WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Hendrix 34, Trinity 34, 3:01 left in the half.

TU 40 - 35 at the half.

TU 57 HC 43 13:54 left.  TU is pulling away.

[Ralph Turner]

Hendrix fans, I guess you must consider it a sign of respect.

TU Post Krista PratoMatthews is still in the game, up 84-71 with 1 minute left.

She has 37 points and 14 rebs.

Correction -- She has 39 points, on a couple of free throws with 0:41 left.

Final -- TU 90, Hendrix 76.


TU's Dietert played 34 minutes, PratoMatthews 36, Hubenak 38 minutes.

You pushed them hard.

[frank_ezelle]

I don't believe the SCAC website is showing this link, but the Millsaps-Southwestern games should have a gametracker during the game.  You see the link on this Southwestern page:

http://southwesternpirates.cstv.com/

[frank_ezelle]

Apparently Southwestern isn't doing Gametracker for the Women's game.  The men's game worked fine and it ended about an hour ago.  The women's game says that it is pregame and will start after the opening tip, but they are probably approaching halftime by now.

[pbrooks3]

A bit of a surprise at half - Rhodes and Sewanee are knotted at 31-31. Sewanee's zone defense has slowed Rhodes. The Lady Lynx began to figure things out late in the half and began getting wing passes into the post for easy hoops. Backup post, Pate has 10 points for Rhodes.

[pbrooks3]

This one is still close at the 4:20 mark - Rhodes 48-46.

[pbrooks3]

Rhodes pulled this one out in the last 10 seconds, 57-56. The Lady Lynx were down 5 with a minute remaining, and got it down to a 3 point game with 18 ticks on the clock when Becky Atnip got fouled. She made the first free throw and missed the second, getting her own rebound. She swung the ball around and took a pass back on the right wing of the court and swished a three-pointer for the winning basket with about 10 seconds left. Sewanee launched a desperation shot to no avail.

Rhodes didn't play particularly well, but managed to play better defense in the second half, when they pressed full-court much of the half. This pressure took Sewanee out of their comfort zone. The pressure didn't generate tons of turnovers but it slowed Sewanee down and forced them to struggle with the shot clock a good deal. Rhodes took what appeared to be a commanding lead by 7-9 points with less than eight minutes to go. Give credit to Sewanee - they made a few baskets, got some stops and made free throws down the stretch to strongly contend for a win. I've seen 2 Sewanee games this year. Both times, they've lost by a single point.

Pate scored 14 for Rhodes, with Lytle and McGill scoring double-figures, too.

[Ron Boerger]

TU's Dietert played 34 minutes, PratoMatthews 36, Hubenak 38 minutes.

You pushed them hard.

While I'm not going to dispute the assertion, Ralph, based on what I saw last week Trinity doesn't have a deep bench this year.  I went to the web site after those games and they only have 12 players listed - and only eight are seeing more than seven minutes per game.   They play at Southwestern Friday so I'll have to go have a look, plus SW and TU always play each other well regardless of the records.  

This is by far the youngest TU women's squad I can remember.  Five first years, five sophomores, and only a single junior and senior (Prato-Matthews). 

Prato-Matthews' 39 are the most points by a Tiger woman since 1995 per the game story (thanks, Justin!).

[Ralph Turner]

Thanks, Ron.  I appreciate the assessment.

I think that TU has the top talent to persevere in the SCAC tourney, if they get a favorable matchup against Oglethorpe and DePauw.

If TU wins the Pool A bid, then TU will probably get sent to the ASC Pool A bid, (altho' BWC and Southern Maine were not in-region.)

[FlightofthePetrel]

I've been searching the new SCAC Website for some time and have yet to come across the section (for both me and women) showing the current up to date 1,000 point scorers and players who have reached the 500 rebound club.  I went through and added up some numbers and OU's Kulavic has 1,646 point and is nearing in on breaking the conference scoring record.  OU has also had 4 players recently join the 500 rebound club, it would be nice to see where they stand in the history of the SCAC.

Does anyone know where to find this information?

[Ron Boerger]

Click the SCAC Record Book link.  I found the men's 1000 pt scorers on p 80 of the Men's Basketball record book (under the Winter Sports section), the women's are probably there a well.

[scaccommish]

The latest SCAC podcast is available at:

http://www.scacsports.blogspot.com/

This week's edition includes recaps of games that were played over the holiday break in addition to interviews with Oglethorpe women's head coach Ron Sattele, senior post Krista Prato Matthews of Trinity, senior guard Mike Moore of DePauw and Trinity men's head coach Pat Cunningham.

[scottiedoug]

Here is the link to the Maryville Daily Times story on Oglethorpe's win at Maryville.

http://thedailytimes.com/article/20090108/SPORTS/901079898

OU looked pretty good...they are very well coached, move the ball, play serious and effective defense, and can shoot from outside.  All Maryville needed was more players and someone to score from outside! 

[FlightofthePetrel]

Click the SCAC Record Book link.  I found the men's 1000 pt scorers on p 80 of the Men's Basketball record book (under the Winter Sports section), the women's are probably there a well.

I found that but there used to be a page that kept up to date records of the 1,000 point and 500 rebound club, separate from the record book that is only up to date with last years statistics...

[Ron Boerger]

send a pm to scacsid here or contact the SCAC site owners.