WBB: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference

[FlightofthePetrel]

Good Morning as well Ralph,

Thanks for the insight.  Since there is no certainty about hosting a Regional game I'll have to tell my Petrels to just win the SCAC... that should take care of all the confusion.   

[FlightofthePetrel]

POTY-  It's been a topic that has received attention on two different occasions on the mens side so I figured with the season winding down... why not throw out some names for consideration.  Without Liz Bondi I dobut there is any clear cut winner this year so it could be an exciting discussion.  My Top 4 in no particular order are:

Katie Kulavic- Oglethorpe
Jenna Fernandez- Depauw
Melanie August- Colorado
Reba Ross- Birmingham Southern (but she's out for the season with an injury)

What is everyone else's take on the subject?

[jekelish]

if AC had a better record, i'd submit Katy Williams...12 double doubles, 19 ppg, 11 rpg, shooting well over 50% from the field.

unfortunately, her team just isn't winning many games.

[scaccommish]

Flight,
BSC student-athletes aren't eligible for all-conference on the women's side, since they are still playing with scholarship athletes. One of the considerations given to BSC student-athletes, since they are ineligible for postseason play until 2011-2012, is that as soon as any program is athletic scholarship free, those teams and their student-athletes will be eligible for all-SCAC consideration.

In 2007-08, BSC football, men's basketball and baseball are the only sports where the participants are eligible for all-SCAC honors.

[FlightofthePetrel]

Thanks for the clarification  Mr. Hanberry... I knew they wern't elligible for the post season but wasn't sure about the awards.

[OUfan22]

to comment on player of the year, is it fair to say it will most likely come from whoever wins the SCAC tourny? obviously katie k is the  obvious choice for OU and certainly deserving even if OU doesnt win out but as far as depauw goes, i think cassie pruzin is more deserving than fernandez...13ppg, 6.6 boards per game (slightly more than fern.), she's got more than respectable percentages on fg, 3pt, and free throw, 4assist pg, and ~2.5steals per game...and fernandez is only avg 1.2ppg more than pruzin without all the other categories which makes her much more well rounded...

auguste has good enough stats and a hell of an athlete but id be very surprised if POTY came from a team with a 11-11 record...

trinity has also got prato-mathews and meghan scholbe with exceptional stat lines (sholbe's a little better in my opinion)

and yes i have to agree, its doubtful katy williams would be considered simply due to her teams performance this year...id be willing to bet POTY to come from OU, depauw, or trinity

[DPU3619]

is it fair to say it will most likely come from whoever wins the SCAC tourny?

I believe the voting is conducted before the conference final.  So, that factor won't be involved in the selection.

[vozdelospetrels]

There are a lot of deserving players for POTY, but my biased opinion has to give it to Kulavic. I would really like to see her get that recognition, not that she already isn't getting plenty. An OU victory over DePauw on Sunday with a great Kulavic performance would put her atop the running in my opinion.

[hoopsfan11]

I would think that Anna Findley from OU would have to be considered for defensive player of the year considering she is so far ahead in steals.  Though, I'm not sure she is even the best defensive player on OU's team, not to take anything away from Findley.  Brooks and Corbett (along with Findley) seem to anchor that defense without showing up in the stat sheets.

[spfan22]

I would agree that Brooks and Corbett are the best defensive players on OU's team.. Brooks usually guards the opponents best post player.. while Corbett gets the opponents best offensive player or sometimes she will guard the point guard just to force tempo and pressure the point guard..  Corbett is the one who really makes OU's defense go.. she doesnt accumulate all the steals.. but she gets tons of deflections and forces many bad passes which enables her teammates to rack up defensive stats..

[petrel23]

Come on.. somebody stick their neck out there and make a prediction! I vote Kulavic

[pbrooks3]

Come on.. somebody stick their neck out there and make a prediction! I vote Kulavic

I'd give it to Kulavic. 

[jekelish]

3:06 left for AC and Trinity...right now Trinity leads 62-54.  They are absolutely dominating on the offensive glass right now, which is exactly why they've extended what had been a close game.  AC just hit a three to get it back to single digits, TU called the timeout.

[jekelish]

1:45 left in Sherman, back to a 10 point game...64-54.  You guessed it, another offensive board and free throws for the Tigers...

[jekelish]

66-56 final in Sherman.  Prato Matthews had 20 and 10 to lead the Tigers, who hit 24-of-29 from the free throw line and had 14 offensive boards in the second half to overcome 31% shooting.  Katy Williams had 23 points and 12 boards for Austin College for her 12th double double of the year and 6th straight.  She needs 14 boards to reach 500.