WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

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[FlightofthePetrel]

Oglethorpe fought to a hard earned win against Rhodes today to finish up a weekend sweep of Millsaps and Rhodes.  Oglethorpe overcame the loss of two starters to win 79-67 against Rhodes and are now tied for 1st place in the SCAC, but hold the tiebreaker against Depauw.  With the win Oglethorpe completed the first ever undefeated season at home in the history of the program.   For the game they were led by Super Sophmore's  Kulavic  26 pts.  6 Reb. and 5 Ast.   and Findley 21 pts and a career high 13 rebounds.  CONGRATS to the Lady Petrel's on a great season and good luck next weekend when you travel to Depauw and Centre.

[Bubba the Petrel]

Updated Regional Rankings:

Great Lakes 
1.  Calvin  15-0 21-1
2.  DePauw 13-3 20-3
3.  Denison  17-3  19-4
4.  Wilmington (Ohio)  17-4 19-4
5.  Hope  14-3 19-3
6.  Transylvania  15-5 16-7 

South
1.  Howard Payne  21-1 22-1
2.  Oglethorpe  17-3  18-5
3.  McMurry  19-3  20-3 
4.  Maryville (Tennessee) 16-2 19-3
5.  Randolph-Macon  17-3 18-4
6.  Hardin-Simmons 17-4 18-4

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DePauw 80
Sewanee 47
Final

Stats:
DPU: 34-69 FG (49.3%), 5-12 3FG (41.7%) Outrebounded UOS 43-26, 14 TO, 23 assts, 36 Bench points compared to UOS's 16 pts.

UOS: 16-50 FG (32%), 3-14 3FG (21.4%), 22 TO

DePauw Key Individual Stats:
Pruzin - 9 pts, 3 reb, 4 asst, 4 steals (20 min)
Doughty - 6 pts, 6 asst, 6 steals (18 min)
Bondi - 18 pts, 9-12 FG, 3 reb (22 min)
Marshall - 8 pts, 9 reb 2 blk (15 min)
McGonigal - 11 pts, 3 reb, 2 asst (18 min)
Travelstead - 6 pts, 6 reb, 1 steal, 1 blk (14 min)

Sewanee Key Individual Stats:
Pettay - 15 pts, 5 reb, 2 steals (31 min)
Wills - 10 pts, 3 reb, 1 asst, 2 steal (29 min)
Phillips - 9 pts, 3 reb, 3 asst, 1 steal (21 min)


Senior Liz Bondi reaches her 1000th point in three seasons.  She becomes only the 9th person in DePauw history to reach this milestone.

This sets up the fight for overall conference champion on senior night this Sunday at DePauw vs. Oglethorpe (assuming they win at Centre).  Should be a great game!!

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...and DePauw senior Suzy Doughty becomes the SCAC's all-time assist leader!

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DePauw 47
Oglethorpe 28
Halftime

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DePauw 95
Oglethorpe 58
Final

Stats:

DPU: 34-66 FG (51.5%), 10-17 3FG (58.8%), 37-30 rebounding margin, 21 assists on 34 FG, 18 TO, 46 bench points, 15 of the 18 Tigers who played scored

OU: 21-57 FG (36.8%), 5-13 3FG (38.5%), 11 asst, 26 TO, 12 bench points

Key Individual Stats:

DPU:
Doughty - 13 pts, 3 asst, 1 steal, 1 reb,  (21 min)
Pruzin - 11 pts, 4 reb, 3 asst (21 min)
Bondi - 17 pts, 3 reb, 3 asst, 3 steal, 1 blk (23 min)
Gr. Haehl - 14 pts, 4 asst, 2 steal, 1 reb (15 min)
Bailey - 6 pts, 5 reb, 1 steal, 1 blk (15 min)

OU:
Findley - 12 pts, 4 reb, 1 asst, 1 steal (29 min)
Kulavic - 11 pts, 3 reb, 4 asst, 3 steal (26 min)
Corbett - 9 pts, 3 reb, 2 asst, 1 steal (20 min)
Grace - 10 pts, 7 reb, 1 blk (25 min)

A great Senior Day in Greencastle.  Congratulations to the Tigers 5 seniors, Bridget Bailey, Liz Bondi, Suzy Doughty, Caitlin McGonigal, and Kristy Mahon! A four year record of 100-15 (and counting!)

DePauw (22-3, 12-2) takes the #1 seed into next weekends SCAC tournament in Memphis.  Oglethorpe (19-6, 11-3) will get the #2 spot.

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SCAC Tournament Pairings announced:

#1 DePauw vs. #8 Sewanee
#2 Oglethorpe vs. #7 Southwestern
#3 Trinity vs. #6 Rhodes
#4 Hendrix vs. #5 Austin

Games start on Friday in Memphis at host Rhodes College.

[DPU3619]

Yesterday afternoon sure was a lot of fun to watch.  I'm pretty sure I wasn't only person to be surprised that the outcome was as one-sided as it was.

If DePauw executes like that every time out this weekend, it's going to be awfully tough sledding for everybody else.

[FlightofthePetrel]

DPU I agree that I too wasn't to surprised of yesterday's outcome, but maybe not for the same reasons as you were (and I'm only assuming). 

