WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

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Southwestern plays Emory I believe in Atlanta

[DPU3619]

DePauw vs. #10 Washington (Mo.) University, 6:00 CST

GO TIGERS!!

Tigers beat Wash U 75-68.  Liz Bondi with 14 & 10. 

[Borat...NOT]

Glad to hear some of the other schools had good weekends as Trinity had a rough weekend.  They lost to both HPU and HSU in what was a very weird weekend.  Friday night one of their best players was hampered by a minor ankle injury halfway through the first half and her playing time was limited throughout the rest of the game.  This really hurt the Tigers as they were within 5 points when she went out then were down by around 20 at half.  Halfway through the second half an official had a seizure and after almost an hour, the game was resumed.  Both of the opponents were very good but Trinity did not play anywhere near their potential.  They looked very tight and looked to be going through the motions instead of creating scoring chances.  The game Tuesday night against UMHB will be huge for them.  I still think this is a good basketball team, they must cut down on their turnovers and have some of their leaders step up and play like they've been out there before. 

[scaccommish]

SCAC Women's Hoops Weekly - Week 1 edition:
http://www.scac-online.org/basketball_womens/112006wbasketballupdate.pdf

[frank_ezelle]

This board never gets much activity but I'll give a early season report on Millsaps after the first two games.  There are a lot of new faces on the court this year but not a lot of new faces on the team. 

One of the new faces to the program is Head Coach Mary Bolton.  I've spoken to her on numerous occasions and I am tremendously impressed with her as a person.  I don't know how she'll do as a coach since I'm not really qualified to judge and I've only seen two games, but she is the type person who will be a tremendous asset to Millsaps and I think she'll do a great job at Millsaps.

Because she was named as the new coach at the beginning of the summer, there wasn't much recruiting that Coach Bolton could do.  Her two returning players with significant playing time are Leslie Frese and Crystal Dickerson.  Both are solid all around players who can handle the ball, rebound, score inside and also make 3-pointers.  They will be counted on a lot this season.

The new faces to the court this year are the players who were on the team last year but saw very little playing time.  Sophomore LeReina Adams was a great high school player but she only played in 14 games last year for a total of 108 minutes.  In two games she has already passed her season totals for last year with 40 points and 31 rebounds.  There are parts of her game that remind me a lot of former Millsaps and D2 star Jessica Dunlap, the best SCAC player that I've ever seen.

Also new to the court this season are twins Deborah and Allison Sturgis who give Millsaps some height in the middle.  Amber King and Kalea Hardwick are the other two returning players and I thought they gave a solid performance in the first two games of the season.

The three totally new faces that played the past weekend are Marianne Smith, Jamie Sclafani and Megan Bauerle.  Marianne started both games so I remember a little more about her play but I'll admit that I didn't get a good read on any of these players since they are new to me and I was watching much of the game through the viewfinder of my camera.  They all seemed to contribute and obviously Coach Bolton has confidence in them.

All in all, it will be a rebuilding year at Millsaps but they may surprise some teams and they may be better at the end of the season than they were at the end of the season last year.  It just depends on how much these players developed with the increase in playing time.  As for the future, I think Coach Bolton will have Millsaps in the SCAC title hunt before too long.  She just seems like the type of person who will bring in good recruits and then bring out their best.

[roaring0506]

Frank - Do you know why Lindsay Alderman isn't on the roster this season?  She contributed significantly last season, so I was surprised to see she isn't on the roster.

DePauw had there first setback this past weekend against a very good Illinois Wesleyan team.  No excuses - IWU just outplayed DePauw (and hitting 10-20 behind the arc didn't hurt).  DePauw looks to get back on track tonight when they play Fontbonne.  Go Tigers!

[frank_ezelle]

I don't know the story about Lindsay Alderman.  I think she is from Virginia so maybe it's just a case of staying closer to home.  It doesn't look like she is a student at Millsaps this year.  I have talked to Jessica Bowie who was the first substitute at the center position last year and she is playing on scholarship at a school in Arkansas.  An NAIA school I think.

Millsaps plays at the University of Dallas this evening and then the next game on their schedule is the SCAC opener at Southwestern on Dec. 1st.

[roaring0506]

DPU got back to their winning ways vs. Fontbonne.   113-46 Final score.

