MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[hopefan]

Great win for Webster - one thing I heard that Bunchtime did not mention was great defensive effort in last 10 seconds of OT to prevent Hanover from getting a good shot for the tie or win. 

This is the level I hoped Webster  could play at this year - and a real next step accomplished for the SLIAC to defeat a perenial D3 power (though possibly down a little this year).  Way to go Gorlocks

[BeastMaster]

Mac Lost to Millikin 88-76.  Millikin was up 30 about midway through the 2nd half.  Mac was not prepared with staff for this game because there was no one running the stat program and there were times when the game clock would not start or the shot clock would not reset. 

Not as close as the final score indicated, but Mac in my opinion, is much better off playing the way they played today.  I think that they will probably be middle of the pack in the SLIAC.

[Mac Attack]

gobigblue and I must have been at two different games. First, Millikin never led by 30. Second, this was a terrific game in the second half. First half was x-rated for MacMurray. Too many turnovers, two many missed free throws, and too many defensive lapses. Highlanders only had eight points the first ten minutes of the game. Millikin led by 14 about seven minutes into the game, and it stayed at about 14 until the last minute of the first half when Millikin turned some turnovers into layups. Mac trailed 40-20 at the half. Big Blue pushed the lead to 25 early in second half, but then fell completely apart. Mac twice had a chance to cut it to single digits with about five minutes to go but couldn't hit their free throws. Mac's press stole the ball three or four straight times and converted them into points. Millikin, who was clearly rattled, hit a bunch of free throws the last two minutes to give them the 12 point win. Millikin had their starters on the floor the entire second half and they nearly blew it. Gensler hit a three to start the game, and that was about it for him until the last five minutes when he broke down the press for a couple of lay-ups and hit about 5-6 free throws. Korte Long, who had something like 19 points and 18 rebounds last year against Mac, was pretty much a no-show. Played hard when he wanted to, and coasted when he wanted to. Jerel Robertson had a terrific game for MacMurray, as did Farrid Coleman, Seth Whalum, and Brady Greene. Had MacMurray not dug itself into such a deep hole the first ten minutes of this game, it would have gone down to the last shot. Mac was clearly in much better condition than Millikin - several Big Blue players were grabbing their shorts and staring at the floor down the stretch. If/when Mac can put 40 minutes together, they're going to be pretty good. Hettinga is doing a terrific job with the players. Next up is Monmouth next Tuesday in Jacksonville.

[Beaver_SID]

Results from the BC vs. Dominican Game


Let me just say what a game, HEATED, semi-poor officialing, but it worked out in BC favor. Blackburn defeates DOM 66-60.

Leotis Howard with 12pts, 7rebs, 4 assists, 1 steal, shot 5-13
Zeb Hammond with 27pts, 2rebs, 1 assist, 1 blk, 1 steal, shot 10-11
Bryan Waters with 8pts, 5rebs, 6assists, shot 2-9 and 4-4 from FT
Zak Allen with 5pts, 3rebs, 3 assists, 2 steals, shot 2-5
BC shots 45% on the night, 56% from 3pt, and 60% from FT

DOM
Lafeyette Bell with 24pts, 4rebs, 1 assist, 2blks, 1 steal, and shot 9-10 and 4-4 from FT
Justin Gray with 14pts, 5rebs, 1 assist, 1 steal, shot 5-13 and and 3-6 from FT

Very close game came down to the wire! Great Game Guys!

Pantherpride,
Sorry to see Greenville fall short.
Great games by Simmons(14) and 5 steals, Hensold(14), Atchison(12), and Williams(11)

CUC
Binyamin Jones- 20pts, 16rebs, 3 assists, 1blk
This guy had an incredible game!

[pantherpride06]

Beaver_SID got his teams mixed up.  Greevnille played Dominican (Ill.) and lost 74-80.

Greenville's key was to come out quick tonight.  Turnovers hurt GC in the first half as the Panthers tabulated 13 (my stats.)  39-31 halftime score in favor of the starts.

