WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Ron Boerger · January 25, 2009, 06:27:24 PM

Quote from: pbrooks3 on January 25, 2009, 06:08:07 PM
Any word on the Rhodes-Austin game?

AC 62, Rhodes 59.

Rhodes trailed by one, rebounded a missed 'Roo shot with 17 seconds left, Rhodes' Kristen Lytle was called for an offensive foul with :03 left and the Lynx had to foul immediately. Katy Williams hit both freebies to account for the final margin. Becky Atnip got off a shot with :01 left but her prayers were not answered.

Box score.

pbrooks3 · January 25, 2009, 10:32:00 PM

Thanks Ron, I was in the car & hadn't been able to get a final.

Centre Ladies looked tremendous today following an equally inspiring performance at Hendrix Friday night. Chelsea Goodman totaled 45 points over the weekend with 27 coming today. She rebounded effectively, produced steals and assists, and had 2 stellar games. She would be my candidate for POTW. I tell you this Centre team has made great strides over the past year. They're young, energetic and darn right fun to watch the way they stay in their opponent's faces for 40 minutes

pbrooks3 · January 26, 2009, 07:25:44 PM

Kudos to Chelsea Goodman of Centre for Player of the Week honors. She had two terrific games in road wins at Hendrix & Millsaps. She is a wonderful young lady and a fine basketball player.

Ron Boerger · January 26, 2009, 10:02:00 PM

Oglethorpe drops to 9th and DePauw checks in at 23rd in the latest d3hoops.com Top 25 poll.

While I didn't expect to see Trinity in the top 25, I thought a solid win over a top-five team would garner a few votes. The loss to Rhodes (combined with the other three losses) probably is making voters wary until such time as TU gets another quality win.

pbrooks3 · January 28, 2009, 07:56:44 PM

Friday predictions:

Birmingham Southern over Millsaps by 10
Rhodes wins by 7 over Hendrix
Oglethorpe wins by 21 over Colorado College
Sewanee pulls out a squeaker by 1 over Austin
DePauw scores a 5 pt win over Trinity
Centre beats Southwestern by 13

Ralph Turner · January 30, 2009, 08:42:00 PM

Halftime DPU 37 Trinity 30

DPU 74 TU 53 1 minute left!

That is an in-region loss, so that helps OU!

DPU is in the Great Lakes Region and so that is a good win for them!

hoopsfan11 · January 31, 2009, 11:13:17 AM

When do the first regional rankings come out?

pbrooks3 · January 31, 2009, 01:53:47 PM

Another exciting win for the Lady Colonels over Southwestern last night. Centre held Southwestern to 25% shooting and caused 30 turnovers. The Pirates' top post player, Natasha Azizi scored the bulk of the team's points - 22. Clearly Centre wreaked havoc on the perimeter all night. Freshman, Maggie Pruitt had a wonderfully balanced game scoring 14. Ten players got in the scoring column for the Colonels.

A big challenge comes stalking into Danville tonight in Trinity. I like the Colonels' spunk, tenacity and effort over the past 5 games. If Centre will continue to play their game, and not get enamored with the quality of the Trinity players and their great tradition, the Lady Colonels can win this game.

pbrooks3 · January 31, 2009, 02:11:46 PM

My predictions for the remainder of the weekend are:

Birmingham Southern wins by 8 over Hendrix
Centre beats Trinity by 6
DePauw wins by 23 over Southwestern
Oglethorpe over Austin by 13
Colorado College wins at Sewanee by 5
Rhodes dominates Millsaps by 18

pbrooks3 · January 31, 2009, 09:44:32 PM

Ladies Colonels get it done tonight with a 71-69 win against Trinity. This is a signature win for the program after a lot of futility against Trinity in recent years. Now the team will prepare for one final road trip this coming weekend at Rhodes and Birmingham Southern before finishing the season at home against the best in the East - Oglethorpe and DePauw.

Ralph Turner · January 31, 2009, 11:13:23 PM

Quote from: hoopsfan11 on January 31, 2009, 11:13:17 AM
When do the first regional rankings come out?

Feb 11th for the women. Feb 4th for the men.

pbrooks3 · January 31, 2009, 11:24:44 PM

Centre has another player this week knocking on the POTW door - freshman, Maggie Pruitt tallied 34 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists in victories over Southwestern and Trinity over the weekend.

Ron Boerger · February 01, 2009, 09:22:25 AM

Congrats to both DPU and Centre on their wins this week. DPU wasn't a surprise, Centre was.

Krista Prato-Matthews didn't play either game on the road trip and I hope she's OK. TU was forced to play a three-guard lineup in her absence and that's not their normal game.

pbrooks3 · February 01, 2009, 05:00:49 PM

Rhodes has played a decent 1st half leading by 9. They still need to uptempo it a bit more. Millsaps has 9 players in uniform and they're prone to turnovers with the lineup they have on the floor. They're staying in the game with better offensive rebounding than Rhodes. McGill has 13 points for Rhodes. When Rhodes spreads the floor they are successfully dribble driving the ball. They played twin 6'2" posts in Whitaker and Kramer for about 4 minutes. This seemed to neutralize Millsaps' advantage in the paint. Rhodes should win this game by 15.

pbrooks3 · February 01, 2009, 11:25:27 PM

Rhodes got nice guard play from its tandem of Atnip and McGill in their win against Millsaps. They combined for 42 of the team's 73 points. McGill, if I'm not mistaken got a career high of 26. McGill pretty much was able to do whatever she needed to against the Majors.