[frank_ezelle]

Millsaps lost at Dallas last night by a score of 62-56.  Just going by the box score it looks like Millsaps wasn't shooting real well in the first half and they got behind by 7 and then they shot better in the second half but couldn't close the gap.  The story on the Dallas website says LaReina Adams scored 18 points in 17 minutes, the box score says she played 28 minutes.  Either way, it looks like she was hampered by foul trouble since she did foul out. 

Debbie Sturgis had 14 points and a team leading 7 rebounds in 38 minutes of play.  This compares to her entire 2005-06 totals of 18 points, 17 rebounds and 72 minutes of play, another example of old faces are really new faces for the Millsaps team this year.  Listed below are two links, one for the Dallas game and one for the Millsaps photos.  I have the photos from the LaGrange game posted and I'll get the Rust game photos posted over the Thanksgiving Holidays.

Dallas website:  http://www.udallas.edu/athletics/wbasketball/

Millsaps Photos:  http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Millsaps_Majors/

[Borat...NOT]

Trinity pulled out a close one last night at UMHB winning 84-81.  They were led by freshman Carlee Culver who had 28 and 12 and junior Meghan Scholbe who had 19 and 10, 17 of those coming in the 2nd half. 

[frank_ezelle]

Just a quick post to say that the Millsaps vs. Rust College photos are posted on the Millsaps photo website:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v283/Millsaps_Majors/

The next action for Millsaps is a trip to Southwestern and Trinity to open up SCAC play and then they are back home for a December 5th game against Louisiana College.

[roaring0506]

DePauw hosts their own tournament this weekend in honor of former player, Amy Hasbrook (1997-2000), who passed away in a house fire in 2002.  The tournament, which starts on Saturday, has Rose-Hulman playing Denison in the 6:00PM game, with DPU following at 8:00PM against St. Elizabeth (NJ).  DePauw will play the winner/loser on Sunday at 2 or 4.  While I don't know much about St. Elizabeth, DePauw should see some good competition against RHIT or Denison.

Go Tigers!

[roaring0506]

DePauw leads St. Elizabeth, 51-18 at halftime.

DePauw's shooting 59.5% from the field, and have forced 24 turnovers.

Everyone scored who played in the first half, led by Emily Marshall's 9 points.. Doughty, Fernandez, McGonigal, and Travelstead all have 6 points.  Pruzin, Lowes, Bondi, and Gw. Haehl each have 4.

[roaring0506]

Depauw forced 33 turnovers in a 89-33 game vs. St. Elizabeth.

No starter played more than 14 minutes.  Of the 18 players who played, 16 found themselves in the scoring column.

Team stats:
52% FG (39-75), 81.8% FT(9-11), 19 offensive rebounds, 21 steals, 11 turnovers

Individual stats:
Emily Marshall - 11 pts, 6 reb, 1 TO, 15 min
Gwen Haehl - 9 pts, 2 asst, 2 steals, 0 TO, 16 min
Caitlin McGonigal - 8 pts, 3 reb, 1 asst, 2 steals, 1 TO, 16 min
Meghan Warner - 6 pts, 5 reb, 2 asst, 1 steal, 0 TO, 11 min
Cassie Pruzin - 4 pts, 5 asst, 3 steals, 3 reb, 0 TO, 14 min


Bondi (12min), Travelstead (15min)- 8 pts
Doughty (12min), Lowes (14 min), Fernandez (8 min), Merkel (8 min) - 6 pts


The Tigers are looking sharp so far. The freshman and sophomore forwards are stepping up, taking a lot of pressure off Bondi.  And amazingly, the Tigers have played there first 4 games without Bridget Bailey who is recovering from knee surgery.  With the return of Bailey, and with the potential these freshman and sophomores are showing, the conference season should be very exciting! 

DePauw takes on Denison tomorrow afternoon.

[roaring0506]

DePauw 73
Denison 64

Team stats:
48.2% FG (27-56), 78.9% FT (15-19), 18 assists

Individual stats:
Caitlin McGonigal - 14 pts, 5 reb, 2 stl
Suzy Doughty - 9 pts, 9 assists, 6 reb, 4 steals
Liz Bondi - 12 pts, 8 reb, 1 asst, 1 steal
Jenna Fernandez - 12 pts, 4 reb

Amy Hasbrook Memorial All-Tournament team:
Kristen Sheffield, MVP, Denison
Suzy Doughty, DePauw
Caitlin McGonigal, DePauw
Amber Hill, Denison
Jill Floyd, Rose-Hulman
Sarah Kozlowski, College of St. Elizabeth