Greenville kicked the second half off with 3 straight buckets off 3 Dominican turnovers and cut the lead to two.  However, Greenville never could get over that hump.  Greenville had it as close as one at 70-69 (I believe.)  A great effort for a second night by Greenville, but came up just a bit short.

Greenville was led by Christopher Simmons and Ben Hensold with 14 each.  Simmons also had 5 steals and two assist.  Hensold was 7-8 from the charity stripe and had three boards.  Darin Williams had a breakout game, playing BIG in the second half, scoing 11 points and five boards.  Bryson Taylor played 23 minutes and only had 3 points, but was the Panthers leading rebounder with 7.

Stat Line for Dominican:

Binyamin Jones: 20 points, 16 rebounds (ouch).
Dan Borys: 15 points, 7-7 from the field.
Matt Stahl: 16 points.

Greenville: 30-61 (49.2%) FG, 3-11 (27.3%) 3FG, 11-15 (73.3%) FT
Dominican: 25-57 (43.9%) FG, 6-21 (28.6%) 3FG, 24-31 (77.4%) FT

I think if the Panthers can play like they did v. Dominican and in the last five minutes on the Concordia game, Greenville could be better than I first thought.  Ellis and West both seen some big minutes the last two nights.  Those two guys can be big role players for the Panthers if they keep working.  The Panthers have a decent little core of guys in Hensold, Simmons, Taylor, Conquest, Mutton, and Williams.  If West and Ellis can produce and give some quality minutes  and Atchison can be a good role player, the Panthers might sneek up on some people and be higher than 8th.

GO GREENVILLE!!!!  I'm pretty excited for being 0-2.  McKendree on Tuesday for the Panthers... ouch.  Havent won in I think 19 straight games v. Harry Statham and the boys.

[hopefan]

All in all one of the better non conference weekends for the SLIAC in a long time.
Projected leaders all show promise
Webster bounces back to beat Hanover, Blackburn and Westminster sweep, Eureka and Fontbonne both win Saturday after tough Friday losses.  Panther says there is still hope for Greenville, ditto the Mac Attack for Mac Murray, and I like the fact that Coach Rogers already may be moving towards a youth movement at Maryville.   

A promising start for the SLIAC

Don't forget, if you're doing nothing else, go to Wash U on Tuesday night and root for Blackburn -  somewhere along the line, one of our teams has to beat  da Bears!!!!

[Mac Attack]

I echo hopefan's sentiments - pretty darn good opening week-end for the SLIAC. Combination of victories and promise implies the SLIAC may be ready to step up a notch or two. Here's the standings after Week #1 (still not too late to get in hopefan...), in order of correct picks:

BeaverSID 13
FCNews 13
Mac Attack 13
PantherPride 12

Tighter than a two-dollar watch....

Here's the Week #2 schedule, according to the SLIAC site. Please have your picks in by noon Monday:

Monday, November 20   
Great Lakes Christian @ Lincoln Christian 6:00 PM
   
Tuesday, November 21   
Greenville @ McKendree 7:00 PM
Principia @ St. Louis Pharmacy 7:00 PM
Knox @ Eureka  7:30 PM
Monmouth @ MacMurray 6:30 PM
Blackburn @ Washington U 8:00 PM
   
Saturday, November 25   
Reinhardt College @ Maryville 7:00 PM
Milwaukee School of Engineering @ Webster 2:00 PM
Principia @ Hendrix TBA
Grinnell @ MacMurray 1:00 PM
Rose-Hulman @ Blackburn 3:00 PM
   
Sunday, November 26   
Milwaukee School of Engineering @ Maryville 1:00 PM
Rheinhardt @ Webster 2:00 PM
Principia @ Hendrix TBA

If any games need to be added to the schedule or if there were any mistakes in the Pick 'em, please let me know.

Everyone have a safe and meaningful Thanksgiving celebration.

