WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[d3hendrixpop50]

Hendrix has been up and down this season with no real leaders stepping up besides there sophmore Jamie Tate. They have lost alot of close games. These next couple of non conference games will be important to there overall season as they need WINS now to help confidence of team overall. The new freshman have played well and will get even some more confidence building the next couple of days.  Southwestern and Colorado and Ozarks should all have been wins but they don't have a real goto player at this point.  I believe Anna Roane and Katy Pauley will step up however and Jamie Tate and the rest of the freshman will continue to get better under Coach Cummins tough leadership. Just waiting for team to GEL and chemistry to finally provide Win momentum.

[d3hendrixpop50]

Lagrange and Berry non conference games will be BIG for warriors confidence going into the meat of the SCAC conference schedule from here on.
Depth will be building with these two games......so keep a close watch.....if wins.....both.......then WATCH OUT SCAC West.

[Bigboogars]

Centre continues to play hard and roll along.

[d3hendrixpop50]

Centre definitely seems like the team to beat in SCAC......Hendrix dropped both the Lagrange and Berry games when both were winnable. Seems like they are having to rebuild some chemistry with different players on the floor. They seem to have potential to come back in last part of season if they can get some confidence by winning the next couple of definitely winnable games against Dallas and Austin College.

[pbrooks3]

Centre scores another tough road win in Colorado tonight. Maggie Prewitt led the team with 20 points.

[pbrooks3]

Centre triumphs over Southwestern easily tonight with Lady Colonels senior guard recording the ever rare triple-double - 14 points, 17 rebounds and 12 assists. Colonels remain undefeated in SCAC play.

[pbrooks3]

Centre wins its 9th league game tonight at home against Trinity 84-67. Chelsea Benham leads the way with 20 points; Lauren Huter records 12 rebounds; and Maggie Prewitt goes double-double tonight with 11 points and 13 assists. Colonels shot the ball at a 50% clip and dropped in 9 triples with Jane Goatley knocking down 4 3's and Allyson Burke scored 3 from behind the arc.  Lady Colonels are now 15-1; 9-0 in the SCAC.

A belated congratulations to Lauren Huter for joining Centre's 1,000 point club last night in the Colonels' win over Southwestern.

[jekelish]

I salute you, pbrooks, for basically keeping the SCAC threads alive for both the men and the women.

[pbrooks3]

Lady Colonels overcame a 2 point halftime deficit to pull out their 10th straight conference win tonight on the road at Austin 78-54. Chelsea Benham led the Centre effort with 18 points. Centre is now 16-1 on the season and undefeated in road play. Lady Colonels lace them up again Sunday against the University of Dallas.

[pbrooks3]

Good road win in OT tonight for Rhodes over Trinity. Frosh Sarah Johnson recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds and 20 points. The other Sarah (Womack) tallied 16 and Amy Handelman also recorded a double-double.  2 Lynx players fouled out but the girls hung tough in the late going to get the win after being deadlocked at 75-75 after 40 minutes.   The SCAC continues to lean eastward in terms of conference strength.

[jekelish]

Man, Austin College fought tough but in the end, they just didn't have the depth to hang with Centre, especially when they went cold from the field. You've got to feel for the 'Roos this year, with three starters out for the year with injuries and leaning very, very heavily on a freshman point guard. Speaking of, and I'm biased, but despite the team's record I really, really hope coaches think long and hard about naming Christina Kime the Newcomer of the Year. She's just outstanding. Very, very good player.

[pbrooks3]

Centre was hot as a firecracker in the 2nd half tonight scoring the b-ball. It was good timing for them reaching deep to take control in an important road game.

The Lady Colonels' banner season to date includes another impressive stat - Centre is the #1 free throw shooting team in D3 through Thursday hitting them at an 80.8% clip. They actually improved on this figure by knocking down 11-12 tonight to raise their percentage to .813.   

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps started off this year with a nice win over NAIA Blue Mountain and then got hammered by a very strong Louisiana College team (currently 15-2).  That huge loss (87-48) to LC was a case of a very experienced team overwhelming a freshman heavy roster, a situation that wasn't helped by Millsaps having Janice Okeke sitting on the bench with an injury.

