WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[dpualum]

Jenna Fernandez is back playing this season after missing last season.  The tigers look to be SCAC champion contenders returning 11 letter winners and bringing in a class of 10 solid freshman.  Word through the grape vine is this group of freshman have their stuff together and look to contribute. Look for the post play to be solid with all four seniors being post players.  Katie Matthews and Lauren Goff should contribute in the guard court as well. They lost a big one tonight to Butler in an Exhibition but it is early in the season. Despite the loss they came ahead on the boards, which is their strength. Give these girls another week to get their offense together and they should have a strong showing in St. Louis at the Tip-Off Tournament.

[Ron Boerger]

She is playing, must be a huge oversight on the part of the sports info dept., seems that they make a few or don't give much thought to Womens BB sometimes.

The TU web site roster has been updated and Danielle Hubenak is now listed there. 

[Tennessee_papa]

Jenna Fernandez is back playing this season after missing last season.  The tigers look to be SCAC champion contenders returning 11 letter winners and bringing in a class of 10 solid freshman.  Word through the grape vine is this group of freshman have their stuff together and look to contribute. Look for the post play to be solid with all four seniors being post players.  Katie Matthews and Lauren Goff should contribute in the guard court as well. They lost a big one tonight to Butler in an Exhibition but it is early in the season. Despite the loss they came ahead on the boards, which is their strength. Give these girls another week to get their offense together and they should have a strong showing in St. Louis at the Tip-Off Tournament.

Damn.  10 freshmen on top of 11 returning lettermen (letterwomen? letterpersons?).  Is Depauw attempting to insure that everyone else sucks by cornering the market on players?  Or did you intend to post this on the soccer board?

[dpualum]

"letterwomen"

The number of freshman is a usual for DePauw.  My guess is there were at least 12-15 at the start of tryouts and the number was trimmed down.  The coaches do a great job of recruiting and it doesn't hurt to have 6 consecutive tournament appearances to bring in the recruits.

[scacbballfan]

Hendrix had it's last preseason scrimmage against Divison II Harding University.  I was very impressed with the intensity and effort Hendrix brought last night. The final after 40 minutes was 61-73 Harding on top. Hendrix showed alot of fight and played hard with an 8 man rotation all night. Rebounding needs some improvement but this is a MUCH better Hendrix team than last year and Thad McCracken has brought new life to this program. On another note, Hendrix played without Christina Byler last night. She was dressed out for warm-ups and participated in that but returned to te bench in street clothes. She was moving well in warm-ups, shooting the ball great, and looked ready to go. Not sure if there were some issues with the knee that came up of if it was precautionary but it has been anticipated she will be back full go for the Rhodes Tip-off tourney next weekend and was back at practice this past Sunday.

The preseason coaches picks are out and, no shocker here, DPU picked first overall followed by Centre, Trinity, and Hendrix. I think it will be interesting to see Centre this year. Alot of returning talent and a great young coach in Coach Austin-Robinson. On the west I believe the number one seed is going to come down to point spread between Trinity and Hendrix. I'm looking for a season split. About a week from tip off. Good luck to all SCAC teams this year!!

[pbrooks3]

Lady Colonels up 58-44 with about 7 minutes to play against Maryville. Prewitt has 19; Goodman 16; and Huter has 11 rebounds.

[pbrooks3]

Goodman scores 20 in leading Centre to a 64-54 win tonight. Prewitt nearly had a double-double finishing with 19 pts and 9 rebounds.

[ououou]

reports on the demise of oglethorpe after the graduation of so many stellar players might have been a bit premature. coach has had an excellent recruiting class and opened up with a nice win over emory to open the season. young teams have growing pains but the good news is that by february, they won't be rookies anymore.  riley cerrone is going to turn heads.

[FlightofthePetrel]

OU had a nice revenge win over Emory last night.  While it was strange to not see the same group that had graced Pinholster court over the past 4 years there were some similarities between the two teams that leads me to believe that the Lady Petrels will be just fine!  Riley Cerone notched 7 three-pointers on 7-10 shooting for 26 points in her debut.  Sounds a lot line Anna Findley to me.  Sara Jones finished with 13 points and 7 assists  3 reb and 2 steals in only 17 minutes off the bench... give that girl starters minutes and  that reminds a lot of Katie Kulavic.  While the comparisons to 2 former All-Americans may be premature it is safe that this freshman class has talent.  This team also has depth.... lots and lots of depth!  This team is easily 10 players deep with very little fall off.

As far as any other information... you'll just have to wait til they visit a town near you.

Go Lady Petrels!

[OUfantastic]

Emory was stunned...  OU had a large crowd !!! 

[pbrooks3]

At the Rhodes Tipoff Classic, Hendrix leads 37-33 at half over Westminster. Typical early season game with lots of turnovers. Byler has 4 points & 2 fouls. Hendrix is the better team but is keeping Westminster in it through missed layups & turnovers.

[pbrooks3]

Hendrix prevails in the opener 71-63 with Byler picking up a quiet 18. Sloppy game, but Hendrix was clearly the better of the 2 teams.

[pbrooks3]

Rhodes' trapping zone defensive pressure has rattled Greenville in the opening 20 minutes; Lynx lead 48-36. Clarin has 13 including 3 triples, the last one coming at the end of the half. Atnip and Bell each have 10. The first 20 was a game of spurts with Rhodes taking control in final 5 minutes.

[pbrooks3]

Rhodes wins easily 95-71. Clarin scores 24 with 6 triples.

[tigerbacker]

Trinity beats #24 Hardin Simmons 79 - 69, behind Marzella 26 points, 5 triples, Hubenak a triple double 18 11 assists and 10 boards and Dietert 17.