.  He made his first (brief) appearance last night after dealing with some health issues.  The appearance was too brief to make much of an assessment, but ... I think I saw some flashes of potential.  And I know some people who were familiar with his game prior to Piedmont ... they think he can be a significant contributor. S/b interesting to see ...

[old_lion]

This SEBC team is no Warren Wilson ... they are much improved over previous seasons. 

I'm sure the Huntingdon folks can attest to the legitimacy of the SEBC team.
http://www.huntingdon.edu/athletics/mens_athletics/mens_basketball/box_scores/2008-09/11_23_08_sebc

[Spencer Beaty]

MC suffered a big setback when they lost to rust yesterday by 18.  Eryk didn't play and everyone else must have struggled.  I wasn't there, but I heard it was not good...

[Ralph Turner]

LaGrange 37, at Millsaps 30 at the half.

[old_lion]

MC suffered a big setback when they lost to rust yesterday by 18.  Eryk didn't play and everyone else must have struggled.  I wasn't there, but I heard it was not good...

Wow ... that's unbelievable.  Rust beat HC by 7 and PC by 3 ...
http://www.d3hoops.com/school/RUST/mens/2009
I would have bet good money that Rust wouldn't beat MC by 18 ... even w/o Eryk.  Why didn't he play?  What happened?

[Ralph Turner]

Millsaps pulls away in the final minute.  70-66.  (LaGrange led at the half.)

It was a one/two-possession game (both ways) for most of the second half.

[old_lion]

Doh!

http://www.rmc.edu/athletics/mens/basketball/BBstats/0809/rmcpied.htm

Turnovers ...   

[KnoxCounty22]

Turnovers and they need to play better defense. I listened to the game on the computer. PC also struggled from the 3.

Hopefully they can rebound today against Mary Washington

Mr. Sloan played well.

[GSAC Killer]

If any coaches are reading this message board i am hosting a High School Schristmas Tournament Dec 19th,20th, and 22nd. I have John Jenkins from Station Camp coming and he is regarded by most publications as the best player in the state of Tennessee.

I also have 5 quality teams coming from Kentucky and as far as Ohio on the girls side. 8 boys and 8 girls teams will participate.

I have a 6'7 post player who is averaging 15ppg and 11rpg. If anyone is interested shoot me an email.raulplaceres@sevier.org

Scot nation is not doing so hot!! Lost to Rust hurts!!

[mattgrubb]

the scots are young and learning, after xmas will be differet

[scottiedoug]

It is a real challenge for the GSAC schools who have to get a Pool B national bid to make the NCAA because you do not really have time to "learn" as a young team.  Losing a bunch of D3 games early can mess it up. 

Beating Transy before Xmas and then winning those games w/ Centre and Hanover could be a big step for the Scots!!  But not doing that creates a big hole to climb out of.