Mac Attack

[y_jack_lok]

BunchTime requested some more light shed on the Webster-Transy game. Transy is a very quick team that plays tough, tough defense making it difficult to get open shots -- thus Webster's low shooting percentage. After a made basket Transy pressed the inbounds pass off and on throughout the game and they trap very effectively on the wings, making passing difficult and creating a number of turnovers. If anyone remembers last year's Webster-Transy game Transy did the same thing only with even better results, holding Webster to 10 points in the first half and 33 for the game. And don't forget that Transy went to the Elite Eight last year. Even though they lost some talent they clearly had plenty in reserve. In Kentucky they live and breathe basketball. All but 3 of Transy's players are from Kentucky and 2 of those are from Indiana, where they also live and breathe basketball.

As for the Webster-Hanover game I think Coach Bunch deserves tons of credit for one of the best coached games I've ever seen. The game was close throughout and he saved all of his time outs until the final 4-5 minutes, then used them very effectively at the end. He did a great job of getting his better defensive players in when Hanover had the ball, then getting them out when Webster had the ball. This was primarily done by replacing Kuhn and Hoggat on defense with sophomore Doug Stiegemeier and freshman Josue Whitcomb (very quick hands), then getting Kuhn and Hoggat back in on offense. A truly outstanding coaching job that was key to the win.

A big plus for Webster was 78% free throw shooting for the two games. If they can keep that up it will go a long way to making for a successful season. Webster also out rebounded Transy. I haven't seen the rebounding stats for the Hanover game.

[y_jack_lok]

Just found a Webster-Hanover box score. Hanover won the battle of the boards 33-30.

Also interesting about this game was the slow start. Not may points scored in the first 7-8 minutes. Then things picked up a bit and the fist half ended 31-27 Hanover. The score at the end of regulation was 76-76. It was a very exciting second half and overtime.

[BunchTime]

Thanks Yjack on the update; very nice job.  Sounds like Coach Bunch was in typical Bunch form with his tactical and strategic moves late in the game.  I believe everyone knows that he gets his kids to play hard and demands his players win, but his substitution strategies towards the end of games has allowed him to steal a few W's along the way also.

[y_jack_lok]

One last observation about the Webster-Hanover game. It was the mirror image of last year's game where Webster had the lead in the final minute. Hanover put on a full court press, got a couple of turnovers and made buckets to tie the score, then won by 3 in overtime. This year it was Webster down in the final minute, putting on the press, getting the steal, tying the score, and winning in OT.

[BunchTime]

Good observation....perhaps the extra year of leadership and maturity has paid off!!!  I know it is early, but hopefully that game is indicative of things to come for Webster this year.  Since there are so many close games throughout a year, the teams with good records are the ones that win many of the close games!

[Mac Attack]

My picks for Week #2:

11/20
Great Lakes Christian

11/21
McKendree
Principia
Eureka
MacMurray
Wash U

11/25
Maryville
Webster
Hendrix
MacMuuray
Blackburn

11/26
MSE
Webster
Hendrix

[pantherpride06]

Week #2 Picks from Panther...

Monday, November 20  
Great Lakes Christian
 
Tuesday, November 21  
McKendree
Principia
Eureka
Monmouth
Washington U (I'd like to see a close one)
 
Saturday, November 25  
Maryville
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Hendrix
Grinnell
Rose-Hulman
 
Sunday, November 26  
Maryville
Webster
Hendrix

Little in mourning right now.  I am a die-hard Colts fan.  Losing to TO really burns my backside... just a little rumbling from me.

[dynasty22]

I'll agree with SID, poor officiated game. But it worked out in our favor so obviously I shouldn't complain too much.
When Concordias coach got a T, that was iceing on the cake, so I'm not really sure what he was thinking.
Either way, great weekend of ball and the Beaver are starting out the season 2-0, play hard at Wash U and we just MAY be 3-0...
Disappointed in the student section, defintely not anything close to it was last year...hopefully we'll get them goin and we can go back to being the top student section in the SLIAC.