WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

DPU3619 · January 04, 2007, 08:54:40 PM

No change again in the poll this week. DPU steady at #5. Hendrix continues to gain ground, they're up to 17 votes.

Also, the NCAA released their first stat report yesterday. Interesting to see that Hendrix's Tori Huggins is the fourth best scorer in the country at 25.5 pts/game. Hendrix is also fifth in the country at 80 pts/game. DPU a couple of points higher at 82 & change, good for fourth.

Nice to see Trinity bounce back as well after that loss against UW-Eau Claire. Looks like they got some shots to fall in the second half last night, going 17-32 from the floor. That's a good win for TU.

roaring0506 · January 05, 2007, 07:40:13 PM

DePauw 41
Sewanee 28
Halftime

roaring0506 · January 05, 2007, 09:19:41 PM

DePauw 82
Sewanee 51
Final

DPU Key Team Stats:
55.7% FG (34-61), Outrebounded Sewanee 49-31; No DPU player played more than 20 min.

Individual stats:
Bondi - 10 pts, 9 reb, 2 asst, 1 steal (18 min)
Marshall - 10 pts, 5 reb (13 min)
Warner - 10 pts, 5 reb (19 min)
Gr. Haehl - 10 pts (4-4 FG), 3 assists, 4 reb (19 min)
Doughty - 7 pts, 5 asst, 4 steals (19 min)
Lowes - 12 pts (20 min)

Sewanee was led in scoring by Miller with 14 pts. Renninger followed with 11 points. Sewanee was held to 27.3% shooting from the field.

DPU3619 · January 06, 2007, 12:27:07 PM

Hendrix beat Trinity 67-64 last night as well. Frist time in like 5 years or something like that. Trinity didn't shoot it well from any distance (38% from the field, 20% from 3, 61% at the stripe) and Hendrix went bananas in the second half, going 16-29 from the floor. Bonnie Hicks scored 25 on 9-17 shooting. Tori Huggins scored 19 and of course played all 40 minutes.

Stock up for 12-1 Hendrix.

Other finals:
Oglethorpe 71 Centre 50
Southwestern 61 Austin 48

frank_ezelle · January 07, 2007, 11:55:05 AM

Millsaps lost at Rhodes 68-61 yesterday in a game that was tight all the way to the end. Millsaps is not going to challenge for the league championship this year, but they have improved tremendously in the first half of the season.

People looking at the Millsaps roster will not fully understand just how young this team is when it comes to experience. LeReina Adams is a sophomore averaging a double-double with over 12 rebounds and 12 points per game but she only saw 108 minutes of playing time last year. Debbie Sturgis is a senior and is 2nd on the team in scoring but she only saw 72 minutes of playing time last year.

Of the nine returning players from 2005-06, two started last year and logged over 700 minutes of playing time each. The other 7 players had a combined total of 415 minutes for the 2005-06 season. That's 7 players sharing the time that would normally be seen by one key reserve. This is a rebuilding year of major porportions and the game yesterday showed that the players and the coaches have come a long way in a very short period of time. Hopefully that progress will start translating into wins in the second half of the season.

roaring0506 · January 07, 2007, 04:04:30 PM

Oglethorpe 31
DePauw 24
Halftime

DePauw just getting outplayed in Atlanta in the first half. The Tigers are shooting a dismal 28% from the field, and have commited too many unforced turnovers. Look for Coach Kris Huffman to fire up her squad at halftime, and get them ready to take care of business in the next 20 min. DePauw is going to have to shoot the ball a lot better in the 2nd half, and take care of the basketball if they want to win this game.

roaring0506 · January 07, 2007, 04:36:49 PM

Oglethorpe 59
DePauw 58
1:35 2nd half

roaring0506 · January 07, 2007, 04:41:24 PM

Oglethorpe 61
DePauw 58
0:19 left

roaring0506 · January 07, 2007, 04:43:30 PM

DePauw 61
Oglethorpe 61
8.7 seconds left

Cassie Pruzin drains a 3. Timeout.

roaring0506 · January 07, 2007, 04:46:04 PM

Oglethorpe 63
DePauw 61

Richman gets offensive rebound, scores. .8 seconds.

roaring0506 · January 07, 2007, 04:47:41 PM

Oglethorpe 63
DePauw 61
Final

Ralph Turner · January 07, 2007, 04:48:12 PM

Thanks roaring!!!

FlightofthePetrel · January 07, 2007, 07:03:03 PM

Great win today for the lady Petrels. With this win does anyone expect them to make a strong case to break the top 25 or at least receive votes in next weeks poll? I know they lost to Sewanee, but since they are 6-0 with wins over two top 10 teams at the time. Also besides their blowout loss to Puget Sound they only lost by 3 to Maryville (RV) and Pacific Lutheran (25). Just a thought

DPU3619 · January 07, 2007, 07:17:01 PM

File this one under "Oh really?" right next to the DPU loss:

Trinity 80
Austin 88

After Southwestern had no problems in Sherman on Friday, got to say that's a bit of a suprise. Other scores from today:

Southwestern 62
Hendrix 65

Centre 53
Sewanee 68

Hendrix feeling a little sweepy at home this weekend against quality opponents. I think I recall somebody saying they wouldn't win either of those games a couple weeks back. Should be a dandy Friday night when they come to Greencastle.

As far as the DPU game, Oglethorpe is such a tough place to play. Aside from last year's tourney games in Greencastle, DePauw's game @ OU last year was probably the loudest D-III women's game I can recall in traveling with the team for four years. I assume the Petrel Nation or the Dorough something-or-others or whatever they call themselves these days were in full force again this afternoon.

I gather DePauw didn't shoot it well at all. Oglethorpe is playing much better defense of late than they were just a couple of weeks ago. Kept IWU in check and held the fourth best scoring team in the country to 61. They've chopped 8 full points off their defensive average in the last two weeks.

To make nothing more than an elementary attempt to answer your question, I'd certainly expect them to get some votes in the poll with the win today and the resume you've presented. However, they're going to need to gather up about 70 more points in the poll than they had last week (0) to escape the ARV category.

FlightofthePetrel · January 07, 2007, 07:44:13 PM

Quote from: DPU3619 on January 07, 2007, 07:17:01 PM

As far as the DPU game, Oglethorpe is such a tough place to play. Aside from last year's tourney games in Greencastle, DePauw's game @ OU last year was probably the loudest D-III women's game I can recall in traveling with the team for four years. I assume the Petrel Nation or the Dorough something-or-others or whatever they call themselves these days were in full force again this afternoon.

The game definately wasn't as loud as the DPU OU game last year (that was rediculous) due to the fact that the students are still out on Christmas break... Just a bunch a parents with attendance maybe close to 100... I wish more people had been able to see such a great game and win. I'm used to seeing people leave after the guys game... but the trend has reversed with people showing up after the guys game to watch the girls... they really are a fun bunch to watch.