WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[WLCALUM83]

Trinity, TX also beat Manchester by some 10-15 points.

[etg]

(El Tea Gray---re: Trinity Women's Holiday Tournament--12/28 & 12/29)

Day 1         Bethel                      58
                  Wisc.-Eau Claire      60


                  Manchester, IN        63
                  Trinity                      77


Day 2         Bethel  vs.  Manchester            2 p.m.
                  UWEC  vs.  Trinity                     4 p.m 

[Ralph Turner]

Final:  Southwestern, TX 73, Concordia, IL 62. (Cougars missed 17 free throws in the game.) SW's depth may have worn them down as well.)

WLC, if Southwestern's depth wore them down, they will get more of the same tomorrow night!

[WLCALUM83]

When WLC played Concordia-IL at their place earlier this season, the Cougars used a press. The Warriors were able to break it several times and their 3 point shooters were hitting that day. WLC ended up winning 74-58 if memory serves correctly.

This poster's figuring on a McMurry win tomorrow. Richardson will give the Cougars fits.

[Ralph Turner]

WLC (IMHO All-American) point guard Symbri Tuttle, who had 6 assists, one steal and no turnovers versus UWStout, will handle any press that Concordia IL can throw at her!

Thanks for the scouting report!

[roaring0506]

Also a note in DePauw win over Kenyon, Bridget Bailey saw her first limited action of the season, coming off a surgery in the preseason.  She was productive in her 7 minutes played with 8 points on 4-4 shooting and 3 rebounds.  Once they get Fernandez back from her injury (conference time), the Tigers should have an extremely potent frontourt in Bondi (5-10 sr.), Marshall (6-0 fr.), Travelstead (6-0 so.), Warner (6-0 fr), Bailey (6-3 sr.), and Fernandez (5-11 fr).  Not many teams have the luxary of being able to exchange 5/6 different posts without missing a beat!

The Tigers take on #21 Medaille today at 2:00 PST.

[roaring0506]

#5 DePauw 69
#21 Medaille 59
Final

DePauw didn't shoot the ball particularly well (23-62, 37.1%), but knocked down the 3 ball when they needed to (8-18, 44.4%).  Pruzin and Bondi led the Tiger charge with 16 points a piece.  Pruzin added 7 rebounds and 4 assists, while Bondi took care of the boards with 10 rebounds and 3 steals.  Lowes and Gr. Haehl each had 9.

The Tigers take on in the Championship Game either #14 Simpson (who's 8-0) or NAIA host #15 Point Loma (who's 8-2).  That game is in the second half, with Simpson leading 55-52 with 9:30 seconds left.

[roaring0506]

Simpson couldn't hold on to the lead they had all game, and Point Loma Nazarene advances to the Championship Game vs. DePauw with a final score of 73-72.

The championship game will take place tomorrow at 4:00 PST.  This will be a good test run for the Tigers (for the conference tournament) in that they will have to play 3 solid opponents on three consecutive nights.  Hopefully they can close out 2006 with an overall record of 11-1.

[roaring0506]

Barn burner in San Diego...

DePauw 60
Point Loma 55
1:30

[roaring0506]

DPU pulling away... 30 sec

[roaring0506]

DePauw 67
Point Loma Nazarene 57
Final

Key Team stats:
Didn't shoot the ball extremely well at 21-54 (38.9%), but the Tigers DOMINATED the boards 43-24. 

Key Individual stats:
Liz Bondi - 19 pts (6-10 FG, 7-8 FT), 5 reb, 1 asst, 2 TO
Cassie Pruzin - 15 pts (5-10 3FG), 5 reb, 3 asst, 1 TO
Bridget Bailey - 10 pts, 6 reb
Gretchen Haehl - 5 pts, 4 assists, 4 reb, 1 steal, 0 TO

San Diego Surf N' Slam All-Tournament Team from DePauw:
Liz Bondi - MVP
Cassie Pruzin

The Tigers finish 2006 with a record of 11-1.  They return to action next Friday, as they travel to the mountain to play Sewanee.

[DPU3619]

Those are two very impressive wins for DePauw the last two evenings.  A good win against #21 Medialle last night and a good win against NAIA's #15 Point Loma Nazarene today.  DPU didn't shoot the ball well either day, but made up for it in the other facets of the game. 

The opponents that DePauw saw the last two days are probably better than anybody they see in conference play aside from Trinity.  They might even be better than Trinity... although I don't think I'm willing to go all the way out on that limb quite yet.  By the time TU comes to Greencastle, they should be breaking into the Top 25.

[airball1]

Oglethorpe 81
Ill. Wesleyan 75
OU handed IWU its first defeat tonight. Very good bball game. Both teams went at it hard from start to finish. IWU has great outside shooters (they were 19 for 40 against Emory the previous night). OU made it difficult for IWU to hit the 3 pointer and were able to take it inside against post depleted IWU.
Congrats to DePauw on the 2 big W's out West.

[DPU3619]

What a great win for Oglethorpe.

Forget I mentioned all that stuff about how poorly they were playing earlier.

[Borat...NOT]

Trinity defeated Georgetown College 73-70 last night.  Georgetown is ranked 16th in NAIA D1 currently and led most of the game.  Trinity didn't lead until late in the second half.  This was a ugly game but a good win for the Tigers.