MBB: Old Dominion Athletic Conference

[hasanova]

Whoa now sludge! "Even the nasty slimy Fish...." "Them is fightin' words." As I recall, your Ben had his way with the nasty slimy Fish on many occasions. Check the stats, Nova, and see if I'm right. We'll see what happens very soon, won't we!

Ask, and ye shall receive.    From 2004-08, the Quakers were 4-8 versus the Marlins ... three games each season.  The Marlins were responsible for ending Guilford's season three straight years from 2005-07, twice in the ODAC semifinals and once in the NCAA quarterfinals.   Ben played in all 12 games and started 10, scoring 260 points and grabbing 98 rebounds, which averages to 21.7 ppg and 8.2 rpg, respectively.

It's interesting to note that Ben was primarily a reserve his freshman year (2004-05), but still put up 36 and 17 in the three 2004-05 contests.  In 2005-06, it was 61/11.  In 2006-07, it was 82/33 and in 2007-08, it was 81/37.   It's safe to say the Adair-led Marlins dominated the first three years, but the Quakers swept last season. 

Ben Strong scored, in order, 6, 18, 12, 19, 23, 19, 18, 30, 34, 23, 30 and 28 versus VWC, so yeah, he had a pretty good career against the Marlins. 

[jdubyadubya]

told ya

[Jacketlawyer]

Personally, I think the Jackets will right the ship and finish atop the ODAC at 14-2. I know some people will question that, especially with their start, but look at their schedule my logic in parentheses:

The Jackets play twice: Randolph (too novel, two wins), Emory and Henry (too talented, two wins), Bridgewater (still adjusting to new system, two wins), Washington and Lee (not a good matchup for the Gennies, two wins), Virginia Wesleyan (experience vs. youth...experience usually wins in the ODAC, so [fully prepared to eat my words] two wins) and Hampden-Sydney (rivalry game, I'll be a homer here and say a split )

R-MC plays once: Eastern Mennonite (still think that R-MC is a bad matchup for the Royals with a great ball handler in Short, so a win), Roanoke (have the Maroons at home, win), Lynchburg (struggling team, win) and Guilford (at Guilford, so I will give them a loss here)

With that predicition, 14-2 will win the conference. I think the Jackets will lose once to either VWC or H-SC (not both) and will slip up at Guilford. I really feel that Rhoades will right the ship come conference time in January and take care of business.

I'd agree with this assessment, so thanks HSCfan!   Hope it does turn out this way. 

As stated earlier, I'll be in attendance at tonight's game at Randolph.  The gym's location is right down the street from a favorite watering hole, so if things get too dicey, I can always self-medicate!

AGAIN, I hope no one is overlooking the Wildcats.  They have nothing to lose and I'm sure they'll come after us with all they've got.

[sludge]

Whoa now sludge! "Even the nasty slimy Fish...." "Them is fightin' words." As I recall, your Ben had his way with the nasty slimy Fish on many occasions. Check the stats, Nova, and see if I'm right. We'll see what happens very soon, won't we!

We didn't mean to offend them, oh no.  They musn't yell at us. 
Nice fish, yes, very nice.  We likes to eats them.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Whoa now sludge! "Even the nasty slimy Fish...." "Them is fightin' words." As I recall, your Ben had his way with the nasty slimy Fish on many occasions. Check the stats, Nova, and see if I'm right. We'll see what happens very soon, won't we!

We didn't mean to offend them, oh no.  They musn't yell at us. 
Nice fish, yes, very nice.  We likes to eats them.

Watch that guy - he'd bite your finger off to get your ring.

[Jeremybozz]

 Bridgewater 55, Washington & Lee 42 FINAL

BC was 8 of 20 at the foul line.

[PA Royals Fan]

Final from EMU

EMU could never put the game away.  At least from looking at the Live stats.  Final was EMU winning 89-85  Stats in a second

[PA Royals Fan]

Lynchburg College (1-4, 1-1 ODAC) 
Player   FG 3FG FT Reb  A  F Pts
MENDEZ, KC * 7-9 1-1 1-2 8 2 4 16
WOOLDRIDGE, Mason * 9-13 0-0 4-4 13 2 4 22
GERLUFSEN, Kyle  * 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 3 4
ECHOLS, Steven  * 9-14 1-1 3-6 3 8 4 22
REED, DANNY * 4-11 0-5 1-2 3 1 2 9
LANGROCK, Jeff  3-4 0-0 3-6 5 0 3 9
ELDRIDGE, JACQUAN  0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 0
PUFFENBARGER, Brad   1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 3
BURNETT, Eric   0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0
BURGESS, Jack   0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0
SUTHERLAND, Sean   0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0