The next lost came in game #5, a very disappointing but promising 66-61 home loss to Centre where Millsaps held the lead with less than a minute to play.  It was Okeke's first game of the season and she only contributed 6 points and 3 rebounds, but Millsaps made up for this loss on the inside by hitting 9 of 15 3-point shots.

Who would have thought at that time that now we would find Centre (16-1) and Millsaps (17-2) sitting at the top of the SCAC rankings?  Centre is no big surprise, but this is a Millsaps program that was 1-24 during the 2009-10 season and then made a coaching change late which basically eliminated recruiting for the 2010-11 season.  Things were so thin on the Millsaps bench last year that two volleyball players were recruited late in the year just to keep the roster in the upper single-digits.  Despite the lack of recruiting and lack of depth, Millsaps went 12-13 overall and 8-8 in the SCAC.  Maybe that rapid turnaround should have told us that a big season was coming in 2011-12.

Being a realist, I recognize that Millsaps being 17-2 and 11-0 away from home is partially a case of things going the right way in some close games.  During the 5 games from December 29 through January 8, Millsaps won by 4 at Huntingdon, 3 at Rhodes, and went into OT on the road at BSC and Oglethorpe.  Millsaps recently had a close 4 point home win over Colorado.  But even if the record was "only" 14-5 right now, what a remarkable turnaround that would be from where this team was just a couple of years ago.

All in all, it has been a great job done by Coach Chuck Winkelman, his assistant Jerri Cooper, and by the players on the team.  I look forward to seeing how the rest of the season unfolds and seeing how the Lady Majors do in this year's SCAC Tournament.  I also look forward to seeing how Millsaps will do when Coach Winkelman has a roster filled with 3 or 4 recruiting classes instead of just 1.  The present and the future look bright for Lady Majors baskeball.

[pbrooks3]

Millsaps started off this year with a nice win over NAIA Blue Mountain and then got hammered by a very strong Louisiana College team (currently 15-2).  That huge loss (87-48) to LC was a case of a very experienced team overwhelming a freshman heavy roster, a situation that wasn't helped by Millsaps having Janice Okeke sitting on the bench with an injury.

The next lost came in game #5, a very disappointing but promising 66-61 home loss to Centre where Millsaps held the lead with less than a minute to play.  It was Okeke's first game of the season and she only contributed 6 points and 3 rebounds, but Millsaps made up for this loss on the inside by hitting 9 of 15 3-point shots.
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Who would have thought at that time that now we would find Centre (16-1) and Millsaps (17-2) sitting at the top of the SCAC rankings?  Centre is no big surprise, but this is a Millsaps program that was 1-24 during the 2009-10 season and then made a coaching change late which basically eliminated recruiting for the 2010-11 season.  Things were so thin on the Millsaps bench last year that two volleyball players were recruited late in the year just to keep the roster in the upper single-digits.  Despite the lack of recruiting and lack of depth, Millsaps went 12-13 overall and 8-8 in the SCAC.  Maybe that rapid turnaround should have told us that a big season was coming in 2011-12.

Being a realist, I recognize that Millsaps being 17-2 and 11-0 away from home is partially a case of things going the right way in some close games.  During the 5 games from December 29 through January 8, Millsaps won by 4 at Huntingdon, 3 at Rhodes, and went into OT on the road at BSC and Oglethorpe.  Millsaps recently had a close 4 point home win over Colorado.  But even if the record was "only" 14-5 right now, what a remarkable turnaround that would be from where this team was just a couple of years ago.

All in all, it has been a great job done by Coach Chuck Winkelman, his assistant Jerri Cooper, and by the players on the team.  I look forward to seeing how the rest of the season unfolds and seeing how the Lady Majors do in this year's SCAC Tournament.  I also look forward to seeing how Millsaps will do when Coach Winkelman has a roster filled with 3 or 4 recruiting classes instead of just 1.  The present and the future look bright for Lady Majors baskeball.

Frank you have reason to brag.  Centre was fortunate to get out of Jackson earlier with the "W".  Millsaps, while young, is athletic and balanced.  I think they have a real chance to make considerable noise in Birmingham at the SCAC tournament.  I for one hope my team does not have to face them that weekend!

[pbrooks3]

Colonels survive a cold shooting day to defeat U of Dallas today 58-48.  Fortunately Dallas couldn't find the basket either.  Maggie Prewitt and Chelsea Benham both recorded double-doubles in rebounds and points.