WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

frank_ezelle · December 03, 2010, 08:44:57 PM

Millsaps women's team leading SCAC West!!!

Okay, maybe they will be tied with a couple of teams at the end of the day, but Millsaps took their SCAC opener 62-39 over Austin College despite only having 7 players dressed out for the game. Since they have only been dressing out 8 per game, it didn't change the rotation too much to be down to 7.

Keeping in mind that the first and only Millsaps win last year came on the last weekend of the season, you have to be impressed with the Majors 3-3 start. The other two victories were 53-49 over the U. of Dallas and 61-49 over Huntingdon. The three losses have been close ones, falling in a 69-66 game to Dillard University, 73-65 to MS College, and 63-61 to Rust.

Coach Winkelman, Coach Cooper, and the Millsaps players certainly seem to have the program going in the right direction.

frank_ezelle · December 05, 2010, 02:47:19 PM

Millsaps continues to lead the SCAC West, moving to 2-0 with a 56-43 win over Colorado College this afternoon. I'm not predicting a SCAC Championship for the team, but 2-0 is a refreshing start for a program that has been 1-15, 5-10, 4-11, and 1-13 in conference play over the last 4 seasons.

With only 7 players dressing out on Friday and 8 dressing out today, depth is clearly a problem this season. The good news is that those players dressing out are talented and young, with a roster made up of 2 freshmen, 6 sophomores, and a junior who had a medical redshirt last year. I know that adds up to 9 players--there's a sophomore who must be injured since she hasn't dressed out all year. This core group of players will get a tremendous amount of experience this year and will be a force to be reckoned with over the next couple of years.

pbrooks3 · December 05, 2010, 02:50:58 PM

Lady Colonels struggled in losing to Birmingham Southern 70-57. Poor shooting continues to haunt the team in its key games as Centre falls to 4-3, and 1-1 in conference play.

UCA.HX.hoopsfan · December 05, 2010, 06:17:24 PM

Hendrix women drop to 1-1 in conference play with a 58-52 loss at home to Austin College. Byler lead the warriors with 16 on 5-10 shooting (2-4 from 3) and 8 boards. Only played 18 minutes coming off a bout of pneumonia. She didn't look like herself. Katy Ashley-Pauley finished with 12 and Caty Hensy finished with 9. Austin shot 52.6% from 3 in the first half which lead to a halftime score of 38-19. Hendrix is a very talented team but can't seem to find any sort of a rhythm.

pbrooks3 · December 20, 2010, 01:43:58 PM

Good weekend going into Christmas break for the Centre Girls with 2 wins at the Transy Tournament in Lexington over Baldwin-Wallace & Muskingum. Colonels upped their record to 7-3.

pbrooks3 · December 31, 2010, 04:55:37 PM

Taking in Oglethorpe @ Rhodes. OU is in control at the half 42-31. Rhodes is playing with a skinny bench - 7 players in uniform. Oglethorpe runs its offensive sets far smoother than Rhodes & scores from behind the arc with ease - 7 for 11 so far.

pbrooks3 · December 31, 2010, 05:43:06 PM

Oglethorpe prevails 81-74. Rhodes played hard making it competitive, but simply couldn't get key stops and prevent 3's. Rhodes' Bell had 27 and the frosh post player Handleman scored 20 & probably had a dozen rebounds. Haven't seen a SCAC team yet that'll give DePauw a real game.

UCA.HX.hoopsfan · December 31, 2010, 08:33:58 PM

Hendrix got killed last night at Mississippi College. Turnovers are absolutely ridiculous. They will look to rebound Sunday against the University of Dallas before heading in to what appears to be a key match-up with Southwestern. Byler didn't play against MC-radio announcer said due to injury...that could affect the rest of the season for Hendrix; only time will tell. The winner of the HC/SU game will either share or maintain first place in the west. Could be interesting. I couldn't agree more with you pbrooks. It doesn't look like anyone will give DePauw a run for their money, even if DePauw has a rare horrible game.

scaccommish · January 07, 2011, 04:44:49 PM

Oglethorpe-DePauw Basketball Friday Games Postponed Following Tragic Death

SUWANEE, Ga. - After learning of the death of student body leader Erik Downes, Oglethorpe University has postponed tonight's previously scheduled basketball games against DePauw University. The games originally scheduled to be played at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. tonight will now be played at noon (women's) and 2:00 p.m. (men's) tomorrow (Saturday, January 8).

http://www.scacsports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/depauw_oglethorpe_postponed

pbrooks3 · January 09, 2011, 08:49:25 PM

Good weekend for Centre women in taking two wins on the road at Sewanee and Oglethorpe.

pbrooks3 · January 21, 2011, 08:07:08 PM

Anyone know the actual score of the Southwestern-Centre game. Live Stats stopped functioning with 11:15 to go in the 1st half with Southwestern ahead 22-13. Video is running fine but they never show us the scoreboard!

pbrooks3 · January 21, 2011, 08:45:10 PM

Fortunately the cameraman focused the video on the scoreboard on late timeouts. Southwestern prevails in a tight game by making free throws when they counted 77-73. Didn't appear to this observer that Centre moved the ball effectively on the low block; most of the Lady Colonels points seemed to come from the perimeter and beyond the 3-point line. Lady Pirates were more effective closer to the basket and probably had a substantial advantage on free throw opportunities to Centre. Southwestern moves to 13-4 (5-3 in the conference) and Centre falls to 11-6 (5-3 in conference).

pbrooks3 · January 28, 2011, 09:50:50 PM

Led by Maggie Pruett's 26 points, Centre won 80-57 over Austin College tonight @ home. Lauren Huter contributed a double-double in points & rebounds while 2 other Lady Colonels players scored in double figures. Centre is now 13-6; 6-3 in the SCAC.

tarheelfan · January 29, 2011, 12:57:18 AM

Crazy race going on in the West. All 6 teams within one game of the leader with five having the same conference record. With the three best and possibly the three worst teams making up the East, a very intriguing playoff push could be in store out West.

Ron Boerger · January 30, 2011, 08:22:26 PM

Quote from: tarheelfan on January 29, 2011, 12:57:18 AM
Crazy race going on in the West. All 6 teams within one game of the leader with five having the same conference record. With the three best and possibly the three worst teams making up the East, a very intriguing playoff push could be in store out West.

Trinity is playing their best ball of the season with the win at B-SC last night, the upset of DePauw at home last weekend, and six wins in their last seven. The upcoming games between Millsaps/Hendrix against Southwestern/Trinity should make for an interesting couple of days ...