MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[Tiger Mic]

Caleb Kimbrough got his first win as coach of Hampden-Sydney last night at Gallaudet.  HSC should be more competitive in league play this year, and he's got some good young players on this squad.  Next up is RMC at home on Saturday, but it is a non-ODAC game. 

[thescottharris]

After comparing some scores how good is VA wesleyan? Saw they beat Pfeiffer by 50. Roanoke and HSC lost to Pfeiffer and Lynchburg struggled with them. Also interesting that the Steward kid is not on the roster for VA Wesleyan.. Maybe he transferred D2 or D1? interested to see how this season plays out. I will be at the VA Wesleyan and Salisbury game next week

For the record, Lynchburg handled Pfeiffer in the second half 56-36. The Hornets played pretty poorly first half. Regardless, I'd hardly say being up by as many as 14 in the final minute is struggling.

[hasanova]

Caleb Kimbrough got his first win as coach of Hampden-Sydney last night at Gallaudet.  HSC should be more competitive in league play this year, and he's got some good young players on this squad.  Next up is RMC at home on Saturday, but it is a non-ODAC game.

Congratulations, Caleb!

[Seatfiller]

Last night Roanoke knocked off St. Elizabeth 77-58.  In other ODAC news:

Lynchburg loses to Mary Washington 84-88 (So what's interesting Mary Wash has blown out SU and EMU, but was beaten by Bridgewater)

Whittmer gets blown out by Washington and Lee 71-116

Randolph loses close to CNU 58-66

[hasanova]

Last night Roanoke knocked off St. Elizabeth 77-58.  In other ODAC news:

Lynchburg loses to Mary Washington 84-88 (So what's interesting Mary Wash has blown out SU and EMU, but was beaten by Bridgewater)

Whittmer gets blown out by Washington and Lee 71-116

Randolph loses close to CNU 58-66

Thanks for the update.  Since I had never hear of "Whittmer", I had to look it up.  It was probably a typo, but it was actually Whittier College of California, home of the Poets.  Richard Nixon's alma mater, among other notables.

I did notice BC earlier beat Mary Washington ... unexpected, at least by me.

[hasanova]

Final in Greensboro:  Guilford 73 (5-1), Berry 56 (3-2)

The Quakers were never seriously challenged in today's victory over the Vikings ... BC led briefly at 3-2 and then GC was off to the races.

Ward (16), Logan (14) and reserve Center Ruszala (10) paced Guilford while Wehunt (13) and reserve Guard Costas (20) topped Berry.  One of the Berry parents told me the Vikings were without two starters, but it may not have mattered as Guilford played quite well.  Guilford shot 10 of 13 on threes while BC was 11 of 37.

I hope Guilford will not be hurt in the next poll by an opening game 89-67 loss to Emory, albeit by 22 points.  They are playing good basketball at the moment.

[Macon]

Without two starters sounds significant to me.

[Jeremybozz]

Pfeiffer 98,Bridgewater 96 Final in Overtime

[Seatfiller]

Roanoke beats Wilson (1-6) today 87-60.  Although I enjoy a Roanoke win, their wins have been against teams that I'd refer to as weak. It will be interesting to see how they do at Averett (beat VWU today) next week.

[y_jack_lok]

R-MC 82 - H-SC 64 in a non-conference game. Buzz Anthony with 27 points on 9-13 shooting (6 of 9 from three), Corey Bays with 16 (6-11/4-8) and freshman Miles Mallory with five blocks. Only watched a little bit of the late part of the game on my phone. Couldn't tell much, but H-SC was cutting a 28 point Jacket lead down to 15.

[thescottharris]

R-MC 82 - H-SC 64 in a non-conference game. Buzz Anthony with 27 points on 9-13 shooting (6 of 9 from three), Corey Bays with 16 (6-11/4-8) and freshman Miles Mallory with five blocks. Only watched a little bit of the late part of the game on my phone. Couldn't tell much, but H-SC was cutting a 28 point Jacket lead down to 15.

Does R-MC's defense just not create turnovers? H-SC only had 10 today for a 13.7% turnover %, they had a turnover rate of 22.58% coming into the game, with their best performance being 20.3%

[y_jack_lok]

^^^  Opponents' turnovers against the Jackets -- 18, 17, 22, 14, 16, 10. Jackets only turned it over five times today.

[thescottharris]

^^^  Opponents' turnovers against the Jackets -- 18, 17, 22, 14, 16, 10. Jackets only turned it over five times today.

Well perhaps the Tigers finally figured out how to slow it and calm it down and how to not try to do too much then.

[Macon]

Key to the RMC/HSC game was fouls and FTA.  24 RMC fouls to HSC 10.  32 HSC FTA to only 7 for RMC.  I'm not blaming the refs, but this game was a bigger differential if not for those stats.   

[Macon]

^^^  Opponents' turnovers against the Jackets -- 18, 17, 22, 14, 16, 10. Jackets only turned it over five times today.

Well perhaps the Tigers finally figured out how to slow it and calm it down and how to not try to do too much then.

I'd add that Mallory's 5 blocks essentially became TOs as well.