MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[hopefan]

It really was rather amusing - the girls go 14 minutes, it's 10-10, the worst basketball you can imagine from either team, and the referee realizes they're using a men's ball......  I can not imagine how the girls couldn't have sensed it having warmed up with girl's basketballs, and the ultimate blame goes to the 3 officials who would normally check the ball prior to the game.    The change of balls did little to help the quality of play, as the half ended at 16 -16.  The Maryville coach threw a fit in order to get a little stage time, but in the long run, most people thought it was pretty funny, including the players.

No scoring discrepancy in either game that I'm aware of.....

[pantherpride]

fcnews:  thanks alot!   I have learned of those friendships from Coach Barber.  And I just wanted to clear the air to get it off my back.

Good Luck to all the teams this weekend.
GC at Maryville:  Gonna be a tough one for my Panthers.  I look for us to bounce back, but fall short.

[mac_support]

What actually happened in the Beaverdome last night.  Not being able to attend all of Mac's games I was totally surprised to see the final score of a game played at Blackburn.  How about some help here Mac Attack, or Tuuth 13.  How did it all come about.  Seems to me to have been the biggest upset in the SLIAC the entire year.

Looking for some input on how it happened.

Thank you and Go Highlanders

[Mac Attack]

I wasn't able to make the Mac-Blackburn game - sure picked a doozy of night to miss the Highlanders! Maybe there's an inside message in this somewhere??? I miss the game, Mac pulls the upset. Hmmmmm......

Regardless, congratulations are due for Coach DeNeve and his team. After so many close losses this season, the odds were on Mac getting it done, and they did. With their lack of size and eratic shooting, Mac always lives on the edge. But when everything comes together, look out. If you'll remember last year, Mac beat both the regular season winner and the play-off winner, and were in a position to make the post-season up until the last conference game or two. Too many losses in the first half of conference play may preclude a post-season berth, but they're obviously a dangerous team at this point. If they can beat the teams they should beat, steal one more on the road, and win out at home, they could do it. I know it hasn't always looked like it this year, but the talent is there.

I think Kowa, Hipshir, and Compton are the keys. Downham, Huff, and Eberhart have been steady all season long, and Robertson has been terrific for a freshmen. But Kowa, Hipshir, and Compton are the keys. If they score, rebound, and defend, they're pretty good. If one or more of these three "disappear" in any game, a win is a longshot.

One win does not a season make....but it's a start.

Good luck to all SLIAC teams this week-end. Be careful on the highways, and I hope your teams stay injury-free.

Go Highlanders!

[yjacklok]

Might also be worth noting that in their first game Blackburn only beat Mac by one point. Maybe it was first conference game jitters/excitement, or maybe Mac presents some matchup problems for Blackburn. Anyway, thanks to Mac for making the conference race more interesting.

[hopefan]

I'll be travelling the long road today to see Albion at Hope tomorrow.  Anyone at the games, be a good SLIAC fan and post some info afterwards so I can see the results on Saturday night!!!!
Could be a rough trip  -  it's snowing in Holland Mi right now.......

After having Mac beat Blackburn on Wednesday, no prediction is safe (unless you predict Prin to lose)....  will normalcy return, or will things get more mixed up??

[sliaccommish]

For Hopefan and the other posters, the results are on the SLIAC website (www.sliac.org) at 10:30 pm weeknights and 6:00 pm on Saturdays.

[fcnews]

Wrong size ball, hmmm. That's one way to try and slow down the Lady Saints. To the fans of sliac basketball, the Griffins play BC on the final night of conference play. We will do our best to try and secure the Post Season Tourney at a St. Louis site.

After watching them shoot 56% from the feild wednesday night I'm hoping "The Future is Now." We'll see Saturday.

Hopefan be careful on the roads, we'd hate to lose you.

[pantherpride]

hopefan:

Yes, please do be careful up in Michigan.  We need you back here to cheer on the SLIAC.

FCNews, hold down the fort there in St. Louis v. Mac.  We'll be across town playing Maryville.

Again, good luck to all teams this weekend!

[fcnews]

MC 88 FU 71 - MC 14-29 3pt, FU 7-20 end of story. Game was closer then score. Parents day and FU got all personnel in the final minutes.

[pantherpride]

Score from Maryville (Mo.)

Maryville 85 - Greenville 74

It was a pretty good game.  Greenville got in the whole big and couldn't dig out.  The Saints lead got near 20 points when Greenville rallied back to cut it to 8.

Scoring leaders were Ben Hebl (MU) who had 21 points.  He was followed by Matt Baker (MU) with 12.

* NOTE - Bash played 4 minutes before falling to the floor and holding his injured knee.  He did not return to action.  He had two points.

For Greenville, Ben Hensold (GC) had 14 points while Christopher Simmons had 11 and Matt Green with 10.  Both Simmons and Greene coming from the bench.

[hopefan]

A real shame if Bash is gone - McCarthy will have to step up, and I think he is capable, but depth is just clobbered.  It's snowing hard here in Mighigan  -  Hope won easily in front of 3600, standing room only - incredible -

I'll find out about Bash on Monday.

[hopefan]

heck - speaking of McCarthy, where was he?   He didn't make the boxscore?

[Daryl L Lloyd]

Heres what WC site had to say about the WU win:

WC Men Rally Late, But Fall 60-50
2/4/2006 
Westminster College was outscored 18-8 in the final four minutes and fell to Webster University 60-50 Saturday in St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference men's basketball action in Fulton.

Freshman Kurt Kuschel, who scored a team-high 15 points for Westminster (8-11, 5-4 SLIAC), tied the game at 42 each with a basket with 4:04 remaining in the game. Webster (9-11, 7-2 SLIAC) quickly extended its advantage to double digits on the way to victory. Corey Kuhn paced Webster with 21 points.

Westminster held a 27-26 lead at intermission, but managed just 29 percent field goal shooting in the second half and hit just 37 percent (21-of-57) for the game. Webster shot 59 percent (22-of-37) for the game

[grahamsmith]

i would like to say good job to my boys over at mac...they are riding a two game winning streak and boy oh boy are they looking good doin it....i love you guys and i wanna say good job and keep up the hard work.....i love my highlanders!!!!!