Don't get me wrong, I think Depauw is a GREAT team and I'm sure they were plenty hyped up on Senior day and to add to that, they had a chance to get revenge on an Oglethorpe team who won on a last second tip in at their place.  But I want to point out that OU was without two of their starters (who played in the previous meeting), both of whom have a chance of making it back for the SCAC tournament.  Hopefully their return will be enough to vault OU into the championship game for a final grudge match against Depauw.

Congratulations to Depauw for winning the regular season championship and it looks like the tournament is shaping up to be a good one.

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I was wondering when an Oglethorpe fan was going to point out OU was without Brooks and Richmann.  I don't think it would have mattered much, though.  DePauw was executing on both ends of the floor, whereas they didn't show up when they played down in Atlanta. 

I would agree that Oglethorpe is a really good team; however, they don't have near the depth that DePauw does.  The game down in Oglethorpe was a bad one for DePauw.  To Oglethorpe's credit, they finished out the game. 

I think a lot of teams in the SCAC would agree that Oglethorpe is one of the hardest places to play (with the combination of lack of fouls called against the home team and OU's aggressive style of play).  Teams get manhandled when they step in to Dourough. 

For example, at DePauw, the foul totals called = DPU 17, OU 22; at Oglethorpe back in January, foul totals called = DPU 12, OU 8.  At Centre, CC 23, OU 19; at Oglethorpe, CC 16, OU 12.

Obviously, you can say there's an advantage playing at everyone's home gym (and I would agree).  I just think thats one of the things that hurts OU come tournament time - that they don't play on their home floor and get those type of calls (or no-calls).  Just an opinion. 

Again, I do think Oglethorpe is/has a good team, and I would love to see DPU play OU in the final with the addition of Richmann and Brooks (what's wrong with them anyway??). With a lot of teams in the conference playing currently, it should make for an exciting tourament.  I, too, am anxious to watch this weekend!

[FlightofthePetrel]

I agree that Depauw's depth is second to none and that is a major area where they separate themselves from other teams.  They are very disciplined, well coached, and a talented bunch.

As far as not pointing out the injuries earlier... didn't want to give the competition a leg up on scouting.  Brook's hurt her hand in the Hendrix game... doesn't look as serious as thought before.  I'm not quite sure what the end prognosis was on Richman but she'll be back for the tourney.  It was probably a good idea to sit both these past two weekends with 3 games against teams they could win and a game at Depauw that would have been hard pressed with the whole team at 100%.

I agree that OU is a hard place to play (especially when it's full)  but the girl's game earlier in the year had 222 on a Sunday afternoon.  DPU had 500 on senior day... maybe that factored into the extremely lopsided score...? (probably not)

Either way... I respect the accomplishments and the way the Depauw WOMEN's team is coached and plays.  Too bad I can't make it up to Memphis for the tourney... it always falls on our first weekend of tennis matches. 

while I'm at it... I might as well post my predictions- it's seems like everyone on the guys side is doing it... lets see if we can get it started here.

1. Depauw     vs.   8. Sewanee          Depauw big
4. Hendrix      vs    5. Austin               Hendrix in a close one
2. Oglethorpe vs.  7. Southwestern   Oglethorpe by 8-12
3. Trinity         vs.  6. Rhodes              Trinity big

1. Depauw      vs.    4. Hendrix           Depauw big
2. Oglethorpe  vs.   3. Trinity              Oglethorpe  close

Championship
1. Depauw   vs.      2. Oglethorpe       rain out... co-champions
both teams are given automatic bids to the tournament

If it can happen in tennis and baseball... I say it happens in basketball too.  Good luck to all teams

[DPU3619]

Either way... I respect the accomplishments and the way the Depauw WOMEN's team is coached and plays.  Too bad I can't make it up to Memphis for the tourney... it always falls on our first weekend of tennis matches. 

Championship
1. Depauw   vs.      2. Oglethorpe       rain out... co-champions
both teams are given automatic bids to the tournament

If it can happen in tennis and baseball... I say it happens in basketball too.  Good luck to all teams

I gather that means you're not a Fen fan.   

Also, I think Oglethorpe might have a chance at a Pool C for the 2nd straight year.  They were 2nd in the region last week.  It'll be interesting to see how that changes this week.  They might need to get to Sunday to do it.  They still pulled down a couple votes in the poll this week despite the squeaker at Centre and Sunday's result.

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First Round
#1 DePauw vs. #8 Sewanee  -->  20 pt. game
#4 Hendrix vs #5 Austin         --> Upset game... Austin's playing well right now (4-8 pt game)
#2 Oglethorpe vs. #7 Southwestern  --> 10 pt. game
#3 Trinity vs. #6 Rhodes    --> Close early on.. then TU by 15

Semi-Final

#1 DePauw vs. #5 Austin     --> Revenge... DPU by 10-15
#2 Oglethorpe vs. #3 Trinity           --> If OU doesn't have Richmann/Brooks back, TU by 5
#2 Oglethorpe vs. #3 Trinity --> If Richmann/Brooks are back, OU by 5.

Championship

#1 DePauw vs. #3 Trinity  --> DPU by 5-10
#1 DePauw vs. #2 Oglethorpe --> DPU 5-10, OU gets Pool C bid


Go (DPU) Tigers!!

[DPU3619]

New QOWI index today.  DePauw is 8th.  Oglethorpe is 29th, which is a pretty nice number to have.  It does look like they'll be one of the higher QOWI conference runner-ups if they get to Sunday.  If they do, they'll add on a win over #62 Trinity in all likelyhood.  That'll certainly give a boost.