MBB: American Southwest Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Final -- McMurry 74, LaCollege 70

Robert Moreno had 10 points, and about 8 7 assists and 5 steals in a quality effort.

McMurry is very deep at point guard, Moreno, HSU transfer Steven Luckey, Southwestern transfer Ryan Chavez and freshman Jacob Montez.

[pedh34]

Final: Letourneu 81, Howard Payne 70

LETU: Jourdan Hughes 17 points 5-7 from the field. Will Smith 14 Points 5-7 from the field.


Note: Dale Vanwright did not play.

[#1ascfanman]

ped, any reason why vanright did not play?

I agree with you Ralph, winning on the road is difficult and I think travel time does give the home team a point or so, maybe every 100 miles like you say.  These kids coming out of high school are not used to the long travel.  The ASC travels in buses or vans everywhere they go within the conference and you are looking at some long road trips, and I know sitting on one of those buses for 8 hours takes it out of you.  I have to hand it to MCM, they came in and won a good tough game on the road at LC.  I am disappointed my Wildcats could not pull off the upset, (though the women did, big time!) but I think this will be a much improved team from what LC has had in the past, good new talent and some veterans.  We will be tough to beat at home, now can we overcome the -1 for every 100 miles as Ralph says?

[pedh34]

He is not injured... I will leave it at that.... He is expected to play tomorrow against Sul Ross.

[Bearkat00]

Wow - nice start for the East Division.  Only one team losses (McM beats LC by 4pts). 

LETU plays without POY Canidate Vanwright and pulls away from HPU.  Would be nice to see them start 2-0 this year after two tough games on the road. 

[Ralph Turner]

Wow - nice start for the East Division.  Only one team losses (McM beats LC by 4pts). 

LETU plays without POY Canidate Vanwright and pulls away from HPU.  Would be nice to see them start 2-0 this year after two tough games on the road. 

Another way to look at that is that there was only one home loss.   

[Bearkat00]

Good teams do what their suppose to do @ home 

[Ralph Turner]

Final  Mississippi College 73, McMurry 62.  McM cut the lead to 6 points with 2 minutes left, and then MC held McM off.  MC makes a 30 foot fall away at the buzzer to stretch the lead to the final 11 points.

Great job on the video, Chris!

[golden_dome]

Final  Mississippi College 73, McMurry 62.  McM cut the lead to 6 points with 2 minutes left, and then MC held McM off.  MC makes a 30 foot fall away at the buzzer to stretch the lead to the final 11 points.

Great job on the video, Chris!

Thanks Ralph, I appreciate it. Very happy with how things have gone with the free video this year, and happy to do it. We were shorthanded tonight, and play by play is really not my preference. I'd rather do photography and oversee what we're doing.

Couple of thoughts on McMurry. It was a blowout early with MC up I think 20 in the first half, but McMurry fought to stay in it and were right there when MC got sloppy in the 2nd half. I think they will be good again. The two post players are very athletic at 6'7"-6'8", good rebounders, and can score. Hart is a very good scorer on the perimeter, and Moreno is solid. This might have been an off night, but they might struggle with 3-point shooting. That's a good team though that should be there in the ASC West race.

Not sure what to think of MC yet. Very athletic and played great in the 1st half, but it was often hard to watch in the 2nd half. Coach Lofton played 3 full line changes tonight, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Donnie Haywood is a transfer guard from Lambuth that is very good, Kelvin Lester is a solid transfer point guard, E. C. Williams is a 6'5" guard that can really shoot it, 6'7" freshman forward Cameron Bounds had 7 points 6 boards and 6 blocks in 13 minutes, Derrick Cook is a solid 6'7" transfer forward, Luther Suggs is a solid 6'5" transfer forward, and a couple others deserve mention who will help. Austin Holloway is a big 6'8" transfer forward-center who could be very good but hasn't played in a game yet due to injury. He should be back in a couple weeks.

Happy to get ASC basketball underway. Looking forward to a great season for the conference.

[#1ascfanman]

Very intersting night in the ASC.  LC gets a nice win at home against HSU, sounds like McMurry and MC will be good again, I would be anxious to see how that game would have gone if played in Abilene.  I am not sure how far it is from MC to Abilene, but maybe Ralph's theory is true.  Sul Ross beats Letourneau?!?!?! I will start my pic'em this week.  Didn't have time to check everything out.  Way to do Cats, keep this up and maybe we can get in the tournament.

[hoopstar]

From what i can tell from MC they play great first halfs(have had a double-digit lead at half in every game, Up 23 on HSU and 17 on MCM). I guess they relax and lose their concentration and dont play as hard the 2nd half. But hey these games are 40 minutes not 20 so it might come back to bite them one day like it almost did verse MCM. And just a side note MC had 27 fouls called on them and shot 16 free throws compared to MCM 19 fouls and 34 free throws(go figure)

[Ralph Turner]

From what i can tell from MC they play great first halfs(have had a double-digit lead at half in every game, Up 23 on HSU and 17 on MCM). I guess they relax and lose their concentration and dont play as hard the 2nd half. But hey these games are 40 minutes not 20 so it might come back to bite them one day like it almost did verse MCM. And just a side note MC had 27 fouls called on them and shot 16 free throws compared to MCM 19 fouls and 34 free throws(go figure)

Hmmmm, I wonder if McMurry brought their own referees...        

That sure doesn't seem normal for Mississippi officiating.          

Although when you are hitting 9 of 12 3FG's, you are not charging the basket.  And, McMurry isn't getting a hand in your face before shooting that long range bomb.

[#1ascfanman]

Here are my picks for this weekend:

McM over UTT
SRSU over Ozarks Drive will be too  much
LC over TLU
MC over Schreiner
UTD over HPU
LET over CUA
UMHB over ETBU might be a closer game than usual

LC over Schreiner
MC over TLU
ETBU over CUA

[#1ascfanman]

McM over UTT-CORRECT
SRSU over Ozarks Drive will be too  much-INCORRECT
LC over TLU-CORRECT!!
MC over Schreiner-CORRECT
UTD over HPU-CORRECT
LET over CUA-CORRECT
UMHB over ETBU might be a closer game than usual-CORRECT

6-1, A GOOD START.  oZARKS MAY BE A SLEEPER THIS YEAR.

[#1ascfanman]

LC over Schreiner-CORRECT!!!!!
MC over TLU-CORRECT
ETBU over CUA-INCORRECT, the one time I pick em to win they let me down

8-2 on the year.