WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

Tennessee_papa · November 24, 2009, 10:04:57 PM

Hendrix squeezes by Ozarks 75-73 at Ozarks. Close game the entire way - best I remember Hendrix' biggest lead was 8 and Ozarks was 3, but don't hold me to it. Hendrix blocked a 3 at the buzzer to lock it up.

pbrooks3 · November 25, 2009, 12:14:16 AM

Lady Colonels lost a close one to Transy tonight 58-57. They had a last second crack at scoring to win at the buzzer, but the shot would not go down. Goodman and Maggie Prewitt led in scoring. It was a poor shooting night for Centre.

pbrooks3 · November 30, 2009, 07:55:36 AM

Lady Colonels came through the early part of the season 2-3. Probably not what they expected but close. Yesterday's game @ Hanover was probably their least impressive game, but the outcome not unexpected. The 1-point loss @ home to Transy was a tough one and the ladies could have won that one. The team will have some good practice time early this week getting geared up for SCAC games this coming weekend against Birmingham-Southern (Friday) and Rhodes (Sunday). They'll need to get back to basics by shooting the basketball much better.

pbrooks3 · December 04, 2009, 05:39:04 PM

Who wins tonight in the SCAC games?

DePauw @ Rhodes
Millsaps @ Colorado College
Centre & Birmingham Southern
Hendrix @ Austin

pbrooks3 · December 04, 2009, 05:49:18 PM

Quote from: pbrooks3 on December 04, 2009, 05:39:04 PM
Who wins tonight in the SCAC games?

DePauw @ Rhodes
Millsaps @ Colorado College
Centre & Birmingham Southern
Hendrix @ Austin

My best guess:

DePauw by 18 at Rhodes
Colorado College by 9 over Millsaps
Centre in a squeaker by 2 at Birmingham-Southern
Austin in a tight home opener by 5 against Hendrix

jekelish · December 04, 2009, 06:23:51 PM

I'll be perfectly frank that I don't know enough about most SCAC teams to make guesses, but...

DePauw easily gets past Rhodes
CC tops Millsaps
Centre manages a close one against BSC
Katy Williams leads AC past Hendrix with a big double double

pbrooks3 · December 04, 2009, 09:06:48 PM

Road teams are ruling the night so far with Hendrix, DePauw and Centre all winning. Rhodes played hard against DPU but didn't have the depth or strength to keep up with them. 9 point margin of victory for the Tigers.

pbrooks3 · December 05, 2009, 12:07:06 AM

Quote from: pbrooks3 on December 04, 2009, 09:06:48 PM
Road teams are ruling the night so far with Hendrix, DePauw and Centre all winning. Rhodes played hard against DPU but didn't have the depth or strength to keep up with them. 9 point margin of victory for the Tigers.

That barely ended with the home team Colorado College winning over Millsaps 69-68.

The Rhodes Ladies gave DePauw a competitive game tonight 78-67 . The big difference in this game was the way the Lady Tigers owned the boards: 50-29. There were a number of possessions where DePauw got 4 & 5 cracks at the basket. They only shot 39% but they took 74 shots in the game. Other than that, the game was pretty even. DePauw comes at its opponents as always with an extensive bench of players. Rhodes never gave up; their speed game helped offset their weakness on the boards. When McGill attacked the basket, she found seams in the defense to either get to the hoop or find a teammate for an easy look.

Lady Colonels got a nice road win in Birmingham tonight. Lauren Huter led the team in scoring with 18. The team shot the ball very well and got off to a big lead in the 1st half and never looked back.

Strong victory as well for the Hendrix Women at Austin with a big second half run to take the lead after trailing at the break. This team is now 4-0. They are looking like the 2nd team in the west now right behind Trinity.

jekelish · December 05, 2009, 05:21:31 PM

Interesting to see how things shake out tonight with AC and Millsaps. And in the career rebounding watch, Katy Williams has 857, good for 2nd all time, and needs to get to 1010 to break the record. If she keeps up her career average, she should reach that pretty easily (knock on wood). She only had seven last night, but she's been an absolute machine all season (and all career, when you get right down to it).

pbrooks3 · December 06, 2009, 07:19:00 PM

My first opportunity to see Centre live today against Rhodes. Lady Colonels were impressive from the start in winning by 14 and the margin of victory could easily have been 20. My 1st observation was Centre's players are physically stronger this year. The tenacity on the defensive side is most evident again. They had several nice defensive sequences where they absolutely shut down Rhodes' women for 3-4 minute stretches. Maggie Prewitt, Chelsea Goodman anBd Amanda Stovall are outstanding defenders and are a joy to watch. They each were big contributors offensively with Goodman getting 22 and Prewitt having 20. Didn't think Centre took advantage of Lauren Huter in the post during the first 20 minutes but part of this was due to fouls parking Huter on the bench. They finally got her in the flow midway through the 2nd half. Several of the 2nd 5 had good games, too, including Angela Tronzo.

I was impressed with the growth of this team from the past season on the offensive end. Prewitt had the offensive side operating quite efficiently with sharp passing and limited turnovers. Defense is still a key for creating easy offense at times, but I witnessed today better efficiency at executing a half court plan.

Clearly a nice 2-game SCAC road trip for the Centre Ladies.

The real star of the day though wasn't a player, but a parent. Angela Tronzo's dad, Dennis, made not one but two half court over-the-back reverse shots during the 2 halftimes at the games in a fan fundraising contest @ Rhodes. Reminded me of the antics of an old Harlem Globetrotter, Meadowlark Lemon! Fun stuff.

Ron Boerger · December 08, 2009, 11:25:59 AM

Thanks to all for their perspectives on the season. I haven't made it to SA to see the TU women play yet, will try to catch at least one of the two games at their tourney over the Christmas break. They have certainly been winning some very close games so far - honestly I think ~~#11~~ #8 ranking in the most recent poll may be a bit high but it's nice to see them get off to a good start post-KPM.

It's also good to see a few more players on what is still a young team (Alexandra Blake is the only senior). I had this season down as somewhat of a rebuilding year but would be happy to be proved wrong.

pbrooks3 · December 08, 2009, 10:29:27 PM

Would be curious to get somewhat's take on the Birmingham Southern win over DePauw Sunday. Centre Ladies handled BS with relative ease on Friday night and impressively won over Rhodes Sunday. Was DePauw off their game? While they didn't totally dominate Rhodes - I saw this game - DePauw controlled it most of the way.

tigerbacker · December 11, 2009, 11:08:41 AM

Haven't seen Depauw play but I truly beleive that they are probably missing Pruzin a lot more than expected. The SCAC will be won by the teams that have the best guard play in my opinion. I have been wrong before but Trinity and Centre have the best guards in the conference and should be at the top when all the dust clears.

FlightofthePetrel · December 17, 2009, 01:42:07 PM

Oglethorpe unveils new athletics website!

www.gopetrels.com

FlightofthePetrel · December 18, 2009, 11:19:30 AM

Petrels lost a tough one to Lagrange last night falling by the score of 81-72

Freshman Sarah Jones set a school record by nailing 9- 3 pointers!

Fellow Freshman Sarah Giles filled in nicely for starting Center Kaci Palimore going off for 18 points 13 rebounds and 5 blocks.

While those two had a wonderful night the rest of the team combined to go 8 of 39... and 20% shooting will not win you many games.

With the result, Oglethorpe is now 4-3 on the season and will get set to host East Texas Baptist on Pinholster Court this Sunday at 3:00 p.m.