SUWANEE, Ga. - Colorado College picked up a signature win in its season opener on November 17 when the Tigers knocked off Division I Air Force, 60-57, in overtime. Tiger senior guard Nick Rose scored a game-high 18 points and came up with the game-winning steal.
AROUND THE SCAC
Austin College got out to a
1-2 start on the year, falling 98-84 to #23 UT-Dallas to open the
year before splitting a pair of home games this weekend against
LeTourneau and East Texas Baptist. Against UTD, the ‘Roos led
by 10 at the half but a hot shooting second half for the Comets put
the ‘Roos away despite a career best 29 points from Josh
Saunders. Jordan Hancock added 20 points in the loss. Against
LeTourneau the ‘Roos raced out to a 16 point halftime lead
and never looked back on their way to an 80-64 victory. Saunders
finished with 17 points, seven rebounds, five assists, four steals
and three blocked shots in the win and Hancock scored a game-high
18 in the win. In the final game of the weekend, the ‘Roos
had two chances in the final 10 seconds to tie things up but fell
short in a 78-75 loss to ETBU. Walter Phillips scored 21 points and
added seven rebounds, three steals and two blocks to lead the
‘Roos and Hancock scored 20 points and Saunders finished with
11.
Birmingham-Southern opened the season at home
this week, hosting the Black Tie Tournament. On Friday, BSC beat
University of the Ozarks in thrilling fashion, 72-71. Sophomore Zac
Richards posted his first career double-double with 16 points and
10 rebounds. Senior Patrick Price also recorded 16 points, while
junior Jasen Jonus and sophomore Blaise White had 14 points apiece.
On Saturday in the championship game, BSC defeat Rust College,
77-63, to win the tournament. Jonus recorded a career-high 28
points, while Richards and freshman Nick Murphy had 10 points
apiece. BSC travels to face LaGrange College on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
ET, and is at home again this weekend, hosting University of New
Orleans, Saturday at 2 p.m. CT.
Centre opened the season with wins in each of its
first three games rallying to defeat Maryville 76-75 and then
winning games over LaGrange (62-48) and Huntingdon (64-45) in the
Coaches vs. Cancer Tipoff Classic hosted by LaGrange. It is the
first time since the 2004-2005 season in which the Colonels have
started the season 3-0 and only the third time during the SCAC era.
Centre has shot the ball well in the early going making 51.1%
(71-139) of its shots so far, including 20 of 51 (39.2%) from the
three-point arc and 74.1% (40-54) from the charity stripe. The
Colonels will host Transylvania this week in their home-opener
and only game of the week.
Seniors Nick Rose, Brady Ohlsen and Colin Madden combined for 37
points as Colorado College wiped out an
eight-point deficit during the final five minutes of regulation and
went on to defeat Air Force, 60-57 in overtime, on Nov. 17 at Clune
Arena. Freshman point guard Ryan Milne gave the Tigers a 57-55 lead
with 2:28 remaining in the extra session and CC made three of six
free throws during the final 1:15 to seal the victory. Rose
finished with a game-high 18 points, two of which came on free
throws during the final 1:15 of overtime, and is steal in the
closing seconds put the game away. The Tigers snapped an eight-game
losing streak against Air Force. Rose scored 33 points and became
the 16th player in CC history to eclipse the 1,000-point mark, but
the Tigers dropped a 90-74 decision to Lewis & Clark on
Saturday. Ohlsen tallied a double-double with 23 points and a
game-high 10 rebounds.
Hendrix split its two games at the Greenville Tip-Off Classic on Friday and Saturday after falling to Ozarks in the season-opener on Monday, Nov. 15. It was too little, too late for Hendrix as the Warriors outscored Ozarks 19-8 in the last four minutes and pulled to within two points on a 9-2 run with just 23 ticks left on the clock. However, the Eagles knocked down four free throws in the final nine seconds to earn its third-straight season-opening victory over Hendrix, 70-66. The Warriors then traveled to Greenville, Ill. for a 91-83 win over the host school on Friday night. Junior guard Chris Goodman led the Warriors with 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting from behind the arc, while junior guard Ammon Martin added 16 points to the mix. Westminster College led the entire 40 minutes to earn a 63-53 win over Hendrix on Saturday afternoon.