Eastern Mennonite University (5-2, 2-0 ODAC) 
Player   FG 3FG FT Reb  A  F Pts
PHILLIPS, Todd * 1-4 0-0 3-8 2 4 4 5
TWINE, Austin * 2-4 0-0 3-4 3 4 2 7
HINSON, D.J. * 8-14 6-11 2-3 2 3 0 24
PANCIONE, Orie  * 4-10 0-0 0-0 6 0 5 8
JOHNSON, George * 6-11 5-10 10-10 0 6 2 27
MALLORY, Josh   2-4 1-3 1-2 3 3 2 6
SHORT, D.J.   0-2 0-2 0-0 3 0 0 0
MCRAE, Devon  3-6 0-1 3-5 3 1 1 9
HANNAH, Rashawn   1-2 0-0 1-3 1 0 2 3
FITZGERALD, Chance   0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0

[PA Royals Fan]

Can you tell I am sitting up here with not a lot to do?

New Career High for George Johnson, Hinson  ties his career high

[baselinejam]

Bridgewater 55, Washington & Lee 42 FINAL

I think BC was something like 6 of 17 at the foul line?

My Generals played like Privates

[HSCDad]

HSC tried but the last minute effort again did not bring it their way and it was quite an effort.  After being behind most of the game, they cut a 9 point lead of Roanoke and actually went ahead by one or two in the last several minutes.  The final was 70-65 in Roanoke's favor with their defense working stongily and some very timely 3 point plays by several Roanoke players.  HSC guys were emotionally off as they will stay in Roanoke overnight to attend Turner King's Mother's funeral tomorrow morning.  It has been an emotional week for Turner and everyone involed and it speaks well of his character.

[Jacketlawyer]

HSC tried but the last minute effort again did not bring it their way and it was quite an effort.  After being behind most of the game, they cut a 9 point lead of Roanoke and actually went ahead by one or two in the last several minutes.  The final was 70-65 in Roanoke's favor with their defense working stongily and some very timely 3 point plays by several Roanoke players.  HSC guys were emotionally off as they will stay in Roanoke overnight to attend Turner King's Mother's funeral tomorrow morning.  It has been an emotional week for Turner and everyone involed and it speaks well of his character.

My condolences go out to Mr. King and his family.

[stillfamily]

EMU slept walked thru the defensive end last night. They will have to pick it up before friday as they travel to a very good Southern Virginia team. I believe SV beat BC last week. Without Career #'s from George and DJ it could have been a different game.. Any win is a good win though...

[badcall!]

Saw the "minnies" again last night(EMU'S).  It does not seem that they have much after pressure/steals/breaks, & so forth.  I am afraid soon the opposition will figure out that if you take care of the ball against EMU you can win by a good margin. However, we are 5-2 and atop the ODAC.  We should not get too excited though, as the Royals have not left Rockingham County but one time and that was to play a very weak Shenandoah team.  Kudos to Coach Dean for a great job of scheduling.  We easily have the "easiest" schedule in the ODAC, twice with Southern Virginia and a Bible school.  We also have a great unbalanced ODAC schedule. ODAC scheduler of the the year!  Maybe the best coaching job of the year so far is at Roanoke by Coach Moir, remember he graduated almost all the team last year.  BC stats from last night look like there were tops on the basket.  I keep looking for Matt Drewer to make some contribution, but I saw he did not even get in the game last night.  Coach Leatherman and the staff redshirted/disciplined him last year, so I thought he might be a good one this time around.  Go Royals/Go Eagles.

[HSCfan]

HSC tried but the last minute effort again did not bring it their way and it was quite an effort.  After being behind most of the game, they cut a 9 point lead of Roanoke and actually went ahead by one or two in the last several minutes.  The final was 70-65 in Roanoke's favor with their defense working stongily and some very timely 3 point plays by several Roanoke players.  HSC guys were emotionally off as they will stay in Roanoke overnight to attend Turner King's Mother's funeral tomorrow morning.  It has been an emotional week for Turner and everyone involed and it speaks well of his character.

Certainly a tough game to watch last night and it has become all to common to see H-SC win several statistical categories but fall in the end. I think the difference was at the free throw line, where Roanoke made 20-30 and H-SC just 12-15. The Tigers held Peery to 2-10 shooting, but alas Peery went 8-8 from the line for 12 points. Roanoke bench and role players came up big, with Felix scoring 10 of his 12 in the first half and Drew Gaeng hitting two big threes in the second half for all of his 6 points. Both of Gaeng's threes came right after the Tigers had taken two point leads, thus giving the Maroons a one-point lead right away.

Certainly not the best of efforts from H-SC, probably their worst performance of the year overall, but again, it is hard to judge a team during such an emotional time.

Everyone's thoughts and prayers go out to Turner and his family. Turner has had a difficult week, and it truly is a testament to his character and strength that he has played so well in the three games since his mother passed last week.