Millsaps opened up its 2010-11 season by
winning both of its games last week The Majors got the season
started off in the right direction with a 72-64 overtime victory at
the Hangar Dome over Dillard University. LV Sumler (14), Nick
Cortese (11) and Brian Merkel (11) paced the Millsaps offensive
attack by scoring in double figures. Sumler also added 10 rebounds
for his first double-double of the season. The Majors held a 45-37
rebounding advantage. Millsaps then earned a 65-53 win over
visiting Pensacola Christian. Leading the Majors was once again led
by Sumler as he posted his second consecutive double-double (13
points, 13 rebounds). Millsaps returns to action on Nov. 23 when
they host the University of Dallas before traveling to Huntingdon
on Nov. 28.
Oglethorpe started its season by splitting two
games, topping LaGrange in their season opener on Monday and
falling to Emory in overtime on Wednesday night. Oglethorpe opened
up a 26 point second half lead before letting LaGrange claw their
way back to within 12 at the three minute mark. The Petrels put the
game away at the stripe by nailing 17 of 20 to keep the Panthers
behind by double-digits throughout the contest. With his 12 points
Ward became only the 13th player in SCAC history to amass over
1,000 points and 600 rebounds for a career. For the night, Ward led
all Petrels with 11 rebounds. The offensive star of the night was
sophomore guard Alec Pitts who connected on 6 of 10 shots,
including 4 of 6 from downtown, on his way to a game-high 18. For
the third straight meeting and fourth time in the last five
contests, the Oglethorpe-Emory game went to overtime with Emory
prevailing in Decatur, 92-84.
Rhodes started its 2010-11 season with an 81-79
home loss to Howard Payne before splitting two games at the
Greenville (Ill.) Classic. The Lynx notched their first win, 71-67
over Westminster (Mo.) before falling in the championship game to
tournament host Greenville (75-64). Andrew Galow paced the way for
the Lynx as he averaged 16 points, 6.0 assists, 5.0 rebounds and
connected on 4 of 10 shots from beyond the arc. The Lynx return to
action on Nov. 27 when they host the Rhodes Thanksgiving Classic.
The Lynx will square off against Piedmont (Nov. 27) and Rust (Nov.
28).
Sewanee started the 2010-11 campaign with a win
over Covenant College on Tuesday night before going 1-1 in the
Webster Classic over the weekend. The Tigers topped visiting
Covenant College, 60-51 on Tuesday. Lewis Affronti led all scorers
with 15 points. On Friday night, the Tigers faced Webster
University in the first day of action at the Webster Classic. After
a back and forth battle featuring 17 lead changes and nine ties,
the Gorloks of Webster were victorious, topping the Tigers 67-60.
Freshman Valentino Bryant led Sewanee with 15 points and also
pulled down five rebounds in the effort. Brett Bouldin and Trent
Williams each added ten for the Tigers. On Saturday, Sewanee
rebounded with a 55-48 win over Principia College.
Southwestern had a tough start to the season and
currently sit at 1-2 after three road games. They opened the season
on Monday at the University of Dallas and led by as many as 19
points. The Crusaders slowly chipped away at the lead and
eventually took control in the last minute, defeating Southwestern
74-72. SU then headed to Concordia on Friday night to face
Concordia and fell 99-71 after falling behind early. The Pirates
got their first win of the season on Sunday night as they outlasted
the Mountaineers in a double overtime thriller. Nick Caputo's
jumper with seconds left on the clock pushed the game into the
second overtime. In the final seconds of the contest Caputo made a
free throw and then drained a three on the next possession to bring
the Pirates within two. Schreiner missed both free throws on the
foul which opened the door up for the Pirates as Michael Cantu
scored the game winner.
Trinity opened up the 2010-11 season with a pair of
losses over the past week, falling to Schreiner at home on Monday
night, and then losing to Linfield on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers
lost the Schreiner game 78-66 to start the season, marking just the
second time under Coach Pat Cunningham that the team has lost the
home opener. Since Cunningham took over the program in 1999-00,
Trinity is now 10-2 in home openers and 9-3 in season openers. It
also marks just the second time in the past 12 seasons that Trinity
has started the season 0-2, with the only other time being last
season. Trinity will finish off its road trip with a game tonight
at Whitworth University, followed by a pair of games this weekend.
The Tigers go back to the West Coast to take part in the David
Wells Basketball Classic, facing off against Claremont and
Pomona-Pitzer.
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